February 09, 2010

***Bumped, because it feels so good to be right!**

Dawn.com

KARACHI: The Taliban based in Orakzai Agency confirmed on Tuesday that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakeemullah Mehsud is dead.

According to a DawnNews report, Mehsud died on Sunday in Multan after succumbing to injuries received in a drone attack in Shaktoi village.

However, Alam Tariq the offiicial Taliban spokesman has not yet made a statement.

Sources said that Maulvi Noor Jamal has been nominated as Mehsud's succesor.

Government officials too have confirmed his death.

Jawa Report, dependably ahead in Dead Terrorist news!

UPDATE by Rusty: America, f*ck yeah!

February 08, 2010

Terror Free Somalia:

a top commander in Somalia's hard-line Islamist militant group al-Shabaab was killed by his own guards, according to Somalia's state radioAmar Ibrahim, a Jordanian national, was killed in Mogadishu's Yaqshid neighborhood, residents told Radio Mogadishu, the state radio of Somalia's transitional government.Ibrahim was reported to be a ruthless commander, and his guards killed him in apparent vengeance

Amir

* Sheikh Aden Hashi Farah "Eyrow" (2007–2008)
* Sheikh Mukhtar Robow "Abu Mansoor" (2008–2009)
* Sheikh Moktar Ali Zubeyr "Godane" (2009–present)

It appears that al-Shabaab leaders last oh about a year. So I just used a random al-Shabaab guy in the "dead" pic above. I mean chances are that guy's dead too right?

We at Jawa Report would like to provide our good Bros. at al-Shabaab some music to listen to as they continue their leadership determination process.

That and we always throw a party when this happens.

February 02, 2010

No not for life, from life...

Jarret Brachman: The al-Qaida forums are reporting that two jihadist web users are dead. No date or details for how they died are given but will likely follow soon.

Mohammed Ali Mohammed Al-Mutlaq, who went by the kunya, “Qahir al Saleeb” [ Defeater of the Cross],

Yes I've asked and they always say something like, "I'd have to consult the Imam."

Oh and if you take the phrase "Defeat the Cross" as somewhat hostile. That's because you're a damned racist. Capiche?

Our second dear departed Ahki was...

Saleel al Syouf [Saber Rattling], was a member of the Al-Faloja Forum and was active and known by the jihadist community on Paltalk.

Swords just make a pretty icon, culture.

Hat Tip: Internet Haganah.

January 31, 2010

The head of the Taliban in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed in a U.S. drone attack, Pakistan state television reported Sunday.

A tribal elder told the AP that he attended Mehsud's funeral in the Mamuzai area of Orakzai on Thursday. He said Mehsud was buried in Mamuzai graveyard after he died at his in-laws' home. The elder spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from the Taliban.

Mehsud issued two audio tapes after the strike denying the rumors. But Pakistani intelligence officials told the AP on Sunday that they have confirmation that the Taliban chief's legs and abdomen were wounded in the strike.

Update: 02/01/10. Long war journal has more here.

Rumors that the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has been killed in a US airstrike have resurfaced in the Pakistani press. But the Taliban have denied the reports and the Pakistani Army and US intelligence officials have no indication that he was killed.

January 25, 2010

BBC:

Ali Hassan al-Majid, a former Iraqi official known as Chemical Ali, has been executed by hanging, a government spokesman has announced.

Majid, an enforcer in Saddam Hussein's regime and his cousin, had earlier been sentenced to death four times for a range of crimes against humanity.

In January, he was sentenced to death for ordering the gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988.

It is believed that about 5,000 people died in the attack.

Majid was sentenced to hang in June 2007 for his role in a military campaign against ethnic Kurds, codenamed Anfal, that lasted from February to August of 1988.

January 22, 2010

1st Lt. Michael Behenna, who was convicted of unpremeditated murder in the shooting death of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda operative, had his sentence reduced yesterday. A small victory I suppose.

BBC:

urkish police have arrested 120 al-Qaeda suspects in a major nationwide anti-terror operation, reports say.

The arrests were made in co-ordinated pre-dawn raids in 16 provinces, said the state-run Anatolia news agency.

Those detained include an alleged militant recruiter who worked at a university in the eastern city of Van, Anatolia quoted police as saying.

It added the raids came after police seized documents disclosing details of extremist militant activity in Turkey.

Friday morning's raids netted weapons, fake identity cards and camouflage clothing, unnamed police officials said, adding that those detained included suspected senior al-Qaeda members.

