Posted on 09/15/2005 9:22:28 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
Police killed three suspected Taliban rebels who attacked their post, and a roadside bomb blast killed three civilians and wounded four others as violence continued in southern Afghanistan days before legislative elections, a top official said Thursday.
About 40 gunmen attacked a police post on a road in the mountainous Char-Chilo district of Uruzgan province late Wednesday, provincial Governor Jan Mohammed Khan said. Police killed three of the attackers and arrested one after a two-hour gunbattle, he said. The others escaped.
There were no casualties among 20 police manning the checkpoint, Khan said.
Five Russian Interior Ministry troops and five suspected militants were killed in a shoot out during a special operation in Chechnya, a local law enforcement agency official said Thursday.
By 2nd Brigade Combat Team PAO
U.S. and Iraqi forces searched houses and fields during Operation Flea Flicker in Zafaraniya Sept. 14.
The operation-conducted by Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team and Iraqi Public Order Brigade-was designed to disrupt anti-Iraqi activity in the area in preparation for the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum.
The joint force swept through neighborhoods during the early-morning mission, searching for illegal weapons, propaganda and other contraband.
Troops discovered several minor weapons violations, and detained a man with a 60-millimeter mortar round in a plastic bag under his bed.
Acting on intelligence sources and tips from concerned citizens, Multi-National Forces recently raided suspected terrorist safe houses in the Mosul area, resulting in the capture of three Al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist leaders.
Abdallah Najim Muhammad Husayn (aka Abu Nijim or Abu Muhammad) was captured Aug 26. Muhammad was a terrorist battalion commander for Al-Qaida in Iraq in Mosul. He planned, coordinated and financed terrorist attacks against Iraqi Security and Coalition Forces in the Mosul area. The methods of these attacks and ambushes included the use of vehicle borne improvised explosive devices, improvised explosive devices and mortars.
Also captured Aug. 26 was Bassam Muhammad Ahmad Sultan (aka Abu Shayma, Shayma), who was a cell leader under Abu Muhammad. As a cell leader, Abu Shayma led his cell in executing terror attacks against Iraqi Security and Coalition Forces.
On Sept. 3, Iraqi Police assisted Coalition Forces in capturing Nawfal Muwafaq Ahmad ‘Abdullah (aka Abu Abd al Karim). Abu Abd al Karim was the driver for Abu Zayd, the Al-Qaida in Iraq Military Emir of Mosul. He was responsible for driving Abu Zayd as well as other terrorists to various meetings between the Mosul terrorist leadership. Abu Abd al Karim participated in more than 30 attacks against Iraqi Security and Coalition forces. He was elevated to cell leader under Abu Zayd, who was recently killed by Coalition Forces.
Responding to a question about the alleged involvement of a member of the national assembly, Naik Zaman, in terrorist activities in tribal areas, the minister said investigations was underway. He said a brother of Zaman had been arrested during an operation in North Waziristan and stressed, “The government is committed to purging the country of terrorist activities.”
Sherpao said four foreigners involved in terrorist activities had been arrested in North Waziristan with a huge cache of arms and ammunition. He said interrogation was in progress and the identity of the suspects had yet to be established.
The minister said the government had succeeded in controlling the misuse of loudspeakers during the Friday sermons in mosques, as well as seizing hate literature. “It is a continuous process which will continue till terrorists are flushed out of the country,” he said.
The five, interrogated by the Estekhbarat, the interior ministry's security services, have admitted to having organised the attack on the former right-hand man of Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial politician who is now one of Iraq's three deputy prime ministers. However, none of them was prepared to provide information on those who carried out the attack.
Despite the attempt on his life, Al-Alusi is once again in Israel, where he is one of the few representatives from the Muslim world currently taking part in the fifth international conference on the global impact of terrorism. He made enemies among many Iraq groups after announcing that an international alliance should be set up to fight terrorism, with the participation of Middle East countries, like Turkey and Israel, who have been the victim of terror attacks.
Security officials claimed on Thursday the arrest of a Taliban commander and seven foreigners in southern Afghanistan.
In a chat with Pajhwok Afghan News, Defence Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi said a Taliban commander Mulla Karim was captured after a clash with security forces in Uruzgan.
Azimi further said eight people, including seven foreigners were arrested in Kandahar. Without revealing identity of the detainees, the spokesman said they had entered in Afghanistan without valid visas.
