tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5379484830211268094..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Guantánamo Bay Prison to CloseDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27923817105134729152007-03-16T14:17:00.000-04:002007-03-16T14:17:00.000-04:00Nice hypothesis. It's working really well in Eurab...Nice hypothesis. <BR/><BR/>It's working really well in Eurabia (and in the U.S. for that matter-hmm-would the Malvo shootings and others be considered armed combat)?<BR/><BR/>By the way, you and Trish need to go educate tom_holsinger over at BC and WoC. <BR/><BR/>I don't think he got the memo about Iran.Elijahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09180395617090150228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7151084192143264402007-03-16T09:58:00.000-04:002007-03-16T09:58:00.000-04:00Now you are getting the picture, elijah.Where ther...Now you are getting the picture, elijah.<BR/><BR/>Where there is armed conflict, the enemy must be rooted out and taken or destroyed.<BR/>In the US there has yet to be armed conflict. Just the OK City bombing, 9-11 and an occasional attack by auto. In each of the domestic cases the Police tell US they got the perp. It is a criminal process. The Mohammedan aspect covered up when possible.<BR/><BR/>In the foreign cases we do not catch the majority of the perps, and it is still treated as a criminal process. Especially in Iraq where US troops lead the way in policing the country.<BR/><BR/>If we cannot use old fashion war fighting techniques in the War in Iraq, it is hard to make the case to use them here.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80520596831232409392007-03-16T02:19:00.000-04:002007-03-16T02:19:00.000-04:00Cutler,Just write "ROP"100 times,You'll get over i...Cutler,<BR/>Just write "ROP"<BR/>100 times,<BR/>You'll get over it.<BR/>Peace.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4369745046107173822007-03-16T02:17:00.000-04:002007-03-16T02:17:00.000-04:00Bobal's link:Cosman said 84 hospitals in Californi...Bobal's link:<BR/><BR/>Cosman said 84 hospitals in California have been forced to close because of the high cost of treating illegal aliens with only 50 percent of all treatments reimbursed by government. <BR/><BR/>Among the organizations directing illegal aliens into America's medical systems, according to the report, are the Ford Foundation-funded Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Immigration Law Center, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice, and Pro Bono, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the National Council of La Raza, George Soros' Open Society Institute, the Migration Policy Institute, the National Network for Immigration and Refugee Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center. <BR/><BR/>Because drug addiction and alcoholism are classified as diseases and disabilities, the fiscal toll on the health-care system rises. <BR/><BR/>"Illegal aliens simply cross our borders medically unexamined, hiding in their bodies any number of communicable diseases."Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84930552974427335922007-03-16T02:08:00.000-04:002007-03-16T02:08:00.000-04:00From a paper I'm writing:"Given Islamic terrorism’...From a paper I'm writing:<BR/><BR/><I>"Given Islamic terrorism’s global reach, the problem potentially exists wherever there are Muslims."</I><BR/><BR/>Hmmm.<BR/><BR/>Definitely a potential hate crime violation by stating the simple truth too bluntly.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089498195545182330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23982684831809518532007-03-16T01:57:00.000-04:002007-03-16T01:57:00.000-04:00Picture released 15 March 2007 by the US military ...Picture released 15 March 2007 by the US military shows Spc. Jason Peacock, from the 14th Cavalry Regiment, scanning the rooftops from his overwatch position during a cordon and search mission in Baghdad. <BR/><BR/>The US military reported the deaths of three more troops, two in blasts and one hit by small arms fire in restive Diyala province today. <BR/>3:55 a.m. ET, 3/15/07Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28222519107446000572007-03-16T01:34:00.000-04:002007-03-16T01:34:00.000-04:00In all, Mohammed took responsibility for 31 attack...<I>In all, Mohammed took responsibility for 31 attacks and plots - some of which never occurred - during his closed hearing at the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay.<BR/><BR/>Al-Qaida and other Islamic terror groups often accuse their targets of working for Israeli intelligence as justification for violence, according to Rita Katz, director of the SITE Institute, which monitors extremist messages on the Internet.