The raids, which took place in cities including Ankara and Istanbul, came after 25 suspected al-Qaeda members were arrested in the country earlier this week.

January 20, 2010

Thanks to Carl for this, but he's wrong in concluding that the decision means that detainees are not subject to the Geneva Conventions. What the court is saying, I think, is that the interpretation of treaties by foreign courts cannot be used as a basis for detainees to sue in US courts. In other words, just because some court at the Hague says that such-and-such a treaty means that habeus corpus rights are granted to unlawful combatants, such a court ruling does not establish precedent in the US:

The opinion said all of al-Bihani's arguments "rely heavily on the premise that the war powers granted by the (congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force) and other statutes are limited by the international laws of war. This premise is mistaken. There is no indication in the AUMF, the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 ... or the MCA of 2006 or 2009, that Congress intended the international laws of war to act as extra-textual limiting principles for the president's war powers under the AUMF. The international laws of war as a whole have not been implemented domestically by Congress and are therefore not a source of authority for U.S. courts. ...

"Therefore, putting aside that we find al-Bihani's reading of international law to be unpersuasive, we have no occasion here to quibble over the intricate application of vague treaty provisions and amorphous customary principles," the opinion added. "The sources we look to for resolution of al-Bihani's case are the sources courts always look to: The text of relevant statutes and controlling domestic case law. Under those sources, al-Bihani is lawfully detained."

January 19, 2010

Americans Against Hate's Joe Kaufman won his battle.

MichNews

Austin, TX) The Texas Supreme Court has declined to hear the case brought against the Chairman of Americans Against Hate (AAH) Joe Kaufman by seven Dallas-area Muslim organizations. The groups had claimed that Kaufman had libeled them in an article he had written in September 2007 for FrontPage Magazine.

The lawsuit had previously been dismissed by the Texas Court of Appeals, which ruled that the case had no merit to continue.

Kaufman had not mentioned any of the seven groups in the article in question. The article was concerning the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), an organization Kaufman had exposed as being connected to the financing of terrorism oversea

See this entry about a post at al-Faloja forums celebrating the death of one of the forum members there.

The Googlish translates his name as.....Alqtarawi Hassan Abu Muslim and he died on or about 01/10 of 2010.

Well I'll be darned.

RTT News:1/11/2010 12:24 AM ET

(RTTNews) - An Israel Air Force (IAF) strike on the northern Gaza Strip is reported to have killed three Palestinian militants and critically injured another, as they were attempting to fire rockets into Israel.

Israeli aircraft struck the militants of the Islamic Jihad outfit, around 7 P.M. (0500 GMT) Sunday night when they were spotted while setting up rocket-launchers east of the city of Dir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

One person killed was Awad Nasir, a 29-year-old resident of the city who was a senior commander of the Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad. His aides Hassan al-Qatarawi, 22, of Bureij refugee camp and Hudhaifa al-Hams, 23, of Nuseirat refugee camp, were also killed in the strike.

Sigh....we Jawas loose so many of our good buds that way. Its almost kinda sad really. Just when you get to know an Ahki...

Hat Tip: Internet Haganah.

January 18, 2010

The Nation:

The overnight swoop in Eastleigh, where many Somalis live, saw 328 people suspected to be sympathisers of the Somali militia rebel group al Shabaab arrested.

Most of the arrests were at the Shariff Centre, 2nd Avenue on 7th street in the sprawling estate.

They were found in possession of identity cards that police believed to be fake.

Last week's demonstration to demand the release of radical Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal turned violent as rowdy youths engaged police in running battles for six hours.

One person was killed in the chaos and several police officers injured.

The government blamed the violence on "foreign youths with extremist ideas," and assured Muslims that their rights will be protected.

I dunno, He wasn't specific enough about what part of the remote desert he wanted em dropped off in.

Hat Tip: Grandy.

(oh and yes, always be sure the tracking device is securely aboard)

January 17, 2010

Yahoo News:

BAGHDAD – Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted Sunday and sentenced to hang for ordering the most infamous of his crimes, the attacks against the Kurdish town of Halabja that killed more than 5,000 people in clouds of poisonous gas.

...In Halabja, residents cheered and songs blared from loudspeakers at a monument commemorating victims of the attack. Some in town visited the cemetery to remember loved ones who died in the gassing. The jubilation demonstrated again the deep-rooted hatred many Iraqis still feel toward the former regime.

