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March 29, 2006
Another PC War...Oh, great.
George W. Bush made a promise to the troops when he initiated the Iraq war. (cont)
He said this war won't be fought like Vietnam, where politicians, not military leaders, made strategic decisions for the boots on the ground. Unfortunately, Bush's promise has not held up too well. It seems at times as though the desire for "political correctness" has replaced winning, as our most important priority.
It's no secret that too many soldiers and commanders are worried about being blamed for another scandal like Abugraib; which would have never even been news back in the 40's, nor would anything coming out of Gitmo. But, that's how its going these days and the soldiers on the front line are forced to work under real close examination. One mistake and a career is over or it's prison time, great huh? We're running this combat area with all the rules of engagement you would expect to find in a courtroom, while the enemy has no rules. And every day embedded reporters are looking for that one mistake to get a headline, what taht does to moral or combat effectiveness is not their concern. But, who's watching the bad guys or complaining about what they do? Noboby.
This letter below only echoes what I have known for almost a year. I first heard similar complaints about too much "PC" from several Marines (we were stateside friends) who were in some real rough areas near Fallujah. I got an almost weekly update from them
for almost 3-4 months, until their replacements showed up. But, the main point here is, it doesn't seem to matter which branch or where they are in Iraq, everybody seems to be suffering from the same thing, too much PC in a war zone. That's not going to win us much, but it could cost us plenty.
Posted by Post Scripts at 07:57 PM | Comments (0)
March 28, 2006
A letter from Iraq...
For those of you feeling some frustration over the war in Iraq, I would encourage you to contact your Congressman or Congresswoman and ask them why the military is not permitted to even "threaten" terrorists with being handed over to the Iraqi Army? Over here, this is considered grounds for a psychological torture charge, which as we are told by our "friends on the left "doesn't work anyway. Maybe, if our "friends on the left" were a little closer to the impacting mortar rounds and IED's, like me, they would take a more pragmatic view of "psychological torture" (which "doesn't work" according to them!)
This is but one example of PC gone wild in Iraq. Winning hearts and minds is not solely about handing out tooth brushes and coloring books, it's about ensuring the local populace that you can provide for their basic security. The bottom line America, is we were sent here to fight a war and slowly but surely we are being abandoned.
Letters from home and care packages are great, but what the vast majority of us would like, is for the so called silent majority to get up and start making some noise about absurd, liberal, PC restrictions that are making winning this war IMPOSSIBLE!
We can accomplish great things over here, but not if we have both hands tied behind our backs for fear of pxxxxxxg off Teddy Kennedy and all our concerned supporters over at MoveOn.org.
Ladies and Gentleman..its a war, not a bake sale! Mistakes, bad things and unintended consequences are going to happen. But, what am I supposed to tell an Iraqi who puts the life of his family on the line to give me information about a KNOWN terrorist, when that terrorist is LET GO 2 weeks later because we don't have enough "hard evidence" to keep him locked up (this usually means the terrorist had enough "hard cash" to get out of prison). Do you think that person will ever come to me with information, ever again? I wouldn't.
You want to debate the finer points of US national policy and power projection, fine! How about the concept of "soft power" and its role in counter-insurgency warfare, I'm game for that one because I live it. This is not the rant of a pxxxxed off private from the National Guard (no offense Guard, you know us active duty types give you a bad time). I do have a grasp of how Counterinsurgency Warfare should be waged and the implications of tactical leaders making decisions with strategic implications in the information age. So, if you want to debate the issue, send a post to me then lets do it. But, in the mean time, maybe some of the theorists could take some advice from the decision makers or at least give us the support we were promised when this started. I don't think we'll ever see it.
So, thank you, Ted Kennedy, thank you, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, etc. you have set out to undermine us at every step and with your help, the foreign fighters are accomplishing things over here they never would have been able to do without your steady support! As for the Republicans, you had better start speaking up.
I for one will never forget this. You can count on that.
Posted by Post Scripts at 01:56 PM | Comments (3)
Defends Catholic Church on Immigration Issue
A different point of view (sort of) from one of our readers, that warrants page one...this from Jeff,
"I'd like to address a few things, if I may. The Catholic Church has no doctrinal position on illegal immigration other than: 1) Catholics are obliged to obey all just laws of the state; and 2) Catholics are obliged to show mercy to anyone in genuine need. (cont)
The dilemma comes with the fact that so many illegal immigrants are apparently both lawbreakers AND persons in genuine need. The Catholic Church does, of course, minister to anyone in grave necessity, without regard to creed or legal status. At the same time the Catholic Church (at least in principle) exhorts all men to obey all just laws, including immigration laws.
Although there may be some dispute as to whether our immigration laws are just, the weight of Catholic tradition answers "yes", our immigration laws are just, when applied to anyone who is able to meet his basic material needs in his home country or elsewhere.
As a Catholic myself, it seems to me that a majority of illegals are not here because of any grave necessity. There are undoubtedly some exceptions to this. But - here's where the rubber meets the road - it isn't MY job, or the job of the Catholic Church, to figure that out. We are not the border patrol. It is the job of the state to enforce its own laws. As a citizen I have the right to assume that the state is doing its job and that my neighbors are here legally. I have friends from Mexico and I don't go around asking to see their papers. If they come to me asking for help, or even employment, I should not have to think twice about it. And the same goes for the Church as an institution. While I believe our immigration laws should be enforced, the fact is that they are not being enforced, and I don't appreciate the task of enforcement being dumped on me, or American employers, or the Catholic Church."
Posted by Post Scripts at 09:21 AM | Comments (3)
Mexican Flags Fly Over California Once Again
The warning chant, "Today we march - tomorrow we vote!" (cont-)
Protestors supporting illegal immigration took to the streets of Los Angeles and other cities to tell America how it's going to be. 12 million illegals are already here and many are protesting across America against tougher immigration laws and for liberal amnesty programs. Those numbers are just too overwhelming to ignore and politicians know it. They are prepared to act accordingly, just as they would to any massive special interest group that pressures them. (Usted hablo Espanol? Usted mejor aprende!)
This day will go down in America's history as a turning point from which there is no return, the genie is out of the bottle.
Predicatably, they were joined by many far left groups like ANSWER (a false front for global communism) and MOVEON.ORG, to name but a few. Their agenda's were quite different from the majority of protestors.
Posted by Post Scripts at 08:13 AM | Comments (0)
March 27, 2006
The New Civil Rights Cause
Replacing the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's is the new (or should I say, nuevo?) civil rights movements for our oppressed, quasi-legal, citizens, who are almost regular-legal-American-citizens, except for one small detail, they were born citizens of Mexico (cont)
and elsewhere south of the border. A technicality of "birth location", that's all.