<BR/><BR/>"It's a way of getting more support, justification, and sympathy for your actions," Katz said. "Rather than saying we killed him because he's a reporter or just because he's Jewish, you make a better case if you say he's an agent."</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/API/703160592&cachetime=5" REL="nofollow">Beheading Pearl</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08208259520563205356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48245706548615771102007-03-16T00:39:00.000-04:002007-03-16T00:39:00.000-04:00"The biggest threat is the ideology that drives it..."The biggest threat is the ideology that drives it. It’s not enough to fight terror, vital though that is. The principal battleground is the world of ideas."<BR/><BR/>Haven't you learned...<BR/><BR/>What is the provocation in the US?<BR/><BR/>You're views are as inflammatory as those spouted by Abu Usamah. <BR/><BR/>The US government does not (cannot) limit immigration by religious denomination. Being a Muslim does not disqualify one from entry (or residence).<BR/><BR/>If there are treasonish ideas or behavior, within the US, the FBI should sniff it out, as is their mandate.<BR/><BR/>Although reconcilation is a fools errand - in Iraq, Afghanistan or Warizistan... <BR/><BR/>Understanding and tolerance is key for harmony in the U.S., wetern Europe, India, Thailand, Russia, et al.<BR/><BR/>In the dar al-harb:<BR/>How about defeating the Enemy?<BR/><BR/>In the emerging dar al-Islam:<BR/>Detroit, London, Paris, Brussels - these are the models of success <BR/><BR/>We must accommodate, we must facilitate, we must pay tribute if required.<BR/><BR/>...Those in charge of the clattering train, the axles creak and the couplings strain. <BR/><BR/>The pace is hot and the points are near and sleep has deadened the driver’s air. <BR/><BR/>The signals flash in the night in vain, for death is in charge of the clattering train.Elijahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09180395617090150228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83956644615298414752007-03-16T00:23:00.000-04:002007-03-16T00:23:00.000-04:00Yeah, he's the biggest terrorist of all times, he'...Yeah, he's the biggest terrorist of all times, he's behind more terrorist attacks than anyone, he's a pro, he's the best, he's the tops. Maybe we can get him to admit to the Oklahoma bombing too...<BR/><BR/>absurd thought -<BR/>God of the Universe hates<BR/>lazy terrorists...<BR/>.Captain USpacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00786470726332272129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52506971740513732812007-03-15T22:59:00.000-04:002007-03-15T22:59:00.000-04:00"Muslims have failed to integrate and instead try ..."Muslims have failed to integrate and instead try to colonise their host countries"<BR/><BR/>So confused...I thought redneck vigilangtes similar to those in AZ were the problem...that Islam posed no threat in Europe or the U.S. - Never mind the sword verses<BR/><BR/>Just overseas where the danger liesElijahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09180395617090150228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50235034285231494842007-03-15T22:57:00.000-04:002007-03-15T22:57:00.000-04:00The lecture, entitled “Hitler’s Legacy: Islamic an...<I>The lecture, entitled “Hitler’s Legacy: Islamic antiSemitism in the Middle East”, was organised by the university’s German department and publicised three weeks ago. A large attendance had been expected. <BR/><BR/>Dr Köntzel, a former adviser to the German Green Party, said: “I have been told that it has had to be cancelled for security reasons. It seems there were concerns that there could be violence against my person. <BR/><BR/>“I have lectured in lots of countries on this subject. I gave the same talk at Yale University recently, and this is the first time I have been invited to lecture in the UK.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1517364.ece" REL="nofollow">Islam Lecture</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08208259520563205356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64101791385375340792007-03-15T22:18:00.000-04:002007-03-15T22:18:00.000-04:00“At the same time, Britain and Europe experienced ...“At the same time, Britain and Europe experienced a mass influx of Muslims as the borders opened and the poor south migrated en masse to the north. The problem was that, unlike other immigrant groups, successive generations of Muslims have failed to integrate and instead try to colonise their host countries – a programme of subversion for Europe that has been explicitly laid out by the Wahabbi Muslim Brotherhood for the past 30 years.”<BR/><BR/>[…]<BR/><BR/>“What should be done? Simply, this. We all have to grasp that terrorism is not the biggest threat we face. The biggest threat is the ideology that drives it. It’s not enough to fight terror, vital though that is. The principal battleground is the world of ideas. {...