"I came here to the cemetery to shout and tell my dead beloved relatives that the killer Chemical Ali is going to be hanged for his crimes," said Arslan Abid, who lost 16 family members in the attack.

January 15, 2010

Jpost:

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post just hours after her escape while on her way to her family's home in Ashdod to celebrate, she said she had reached the decision months ago to get away from her husband, Abdallah, who ekes out a living smuggling goods through the elaborate system of tunnels connecting Rafah with Egypt.

"That was no life for me and the children," she said. "The children had dreams that I wanted to make true. And we couldn't as long we remained in Gaza.

"Now I am trying to forget everything."

An opportunity to escape presented itself after Abdallah was arrested in Egypt for attempting to travel illegally to Europe.

But making it to Erez, on the extreme northern side of the Gaza Strip, from Rafah, located about 60 kilometers away on the extreme southern side, was not easy. Suspicious that she might try to escape, Ochana's in-laws were carefully watching her.

As she stood in downtown Rafah, her brother-in-law's threat that he would kill her if she tried to run away still rang in her ears. Still, she waved down a taxi. She knew she had to take the chance.

January 13, 2010

CNN:

(CNN) -- The leader of an al Qaeda cell in Yemen has been killed in clashes with security forces, the Yemeni government said Wednesday.

Abdullah al-Mehdarhad, whose name is also spelled as al-Mihdar, led a cell in the Habban region of Yemen's Shabwa province, according to 26sep.net, the Web site for the Yemeni military.

January 11, 2010

Reuters:

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A pro-government militia in Somalia executed a commander from the al Shabaab rebel group in public on Sunday, ramping up the stakes in battles for central regions of the failed Horn of Africa state.

The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, which is aligned with Somalia's weak Western-backed government, has been fighting al Shabaab insurgents in central Galagadud region. The United States says al Shabaab is al Qaeda's proxy in the country.

Ahlu Sunna's spokesman said it had captured many rebels during clashes last week around Galgadud's capital Dusamareb, including the commander who was sentenced to die by firing squad after he refused to renounce al Shabaab's hardline ideology.

"We don't normally kill al Shabaab members. We arrest them and make them understand that Islam means peace. We have detained and then released many of them," the spokesman, Sheikh Abdullahi Sheikh Abu Yusuf, told Reuters by telephone.

"This commander insisted that all people were infidels except his group ... We will execute al Shabaab members who insist that it can be right to kill the innocent. What else are we supposed to do to those who believe they will go to paradise for killing us and the whole human race?"

Good on Nigeria!

Faisal stated, in regarding to the prison, "the condition is horrible". Ah, isn't that grand? US supporters of Faisal such as Yousef al Khattab and Inshallashaheed, must be besides themselves.

Seattle Times

NAIROBI, Kenya —

A radical Jamaican-born Muslim cleric who led a British mosque attended by convicted terrorists was flown back to Kenya on Sunday after an attempt to deport him failed, officials said.

Nigerian authorities refused to grant a transit visa for Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal and instead sent him back to Kenya early Sunday, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

Al-Amin Kimathi, head coordinator for the Muslim Human Rights Forum, said el-Faisal was now being held in a Nairobi prison. He said el-Faisal had been invited to Kenya by Muslim youths to give lectures[...]

El-Faisal served four years in Britain for inciting murder and stirring racial hatred by urging followers to kill Americans, Hindus and Jews. Britain deported him to Jamaica in 2007.

At a news conference Sunday, Kimathi made a call and put on speaker phone a man who identified himself to journalists as el-Faisal.

He said he was being held at a prison in Nairobi's industrial area and described the conditions as "horrible."

It was not possible to independently verify the claim.

January 04, 2010

Jihad Watch:

"El-Faisal quoted Osama bin Laden and called on his supporters to kill non-Muslims using not only guns and bombs, but also chemical and nuclear weapons."

"El-Faisal's supporters continued to insist he was a man of peace even after his imprisonment."

"Sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace" -- Bob Dylan

Police in Kenya said El-Faisal had violated the terms of his tourist visa by preaching in mosques. He was arrested for allegedly breaching immigration regulations.

Related:

Using Paypal and Facebook to raise cash for a felon convicted of conspiring to commit murder.
US Muslim Helps Convicted Felon and al-Qaeda Supporter Adbullah al-Faisal
Israel: The Juice Have Been Watching Yousef al-Khattab

I checked Revolution Muslim for their reaction and....