But, that one small technicality seems to be a big problem for the INS charged with enforcing our immigration regulations and laws. Millions of almost-legal citizens, be it not for this "birth location" tiff, say they should not be held accountable for that and certainly not punished by extradition, fines or incarceration!
Huddled masses without passes, what should we do, America?
The exact number of illegal citizens is not known, because they are undocumented, but those people who make their living by getting elected to high office say it's between 11 and 12 million potential voters and that's a sizeable lobby and it's caused both parties to be catering to them, never mind the legalities. That number is large enough, some say, to start dictating terms to the government, not vice versa. Recently, angry mobs of illegals in Los Angeles have taken to the streets in such numbers that the INS and Border Patrol were too terrified to come near them.
The illegals argue they are needed to fill the jobs that the regular citizens don't want and that many industries depend on them. Those opposed say that's not entirely true, if those jobs were paying at least minimum wage, plenty of American citizens would want them, but illegals short circuit the system. Illegal employers say it's not so much about minimum wage as it is work ethics. They say they hire illegals because they work hard and tend to be more reliable than low wage American workers addicted to welfare. And the addicted welfare recipients say welfare pays better than working hard for a mere minimum wage; they have no incentive to work. Welfare recipients are a huge lobbying force too, catered too by democrats who want to keep them there and keep their votes.
It's a mess out there!
Unfortunately, our best estimates tell us that, even if everything the employers and the illegals say is true, the American citizens come up short. Illegals are still costing taxpayers much more than they put back into the system. We (taxpayers) payout more to keep illegals here than all the money they generate, much of which is sent to Mexico to help their economy, not ours. So from a purely economic reason, illegal immigration is not cost effective, except for a few big employers that benefit enormously.
Are we a country of laws or are we a wide open country for immigration?
The polls say an overwhelming majority of Americans, and that includes Hispanic-Americans, want illegal immigration stopped because of the many problems it brings them: Such as, higher crime and the drain on limited law enforcement resources, as evidenced by the disproportional number of illegals represented in our prisons. In California they are the largest number of inmates per capita.
Illegals have bankrupted many hospitals along the southern border and as their numbers increase, the drain on hospital budgets is spreading into the heartland and that raises serious concerns how long we can continue before it overwhelms our medical system. Of course there is the higher costs for education, social services and a host of other drains on our limited resources. There is also the fear of epidemics and thrid world diseases spread by uncontrolled immigration.
So, why aren't the politicians paying attention to the polls? Because the American voter is a push over compared to the very active, very vocal, very manipulating, special interest groups that pressure politicians and pay generously in campaign contributions.
As wealthy as America may be, many of us are slowly beginning to realize we do have limits that are being reached.
One compelling idea to temporarily relieve this economic/immigration crisis would be to raise taxes. Many fear, if we do that, the higher taxes would slow the economy and that would lead us backwards to higher unemployment like we had in the Carter years. Eventually this would mean lower tax revenue for the government. Government would then have to either make serious cuts in benefits, military and social programs (not likely) or increase taxes again to make up for the loss revenue and so the cycle continues until?
This is a very real fear and we've been down this road before with tax and spend liberals.
One thing is for sure, this is a real crisis and it won't be solved by ignoring it. The House acted and passed a guest worker program, but the Senate didn't like it and wanted to ad a provision that would entitled the guest workers to file for citizenship...the President, who was elected with the help of a large Hispanic vote, may feel once again compelled to take very minimal (band aide) action, as we've seen in his first term in office.
Congress, and our local Representative, Wally Herger-R, have assured us the guest worker program is the way to go. Even though they acknowledge that current illegal immigration laws are not being enforced. Despite some slight improvements to border security, we still have a very porous southern border! So, the logic of why a guest worker program would be anymore enforceable than previous laws, remains a mystery to most voters.
Posted by Post Scripts at 12:52 PM | Comments (0)
Meaningless Statistics and Skipping School
In a study of federal prisons, it was determined that over 17% of inmates are illegal immigrants. In California it is estimated that well over 30% of inmates are also classified as "illegal immigrants". Illegal immigrants make up between 3% to 4% of the nations total population, yet are disproportionately represented in California prisons by a factor of 7! Democrat legislators have determined that no conclusions should be drawn from this, as these are meaningless statistical facts and should be ignored, cause figures lie and liars figure or something like that.
Meanwhile hundreds of students walked out of class in at least 8 California high schools to celebrate Ceasar Chavez day (at least its not Hugo Chavez, President for Life of Venezuela.) and walked with protestors for illegal immigration, although when interviewed, they seemed to have no clue who or what they were supporting, but liked the idea of skipping school.
Posted by Post Scripts at 09:43 AM | Comments (1)
USA Losing Another Battle v Mexico Ganar Otra Batalla
This time 500,000 protestors took to the streets over the weekend in Los Angeles to protest new legislation aimed at curtailing illegal immigration. As one lady marcher said, "We need laws to protect illegal immigrants!"
(cont-)
No doubt, this opinion echoes in the hearts and minds of most Americans who can't wait to see this country become a third world nation with all the high standards that brought us Montezuma's revenge.
This beseiged legislation was intended to target organizations that work like the old French Underground during WWII that once smuggled downed pilots back to the allies lines, but with a few new twists. The smuggling is coming in, not out. The allied lines would be the many sanctuary cities and clandestine business offices created to insure successful illegal immigration and assimilate the illegals into the welfare sys.., er, I mean, work system.
These "illegal" organizations specialize in introducing the new arrivals to a shopping list of fictitious ID's, including social security cards, birth certificates and other fake credentials all designed to avoid detection and apprehension by law enforcement.
The secret "Welcome Wagon" operations are often the first to introduce the new illegals to a host of free welfare services and charitable services, such as the hugely popular "Well Baby Program" that solicits pregnant mothers in Mexico to illegally cross the border to have their children in American hospitals at taxpayers expense, thus assuring them of citizenship and a host of instant (but, well deserved) expensive safety nets while making a mockery of the legal immigration system that forces Asians and Europeans to go through a long and tedious process to actually earn the right to become American citizens (isn't that oppressive?).
I read about such illegal barrio services, hailed as mondern day Robin Hood organizations, in my grandson's 5th grade text book teaching students about California history as writen by members of La Raza (our new friends in high places).
The proposed legislation makes it a felony for anyone to give assistance to illegals immigrants and this has the Roman Catholic Church in a rage. As a result, they have been vocal opponents and have been out working the barrios to recruit protestors to fight this legislation. The Church says this law is inconsistent their intention to help ALL the poor and needy people, regardless of their legal status. I should point out, many illegals (also Catholic) provide a steady stream of income into the Catholic Church, which has absolutely no bearing on their support for illegals.
