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Afghan, Coalition Forces Find Multiple Bombs; Two Afghans Rescued
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2006 – Afghan and coalition forces discovered and disabled multiple explosive devices in three separate locations today, and coalition forces helped save two Afghan boys, U.S. military officials reported.
A coalition unit discovered a landmine placed on the side of a road in Paktika province. A coalition explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the mine in place.
In Khost province, an Afghan civilian reported a makeshift bomb to the Afghan National Police, who investigated and found it in the Warza Village. Another makeshift bomb placed along the same road hit a separate Afghan police unit responding to the site.
In addition, an Afghan National Army patrol discovered another two makeshift bombs along a road in Paktika province. The patrol destroyed the devices in place. No injuries or damage was reported in any of the incidents.
“Afghan security forces demonstrated their capability to quickly respond to emergencies in support of the Afghan people,” said Army Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force 76 spokesman. “They showed great courage in responding to these (bombs) today. These weapons will no longer be a threat to the lives of Afghan civilians. Afghan and coalition forces will continue to seek out and destroy these types of deadly weapons wherever we find them to ensure the safety of the Afghan people.”
In other news from Afghanistan, U.S. medical evacuation helicopters flew two injured boys to U.S. medical facilities.
A 7-year-old boy who fell from a cliff was brought to the U.S. base in Kunar province with a skull fracture today.
In a separate incident, an 11-year-old boy was taken to the medical clinic on the coalition base in Asadabad yesterday after suffering from severe wounds sustained when an explosive detonated. The boy lost an arm in the explosion, but he is now recovering in stable condition, officials said.
“The Afghan hospital is very good, but traumatic injuries can be a challenge for any hospital to treat. When civilians come to a coalition clinic with life-threatening injuries, we will do everything we can to help save their lives," Fitzpatrick said. “Many times that includes transporting the patient to our two full-scale hospitals in either Bagram or Kandahar. When that occurs, we provide the same urgent medical care as for our own soldiers."
Coalition forces fly an average of three to five medical evacuation flights for Afghan civilians a week. “We genuinely care for the well being of the Afghan people and routinely devote our helicopters to civilian medical flights,” Fitzpatrick said.
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Iraqi Forces Capture Bomb Maker, Repel Attack
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2006 – Iraqi security forces captured a suspected bomb maker and cell leader yesterday near Mussayib, Iraq, U.S. military officials said.
The suspect is believed to have participated in multiple bomb attacks on coalition and Iraqi security forces, including one that killed four U.S. servicemembers May 5. This person is also believed to be a supplier of bombs to illegal armed groups inciting sectarian violence and government instability through kidnapping, murder and armed attacks, officials said.
The raid was conducted by Iraqi police and occurred without incident. No civilian, Iraqi or coalition forces casualties were reported.
One additional individual was detained in the operation, officials said.
Also in Iraq, Iraqi army and police forces fended off an attack by a large group of terrorists in Diwaniyah after a 12-hour battle today.
Coalition forces provided support to the Iraqi security forces by setting up blocking positions at several points on the outskirts of Diwaniyah to prevent additional terrorists from entering the city.
A Polish helicopter providing support to the Iraqi security forces was hit with seven rounds of small-arms fire, but was able to safely land at a nearby coalition base.
Casualties are still being assessed.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq new releases.)
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"Pilot Dies After Plane Crashes Into Pond; 3 Others Injured (Survived Asian Tsunami 20 mos ago)"
The Indy Channel ^ | August 28, 2006
Posted on 08/28/2006 1:55:37 PM PDT by Samwise
INDIANAPOLIS --
ARTICLE SNPPET: "Investigators believe the pilot navigated the plane to land in the water and avoid homes.
"Kudos to that guy, because that's unfathomable. From the sky, that's not a very big target and he landed darn near in the middle of it," said Dave Day, who witnessed the crash. "If he had landed somewhere else, I don't think the outcome would've been as good."
Federal investigators will be called to determine what caused the crash."
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"THE NEW TALIBAN
The Islamic Courts Union is a growing power in Somalia, and a growing threat to the world."