Bwhaaahahahaaaaa!

Update by Stable Hand: They have returned:
"http://www.revolutionmuslim.com/"

December 28, 2009

They were killed in a Hizb,Allah controlled area of Beirut.

(CNN) -- An explosion in a Beirut, Lebanon, suburb killed two members of the Hamas militant group and injured two others, a Hamas representative announced Sunday.

The Saturday night blast went off in the basement of a building used as a parking garage near the site of a Hamas office, said Osama Hamdan, a Hamas representative in Lebanon. Hamdan said bodyguards Hassan Haddad and Bassel Joma'ah were killed in the blast. Hamas, an Islamist fundamentalist group, is based in the disputed territory of Gaza.

The blast site in Haret Hreik, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon's capital city, was cordoned off by Hezbollah, a political party in Lebanon. Lebanese security forces inspected the blast site but officials could not be reached for comment.

Anyway there's not much more satisfying than one group of Islamist thugs rubbing out thugs from another group of Islamist thugs.

Expect a joint statement from both with much hugging, cheek kissing and blaming of Da Juice.

December 14, 2009

Enjoy your seventeen years in prison.

A federal judge on Monday sentenced Ehsanul Islam Sadequee to 17 years in prison for terrorist offenses, saying the 23-year-old Roswell man viewed truth, justice and the American way as his "anti-Christ."

Fatwa? I'm feeling kinda left out.

December 10, 2009

The bad news? Well their bodies were too torn apart to be sure WTF they were, if you want to consider that "bad news".

PESHAWAR: Two Arab nationals were killed in a missile strike on a car by the CIA-operated spy planes in Spalga village in North Waziristan on Tuesday morning.

A senior government official based in Miramshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, told The News by telephone that the drone fired two missiles on the car. He said two Arab nationals were travelling in the car when it was struck by the drone. Four drones were flying at the time of the attack over the area.

The Taliban sources also confirmed that both the men killed in the drone attack were foreigners and belonged to Saudi Arabia. Both of them had just left their homes and were on their way to the Afghan border, where they were supposed to meet their colleagues, the Taliban sources said.

They said the identity of the two ‘guest fighters’ could not be ascertained as their bodies had been blown apart.

December 09, 2009

Nice...

Via Breitbart

November 12, 2009

Wow. Just, wow. I mean, this is a first, right?

Federal prosecutors are taking steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization. The organization — called the Alavi Foundation — has long been suspected of being under Iranian government control. Prosecutors say the foundation has been helping to illegally funnel money back to the Iranian government.

The government filed a forfeiture action in federal court in New York to seize four mosques in the city and in Maryland, California and Houston. The government also wants to take control of a 36-story office tower on New York's Fifth Avenue.

November 09, 2009

This from Reuters:

A combined force of 700 Afghan troops and 50 NATO soldiers cleared villages of fighters, killing more than 130 insurgents including eight Taliban commanders during a five-day operation, NATO spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Todd Vician said.

Majority of the force was Afghan? Good to hear.

October 30, 2009

Via Google News:

PEORIA, Ariz. — Police in a Phoenix suburb say they have arrested an Iraqi immigrant suspected of running down his daughter because she was becoming "too Westernized."

Police in Peoria are releasing few details but say 48-year-old Faleh Almaleki is in custody. Police aren't saying where he was arrested or where he is being held.

Twenty-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki is hospitalized in serious condition.

Also it appears his daughter has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. We pray for her speedy recovery.

Previous: Father Runs Daughter Down With Car.

Hat Tip: Leapofaith.

Update: According to CNN Almaleki was arrested in Atlanta at the Airport.

Almaleki was taken into custody at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the Marshals Service said.

It was not immediately known why Almaleki was in Atlanta.

October 13, 2009

Via Globe and Mail:

He pumped gas and plotted destruction, now jihadist mastermind behind the 'Toronto 18' faces life in prison.

Hat Tip: Internet Haganah.

October 09, 2009

Via MSN:

Zakaria Amara pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to the Toronto 18 terrorist plot to set off three fertilizer bombs, two in Toronto and one at an unnamed Ontario military base.

Amara, 24, has been alleged to be one of the ringleaders in the plot to recruit and train extremists to carry out the attacks, which never transpired. He is the fourth adult to admit guilt in the affair.

