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Posted on 07/01/2007 2:42:24 PM PDT by nwctwx
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Debka has frequently been “pooh-poohed” on FR. Their record has been a bit dubious. But, they have often beaten the MSM on many, many reports.
I pray this is true, and that the “Z” man and UBL are quickly found. So many dots to connect
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I had missed that very curious ending. Thanks for posting Joe.
Thank you Cindy.
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You’re very welcome, Oorang.
Thanks to Calpernia and Ikez78 for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866339/posts
“Former Fedayeen Saddam officer became coordinator for Zarqawi, al Qaeda in Iraq”
Regime of Terror ^ | 7-15-07 | Mark E.
Posted on 07/15/2007 2:17:12 PM PDT by ikez78
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301792.html
“Sunni Insurgent Leader Paints Iran as ‘Real Enemy’”
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, July 14, 2007; Page A13
Sometimes Debka has the correct info. Hopefully this is one of those times.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46727
Iraq Raids Net Terrorists, Weapons; Sheiks, U.S. Leaders Meet
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2007 – Thirteen suspected al Qaeda operatives were captured during Iraq operations yesterday and today. Meanwhile, about 50 tribal leaders from the Muqdadiya Qada in Diyala province, Iraq, gathered at the governor’s house yesterday to discuss security, services and the importance of unity with U.S. and Iraqi military leaders, officials reported.
At the meeting, Diyala Gov. Ra’ad Hameed Al-Mula Jowad Al-Tamimi, together with Staff Maj. Gen. Abdul Kareem, commander of Iraqi Security Forces in Diyala; and Col. David W. Sutherland, commander of coalition forces in Diyala, stressed the influence tribal leaders have on their people.
“We came here to achieve something great, and this great thing is your tribal influence on your people,” said Kareem.
“I have seen the greatness of the sheiks,” said Sutherland, “I have seen the greatness they can bring. The courage of the tribes is based on the courage of the sheiks, many of whom are disgusted and disillusioned by the hatred al Qaeda brings.”
Citing examples from the Koran and Iraq’s history, Kareem emphasized that “everybody in Diyala is supposed to be united – to work as one hand fighting the enemy.”
Toward that end, U.S. troops detained 13 suspected terrorists during July 14-15 operations that targeted al Qaeda in Iraq leaders and suppliers.
“We’re continuing to conduct operations that target specific links in the al Qaeda in Iraq chain, to ultimately destroy the network,” said Maj. Marc Young, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman.
Coalition forces captured two suspected terrorists today during a morning operation southwest of Baghdad. One of the men allegedly has close ties to the al Qaeda in Iraq emir of the Southern Belts. He also is believed to be involved in kidnappings and attacks against Iraqi and U.S. forces as well as civilians.
Coalition forces also captured two targeted individuals southwest of Baghdad today. The men, who are brothers, are suspected of involvement with a weapons dealer and foreign terrorist facilitator who supplies al Qaeda in Iraq with weapons and operatives.
North of Baghdad, U.S. troops targeted a suspected terrorist involved in planning chlorine vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks. The ground forces detained six others on the scene for their alleged connections to the bomber.
Coalition forces conducted a precision raid yesterday near Samarra and captured an alleged foreign terrorist facilitator and logistician suspected of supplying al Qaeda cells with operatives and suicide bombers. After U.S. troops cornered the suspect and two of his associates, the three fled into a nearby house. The troops yelled for the house’s occupants to come out, and several women and children exited the building. The ground forces moved them away from danger, then entered the house, where they detained the three suspected terrorists.
In other news, two Iraqis were killed and five more wounded when insurgents detonated a vehicle-borne IED yesterday in the Rusafa district of eastern Baghdad. Soldiers with the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, and the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, both attached to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, responded to the blast and sealed off the area. Five wounded Iraqis were transported to the Kimene Hospital for treatment. Ten vehicles were destroyed in the blast.
Also, elements of the Iraqi police detained the leader of an al Qaeda cell in Samarra that facilitates the manufacture of IEDs and explosively formed penetrators during an intelligence-driven operation July 13. The detainee, allegedly responsible for an attack on a convoy that killed a U.S. soldier, was detained without incident. He is reportedly in charge of a 50-member al Qaeda terror network and is directly involved with an EFP factory in Samarra.
A second suspect was also detained. Weapons, ammunition, a computer, identification cards, passports and 3 million dinars in Iraqi money were confiscated.