Do not fear...It's not likely that any controversial legislation, especially something this hot, will be passed this term. It's an election year and legislators are more concerned over losing votes than losing America's borders, language and culture. Besides, most American's don't really care about that stuff anymore, that's passé', better to just turn the nation into one big commune of good times for all with lots of free things paid by the rich! We don't need no stinkin culture.
Ustedes...tenga un buenos dÃas!
Posted by Post Scripts at 08:16 AM | Comments (1)
March 25, 2006
What else can we do? (6 Month List)
The Spanish Inquisition was to some extent like this current "jihad" against the modern world, but on a scale of human misery and innocent deaths, even the Inquisition pales by comparison. You would have to go back to a time before Christ, before the common era, to find the level of rampant barbarism we witness now. Read the 6 month list and then tell me I am wrong! You need to know this stuff and we need to speak out against the violence...what else can we do?
Posted by Post Scripts at 09:21 AM | Comments (0)
March 24, 2006
The 6 Month List
Click the link below and you will find a summarized list.
Warning: It is detailed violence and it is not suitable for all people or young children. I will make no further comment on it and I make no judgement call. It is just there. You can read it, if you want and you can make your own judgements.
This list was compiled by....
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/index.html#Attacks
Date | Country | Killed | Injured | Description |
3/24/06 Pakistan Datta Kheil 1 2 One person is killed when al-Qaeda backed militants fire a rocket at a security post.
3/24/06 Iraq Baghdad 5 1 Fundamentalists bomb a bake shop killing five people including four bakery employees.
3/24/06 Iraq Baghdad 15 1 Three policemen are killed in an ambush by radical Sunnis and a dozen bodies are found at two locations in the city.
3/24/06 Iraq Khalis 5 17 Five worshippers are killed, and seventeen wounded, when radical Shias bomb a Sunni mosque.
3/23/06 Iraq Baqubah 4 0 Four policemen are killed by terrorists using a remote-controlled roadside bomb.
3/23/06 Dagestan Makhachkala 1 9 Gunmen open fire on a car carrying a senior government official, killing him and injuring nine others.
3/23/06 Iraq Baghdad 7 22 A suicide bomber at a market murders at least seven innocents.
3/23/06 Afghanistan Maidan Wardak 1 1 At least one civilian is killed when Jihadis fire a rocket into the center of a town.
3/23/06 Iraq Fallujah 14 0 Eight victims of religious militants are found, along with six others in the capital.
3/23/06 Pakistan Kohlu 1 9 A man is killed and nine people, including two children, are injured when extremists bomb a telephone booth.
3/23/06 Iraq Baghdad 23 35 Twenty-three people are blown apart by a Fedayeen suicide bomber on a city street.
3/22/06 Pakistan South Waziristan 1 3 Islamists kill a pro-government cleric and abduct three other people.
3/22/06 Iraq Baghdad 21 24 In a cold-blooded attack, Sunni radicals gun down sixteen Shia pilgrims in two separate attacks. Five other bodies are also discovered.
3/22/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 22 A Shia pilgrim is killed when Sunni radicals attack a bus ful of passenger. Seven bodies are found in two locations elsewhere.
3/22/06 Iraq Madaen 4 6 Jihadis attack a police station with RPGs and mortars, killing four officers.
3/21/06 Somalia Salagle 1 0 A humanitarian worker is killed by an Islamic militia as he is delivering food supplies.
3/21/06 Iraq Miqdadiya 17 4 Islamic insurgents attack a police station with rockets and arms fire, killing seventeen people, including two civilians.
3/20/06 Iraq Fallujah 1 1 Militants invade a home and kill a man while injuring his wife.
3/20/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 23 Muslims kill three people in a coffee shop by skillfully hiding a bomb in a bag. Twenty-three people are injured, many seriously.
3/20/06 Iraq Baghdad 9 3 Four separate attacks by Muslim radicals leave nine dead, including a woman and a university lecturer
3/20/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 4 Passengers on a minibus are the targets of Islamic terrorists who kill at least three with a bomb.
3/20/06 Afghanistan Musa Qala 4 0 Religious extremists stage a vicious attack on a police vehicle in a remote area, killing all four occupants.
3/20/06 India Rajouri 1 0 A civilian is murdered by the Mujahideen.
3/19/06 Iraq Hawija 2 0 Religious extremists abduct and behead two soldiers.
3/19/06 Pakistan Zafar Colony 7 7 Islamic militants are suspected in a bombing attack on a security convoy that leaves seven dead.
3/19/06 Iraq Mosul 4 1 Jihadi gunmen murder four people.
3/19/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 2 4 Two policmen are killed by the Taliban. The fundamentalists take four other people hostage in the attack.
3/19/06 Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan 7 4 al-Qaeda militants detonate a bomb on a road, killing seven people and injuring four.
3/19/06 Iraq Baghdad 14 10 Twelve bodies are found in the capital and Jihadis also gun down two civilians in Ramadi.
3/19/06 India Sopore 2 5 Al Mansooran terrorists kill two security guards by tossing a grenade into their complex.
3/19/06 Pakistan Pir Ghaib 2 1 After ascertaining that the victims were Punjabis, Muslim radicals shoot three men at a picnic area, killing two.
3/18/06 India Sumbal 1 0 Muslim gunmen murder a young civilian.
3/18/06 Afghanistan Ghazni 5 0 Religious extremists assassinate a former governor, two relatives and two employees in a residential neighborhood.
3/18/06 India Rawalpora 0 10 A woman and nine others are injured in a powerful Hizb-ul-Mujahideen car blast.
3/18/06 Iraq Baghdad 2 8 Sunni extremists kill two more Shia pilgrims with a roadside bomb.
3/18/06 Iraq Baghdad 22 0 The bodies of twenty-two men showing signs of torture are found by police.
3/18/06 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamists gun down a 53-year-old man who was riding out to his rubber plantation.
3/18/06 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 39-year-old man is murdered by Islamic separatists.
3/17/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 4 A Fedayeen suicide bomber blows up a minibus, and seven bodies are found over the last two days, some showing signs of torture.
3/17/06 Afghanistan Zabul 1 2 The Taliban attack a construction site, killing a guard and taking two people hostage.
3/17/06 Iraq Adil 3 2 Sunni gunmen shoot Shia pilgrims from a passing car, killing three.
3/17/06 Iraq Miqdadiya 4 4 Four U.S. soldiers are killed in a terrorist bombing on a police checkpoint.