October 07, 2009

Via Yahoo News:

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Pakistan's army Wednesday said it had killed a top aide of fugitive Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah, as they continued their hunt for militant chieftains in the northwest Swat valley.

Nisar Ahmed, also known as Ghazi Baba, one of 15 Swat insurgents commanding a 10 million rupee (120,000 dollar) bounty offered by authorities in May, was killed in a clash outside the valley's main town on Wednesday, the army said.

"After a tip from an informant, the forces surrounded the house of Nisar Ahmed to arrest him but he resisted and started firing on troops," said Major Mushtaq Khan, a spokesman for the army-run Swat Media Centre.

"During the retaliatory fire, Nisar Ahmed was killed and his son was arrested," he told AFP, adding that no soldiers were injured in the exchange.

Mmmmm, that's some good crow.....

October 06, 2009

Via Long War Journal:

US and Afghan forces killed three al Qaeda operatives who served as embedded trainers for the Taliban in western Afghanistan.

The three al Qaeda operatives were killed with three Taliban fighters during a clash in the Gazara district in the western province of Herat, which up until two years ago was a relatively peaceful area.

"A joint operation of Afghan and NATO forces was kicked off in Gazara district since Monday to clean up the area from rebels and so far six militants including three Arabs have been eliminated"....

October 01, 2009

Via BBC:

The brother of Pakistan's new Taliban leader has been killed in a clash with security forces in the north-west of the country, local officials say.

Kalimullah Mehsud was killed in battle on Monday after troops responded to a Taliban rocket attack on a military base in North Waziristan.

Tribal sources confirmed his death. He has since been buried in his village.

His brother, Hakimullah Mehsud, took over the Pakistani Taliban after its previous chief was killed last month.

Baitullah Mehsud was killed by a suspected US drone missile in South Waziristan on 6 August.

Hat Tip: Ronin.

Just goes to show you, don't mess with girls from down on the farm.

Via The Telegraph: An Indian farmer’s daughter disarmed a terrorist leader who broke into her home, attacked him with an axe and shot him dead with his own gun.

Rukhsana Kausar, 21, was with her parents and brother in Jammu and Kashmir when three gunmen, believed to be Pakistani militants, forced their way in and demanded food and beds for the night.

...When they forced their way into Miss Kausar’s home, her father Noor Mohammad refused their demands and was attacked.

His daughter was hiding under a bed when she heard him crying as the gunmen thrashed him with sticks. According to police, she ran towards her father’s attacker and struck him with an axe. As he collapsed, she snatched his AK47 and shot him dead.

She also shot and wounded another militant as he made his escape.

Police have hailed the woman’s bravery.

They said she would be nominated for the president’s gallantry award.

She may also receive a £4,000 reward if, as police believe, the dead terrorist is confirmed as Uzafa Shah, a wanted Pakistani LeT commander who had been active in the area for the past four years.

BEST. STORY. EVAH.

Hat Tip Fausta.

I gotta go now. Work to do but damn can't miss that one.

September 28, 2009

The Emergency Response Brigade’s 3rd Battalion arrests 16 alleged terrorists.
Weapons caches found in Diyala (Baqubah)
ISF arrests Ramadi VBIED cell member, 5 additional suspected terrorists (Baghdad)
Six suspects arrested during search for al-Qaeda emirs
Iraqi and U.S. Forces detain insurgents in Kirkuk (Kirkuk)
12 arrested in Mosul, Bayji security operations
Iraqi Security Forces arrest five suspected terrorists

Last week AQI released a video attempting to show their relevance in Iraq. This butt kicking appears to be a response to that by the Iraqi's.

Maybe AQI should change their name to "The Base of Wannabe Jihadi Losers in Iraq". I'm not sure how to say that in Arabic.

You can keep up with all the progress made in Iraq at MNF-Iraq's website here.

September 25, 2009

I love these emails, its always nice when life gets in the way of blogging and boom first thing when you get back- DEAD TALIBAN!

A suspected U.S. missile strike killed 12 people in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials said — the latest in a spate of attacks close to the Afghan border that have squeezed al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Such strikes have killed high-ranking militant commanders, including Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, but have also killed civilians and drawn protest from Pakistani leaders.

Two intelligence officials said the latest strike took place late Thursday near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan tribal region. They said 12 people were killed in the attack, but gave no information on their identities.

Just think of all the Pakistani Muslim locals who can rest easy knowing twelve head choppers have been decommissioned.

Hat Tip: Ronin.