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Kyle Dabruzzi
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"THE NEW TALIBAN
The Islamic Courts Union is a growing power in Somalia, and a growing threat to the world." -Page 2
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Kyle Dabruzzi
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Thanks for those links, Cindy. Somalia has a tendency to slip beneath the wire...
You're very welcome Knitting A Conundrum.
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"Flyers under watch: India too conducts passenger profiling"
Times of India ^ | 29 Aug, 2006 0104hrs IST | Vishwa Mohan
Posted on 08/28/2006 2:58:00 PM PDT by samsonite
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NEW DELHI: Unknown to most, the airport security in India has started to conduct passenger profiling. Even before the trans-Atlantic air terror plot prompted UK to introduce its new security measure of seeking in advance the profiles of all air passengers coming into the country, India had quietly joined a small band of 11 countries where such profiling is already being done."
Most Indonesian Moslems practice a non-violent form of Islam. But several million Indonesians have taken up the more aggressive Wahhabi form of Islam. This has been brought into the country over the last three decades by Saudi Arabian, missionaries and millions of dollars of money from Wahhabi charities based in Saudi Arabia.
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Jail Guard Quizzed Over Bali Terror Laptop Link
Jakarta, 28 August (AKI/Jakarta Post) - Indonesian police are questioning a prison guard accused of helping convicted Bali bomber Imam Samudra obtain a laptop inside his cell, which he may have used to plan the second Bali bombings. The suspect, identified as Beni, was working at Bali's Kerobokan Penitentiary when Imam was imprisoned there for his role in the first bombings on the resort island in 2002.
Beni was detained last week while on duty at Puwokerto Penitentiary in Central Java. He is alleged to have received a laptop from Agung Setiadi, who was recently detained on allegations of abetting terrorism through the Internet, and then passed the computer on to Imam on death row.
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Security Forces Foiled Terror Attack
Cotabato City, 28 August (AKI) - Security forces in the Philippines have foiled a major terror attack as three suspected members of the home grown terrorist group, Abu Sayyaf, were arrested while boarding a Super Ferry in Parang, Maguindanao (Mindanao), bound for the capital Manila.
The Filipino army's Lt. Col. Julieto Ando, Army's Sixth Infantry Division spokesperson, told reporters on Monday that the three were carrying explosives and that the attack was to be carried out in Manila.
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We have to start from the beginning. The famous maxim of the ancient Chinese military strategist, Sun-Tzu, "know thy enemy," is as true today as it was when he wrote it. Devising the best strategy to defeat Islamism starts with understanding it."
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"Islamists not easy target"
Ottawa Sun ^ | 2006-08-28 | Jordan Michael Smith
Posted on 08/28/2006 2:57:27 PM PDT by Clive
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Thank you for this update Cindy.
So sad.
Yes it is very sad.
the thing that always stays in the back of my mind about Somalia is that Adid's son was a US Marine...and then he took over for his father's militia when daddy dearest died. I am sure we trained him well, and he knows how we operate. Scary thought. He has been out of the limelight but is sure to appear some day.
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Taliban Take to Tough Training
August 28, 2006: The Taliban have been trying to increase the combat capability of their tribal warriors. Some Taliban groups appear to have undergone professional infantry training, and are led by men who also appear to have received training. Several groups of platoon (20-30 men ) and company (50-80) size have been performing to much higher standards than the normal run of ???martyr fodder??? that Afghan and Coalition troops have been encountering in Afghanistan.
There have been reports of Taliban training camps in Pakistan. Nothing permanent. These appear to be portable, with trainers and equipment moving around to safe (pro-Taliban) villages, and training young men willing to join the fight. The Taliban is paying good wages, to the more promising warriors, but still allowing many volunteers to tag along and take their chances.
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Just a link as the source is Reuters (link only list I believe)
I didn't know that RDTF.
That is a concern -- definitely.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
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"Somalia: 'Withdraw Or Be Ready for-Full Scale War' - Aweys to Ethiopia"
all africa ^ | August 26, 2006 | Addis Ababa
Posted on 08/28/2006 3:19:54 PM PDT by Flavius
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Aidid's Son Is a U.S. Marine And Served Corps in Somalia
Published: October 10, 1993
A son of Gen. Mohammed Farah Aidid, the Somali factional leader, is an enlisted reservist in the United States Marine Corps who served in Somalia, the corps confirmed today.
