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Posted on 05/01/2008 3:06:29 PM PDT by nwctwx
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Afghanistan Clash Proves Fatal for Enemy Attackers
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2008 – More than a dozen insurgents were killed during a coalition forces operation to disrupt Taliban support operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand province yesterday, military officials reported.
Coalition forces searched compounds in the province’s Garmsir district, targeting a Taliban insurgent associated with procurement and smuggling of various types of small arms, munitions, fuses and explosives.
During their search, coalition forces were fired upon, and they responded with small arms and air strikes, killing more than a dozen of their attackers, officials said.
Troops found PK machine guns, AK-47 assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, mortar rounds, fuses, small-arms ammunition and ammunition vests on the compound, and destroyed them to prevent future use.
(From a Combined Joint Task Force 101 news release.)
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19246&Itemid=128
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080509-14
May 9, 2008
U.S. Special Operations Forces kill 11 Special Groups criminals in Sadr City while providing security for troops
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Responding to attacks on Iraqi and Coalition forces, U.S. Special Operations Forces killed eleven Special Groups criminals in the Sadr City area of Baghdad May 9.
U.S. SOF were providing security for Coalition forces who were making safety infrastructure improvements in Sadr City.
During the operation, Special Groups criminals attacked Iraqi and Coalition forces with rocket propelled grenades and small-arms fire from the ground and from rooftops. U.S. SOF returned fire, killing nine. The firefight continued, and U.S. SOF authorized a Coalition aircraft to engage. The aircraft fired one Hellfire missile, killing two criminals.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080510-01
May 10, 2008
ISF, MND-B kill 8 criminals, seize four caches in separate operations (Baghdad)
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad
Soldiers killed eight criminals, who attacked Coalition force soldiers with rocketpropelled grenades and small-arms fire. ISF and MND-B Soldiers also seized four weapons caches during combat operations in Baghdad May 9 that continue to safeguard Iraqi citizens.
At approximately 11:30 a.m., MND-B soldiers discovered an improvised explosive device and a 122 mm rocket off a tip from Iraqi National Police.
At approximately 2 p.m., soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, killed three criminals who attacked their patrol with small-arms fire and RPGs.
At approximately 2:20 p.m., soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered a weapons cache in southern Baghdad. The cache was discovered on a combined security patrol with Iraqi Army soldiers from 43rd Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division. The cache consisted of rifles, more than 400 rounds of ammunition and more than 50 mortar fuses.
At approximately 2:30 p.m., soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, killed two criminals in the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad after the criminals fired an RPG at their patrol and missed.
At approximately 3:15 p.m., soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team,4th Infantry Division, discovered pipe bombs, a PKC light machine gun, more than 600 PKC light machine guns rounds, a 60mm mortar round, and a grenade. The cache was found based on a tip from an Iraqi citizen.
At approximately 4:15 p.m., Iraqi Army soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division, working with National Police officers from the 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division confiscated an RPG, grenades, a machine gun and ammunition.
At approximately 4:45 p.m., soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division were struck by two explosively formed projectile IEDs in northeastern Baghdad. Following the IED strikes, three criminals attacked the soldiers with small-arms fire. The soldiers defended themselves and killed the criminals.
“These criminals attack innocent Iraqi citizens and Iraqi and Coalition Forces,” said Maj. Joey Sullinger, spokesperson for the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. “Along with our Iraqi counterparts and the Government of Iraq, we will continue to meet these criminals head on with deadly force. We will protect the people of Iraq and restore safety and security throughout Baghdad.”
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3541405,00.html
“Qassam hits Sderot house; 3 suffer from shock”
SNIPPET: “Nine rockets fired from Gaza since morning hours, one causes heavy damage to building. Two other Qassams land near synagogue, educational institution. Earlier, IDF kills five Hamas gunmen in southern Strip town of Rafah following mortar attack which left member of Kibbutz Kfar Aza dead”
Ynet reporters
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Hamas’ military wing claims responsibility for rocket fire
Published: 05.10.08, 09:49 / Israel News
Palestinian organizations, including Hamas’ military wing – the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, have claimed responsibility for the rockets fired into the western Negev on Saturday morning.
Hamas’ military wing reported that its members fired 15 rockets and mortar shells in response to the Israel Air Force strikes Friday night, which left five gunmen dead. (Ali Waked)
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May 8, 2008 17:23 | Updated May 10, 2008 11:11
“20 dead as Beirut clashes calm”
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“Hezbollah’s Beirut Blitz”
American Thinker ^ | May 10, 2008 | Dr. Walid Phares
Posted on May 10, 2008 12:19:31 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "ABOUT BOUT & THE DEA" by Aaron Mannes (BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: "The recently unsealed indictment of arms-trafficker extraordinaire Victor Bout is an interesting read. Perhaps the most notable line is on page 10, when Bout told the DEA operatives (who he believed represented the FARC) that America was also his enemy and their fight was his fight. Another international arms dealer, Monzar al-Kasser, who was arrested in a DEA sting, promised the informants to raise an army for the FARC in order to fight the Americans.") (May 9, 2008, 05:05 pm)
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Oily Chavez Oozes Beyond Venezuela
IBD ^ | May 8, 2008
Posted on May 9, 2008 6:38:23 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Hemisphere: Oil spiked $4 Friday on new evidence of Venezuela’s deep involvement in terrorism. There’s no glossing over such news: Hugo Chavez intends to destabilize the region. The U.S. will need to take action.