Security has been beefed up across the country ahead of Sunday's elections. Taliban have warned of disrupting the polls saying the process was not in line with the Islamic law.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) unearthed huge dumps of weapons following two separate operations in the outskirts of the central capital.
A press release issued here said the two caches, included 200 rockets and other weaponry, were recovered in Bagrami and Deh Sabz of Kabul.
Following a tip off, ISAF units comprising British Ghurkhas, Canadian and Italian troops, raided an area in the Bagrami district north of Kabul and recovered two Russian-made 107mm rockets along with fuses.
In a second operation in the Deh Sabz district, the French, Norwegian and Italian troops unearthed 188 rockets of 107mm calibre with fuses, 3 ground-to-air missile launchers, 3 anti-tank mines and 3 boxes of C3-type explosives.
The weapons and ammunition, still in good condition, were buried in sand in a wasteland. ISAF's explosive experts removed the weapons to a safe location and destroyed it using explosives, added the release.
The huge caches were unearthed when the landmark parliamentary elections are only two days away. The government and coalition forces have stepped up security in and around Kabul to secure the polls.
U.S. forces are ready to launch air strikes on towns in western Iraq as they search for Iraq's al Qaeda leader, who has declared war on the nation's Shi'ite Muslims in response to the Iraqi-U.S. offensive in Tal Afar.
U.S. army spokesman Major General Rick Lynch told a news briefing on Thursday that al Qaeda's Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was behind a series of suicide bombs and car bombs in Baghdad on Wednesday and Thursday which killed and wounded hundreds.
"We've got great intelligence which tells us where he (Zarqawi) is moving to and where he's trying to establish safe havens. People focus on the Euphrates river valley because that's where we believe he's coming through," Lynch said. "Towns close to the Euphrates river valley, including Qaim and Haditha, are towns that we focus on. And as soon as we see him trying to establish a safe haven there, we will conduct operations just like we did in Tal Afar," he added.
His remarks followed a recent statement by Iraqi Defence Minister Saadoun Dulaimi that government forces were ready to hit insurgents in four other northwestern towns after the strike against the rebel stronghold of Tal Afar in northern Iraq.
Dulaimi singled out the towns of Ramadi, Samarra, Rawa and Qaim as targets for future attacks against insurgents, but gave no indication of when the attacks might take place.
Zarqawi declared war on Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq on Wednesday in response to the Iraqi-U.S. offensive in Tal Afar.
Baghdad and Washington have long said arms and insurgents are moving into Iraq from Syria, especially along the Euphrates, and spreading out from there to cities across Iraq.
Syria denies it but Iraq closed parts of the border on Sunday.
U.S. aircraft struck insurgent targets in the town of Karabila, beside Qaim and near the Syrian border, more than 10 times on Tuesday, a hospital source told Reuters.
Iraq's Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government, and the occupying U.S. troops which support it, are facing an insurgency from the country's Sunni Arab minority.
Lynch said the insurgency was likely to become more violent in the run-up to an Oct. 15 referendun on a draft constitution for Iraq, which Sunnis fear will institutionalise the loss of influence they have experienced since the U.S. invasion of 2003 to oust President Saddam Hussein, himself a Sunni.
He added that the United States saw the insurgency as coming from three main sources: what he described as "terrorists and foreign fighters"; "Iraqi rejectionists," or people who do not accept the U.S. invasion; and "Saddamists".
"We believe we are experiencing great success against the most crucial element of the insurgency, which is the terrorists and the foreign fighters," Lynch said.
"The face of that is Zarqawi and al Qaeda in Iraq. We're using all assets under our control in conjunction with the Iraqi security forces to find him and kill him."
Bill is doing a great job covering the recent action in Iraq. Freepers should check out the latest on his site everyday.
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Once again the reminder of why we are killing and rounding up these inhuman pieces of garbage:
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"We've got great intelligence which tells us where he (Zarqawi) is moving to and where he's trying to establish safe havens.
Ummmmm ... is broadcasting this a good idea?
Keep him nervous.
PAKISTAN: LEADERS OF BANNED RELIGIOUS GROUPS ARRESTED
How long will Musharraf remain alive?
excellent
"Saddamists" should be "SadDAMNists"
I missed why Norway has gone to the dark side. Do you have any links anyone?
Also, I saw on Donnie Deusch-bag show a clip of Kerry saying he just got back from Iraq (Mosul, etc.). Did I miss that in the news? Any links on that anyone?
I must have taken a two-week nap.
Thanks for the update. Sunday will be a big day! Let's pray that all will go smoothly with the least amount of trouble.
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