Cpl. Hussen Farah, 31, joined the Marines in 1987, training initially as an artilleryman, a spokeswoman for the Marine Corps said.
When the United States began its mission to feed Somalis last December, Corporal Farah, one of the few Marines to speak Somali, volunteered for active duty.
He served as interpreter-translator for the American forces commander from Dec. 18 until Jan. 5, 1993, a spokeswoman said.
He returned to the United States the following day.
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HAMAS TO LAUNCH SATELLITE TV
ADN Kronos (Italy) ^ | August 28, 2006
Posted on 08/28/2006 3:43:09 PM PDT by HAL9000
Gaza, 28 August (AKI) - Palestinian government party Hamas will launch a satellite television channel in October, the Palestinian news agency Ramattan reported on Monday. Hamas launched an experimental terrestrial channel last year to give its candidates visibility in the electoral campaign leading to general elections in January. Ramattan said it will be the first Palestinian political channel to broadcast via satellite.
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How a U.S. Marine Became a Warlord in Somalia
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
OGADISHU, Somalia -- One of the many oddities in this battered capital is that a son of Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the Somali faction leader who humiliated the United States in 1993, was a naturalized American citizen, not to mention a U.S. Marine.
But that bizarre footnote took on a new dimension last weekend after the general died of gunshot wounds he had received in battle. His clan elders, meeting behind closed doors, selected the same 33-year-old son, Hussein Mohamed Farrah, to become the new president of Aidid's self-proclaimed republic.
It was a strange choice, politicians here say. Until a year ago, Farrah was living an obscure and mundane life in a Los Angeles suburb, going to school part time and working as a clerk in the West Covina engineering department for $9 a hour. The closest he had come to his father's way of life was when he served as a corporal in the Marine reserves.
Now Somalis throughout this war-weary country are waiting uneasily to see how the young warlord with the American accent will change the balance of power among the clan leaders who have carved Somalia up into what amounts to feudal kingdoms.
On the ruined streets of Mogadishu, the same questions were heard on many lips last week: Is the son a copy of his father -- the ambitious and ruthless general who wanted to subdue the entire country by force? Or will he be a peacemaker, a man capable of ending the civil war that has scourged this harsh desert land since 1990?
Any hope that Farrah's appointment would soon lead to a cease-fire here evaporated this weekend as his forces clashed outside the city in heavy fighting with militia members loyal to Mohamed Ali Mahdi, whose Abgal clan controls the north end of the capital. A counteroffensive by Farrah's followers was meant to push back Ali Mahdi's troops, who had cut off Farrah's section of town from a major airport.
With his white shirt and tie and his clean-cut hair style, Farrah certainly looks and sounds more like an American college student than a hardened Somali faction leader. Speaking at a memorial service in Mogadishu stadium for his father on Friday, he seemed wooden and ill at ease in front of the microphones, like a man caught unwillingly in the spotlight. He spoke only five minutes, avoiding politics.
"I did not come here to address you or give a political speech," he told more than 20,000 people crammed into the stadium. "I just came here, as we all did, to bless my father."
Most Somali leaders said they were stunned when Farrah was named to lead the powerful Habr Gedir clan, which dominates a political faction that controls much of the capital and the south-central part of the country.
"It surprised even us," said Ali Mahdi, who controls north Mogadishu and who was Aidid's major rival for the Somali presidency. "It's impossible -- 34 or 33 years old and inexperienced. We don't know how he can lead the country."
Having spent most of his adult life in the United States, Farrah is a newcomer to Somalia's tortured political stage, political analysts here say. He is also young and politically inexperienced, in a culture that reveres its elders and takes pride in the cleverness of its politicians.
His naivete was evident last week. In his first speech, he promised to crush his enemies at home and abroad. In another speech the next day, he professed to want peace.
He also embarrassed some of his father's closest political allies when he told reporters that he would personally intervene in the case of an Australian pilot who has been jailed since June for landing illegally in Somalia. In recent days, his advisers have kept him away from journalists. He declined to be interviewed for this article.
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