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Posted on 04/01/2007 6:46:34 PM PDT by nwctwx
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32721
Afghan National Police Repel Taliban Attack
American Forces Press Service
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 6, 2007 – Two Afghan National Policemen were wounded today by small-arms fire during an attack on their patrol in Nahr Surkh District, Helmand province, but the Afghan police repelled the attack, officials said.
Coalition forces and members of the Afghan National Police were conducting a patrol to link up with other coalition troops when Taliban fighters engaged them with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades about 12 miles southeast of Gereshk. The combined patrol returned small-arms and mortar fire, which forced the Taliban fighters to retreat.
Both wounded men were stabilized by a medic on the scene and were later evacuated to a nearby medical facility for further treatment. They are currently listed in stable condition.
There were no injuries to any Afghan civilians reported during the engagement.
“The Afghan National Police were courageous under fire against an unknown quantity of enemy personnel,” said Maj. Christopher Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesperson.
“The ANP have again demonstrated their commitment to bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan. This cowardly attack is another attempt to intimidate ANP members and terrorize Afghan civilians,” Belcher said.
(From a Combined Joint Task Force-82 news release.)
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32724
Two U.S. Soldiers, One Terrorist Killed in Separate Incidents
By Melinda L. Larson
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2007 – One terrorist was killed and three others detained during an assault by coalition forces in southwest Baghdad today.
The detainees said the dead man was a local car bomb cell leader in charge of approximately 40-50 men, military officials reported. While searching the targeted building coalition forces found several AK-47s.
“Coalition forces continue methodical and deliberate efforts to eliminate vehicle-borne improvised explosive device cells in Iraq,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman.
Meanwhile, south of Ramadi, coalition forces captured four suspected terrorists they believe have ties to an al Qaeda in Iraq foreign fighter facilitation network.
Elsewhere in Iraq, a coalition air strike today targeted armed militia men, killing one in Ad Diwaniyah, military officials said.
Operation Black Eagle, coordinated by 8th Iraqi Army and Multinational Division Baghdad and Multinational Division Center South coalition forces, was launched yesterday to defend against illegally armed militia men who allegedly used shoulder-fired rocket propelled grenades.
Iraqi Army personnel, through a tip line, were informed by local residents of the militia men who were operating in the area.
Operation Black Eagle netted 39 enemy fighters who are being detained for questioning.
Iraqi and coalition forces also discovered several weapons and ammunition caches including 27 90mm rockets, six claymore mines, five crates of C-4 explosives, 14 hand grenades, 13 fully-loaded AK-47 ammunition magazines, 900 PKC ammunition gun rounds, two PKC machine gun barrels, one PKC machine gun stock, one mortar system sight, and five ballistic vests.
During the operation, one coalition vehicle was struck by an IED. Ammunition and fuel ignited and destroyed the vehicle. Three coalition soldiers were wounded, receiving cuts and bruises, military officials reported.
Also today, Iraqi police with support from paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, captured two suspects in a mosque in Musayyib.
The search of the mosque was conducted based on intelligence repots of terrorist activities there. When operating in and around holy sites, Iraqi security and coalition forces take precautions to minimize damage to property and disruption of legitimate activities, military officials reported.
On Friday, two Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers were killed in Baghdad during two separate incidents.
The first incident occurred in an eastern section of the Iraqi capital. The soldiers were conducting a combat security patrol when an explosively-formed projectile detonated. In addition to killing one, four soldiers were wounded by the blast, military officials reported.
Meanwhile, on the westside of Baghdad, one Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated while they conducted a security patrol. Military officials said that over the past two weeks, elements of the unit found a car bomb and disarmed it.
Elsewhere, in western Ramadi yesterday, 12 Iraqi civilians were killed and 43 injured after a truck bomb, suspected of containing chlorine, exploded near a police checkpoint, military officials reported.
When the truck approached an Iraqi Police checkpoint in the Ta’meem district at a high rate of speed, police attempted to signal the driver to stop. When the driver did not stop, the officers engaged him with small arms fire. It was unclear whether the police gunfire caused the vehicle to explode or if the driver detonated it, officials reported.