3/17/06 Iran Sistan-Baluchistan 21 7 Sunni rebels (Jundollah, 'God's Soldiers') in Iran pose as police officers to stop cars carrying Shias, then machine-gun the occupants, killing twenty-one.
3/17/06 Afghanistan Maiwand 9 0 The Taliban kill nine policemen with a bomb as they are transporting the bodies of four Albanians kidnapped and murdered earlier.
3/16/06 Thailand Pattani 6 2 In a shocking attack, a group of Muslims walk into a government office and gun down six officials meeting in a conference room.
3/16/06 Thailand Yala 1 1 An ice cream vendor is murdered and his 8-year-old son inujured by militant Islamists.
3/16/06 Iraq Mosul 5 2 Jihad gunmen murder four college students. Another civilian is killed in a bombing.
3/16/06 Iraq Ramadi 3 6 Sunni radicals attack a checkpoint at an intersection, killing three civilians.
3/16/06 Iraq Baqubah 3 0 Islamic terrorists kill three schoolgirls with a roadside bomb.
3/16/06 Iraq Baijii 2 4 Radical Sunnis invade a home and kill a translator and his son inside.
3/15/06 Thailand Pattani 1 1 Islamists attack a husband and wife on a road, killing the man and leaving the woman severely injured.
3/15/06 Thailand Muang 2 0 A man and his son are attacked by Muslim radicals while riding home on a motorbike. Both are killed.
3/15/06 Iraq Baghdad 22 0 Twenty-two bodies, victims of sectarian violence, are reported found.
3/15/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 2 Jihadis murder two Shia pilgrims walking by the road and kill two other innocents in separate bomb attacks.
3/15/06 Iraq Baqubah 2 11 Two people are killed when religious fundamentalists bomb a photography studio.
3/15/06 Iraq Baqubah 2 6 A woman and two children are among the casualities as a suicide bomber on a bicycle pedels his way to paradise.
3/15/06 India Bhajja 2 0 An older husband and wife are shot to death by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists after forcing their way into the couple's home.
3/14/06 Indonesia Ambon 1 0 In a suspected Muslim attack, a 33-year-old Catholic nun is stabbed to death by an intruder.
3/14/06 Iraq Baghdad 87 0 Eighty-seven victims of sectarian violence are found in at least four separate locations around the city in a 24-hour period.
3/13/06 India Ganderbal 1 0 After keeping him in captivity for two days under harsh conditions, the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen hang an abducted civilian.
3/13/06 Bangladesh Comilla 3 0 An Islamic militant sets off a suicide blast to avoid arrest. A mother and two children are blown apart as well.
3/13/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 7 Three civilians, including a child, are killed by two terrorist bombings.
3/13/06 Iraq Tikrit 5 18 At least five people are killed when Islamic radicals set off a bomb along a city street.
3/13/06 Afghanistan Miansheen 5 6 Religious extremists attack a police post, killing five officers.
3/13/06 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 Radicals gun down a journalist outside his home.
3/13/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 4 0 The Taliban execute four Albanian cleaning-company contractors that were abducted a day earlier.
3/12/06 Thailand Pattani 1 2 Islamic militants kill a 44-year-old Buddhist as he is riding his motorcycle. They also bomb a Buddhist temple, injuring a young girl and her mother.
3/12/06 Iraq Baghdad 10 4 A paint shop is the target of a terror blast as eight bodies are found bound and executed elsewhere in the city.
3/12/06 Afghanistan Kabul 2 5 Suicide bombers kill a young girl on her way to school and a man on a motorbike.
3/12/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 14 Jihadis kill six civilians with a remote-controlled bomb and shoot two policemen to death in a separate attack.
3/12/06 Afghanistan Kabul 2 5 A Fedayeen suicide bomber attempts a political assassination. Two people are killed in the blast.
3/12/06 Afghanistan Kunar 4 0 Four American soliders are killed by a remote-controlled blast while on security patrol to protect civilians from Taliban attacks.
3/12/06 India Kader 1 0 A boy is abducted and beheaded by the Mujahideen.
3/12/06 Pakistan Anghar 1 0 Islamists kill a man and pin a note to his body.
3/12/06 Pakistan Madakhel 1 0 A civlian is abducted, tortured and killed by Muslim radicals.
3/12/06 Iraq Baghdad 52 204 al-Qaeda suicide bombers tear apart forty-four poor Shias living in a slum in two separate market attacks. About two-hundred others are injured. Eight are hanged or beaten to death in revenge.
3/11/06 India Thathri 0 1 Muslim terrorists force their way into a home and deliberately cripple a young girl by shooting her in both legs.
3/11/06 India Ladi Pahalgam 1 1 The Mujahideen abducts two civilians from their home and shoots one to death in captivity.
3/11/06 Afghanistan Helmand 2 0 The decapitated bodies of two men abducted two days earlier by religious extremists are found in the desert.
3/11/06 Afghanistan Helmand 1 0 A police officer is killed by a Taliban landmine.
3/11/06 India Reasi 1 1 Mujahideen terrorists force their way into a civilian's house and shoot him to death.
3/11/06 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A 'Christian Peacemaker' pacifist is kidnapped by Islamic radicals, held for three months, tortured and then shot to death.
3/11/06 Iraq Baghdad 1 1 A television station director is killed by Islamic terrorists outside his home.
3/10/06 Iraq Fallujah 11 0 Eleven people are killed by a suicide truck bomber at an intersection.
3/10/06 Turkey Van 2 19 An apparent Fedayeen suicide bombing leaves two other people dead.
3/10/06 Dagestan Makhachkala 1 1 Radicals plant a bomb under the car of a government official, killing him and badly injuring his driver.
3/10/06 Sudan Graida 27 23 The Islamic government targets six villages, killing at least twenty-seven people and injuring dozens more including women and children.
3/10/06 Iraq Samarra 3 5 Two car bombings leave three civilians dead.
3/10/06 Iraq Baghdad 6 0 Six bodies are found bound and executed.
3/10/06 Pakistan Quetta 28 5 Twenty-six people traveling to a wedding party are blown to bits by a terrorist landmine. Another two die of injuries overnight.
3/10/06 Iraq Kirkuk 1 14 A civilian is killed by gunmen, and another ten injured. Jihadis also kidnap four women.
3/10/06 Pakistan Jandola 1 0 Islamic fundamentalists murder a man, then circulate pamphlets as a warning to others.
3/9/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 15 Terrorists set off a bomb in front of a hospital and another in a street to kill eight civilians and injure fifteen.
3/9/06 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamists gun down a Buddhist outside his home.
3/9/06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A Buddhist man is found murdered with a note on his body from Islamists acknowledging that they are killing the innocent.