One U.S. soldier was slightly injured during the operation as the result of an IED strike.
Additionally, U.S. troops found a cache and captured 13 suspected insurgents during raids in eastern Baghdad July 13. Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, detained five suspects and recovered two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, three grenades and one IED. The soldiers, from Fort Riley, Kan., were operating in the New Baghdad District of the Iraqi capital.
In a separate raid, soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery detained eight suspected insurgents in the Zafarniya district. The Fort Carson, Colo.-based troops also recovered circuit boards, wires, timers, soldering tools and 9 million Iraqi dinars.
Also, U.S. soldiers responded to an attack comprised of numerous IEDs that severely damaged a school in northern Baghdad July 13. Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division responded to the attack, shortly after 6 a.m. The explosions were heard and seen coming from the Al Malahma School, less than a mile west of Camp Taji. The school building was part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiative to improve the educational infrastructure in the area. Al Qaeda extremists are believed to be responsible for damaging the school, officials said.
And, U.S. Special Forces and Iraqi security forces detained an alleged high-level al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist cell leader July 13 at Baghdad International Airport. The alleged cell leader surrendered without a struggle and is currently in U.S. custody for questioning. He reportedly has targeted coalition forces, distributed mortars and organized and ordered vehicle-borne IED attacks. He is believed to operate in Baghdad’s Karh district as well as the Mahmudiyah and the Arab Jabour districts. No Iraqi or coalition troops were injured during the operations.
In other news, elements of the 4th Iraqi Army Brigade detained the leader of a terrorist sniper cell during an intelligence-driven operation in Bayji July 12. The suspect allegedly is responsible for leading attacks against Iraqi and U.S. forces, including attacks against the joint security site in downtown Bayji. Two other people also were detained. One other member of this cell was captured last month. Iraqi forces, with U.S. special operations forces as advisors, also confiscated an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and computer equipment. No Iraqi or coalition forces were injured.
Also, an Iraqi citizen who has been working with coalition forces during the past week led U.S. troops to two caches July 12 in Qarghuli Village, a known terrorist safe haven. The local resident accompanied soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment “Polar Bears,” 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), out of Fort Drum, N.Y., on a dismounted patrol in the village and led them to the caches. The caches consisted of a rack system, video camera, 61mm fuse, spool of command wire used to make IEDs, 44 Dragonov sniper rounds and a 155mm round. During the past few days, the Iraqi residents have led the Polar Bears to more than 14 caches in the village.
In other news, insurgents launched nine indirect fire attacks into Baghdad neighborhoods July 12 and 13 as Iraqi and U.S. troops continue to seek out and destroy these cells. On July 12, mortars impacted in the Masafee, Zubaida and Saydiyah neighborhoods of the Rashid district. The al-Diyala neighborhood in Karadah also was attacked with mortars. The following day, four more indirect-fire attacks hit Baghdad civilian neighborhoods. The Zubaida and Baladiat neighborhoods received indirect fire from insurgents and the Amin neighborhood was hit in two separate attacks.
Meanwhile, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers nabbed 46 men suspected of involvement with al Qaeda affiliated terror networks July 12, east of Lutifiyah. Troops of the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division; and the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), air assaulted in the area under the cover of darkness. They searched reeds along canals for weapons caches, ultimately netting 29 men on the Iraqi army’s list of persons of interest, and 14 others identified as terrorists. Three other suspects were taken for questioning.
Also, U.S. troops put an enemy rocket position out of commission during a July 12 operation. After several rockets hit Forward Operating Base Hammer July 11, the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team maneuvered to find the source of the attack. Early July 12, the 3rd HBCT’s unmanned aerial vehicle located 46 rocket launchers in the northern section of Besmaya Range Complex next to the base aimed at FOB Hammer. Thirty-four of the launchers were armed with Iranian 107mm rockets. Soldiers of the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, currently attached to the 3rd HBCT, immediately responded to the site. They determined that the rockets originated from Iran and neutralized the remaining rockets.
Al Qaeda in Iraq sustained another blow when Iraqi and U.S. troops using tips from local citizens targeted al Qaeda operatives outside Diyala’s provincial capital July 11. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, and 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted Operation Ithaca, targeting al Qaeda operatives near the villages of Haimer, Abu Nasim, and Jamil. The operation resulted in 29 al-Qaida gunmen killed, 23 detained, eight hostages released, two weapons caches discovered and a safe house destroyed.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46728
Nine Suspected Militants Detained in Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2007 – Afghan and coalition forces captured nine extremists today during a joint operation in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, officials reported.