}"<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://joshuapundit.blogspot.com/2007/03/melanie-phillips-in-fine-form.html#links" REL="nofollow">Melanie Phillips, in fine form</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://canker-canker.blogspot.com/2007/03/melanie-phillips-speech.html#links" REL="nofollow">Melanie Phillips</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles-new/?p=489" REL="nofollow">March 2, 2007 <BR/>The Quadrant lecture</A>allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55245737795293489262007-03-15T21:55:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:55:00.000-04:00The aQ tactics in Iraq are only a failure if Iraq ...The aQ tactics in Iraq are only a failure if Iraq is a local conflict. <BR/>If the purpose of the War is to destabilize the Region, allowing Jihadisti to topple governments and create a Caliphate, the tactics are working fine. aQ never represented the Sunni of Iraq, but radical Sunni jihadisti that would love to see Syria & Jordan destabilized.<BR/><BR/>W is looking at it with blinders that cut off the peripheral vison.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45110582204599725072007-03-15T21:46:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:46:00.000-04:00"Pushtunistan"<A HREF="http://www.ciaonet.org/cbr/cbr00/video/cbr_ctd/cbr_ctd_53a.html" REL="nofollow">"Pushtunistan"</A>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32990180420884274032007-03-15T21:44:00.001-04:002007-03-15T21:44:00.001-04:00Westhawk might have written this piece instead of ...Westhawk might have written this piece instead of Wretchard. <BR/><BR/>“Although it is fashionable to think that the Sunni insurgency is stronger than ever and effortlessly shrugging off American blows, in reality their decision to boycott the political process, instigate civil war through attacks on the Shi'ite minority -- in other words the whole strategy which al-Qaeda insinuated -- has resulted in unmitigated catastrophe.”<BR/><BR/>“An estimated 1.8 million Iraqi refugees are currently scattered around the Middle East, with Syria hosting nearly 1 million of them.”<BR/><BR/>Tens of thousands of “Loyalists” fled to Canada and the Carribean during the Revolutionary War period. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2007/03/baghdad-to-sea.html#links" REL="nofollow"> Baghdad to the Sea</A>allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9137037292967127762007-03-15T21:44:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:44:00.000-04:00If a fence will not work on the US/Mexico border, ...If a fence will not work on the US/Mexico border, to stop unarmed infiltrators, how could spending the same kind of money stop armed combatants especially when<BR/><BR/><I>... President General Pervez Musharraf said in February that Pakistan would fence 35 kilometres of its northwestern border to restrict the movement of Taliban militants. The fencing relates to only 35 km and not to the whole 2,500 km that is described as the Durand Line.</I><BR/><A HREF="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C03%5C15%5Cstory_15-3-2007_pg3_1" REL="nofollow">Only 35km</A> for $750 million USD?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84384326926201370772007-03-15T21:27:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:27:00.000-04:00US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Cent...<I>US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher announced a $750-million five-year aid package on Thursday for security along the Pak-Afghan border and the development of FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas).<BR/><BR/>Boucher told reporters after meeting President Gen Pervez Musharraf that the aid package was proof of the US and Pakistan’s long-term strategic partnership. He said the US administration was trying to convince the House of Representatives and the Senate to amend a Pakistan-specific bill, and it was hoped that the final version of the legislation would not undermine the two countries’ long-term relations.<BR/><BR/>He said chances of amendments to the bill were “big”, and the US would soon pass another bill to establish ‘reconstruction opportunity zones’ in FATA. About the chief justice’s suspension, Boucher said, “It’s a sensitive matter which should be worked out through the Pakistani system.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C03%5C16%5Cstory_16-3-2007_pg7_26" REL="nofollow">Border Security</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08208259520563205356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20511413480822323582007-03-15T21:20:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:20:00.000-04:00"Welcome to the Jungle."No fun and games."Welcome to the Jungle."