3/9/06 Pakistan Quetta 2 0 A policemen and his daughter are killed when radicals toss a bomb into their home.
3/9/06 Pakistan Ouspas 1 0 The son of a pro-government leader is murdered by the local Taliban.
3/9/06 Algeria El Oued 1 0 Armed fundamentalists kill a freed prisoner by spraying his home with automatic weapons fire.
3/9/06 Pakistan Miran Ali 2 1 al-Qaeda backed militants attack a Pakistani checkpoint, killing two soldiers.
3/9/06 Iraq Mosul 2 2 Religious fundamentalists kill the host of an educational and cultural TV show while on his way to interview poets.
3/8/06 Iraq Baghdad 23 0 The bodies of eighteen men are found bound and strangled on a minibus. Five other bodies are found elsewhere.
3/8/06 Iraq Baghdad 4 5 Two young boys selling gas are among four people killed in two bombings by Jihadis.
3/8/06 Iraq Fallujah 4 2 Islamic terrorists kill four civilians with a remote-controlled bomb.
3/8/06 Pakistan Tabba Takka 1 0 al-Qaeda militants shoot a civilian to death and pin a warning note to his body.
3/8/06 India Chajru 1 0 A villager is brutally gunned down by the Mujahideen.
3/8/06 India Awantipora 1 0 An SPO is kidnapped by Islamic militants and killed in captivity.
3/7/06 India Handwara 1 0 A woman who suffered injuries when Muslims attacked her on 11/21 finally succumbs. Elsewhere, the Mujahideen kidnaps a 17-year-old and chops off his fingers.
3/7/06 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamists behead a 41-year-old plantation worker.
3/7/06 Pakistan Mirali 1 1 Fundamentalists attack a vehicle, killing one of the occupants.
3/7/06 Iraq Baqubah 4 5 Sunni gunmen kill three Shias at a political office. A separate car bombing kills one civilian.
3/7/06 India Varanasi 19 62 Muslim terrorists (Lashkar-e-Toiba) use a trio of bombs against Hindu civilians at a religious prayer offering. At least nineteen innocents are massacred and several dozen injured.
3/7/06 Chechnya Kurchaloi 2 2 A woman and her 12-year-old son are killed by the Mujahideen in a bomb explosion.
3/7/06 Iraq Baiji 3 4 Three security force members are killed outside an oil refinery in an ambush by Sunni insurgents.
3/6/06 Pakistan Miranshah 1 2 Militants fire a rocket into a house, killing a young woman and injuring two children.
3/6/06 Iraq Baghdad 5 16 Three Jihad car bombs kill five and injure sixteen.
3/6/06 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two civilians are gunned down by Islamic separatists.
3/6/06 Thailand Pattani 3 2 Radical Muslims storm a Buddhist village and shoot an elderly couple and their neighbor to death, then set fire to their homes.
3/6/06 Pakistan Barwan 1 0 Islamic militants kidnap and behead a school teacher.
3/6/06 Iraq Baqubah 9 23 Two girls under the age of 4 are among the six deaths when Sunni radicals detonate a car bomb at a busy market. Three other people are killed is separate shooting attacks.
3/5/06 India Baramulla 1 0 A man is gunned down by the Mujahideen at a bus stop.
3/5/06 India Srinagar 2 3 Two policemen die when a Jaish-e-Mohammad radical lobs a grenade at their picket.
3/5/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 7 Shia gunmen storm a Sunni mosque, killing three people.
3/5/06 Iraq Baiji 2 0 Religious fundamentalists murder two barbers who were on their way to work.
3/5/06 India Pulwama 0 26 Twenty-four civilians and two police are injured when a Jaish-e-Mohammad militant tosses a grenade into the road.
3/4/06 Afghanistan Lashkargah 5 0 Religious extremists kill four Afghan security agents and an electrician with a remote-controlled bomb.
3/4/06 Afghanistan Nakhonak 1 2 One person is killed by a Taliban landmine.
3/4/06 Afghanistan Bala Buluk 1 0 Six Taliban terrorists drag a UN engineer from his car and shoot him to death.
3/4/06 Iraq Gisr Diyala 7 20 Seven people are killed when Jihadis lob a mortar round into a crowded market.
3/4/06 Pakistan Quetta 2 3 A militant throws a grenade at children playing in the street, killing two young girls.
3/4/06 Afghanistan Helmand 1 0 Taliban terrorists assassinate a government official with machine-gun fire into his car from motorcycles.
3/4/06 Thailand Sungai Padi 1 1 A 21-year-old man is gunned down in an Islamist attack against him and his teenage sister.
3/4/06 Iraq Kirkuk 2 0 Two Shias are killed inside their mosque by Sunni gunmen.
3/4/06 Iraq Baqubah 1 8 Fundamentalists kill a young girl with a bombing of a store that sold musical paraphernalia.
3/4/06 Iraq Salman Pak 2 3 Two civilians die from injuries received in a car bombing on a city street.
3/4/06 Pakistan Mir Ali 2 7 al-Qaeda backed militants attack a security patrol, killing two Pakistani troops.
3/3/06 Iraq Nahrawan 25 0 Sunnis attack Shiite laborers at two brick factories, executing twenty-five people with a shot to the forehead. Among the dead was at least one woman and three children, including a 6-year-old girl.
3/3/06 India Lucknow 2 12 Muslim rioters kill two Hindus and injure a dozen more.
3/3/06 USA Chapel Hill, NC 0 9 Calling it the will of Allah, an Iranian immigrant plows his SUV into a crowd of students as 'retribution' for foreign policy overseas.
3/3/06 Philippines Basilan 1 4 Abu Sayyaf suspected in the shooting assassination of a city mayor.
3/2/06 India Tarzoo 1 0 A civilian is murdered by the Mujahideen.
3/2/06 Iraq Basra 3 0 A Sunni cleric is assassinated, and a man and woman are found dead from a separate Shiite attack.
3/2/06 Iraq Mosul 4 0 In a senseless act of violence, gunmen spray a car with machine-gun fire after it left a police academy.
3/2/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 14 Islamic militants bomb a market, slaughtering eight innocents including a child.
3/2/06 Pakistan Karachi 4 51 A suicide bomber kills four people, including two Americans, outside a hotel.
3/2/06 Iraq Baghdad 10 8 Five people are killed when Muslim radicals bomb a passenger bus. Five additional bodies are found elsewhere.
3/2/06 Iraq Tikrit 6 3 Jihadis attack a police checkpoint, killing six officers.
3/1/06 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Islamic militants murder a rubber wood trader.