Coalition forces arrived on the scene to assist with the medical evacuation and set up security around the blast site. The injured were evacuated to a local hospital and a coalition medical facility.
The names of the soldiers killed in Baghdad are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
(Compiled from Multinational Force and Multinational Division Iraq news releases.)
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32725
Paratroopers Take Down Adhamiyah Terrorists
By U.S. Army Sgt. Mike Pryor
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2007 – On the surface, the market seems perfectly ordinary. Men outside the shops gather to play dominoes, smoke, and drink tea. On hot afternoons, an ice cream stand does a brisk business. But in the dark back rooms of some of the shops, murderous plans are hatched.
It’s called the Fish Market, a seemingly benign marketplace in the Graya’at area of Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district. But according to 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers responsible for security in the area, it’s also the nexus for Adhamiyah’s criminal-terrorist underground.
Since paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment began conducting security operations in Adhamiyah two months ago, residents have consistently pointed them back to the Fish Market as the source of much of the region’s criminal activity. Over time, the paratroopers narrowed in on a handful of individuals based at the market who they believed were responsible for some of the worst crimes. They even gave them a nickname: “The Fish Market Five.”
Now it’s the “Fish Market Three.”
In simultaneous, early-morning raids Mar. 31, paratroopers from Battery B, 2-319th AFAR captured two members of the Fish Market Five and detained three other suspects for questioning.
One of the detainees was a suspected lieutenant in a murder, torture and kidnapping cell. The other was allegedly one of the leaders of a group responsible for sniper and bomb attacks on U.S. forces. Three other suspects were also taken into custody during the raids.
The raids took place within minutes of each other shortly after one in the morning.1st Lt. Josh Rowan, of College Station, Texas, whose platoon led the assault on one of the homes, said the point of conducting the raids simultaneously was to catch the targets off guard.
“Our intent was to go out and capture these guys at the same time, so that one guy didn’t have a chance to warn the other guy,” Rowan said.
The kidnapper was taken into custody first, when paratroopers shotgun-blasted his door open and hauled him out of bed in his underwear. Two other unidentified males staying in the house were also detained. In addition to kidnapping and murder, Rowan said the target of the raid had a hand in numerous other criminal activities, including pimping and gun-running.
“He’s like a renaissance man of terrorism,” said Rowan.
A few blocks down the street from where Rowan’s platoon was conducting their raid, 2nd Lt. Larry Pitts and his platoon were about to hit the bomb-maker’s house. Emerging from the cover of a palm grove thicket, they crept through the streets until they found the house they were looking for.
Pitts quietly unlatched the front gate and they moved inside the courtyard. When they were set, the breach man blew the front door open with a shotgun blast and the assault squad rushed in. The suspect went quietly, and it was all over in minutes.
As he was supervising the search of the kidnapper’s house, Rowan got the call over his radio that the other platoon had got their man.
“Nice. Two for two,” he said.
The raids were the return on months of investigative work. It took countless hours spent meetings with residents, cultivating sources, and painstakingly piecing together information before it finally paid off, said Sgt. Billy Davison, a team leader with Battery B from Texarkana, Texas. But Davison said the final results made it all worthwhile.
“It was all worth it in the end,” he said.
(U.S. Army Sgt. Mike Pryor is assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs)
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32726
Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Five Taliban Fighters
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2007 – Afghan National Army and coalition forces killed five Taliban fighters near the city of Qalat in Zabul Province today, military officials reported.
During the operation the combined force used coalition close air support to drop munitions on the observed Taliban position. Secondary explosions killed the five Taliban and a large weapons cache hidden in a cave near the enemy position.
“We will continue to pursue and interdict Taliban fighters who threaten the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesman. “Taliban fighters have two choices: stop fighting and reconcile with the government or face elimination by Afghan National Army and coalition forces.”
Meanwhile, Afghan and coalition forces captured one militant during an early morning raid today in the Nari district of Konar province, military officials reported.