September 11, 2009

Via Yahoo News:

SLAMABAD – Pakistani soldiers arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the Swat Valley and four other commanders, the military announced Friday, striking its first direct blow against the leadership of the insurgency in the one-time tourist resort.

...An army statement said Swat Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan and commanders Mahmood Khan, Fazle Ghaffar, Abdul Rehman and Sartaj Ali had been arrested in the suburbs of Mingora, the Swat Valley's main city.

The first two had bounties of 10 million rupees ($121,000) on their head, the army said.

The detainees were being interrogated and security forces were already "conducting operations" based on information the detainees had given during the questioning, the army statement said, without giving details.

Muslim Khan, who spent several years in the United States, frequently called media outlets to claim responsibility for attacks. In an interview with The Associated Press in April, he said that Osama bin Laden was welcome to stay in the valley. Since the offensive, he has rarely been quoted by the media.

August 22, 2009

Allahuakbar!

Infamous libel tourist, Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz died last Saturday.  His charity funded al-Qaeda and Hamas.  He was involved with the BCCI bank, also known as the “bank for crooks and criminals.”

August 12, 2009

Via CNN:

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A jury convicted a 23-year-old Georgia man on terrorism-related charges Wednesday after deliberating for about five hours, prosecutors said.

Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, of the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, was found guilty of four counts of supporting terrorists and a foreign terrorist organization after a seven-day trial, said Patrick Crosby, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in a news release.

In June, a federal judge convicted Sadequee's accused co-conspirator, Syed Haris Ahmed, of conspiring to provide material support to terrorism in the United States and abroad. Ahmed had been a student at Georgia Tech.

Sentencing for both Ahmed and Sadequee is scheduled for October 15, authorities said. Both could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison, Crosby said.

WATCH THE CORNHOLE MAN!

LOL.

August 11, 2009

Via the Beeb:

Kuwaiti officials say they have arrested six members of a "terrorist network", linked to al-Qaeda, who were planning to attack a US military base.

An interior ministry statement said that all six Kuwaitis had confessed to the crimes after they were arrested.

August 04, 2009

Non-sarcastic good news alert: One of the leaders of Ansar al-Islam was captured in Iraq.

You may remember Ansar al-Islam (called Ansar al-Sunnah for a period of time) from such classics as Army of Ansar al-Sunnah murders 7 on Video and Army of Ansar al-Sunnah murders 12 Nepalese hostages.

For fans of NBC's "The Wanted", you may recognize the name of the group from the very first episode when the Norwegians were shamed into deporting Mullah Krekar -- the group's founder -- to Iraq for prosecution.

So, good news all around.

July 30, 2009

BATH, Maine (AP) -

The Navy's newest destroyer bears a name that's familiar to Marines. The ship that'll be christened on Saturday at Bath Iron Works bears the name of Cpl. Jason Dunham, a Marine who jumped on a grenade to save his comrades in 2004 in Iraq.

Dunham's parents, Deb and Dan Dunham, will be at the Maine shipyard along with other Marines who served with him in Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines.

RIP Uno

Via Yahoo News:

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Security forces hunted door-to-door for Islamic militants in northern Nigeria on Thursday after storming the compound of a radical sect and killing more than 100 people.

A top rights group said the government forces had killed bystanders and other civilians. A military spokesman denied the charge and said it was impossible for rights workers to tell who was a civilian and who was a member of the Boko Haram sect, which the government blames for instigating days of violence in the mostly Muslim region.

...An AP reporter saw soldiers shoot their way into the mosque under fire and then rake those inside with gunshots...The reporter later counted about 50 bodies inside the building and another 50 in the courtyard outside.

The bodies of barefoot young men littered the streets of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, on Thursday morning... ...Police said most of the dead were fighters with Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sin" in the local Hausa language.

(note: The Taliban and all these other groups are militia, they take advantage of not being a "regular military force". Thus they are always the enemy and civilians at the same time. A muddying of the water that we've seen Islamic terrorists take advantage of time and time again. So the Nigerian army took no chances. If they become bogged down in petty concerns spouted by Islamist coddling "human rights groups" they will sell the victory right down the river and hundreds if not thousands more will die in the long run due to the use of kid gloves. I'm with Nigeria. Take the fight too em and get it over with.)

July 17, 2009

CNN has dumped Susan Roesgen, probably for pointing out to that guy how much of a tax break Boooosh actually gave that guy for his kids.