3/1/06 Iraq Baghdad 27 68 Radical Muslims set off two car bombs in civilian areas. At least twenty-five people are burned to death or torn apart by shrapnel.
3/1/06 Israel Samaria 1 1 Two Muslims gun down a Jew outside a gas station. The victim was a father of two.
3/1/06 Thailand Yala 1 0 A postman is shot to death by Islamists.
3/1/06 Iraq Kirkuk 4 8 Jihadis ambush a police patrol, killing four officers.
3/1/06 Iraq Mahmudiya 3 2 Terrorists use mortar rounds to kill three members of the same family.
3/1/06 Iraq Baghdad 2 5 Radicals kill two family members attending a Shiite funeral.
3/1/06 India Titwan 1 0 The Mujahideen abduct a teenage boy and then behead him in captivity.
3/1/06 India Baramulla 2 0 Two policemen are murdered by Islamic militants while on street patrol.
3/1/06 Pakistan Sergardan Chowk 1 0 The local Taliban kill a civilian and leave his body in the open.
3/1/06 India Baramulla 2 0 Two security personnel are gunned down by the Mujahideen.
2/28/06 Iraq Hurriyah 23 55 Religious extremists bomb a Shiite mosque, slaughtering twenty-three innocents and leaving dozens more in various states of agony.
2/28/06 India Bijbehara 1 0 Islamic terrorists kill an animal worker.
2/28/06 Thailand Narathiwat 0 8 A bomb hidden in a food market injures eight.
2/28/06 Iraq Baghdad 18 42 Four separate Jihad bombings leave at least eighteen dead and over forty injured.
2/28/06 Iraq Baghdad 23 51 A Fedayeen suicide bomber joins a line of people waiting for kerosene, then detonates his explosives, killing two dozen innocents and injuring many more.
2/28/06 Iraq Tarfaya 9 0 Sunnis roundup and execute nine Shias, leaving their bodies at a dump site.
2/27/06 India Sopore 1 0 The Mujahideen gun down a civilian on the street.
2/27/06 Iraq Baqubah 2 5 Gunmen kill the owner of a glaze shop and an employee.
2/27/06 Iraq Baghdad 11 17 Four people are killed in a mortar attack and three more die in a roadside bombing near Kirkuk. Four bound bodies are found elsewhere.
2/27/06 Thailand Narathiwat 2 0 Two villagers are gunned down by Islamic terrorists in separate attacks.
2/27/06 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 2 3 Two Filipino oil workers are killed when al-Qaeda militants open fire on Saudi security forces.
2/26/06 Iraq Baghdad 21 55 Muslim radicals shoot mortars into residential neighborhoods, killing fifteen Sunnis and three Shias. Three other bodies are found elsewhere.
2/26/06 Iraq Hilla 5 3 A Muslim terrorist detonates a bomb in a passenger bus at a station, killing at least five people.
2/26/06 Iraq Baqubah 2 5 Jihadis open fire on a group of teenagers playing soccer, killing two boys and injuring five.
2/26/06 Iraq Mosul 1 0 Angry Muslims pull a paediatrician from his office and execute him.
2/26/06 Afghanistan Kabul 6 38 Taliban-led prison uprising leaves six inmates dead and about forty injured.
2/26/06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A local doctor is killed by Islamists while walking home from work.
2/26/06 Pakistan Tank 2 2 Two policemen are killed by al-Qaeda militants.
2/25/06 Iraq Karbala 8 31 Eight people are blown apart by a Sunni car bomb at a crowded market. At least thirty others are injured.
2/25/06 Iraq Baqubah 13 0 In a horrible attack, thirteen members of a Shia family (representing three generations) are slaughtered by Sunni gunmen as they are fleeing the violence.
2/25/06 India Sarhuti 1 0 Only weeks after the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen beheaded her fiance, the same group breaks into a young woman's house and shoots her to death.
2/25/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 8 Radicals attack a funeral procession for a journalist, killing at least three people.
2/25/06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A Thai soldier is killed after being ambushed by Islamic radicals.
2/25/06 Ingushetia Ordzhonikidzevskaya 1 1 A woman is killed when a militant throws a hand grenade trough the window of her house.
2/25/06 Iraq Baghdad 26 0 Twenty-six bodies are found in six locations in the city. Some showed signs of torture.
2/24/06 Saudi Arabia Abqaiq 2 10 Two oil refinery guards are killed defending the plant against suicide bombers.
2/24/06 Iraq Latifiya 3 2 Sunni gunmen raid a house in the middle of the night and kill two women and a man. Two young children are injured in the attack.
2/24/06 Afghanistan Girishk 4 0 Taliban fundamentalists ambush and kill four Afghan soldiers.
2/24/06 Nigeria Kontagora 9 27 Machete-wielding Muslims hack nine Christians apart and set fire to four churches.
2/24/06 Nigeria Potiskum 4 12 At least four Christians are clubbed to death by a Muslim mob, and five churches burned.
2/23/06 Iraq Samarrah 3 1 A reporter for the al-Aribiya network is kidnapped and murdered by radical Shias along with two of her crew.
2/23/06 India Srinagar 1 0 Islamic terrorists murder a university student.
2/23/06 Iraq Nahrawan 47 0 In a horrific crime, 47 demonstrators for peace, ages 20 to 50, are forced from their cars at gunpoint and then machine-gunned to death by Sunni Jihadis.
2/23/06 Iraq Baghdad 54 0 Reprisal from the destruction of a Shiite mosque leaves at least fifty Sunnis dead in random attacks around the capital.
2/23/06 Iraq Baqubah 21 31 A suicide bomber slaughters sixteen people at a market and injures two dozen others. Five people are killed in a second bombing
2/23/06 Iraq Basra 25 16 Radical Shias raid a prison and haul away thirteen Sunni prisoners. At least eleven are executed. Separate attacks leaves more casualties.
2/22/06 Afghanistan Kunduz 1 12 Religious extremists set off a bicycle bomb, killing one civilian and injuring twelve.
2/22/06 Iraq al-Mashrugiya 3 4 Two children and a woman are killed when terrorists set off a bomb near a primary school.
2/22/06 Iraq Baqubah 6 0 Two brothers are among six people gunned down in two separate attacks by radical Sunnis.
2/22/06 Iraq Baghdad 6 12 Three Sunni clerics are assassinated as Shias go on a mosque-burning rampage. Three guards are also killed.
2/22/06 Pakistan Wana 1 3 al-Qaeda supported militants kill a village chief and injure three of his family members.
2/22/06 Uzbekistan Tashkent 1 0 A local Jewish leader and father of four is beaten to death.
2/22/06 India Sopore 1 0 The Mujahideen murder a woman outside her village.