The combined task force was targeting an anti-coalition militia commander who had previously attacked coalition forces using rocket propelled grenades and missiles.
No shots were fired and there were no injuries reported as a result of the operation.
(Compiled from Combined Task Force 82 news releases.)
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“At least 80 immigrants found in home near Phoenix, police say; 2 suspected smugglers arrested “
WFRV.COM ^ | 07 APRIL 2007 | AP
Posted on 04/07/2007 10:11:08 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
PHOENIX (AP)
Someone I know very well was T-boned by a carload of illegals in Oregon. They ran all directions after impact and none were ever found to the best of my knowledge. The person we know was prohibited from possession of the abandoned involved vehicle adding insult to injury.
I understand.
There are many incidents like this.
UPDATE...
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http://www.wfaa.com/video/wfaageneral-index.html?nvid=133814
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015964.php
April 07, 2007
“Muslim woman detained at Dallas Love Field for suspicious behavior confirms ties to embassy bombing jihadist”
(DALLAS MORNING NEWS)
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015951.php
April 06, 2007
“Muslim women at Love Field ‘acting suspiciously’”
(DALLAS MORNING NEWS)
Snip: More alarming is that a deadly hemorrhagic form of the disease, which adds internal and external bleeding to the symptoms - is becoming more common. It accounts for one in four cases in Mexico, compared with one in 50 seven years ago, according to Mexico's Public Health Department.
Illegal immigrant in custody after weekend accident
Snip: A 2-year-old is not expected to live after Tulsa Police say a drunk driver ran a red light and slammed into the SUV he was riding in. The News On 6’s Heather Lewin reports investigators are calling the accident another example of what they're seeing all too often on Tulsa streets, drunk drivers, with no license or insurance that are in this country illegally. "We see that on a routine basis," said Tulsa Police Sergeant Rick Bondy.
Tulsa Police arrested 34-year-old Jose Juan Lopez at the scene Saturday. Officers say Lopez ran a red light at 36th Street North and Lewis Avenue and crashed his Ford Explorer into a Chevy Suburban that was driving through the intersection. The Tulsa County jail says Jose Lopez was able to bond out of jail over the weekend.
Monday, federal authorities announced that they were looking for Lopez. That evening, Lopez was picked up at an Owasso business and is now being held by immigration officials in Oklahoma City.
UPDATE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1741897/posts?page=302#302
Thanks to ButThreeLeftsDo for the ping to this thread.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813762/posts
A Real Moderate Takes a Stand Against CAIR and the Flying Imams
National Review Online ^ | 4/6/07 | Andy McCarthy
Posted on 04/07/2007 2:55:22 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Three cheers — no, three million cheers — for Zuhdi Jasser, a practicing doctor and retired Navy Lieutenant Commander, who is trying to catalyze fellow moderate Muslims into standing up against the jihadists and their cheerleaders. He has written this important article at FamilySecurityMatters.org denouncing CAIR and the lawsuit it is pushing on behalf of the infamous Flying Imams against US Airways and the “John Doe” passengers who had the temerity to be frightened and speak out.
Read it all. Here is one excerpt of the words we’ve been longing to hear from Muslim moderates:
Make no mistake. This lawsuit forces our courts and our community to firmly clarify our rules of engagement and the tools we can and cannot use to stay safe and maintain our freedoms. If this case is not thrown out early by the courts it stands to chill civilian reporting of suspicious behavior which will further embolden those who target our American citizenry—Muslim and non-Muslim. Frankly, it will also create a deeper wedge and greater fear whether based on reality or ignorance between the Muslim and non-Muslim community. Contrary to the CAIR spin machine and their sympathizers, this case is about much more than a few Muslim imams from Phoenix who felt their rights (to fly) were infringed by U.S. Airways and some passengers (John Does) who passed notes to the crew. It is about much more than such a simplistic view of the known facts.
As a nation, our collective response to this will be a defining moment in the articulation of our values, while also defining our priorities in defense of civilian America against the threat of militant Islamism and all those enemies who target us.
