tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post6317482220108131614..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Express yo self. An elephant in the parlour.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29376059832995524832007-02-26T08:01:00.000-05:002007-02-26T08:01:00.000-05:00The smell of beer, and blood on the floor!Ahhhh! T...The smell of beer, and blood on the floor!<BR/><BR/>Ahhhh! <BR/><BR/>The sweet smell of FREEDOM!Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957481158914778546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80751742007662162552007-02-25T18:16:00.000-05:002007-02-25T18:16:00.000-05:00Desert Rat said, aQ Iraq is targeting the Sunni le...Desert Rat said, <I>aQ Iraq is targeting the Sunni leaders in Anbar that have "flipped".</I><BR/><BR/>Sunni on Sunni now. Good, maybe we can get this thing isolated down to an endemic internecine squabble between different flavors of Sunnis and let them bomb themselves back to the 7th Century. Meanwhile the Kurds and Shi'ites can pump oil and rig for their own defenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35288874613905870942007-02-25T17:04:00.000-05:002007-02-25T17:04:00.000-05:00Almost immediately after Mr Cheney and Ms Rice dec...Almost immediately after Mr Cheney and Ms Rice declaring SUCCESS in Basra this is reported at Threatswatch:<BR/><BR/><I><B>Sadrists Allegedly Murder Rival Shia Elders in Basra</B><BR/>Kirk<BR/>As reported in today’s Al-Hayat (“Shaikhiya Faction Accuses ‘Mahdi Army’ of Assassinating Two”), the Shaikhiya Faction is accusing the Sadrist Mahdi Army of murdering two of its elders. The article quoted Shaikh Amar al-Faiz, head of the Awlad Amar tribe and a leader in the Shaikhiya, as saying that four men in black dress stopped their vehicle at a security checkpoint, took one to a Sadrist-dominated neighborhood, and when the other called the police, the police arrived but joined the kidnappers. The article does not indicate how this information was procured, although it does cite multiple local sources as giving alternative explanations for the hit; some saying that in the city there was an ongoing Sadrist-Shaikhiya contest over local business, or alternatively that it might have been part of a theological struggle, as the Shaikhiya had been excluded from local positions by Shia previously based in Iran.<BR/><BR/>Al-Hayat notes that<B> the Skaikhiya are a Shia faction not aligned with any prominent religious authority nor aligned with any of the major political parties. </B><BR/><BR/>February 25, 2007 3:45 PM </I><BR/><BR/>Does not pay to be an Independent in Iraq. Especially an Independent without Iranian connections.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81449441276100975942007-02-25T16:54:00.000-05:002007-02-25T16:54:00.000-05:00For those that wondered about the bombing of tthe ...For those that wondered about the bombing of tthe Sunni mosque that killed 40 or so, Bill Roggio has the scoop.<BR/><BR/><I>Saturday's attack against the Habbaniyah imam demonstrates the extreme measures al-Qaeda will take to murder its opponents. In order to get to the imam, who, according to Reuters "had spoken out against Sunni al-Qaeda members during prayers on Friday," al-Qaeda targeted a mosque. The suicide bomber killed 39 and wounded 62. The explosion destroyed a nearby market, and many women and children are said to have been killed.</I><BR/><BR/>Yep, it was not the Mahdi Army, nor any other Shia militia that staged that attack, no it seems the Shia militias are still complying with the Government Cease Fire.<BR/><BR/>aQ Iraq is targeting the Sunni leaders in Anbar that have "flipped".desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66316784990679480692007-02-25T16:39:00.000-05:002007-02-25T16:39:00.000-05:00And then ask yourself...Who'd telling the truth?U....And then ask yourself...<BR/>Who'd telling the truth?<BR/><BR/><I><B>U.N. calls U.S. data on Iran's nuclear aims unreliable</B><BR/><BR/>Tips about supposed secret weapons sites and documents with missile designs haven't panned out, diplomats say.<BR/>By Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writers<BR/>February 25, 2007 <BR/>— Although international concern is growing about Iran's nuclear program and its regional ambitions,<B> diplomats here say most U.S. intelligence shared with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has proved inaccurate</B> and none has led to significant discoveries inside Iran.<BR/><BR/>The officials said the CIA and other Western spy services had provided sensitive information to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency at least since 2002, when Iran's long-secret nuclear program was exposed. But none of the tips about supposed secret weapons sites provided clear evidence that the Islamic Republic was developing illicit weapons.<BR/><BR/><B>"Since 2002, pretty much all the intelligence that's come to us has proved to be wrong,"</B> a senior diplomat at the IAEA said. Another official here described the agency's intelligence stream as<B> "very cold now"</B> because<B> "so little panned out." </B></I><BR/><BR/>Who we gonna call, this time?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54119871623888080992007-02-25T16:13:00.000-05:002007-02-25T16:13:00.000-05:00Jimmy Buffett - Just An Old Truth Teller Lester At...<I>Jimmy Buffett - <BR/><B>Just An Old Truth Teller</B><BR/><BR/> Lester Atlas, a crude, very rich corporate raider, traps Norman in the "Caribbean Dream" by offering to buy the hotel for him, and then welshing on the deal when Norman can no long back out. He is a<BR/>dispicable but somehow lovable rogue, who in his own mind is a magnanimous, misunderstood benefactor of humanity. What other people call corporate raiding,<BR/>he explains, telling the truth in business:<BR/><BR/>I’m just an old truth teller<BR/>I’m your candid friend<BR/>I’m not some daydream seller<BR/>I do not pretend<BR/>I’ve a sense of survival<BR/>And screwing my rivals<BR/>That’s labeled me crossed and uncouth<BR/>But I can’t help it I just tell the truth<BR/>He can’t help it, he just tells the truth<BR/><BR/>I’m just an old truth teller<BR/>Brutally direct<BR/>I see it eye for eye<BR/>I’m rarely incorrect<BR/>Why call me a sharp trader<BR/>A corporate raider<BR/>I’m a role model for today’s youth<BR/>It’s so simple, I just tell the truth<BR/>He can’t help it, he just tells the truth<BR/><BR/>Bridge:<BR/><BR/>Why was I born to be right all the time<BR/>In deal after deal after deal<BR/>Foiling those sharks that are circling my penthouse<BR/>Hoping to make a meal<BR/><BR/>No good deed goes unpunished<BR/>Nothing goes as planed<BR/>My ingrate family left me<BR/>I don’t understand<BR/><BR/>Where’s your wife? <BR/>In alaska<BR/>Any sons? <BR/>In nebraska<BR/>And my daughter milks cows in duluth<BR/>I can’t help it, I just tell the truth<BR/>Ohh he can’t help it, he just sells it<BR/>He can’t help, he just tells it<BR/>I can’t help, I just tell the truth </I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com