2/21/06 Iraq Baghdad 22 28 Jihadis set off a car bomb at a crowded market, killing at least twenty-two innocents and injuring dozens more.
2/21/06 Nigera Bauchi 25 100 Muslims mobs take out their rage on Christians in yet a third Nigerian state, killing at least twenty-five and injuring over one-hundred in a two-day spree.
2/21/06 Pakistan Angoor Adda 2 0 Islamists shoot two brothers execution-style.
2/21/06 Iraq Iskandariya 5 8 A roadside bomb destroys a pick-up truck carrying workers to a job site. Two similar attacks elsewhere take four more lives.
2/21/06 Thailand Yala 1 0 Thai Islamists gun down a border patrolman as he is riding a motorcycle.
2/20/06 Iraq Baghdad 10 53 Muslim radicals kill ten people in five deadly attacks around the country.
2/20/06 Pakistan Eisokhel 1 0 Uzbeki Islamists kill a local tribesman in a terror attack.
2/20/06 India Pattan 1 0 Militant Muslims shoot a civilian to death on a highway.
2/20/06 Nigeria Maiduguri 30 95 An additional thirty bodies are counted from the Muslim rioting against Christians over the weekend.
2/20/06 Iraq Mosul 5 21 A Jihadi eats his breakfast at a packed diner, then places a bomb under the counter before walking out. Five people killed. Two dozen injured.
2/20/06 Iraq Kadhimiya 12 9 A Fedayeen suicide bomber massacres a dozen innocent Shias on a passenger bus. Survivors suffered horrible burns.
2/19/06 Iraq Kirkuk 3 0 Three policemen are killed by radical Sunnis in a roadside bombing.
2/19/06 India Srinagar 1 0 A civilian is gunned down in broad daylight by the Muhahideen.
2/19/06 Iraq Baghdad 2 4 Car bombing on a city street followed by a suicide bomber kills two people.
2/19/06 Thailand Yala 2 0 Two people, at least one of whom was Buddhist, are shot to death by Muslim radicals in separate attacks.
2/19/06 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Islamists murder a civilian.
2/19/06 Nigeria Borno 7 24 Muslim mobs target Nigerian Christians in a protest against Danish cartoons. More churches are burned and seven more are killed.
2/18/06 Iraq Baghdad 7 4 Five people are killed in three separate roadside terror attacks as two more kidnap victims are discovered.
2/18/06 Philippines Jolo 2 22 Abu Sayyaf bombs a karaoke bar, killing a janitor and injuring about two dozen others. Another civilian later dies of injuries.
2/18/06 Iraq Baqubah 2 5 Two Jihad bombings kill two people and injure five.
2/18/06 Nigeria Maiduguri 21 112 Angry Muslim mobs burn churches and beat Christians to death. At least sixteen people are killed in the violence.
2/18/06 Afghanistan Helmand 3 0 A late night attack by the Taliban on a police post leaves three officers dead.
2/17/06 Iraq Baghdad 12 4 Jihadis kill a dozen people in four separate attacks, which included an 18-month-old girl and the kidnapping of a bank manager and his son after slaughtering five bodyguards.
2/17/06 India Panglar 1 1 The Mujahideen gun down a policeman in a brutal attack that also injures a young girl.
2/17/06 Thailand Yala 1 0 A security guard at an irrigation plant is murdered by Islamic militants.
2/17/06 Thailand Narathiwat 1 13 Islamists shoot a Buddhist villager, then detonate a bomb that injures thirteen people investigating the scene.
2/16/06 Afghanistan Farah 2 0 Two Afghani intelligence agents are kidnapped and beheaded by religious extremists.
2/16/06 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Muslim militants murder a policeman assigned to guard teachers from terror attacks.
2/16/06 Iraq Baghdad 9 19 Two car bombs, one near a crowded market, kill seven civilians and injure over a dozen more. Elsewhere, four bodies are found bound and blindfolded.
2/15/06 Iraq Baghdad 6 12 Two deadly bombing attacks, including one at a university leave six Iraqis dead, as five more bodies are found dumped elsewhere.
2/15/06 Iraq Baghdad 4 0 Four children, ages 10 to 14, are blown up by Islamic fundamentalists targeting a liquor store as they are walking to school. Two brothers and their sister were among the four.
2/15/06 UAE Fujairah 1 0 A Hindu sailor is beaten to death by Iranian crewmates, angered over Muhammad cartoons.
2/15/06 India Bugam Kulgam 1 1 The Mujahideen force their way into a home, then shoot a man to death and injure his brother.
2/15/06 Afghanistan Nimroz 1 4 An attack by religious fundamentalists kills one policeman and leaves four others injured.
2/15/06 Pakistan Hub 4 0 Three Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver are shot to death in their car by Muslim terrorists.
2/14/06 Iraq Tikrit 3 0 Gunmen kill an Iraqi contractor and, in a separate attack in Baghdad, a man and his son.
2/14/06 Pakistan Peshawar 1 0 An 8-year-old boy is shot in the face by an Islamic activist protesting cartoons.
2/14/06 Iraq Balad 11 1 A horrible Valentine's day massacre as Sunnis round up a family of Shiites and then machine-gun them to death, including a 5-year-old boy. Only one other child escaped death.
2/14/06 India Sopore 1 5 Six civilians are injured when a Muslim militant tosses a grenade into the street. One succcumbs to injuries two days later.
2/13/06 Iraq Baghdad 7 47 A Fedayeen suicide bomber standing outside a bank blows himself to Allah, taking at least seven innocent bystanders with him. Children are among the victims.
2/13/06 Afghanistan Grishk 7 0 Seven policemen are gunned down at a road construction guard post by the Afghan Taliban.
2/13/06 Pakistan Manawan 1 0 A doctor is gunned down outside his clinic.
2/13/06 France Saint Genevieve des Bois 1 0 A young Jewish man is kidnapped by a Muslim gang and tortured for three weeks before expiring of his wounds.
2/13/06 Afghanistan Dihrawud 4 0 Four Americans are killed when their patrol is ambushed by Taliban terrorists.
2/13/06 Iraq Baqubah 4 0 Sunnis slaughter a family of four Shias sitting in their car, in an automatic weapons attack.
2/12/06 Iraq Baghdad 2 3 A child is among two killed by a roadside terror bombing.
2/12/06 Iraq Baghdad 4 4 A Fedayeen suicide bomber kills four people at a checkpoint.
2/12/06 Iraq Mahawil 6 0 The bodies of six people, who were bound and tortured, are found at three separate sites.
2/12/06 Iraq Kirkuk 7 17 A doctor and a sports director are among seven people gunned down by Jihadis in four separate attacks around the country.