Credible intelligence led coalition forces to a compound in the Chaparhar district suspected of providing sanctuary to Taliban militants. Nine men were detained and will be questioned about their involvement in militant activities.
“Afghan and coalition forces will continue to work together to deter insurgents from disrupting the peace and stability in Afghanistan,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesman.
No shots were fired during the operation, no damage was done and there were no injuries or civilian deaths.
(Compiled from a Combined Joint Task Force 82 news release)
I just saw a clip from this on FoxNews. I cannot fathom how they brainwash their children. You know if they don’t value their own children they don’t value anything.
“You know if they don’t value their own children they don’t value anything.”
Exactly.
BANNU/CHAKDARA: A remote control bomb attack on caravan of the security forces injured four security officials near Bannu Airport while the rocket fired on Malakand University in Chakdara suspended the electricity supply.
According to a private TV Channel, four security officials were injured when a caravan of the security officials was going to Bannu from Meeran on Saturday. The remote control bomb was planted alongside the road. The injured were shifted to nearby hospitals and the area was cordoned off by the security officials.
A rocket was also fired on Malakand University in Chakdara which hit the electricity wires and suspended the electricity supply, however no loss of life was reported. The Police, meanwhile after recovered a rocket foiled it.
It may be recalled that the security forces were deployed in the University and the rocket was fired to target Security Forces. Nearly 45 suspected people were arrested. Meanwhile, more contingents of the security forces have been deployed in Sawat and Tank aiming to tackle any expected reaction after Lal Masjid operation . According to a private TV Channel, more 12,000 army personnel have been deployed in Swat, Tank, Dera, Bannu and Laki Marawat on the request of NWFP Government. Besides that a wing of Khyber Rifle constituted of 500 persons has also arrived in the areas.
The Provincial Government in this regard said that additional troops on its request have also been deployed in Tank and Sawat to deal possible reaction after Lal Masjid operation. Head Tank Police, Mumtaz Zareen while talking to a private TV Channel said that the arrival of 4,000 troops in Tank has started which would be completed in the next few days. He said that 600 youth from Masud Barki tribe and Batni tribe have been recruited, among them, 300 Scouts Force and 300 Militia included.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?184051
Bomb attacks in northwest Pakistan kill 70 over weekend
July 16, 2007
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Militants in northwest Pakistan tore up a peace pact with the government and launched suicide attacks and bombings that killed at least 70 people, in a dramatic escalation of violence in the al-Qaida infiltrated region.
The weekend attacks followed strident calls by extremists to avenge the government's bloody storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque and a declaration of jihad, or holy war, by at least one pro-Taliban cleric. Termination of the peace treaty, the hopeful handiwork of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, puts even greater pressure on the military leader as he wrestles with both Islamic extremists and a gathering pro-democracy movement.
There is concern in Pakistan that the gathering sense of crisis could prompt Musharraf to cancel elections due later this year and declare a state of emergency - despite his repeated denials.
Excerpted
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070716032421&irec=0
Glasgow airport bomber had frequent communications with Malta
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Kafeel Ahmed, who suffered 90 per cent burns after driving a blazing Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow airport on 30 June, and also linked to the two unexploded car bombs in central London the previous day, was in frequent contact with Malta in the months leading up to the series of foiled terrorist attacks according to Indian police.
Indian investigators probing the activities of two Indian brothers, Kafeel and Sabeel Ahmed, allegedly at the centre of the recent terrorism plots, say they have found a SIM card used by Kafeel Ahmed when he was last in India between December 2005 and May 2007.
Using mobile phone forensic techniques, Indian police say they have analysed a SIM card and mobile phone line used by Kafeel Ahmed that was registered in his father’s name. The analyses, according to Bangalore police investigators, have revealed what they describe as “frequent communications” with Malta, the UK, Finland, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Excerpted
http://www.billroggio.com/cgi-bin/cms/mt-search.cgi?tag=Pakistan&blog_id=1
http://www.billroggio.com/cgi-bin/cms/mt-search.cgi?tag=Afghanistan&blog_id=1
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http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20070715&t=2&i=1128076&w=350
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017391.php
(REUTERS)
July 15, 2007
“Afghan president pardons failed suicide bomber boy”
KABUL
Thanks, I’ll take a look over on TB. The jihadis do seem to like Tuesdays.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=malta
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RE MALTA...STEPPING BACK IN TIME...