After poring over some of the 10,000 documents captured from the computer of dead FARC terrorist Raul Reyes, killed in a raid on March 1, U.S. intelligence officials are convinced that Chavez’s involvement is deeper than anyone realized, according to a front-page story by the Wall Street Journal. “There is complete agreement in the intelligence community that these documents are what they purport to be,” a U.S. official told the Journal.
The oil market understood the implications of this: The U.S. probably would be forced to declare Venezuela a state sponsor of terror and then end Venezuela’s role as a top oil supplier, as required for other rogue states such as Iran.
With global oil supplies scarce, and Venezuela accounting for 12% of U.S. oil imports, the U.S. economy would feel the effects.
Yet the alternative of doing nothing probably is worse.
The new documents show Venezuelan complicity in the FARC’s war on Colombia well beyond any past estimates. Chavez offered the drug-dealing Marxist terrorists rocket-propelled grenades and ground-to-air missiles to shoot down U.S. and Colombian aircraft.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
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May 7, 2008
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“Treasury Targets FARC Money Exchange House”
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April 22, 2008
HP-938
“Treasury Targets FARC Financial Network in Colombia”
Washington
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=84415
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Warden Message: Sudan Armed Rebel Movement Toward Capital
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Sub-Saharan Africa - Sudan
9 May 2008
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Warden Message: Zimbabwe Increased Violence Possible; Opposition Leader May Return
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Sub-Saharan Africa - Zimbabwe
9 May 2008
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Warden Message: Lebanon Safety and Security
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Middle East / N. Africa - Lebanon
9 May 2008
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08050052.htm
Friday, May 9, 2008
“Christian Satellite Channel faces disruption of programming as violent forces close roads and airport in Lebanon”
By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
NICOSIA, CYPRUS
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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08050055.htm
Friday, May 9, 2008
“A Passionate Appeal for Tibet”
By Long Rider Legend, George Patterson FRGS
Special to ASSIST News Service
PERSECUTION.ORG
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Mortar victim’s funeral to be held Sunday in Kibbutz Kfar Aza
Published: 05.10.08, 12:41 / Israel News
The funeral procession of Jimmy Kdoshim of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, who was killed by a mortar shell fired by Palestinians while working in his garden Friday evening, will leave the community’s secretariat at 3:45 pm Sunday.
He will be laid to rest at 4 pm at the community cemetery. (Ynet)
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Qassam rocket lands in southern community; no injuries reported
Published: 05.10.08, 11:56 / Israel News
A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Saturday landed in an open area within the Eshkol Regional Council.
There were no reports of injuries or damage. (Yonat Atlas)
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3541444,00.html
Some 5 mortar shells lands in southern community; no injuries reported
Published: 05.10.08, 11:39 / Israel News
Some five mortar shells fired from the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday landed in open areas within the Eshkol Regional Council.
There were no reports of injuries or damage. (Yonat Atlas)
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“Worldwide Caution”
January 17, 2008
SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. American citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.”
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“ATC American Textbook Council”
DESCRIPTION: “The American Textbook Council is an independent New York-based research organization established in 1989.
The Council reviews history textbooks and other educational materials. It is dedicated to improving the social studies curriculum and civic education in the nation’s elementary and high schools.”
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“Islam in the Classroom:
what the textbooks tell us”
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“History textbooks promoting Islam
New report says Muslim activists ‘succeeding’ in expunging criticism”
Posted: May 10, 2008
12:30 am Eastern
By Bob Unruh
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stepping back in time...
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=45558
“Textbook: Islamic ‘jihad’ means doing good works
Also includes Muslims fighting ‘to protect themselves from harm’”
Posted: January 16, 2008
1:00 am Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com
UPDATE:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7393500.stm
Page last updated at 08:12 GMT, Saturday, 10 May 2008 09:12 UK
“Quarantined train given all-clear”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Canadian health officials have said the death of a woman and several people falling ill aboard a train were not due to an infectious disease.
The passenger train was quarantined in Northern Ontario on Friday, but officials said the death and illnesses were probably not related at all.
The 290 passengers and crew resumed their journey and were expected to arrive in Toronto later on Saturday.
Ontario’s chief medical officer said the dead woman did not have a disease.
Dr David Williams said: “Health officials have determined that the death of the passenger and the illness of the other six passengers are not related.””
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