<BR/><BR/>No fun and games.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089498195545182330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-594220909469522342007-03-15T21:18:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:18:00.000-04:00And that third of the country is divided into two ...And that third of the country is divided into two armies itself, divided between two parties - the PUK and KDP - that fought a civil war as little as 10 years ago.<BR/><BR/>Kurdistan isn't even all clear.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089498195545182330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54309894378432218422007-03-15T21:14:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:14:00.000-04:00"Free flowing association coming to the point."Cle...<I>"Free flowing association coming to the point."</I><BR/><BR/>Clear as mud.<BR/><BR/><I>"The Mahdi Army and the Badr Brigades both being integral parts of the Iraqi Government are part of its' "Monopoly of Force"<BR/><BR/>Can the same be said of the Sunni militias?"</I><BR/><BR/>The Sunni vs. Sunni violence isn't merely 'tit for tat,' we're also using them, as far as I know, for recruits in the local police.<BR/><BR/>As for monopolies of violence - the place is a Mad Max world of ethnic, religious, and political allegiances. You've got a third of the country that really isn't even a part of the country and wouldn't be if it didn't think it would pay big time for declaring independence.<BR/><BR/>Can't solve everything at once, if at all.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089498195545182330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80378646242747120952007-03-15T21:05:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:05:00.000-04:00Sadr City, a safe place for US troops.Tea time wit...Sadr City, a safe place for US troops.<BR/>Tea time with Sadr, who'd have guessed, other than Mr Maliki, who knew the entire time.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48700313094642254862007-03-15T21:02:00.000-04:002007-03-15T21:02:00.000-04:00In Baghdad, the 5-20 met little resistance as it s...<I>In Baghdad, the 5-20 met little resistance as it scoured suspected insurgent dens in neighborhoods around Sadr City. They often drank tea with residents.<BR/><BR/>Things were different in Diyala, which could prove far more difficult to tame than Baghdad.<BR/><BR/>“I think the chai (tea) days — the quiet days — are over,” said 24-year-old Pfc. Allen Groth of Winona, Minn.<BR/><BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84150784730653312332007-03-15T20:57:00.000-04:002007-03-15T20:57:00.000-04:00The Mahdi Army and the Badr Brigades both being in...The Mahdi Army and the Badr Brigades both being integral parts of the Iraqi Government are part of its' "Monopoly of Force"<BR/><BR/>Can the same be said of the Sunni militias?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24927167999016576722007-03-15T20:54:00.000-04:002007-03-15T20:54:00.000-04:00The other question, which must be asked, with rega...The other question, which must be asked, with regards the Sunni on Sunni violence is...<BR/>How does it effect the Iraqi Governments "Monopoly of Force", to have these Sunni tribal militias fighting each other?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77710662139564783022007-03-15T20:37:00.000-04:002007-03-15T20:37:00.000-04:00You brought in a perspective that the US would pro...You brought in a perspective that the US would promote some intrasectarian violence, that Sunni killing Sunni, tit for tat in Anbar, was a product of US policy.<BR/><BR/>Ms Rice, in a meeting with Mr Maliki demanded that he take action against Shia militias, that to much of the Operation was targeting Sunni. Ms Rice spoke as if there were quotas in the Plan.<BR/><BR/>Put the two together and it would seem evident that there are quotas involved in the casualty counts, at least in Ms Rice's mind. <BR/>Shias must be targeted, to be "fair"<BR/><BR/>From USA Today 2/17/07<BR/><I>During a private meeting with Iraqi leaders, Rice said the Shiite-led government must "rise above sectarianism" and noted that no U.S. or Iraqi forces have yet moved into Sadr City, according to an Iraqi official familiar with the discussions.<BR/><BR/><B>The Iraqis, however, told her that the Mahdi Army and al-Sadr had been losing influence and were cooperating with authorities on security issues, the official said. The Iraqis said they did not want to "waste our resources in a place that's stable," the official added.</B> </I><BR/><BR/>Then, to prove the point, when the US did move into Sadr City, not a shot was fired.<BR/>The Mahdi Army is an extension of the Iraqi Government, proofs in the pudding.<BR/><BR/>Free flowing association coming to the point.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com