Note; The following text is a quote:
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/000918.html
25 July 2003
Tunisians indicted on Italy terror charge
MILAN, Italy - An Italian judge indicted five Tunisians on Thursday for alleged links to al-Qaida, paving the way for Italy’s first trial on charges of international terrorism.
The defendants, suspected of links to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terror network, were arrested in October in as series of raids in Italy - in Milan, Naples and San Remo on the Italian Riviera - and another raid in Malta. Another Tunisian eluded arrest and remains a fugitive. A search in the men’s apartments in Milan turned up camouflage uniforms and forged documents.
The ANSA news agency said prosecutors accuse the suspects of having formed a terror cell that planned to carry out attacks both in and outside Italy. Further details on the accusations were not immediately available.
Posted on 25 July 2003 @ 15:27
http://www.jihadwatch.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=malta
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “After school, Barot gained a City and Guilds in tourism and worked in travel agencies and hotels before becoming an airline ticket clerk for Air Malta in Piccadilly, London, in 1991. He left after four years “to go travelling”.
He flew to Pakistan then to Kashmir, “witnessing a side of Islam which cannot be found in classrooms”. He took extensive notes about the weapons and explosives training he received and on his return used this knowledge to move to Afghanistan where he spent a year working as a trainer in one of the camps for Islamic fighters.”
stepping back in time...
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/013944.php
(TELEGRAPH)
November 7, 2006
A quiet, middle-class boy who turned into a jihad warrior bent on killing
More background on Dhiren Barot, by Duncan Gardham in the Telegraph, with thanks to all who sent this in:
Dhiren Barot was the least likely al-Qa’eda chief imaginable, nothing like the perceived picture of a man planning to set off a dirty bomb in London and hoping to rock western society with a series of terrorist atrocities.
Short, quietly spoken and smartly dressed, Barot was born a Hindu and brought up in a north London suburb by middle-class parents before becoming one of the key figures in international Islamic terrorism.
Oh, will the Islamophobia never end?
Family friends told The Daily Telegraph that Barot’s father was a disciplinarian who expected his family to follow traditional Indian values.
Barot left home at 20 after secretly converting to Islam and only returned when his father had a heart operation several years later. By then he had grown a beard and his father told him: “Shave it off, you look like a Muslim.”...
One Muslim school friend said: “I used to go to a community centre across the road for Friday prayers and a few of my Hindu friends used to come along out of curiosity but Dhiren wasn’t one of them.
“A few years later I bumped into him at a prayer meeting with another friend who had converted him.”
The prayer meeting, held at Willesden Library, was run by Abdullah el-Faisal, The Daily Telegraph has learned. El-Faisal, a Jamaican convert, was also preaching to the would-be hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui in Brixton and visiting Leeds to preach to the July 7 bombers. He was jailed in March 2003 for incitement to murder and racial hatred.
After school, Barot gained a City and Guilds in tourism and worked in travel agencies and hotels before becoming an airline ticket clerk for Air Malta in Piccadilly, London, in 1991. He left after four years “to go travelling”.
He flew to Pakistan then to Kashmir, “witnessing a side of Islam which cannot be found in classrooms”. He took extensive notes about the weapons and explosives training he received and on his return used this knowledge to move to Afghanistan where he spent a year working as a trainer in one of the camps for Islamic fighters.
It was probably during this time that he met Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and became involved with al-Qa’eda. He had the nicknames Esa al-Britani and Esa al-Hindi.
Back in Britain he saw that el-Faisal had black bodyguards with relatives in Montana and travelled to the US to try to recruit them for al-Qa’eda.
In 1998 he moved to Thailand where he was married, although nothing is known of his wife. The following September he travelled to the Philippines to be trained in firearms, munitions and explosives handling.
American intelligence sources believe he met the al-Qa’eda planner Hambali in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, just as the September 11 attacks were being finalised.
Barot travelled to Karachi in January 2000 and the Americans say he went from there to Kuala Lumpur with Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard Walid bin Attash, known as “Khallad”.
It is also possible that he met two of the men who were to become hijackers on September 11, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, who were meeting Hambali in Kuala Lumpur around the same time....
Posted by Robert at November 7, 2006 12:55 PM
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