We are seeing at play in this case elements that illustrate the pathology of political Islam and how it blindly drives many Muslims who believe in it, whether or not their means are wise or their ends are understood. The longer we avoid the deeper discussion of the machinations of political Islam (Islamism) in America, the longer we allow it to take cover and thrive under the guise of political correctness within our pluralistic democracy. The longer we continue to disengage from the real aims and overriding denial of Islamist organizations that wage public battle through their toxic mixture of religion and politics, the further we fall behind in this war of ideas. Without engagement, Islamism, Salafism, and radicalism will continue to flourish within the very construct of our Constitutional government and protection of our Bill of Rights - including its establishment clause – and all the while Islamists strive to create a society which honors neither.
302 posted on 04/07/2007 3:07:55 PM PDT by Cindy
Thanks for the ping.
That fever is very serious — even deadly.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nuclear
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813768/posts
“Iran president to announce nuclear ‘good news’”
ap ^ | 4/7/07 | by Farhad Pouladi
Posted on 04/07/2007 3:12:00 PM PDT by Flavius
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/1158.htm
(Rooz, 4-5-07)
“Thief’s Hand Amputated in Public in Iran; Official Cleric Calls for Reinstating Islamic Punishments”
(April 6, 2007)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813808/posts
“High Arsenic Levels Found In Herbal Kelp Supplements”
Science Daily ^ | 4-7-2007 | U of C - Davis
Posted on 04/07/2007 5:11:04 PM PDT by blam
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/delmonte04_07.html
Recall — Firm Press Release
“Del Monte Pet Products Modifies Voluntary Recall List
No Additional Brands Included”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813755/posts
“Pelosi undermines foreign policy (and is praised by terrorists)”
Shelbyville Times Gazette ^ | April 7, 2007 | Brian Mosely
Posted on 04/07/2007 2:45:06 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-04-07-voa8.cfm
“Hijacked Cargo Ships Released in Waters Off Somalia”
By Cathy Majtenyi
Nairobi
07 April 2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813826/posts
“Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000”
Houston Chronicle ^ | April 7, 2007 | JENNIFER LEAHY
Posted on 04/07/2007 6:33:57 PM PDT by Dubya
3-year-old Kendrick Jackson has been missing 1 year
Hopefully all cases stay south of the border. Dengue fever outbreaks here would be truly frightening given the population of the American Southwest.
Schools pursue whitewashing jihad with anti-terror drills
Snip: at a public school district in Muskegon County, Mich. Instead of Islamic terrorists, educators substituted Christian homeschoolers. Yes, Christian homeschoolers. Here was the description of the school drill plan:
"The exercise will simulate an attack by a fictitious radical group called Wackos Against Schools and Education who believe everyone should be homeschooled. Under the scenario, a bomb is placed on the bus and is detonated while the bus is traveling on Durham, causing the bus to land on its side and fill with smoke."
Flabbergasting, but true. In the wake of September 11 and the jihadists' carnage against schoolchildren in Beslan, Russia, the school chose to prepare their students for an attack by Christian homeschooling "wackos," not Muslim suicide bombers.
Snip: Ms. Al-Homsi and her friend, Aisha Abdul-Rahman Hamad, 50, of Irving were the subject of a March 5 Dallas police intelligence bulletin after the two women, both dressed in camouflage pants under their Muslim robes and scarves, were seen conducting what appeared to be surveillance and acting suspiciously at Dallas Love Field.
2 more cases of e-coli in Orange County brings total to 12
Snip: Two more cases of E. coli infection linked to a Souplantation restaurant have been identified, forcing the Orange County eatery to temporarily close for business, health officials said Saturday.
The new cases brought the number of people sickened by the dangerous bacterium to 12.
Hundreds exposed to TB at St. Barnabus
Snip: The Department of Health and St. Barnarbas Hospital in the Bronx announced a nurse working has tuberculosis. The nurse worked in the postpartum, well-baby nursery, neonatal intensive care and psychiatric units, and has exposed about 700 people, including 238 babies, with TB.
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