2/12/06 Afghanistan Helmand 8 0 Two Afghan soldiers are killed in a Taliban ambush. Another six are captured and executed in captivity.
2/11/06 India Shedgam 1 0 Muslim radicals kill a civilian outside his home.
2/11/06 Pakistan Hangu 3 2 Three more people, including a 9-year-old boy, are killed in sectarian violence.
2/11/06 Iraq Baqubah 2 0 Radical Sunnis sneak up and shoot two policemen in the head as they are sitting in their car.
2/11/06 Ingushetia Troitskaya 1 4 Islamic militants ambush a troop carrier with automatic weapons, killing one Russian soldier.
2/10/06 Iraq Baqubah 4 2 Four people are killed in three separate Jihad attacks, including a woman inside her home.
2/10/06 Philippines Sulu 1 0 Abu Sayyaf terrorists kill a police chief in front of his family.
2/10/06 Afghanistan Kunar 8 6 Eight Afghan soldiers are killed by two Taliban landmines, the second designed to kill those trying to help the first.
2/10/06 Philippines Jolo 2 0 Militant Muslims shoot a policeman in the head in front of a bakery. The same group beheaded another man in a separate attack in the same area.
2/10/06 Iraq Baghdad 1 2 A brutal shooting attack in which a Fedayeen holds a gun to a woman's head before killing her.
2/10/06 Pakistan Sydan Banda 4 2 A woman is among four people killed when radicals open fire on a train in a sectarian attack.
2/10/06 India Gursai 1 0 A civilian is abducted and hanged to death by the Mujahideen.
2/10/06 Pakistan Sangsilla 3 4 Three members of a family, including two women, are blown apart in a roadside bomb blast.
2/10/06 Iraq Baghdad 9 38 A grisly scene as nine people are killed at a Shiite mosque by a car bomb detonated by radical Sunnis. Nearly forty others were injured.
2/9/06 Pakistan Hangu 31 50 Some 31 Shiites are blown to bits while celebrating a religious holiday by a suicidal Sunni extremist. The dead include women and children.
2/9/06 Afghanistan Herat 5 27 At least five people die in religious violence after Sunnis accuse Shias of destroying a sacred flag.
2/9/06 Iraq Baghdad 4 2 Jihadi gunmen kill four people in three separate attacks, including two who were murdered in captivity.
2/9/06 India Kither 2 0 A woman is among two people killed in an ambush by Muslim terrorists.
2/8/06 Iraq Ramadi 5 3 Three civilians are among five people killed when a Fedayeen suicide bomber rams a checkpoint with a car.
2/8/06 Pakistan Dabkot 1 0 Local Islamists abduct and behead a man, leaving the body with a note attached.
2/7/06 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A Buddhist is shot in the head at close range by Muslims while on his way home.
2/7/06 Afghanistan Bala Buluk 4 3 Two engineers working on road construction are killed by religious extremists in a bomb attack, along with two Afghans.
2/7/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 13 11 A Fedayeen suicide bomber drives an explosives-laden motorbike into a crowd near a police post, killing at least thirteen.
2/7/06 Iraq Yusufiyah 7 4 Seven people are killed in at least three separate attacks around the country by Jihad terrorists.
2/7/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 23 Seven civilians are among eight people blown to bits by two terrorist bombings along a crowded roadside.
2/6/06 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Muslims kill a 71-year-old Buddhist as he is on his way home with his 16-year-old granddaughter.
2/6/06 Afghanistan Laghman 1 0 The Taliban fires on a security patrol, killing an American soldier.
2/6/06 Thailand Banangstar 3 0 Three villagers are shot to death by Muslim militants in a heinous attack on a market.
2/6/06 Iraq Dujail 4 0 The body of an Iraqi contractor is found, and three other people are killed in two separate Jihad attacks.
2/6/06 India Gursai 1 0 Muslim terrorists abduct a civilian from his home and murder him in captivity.
2/6/06 India Amirabad Tral 1 0 Muslim terrorists gun down a policeman.
2/5/06 Iraq Salman Pak 2 7 Two people are killed, and seven wounded by a car bomb along a city street.
2/5/06 Israel Petach Tikva 1 4 A Palstinian stabs an Israeli woman to death as she is riding a bus. Four others were stabbed as well.
2/5/06 Iraq Baghdad 6 12 Six people are killed in four separate attacks by Jihadis, including two men who were tortured to death.
2/5/06 Turkey Trabzon 1 0 A Catholic priest is murdered by an assailant who shouts 'Allah Akbar!' after he fires the gun.
2/5/06 India Baramulla 1 0 A civilian is murdered by the Mujahideen.
2/5/06 Pakistan Quetta 12 13 A dozen people are blown to bits when terrorists bomb a passenger bus.
2/4/06 Iraq Nasiriyah 3 0 A Sunni radical fires into a crowd of Shiites marching in a procession, killing three.
2/4/06 Pakistan Zarmilan 3 1 al-Qaeda militants detonate a bomb under a truck, killing three Pakistanis.
2/4/06 Afghanistan Helmand 5 0 Two overnight attacks by religious extremists leave at least five people dead, including a district chief.
2/4/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 2 3 A woman and her child are killed in a Taliban remote-control blomb attack on a city street.
2/4/06 Afghanistan Nish 6 5 Six policemen are killed when Islamic fundamentalists set off a landmine under their vehicle.
2/4/06 India Sarhuti 1 0 Hizb-ul-Mujahideen behead a young man.
2/4/06 Pakistan Bahawalpur 2 27 Two people are killed in a train crash resulting from an act of sabotage by suspected Islamists.
2/4/06 Thailand Yala 1 32 Thirty-three people are injured by a mobile-phone bombing at a café, including a teenager who succumbs to injuries two days later.
2/3/06 Thailand Songkhla 1 4 A Buddhist teacher is gunned down by Muslim militants and four others are wounded in a separate attack on teachers.
2/3/06 Philippines Patikul 6 5 Islamists massacre a family of Christians after confirming their religious identity. The victims included an infant and other young children.
2/3/06 Iraq Hawija 1 0 In a heinous attack, Sunni extremists kill an Iraqi translator.
2/3/06 Afghanistan Helmand 3 13 Three policemen are killed and thirteen injured in a series of Taliban ambushes.
2/2/06 Thailand Janae 1 5 A Buddhist policeman is killed when Islamic radicals attempt to kill a group of teachers under escort in a motorcade with a bomb hidden in a fire extinguisher.
2/2/06 Thailand Narathiwat 2 1 Islamists kill a village chief's driver and deputy with a shrapnel bomb hidden under their vehicle.
2/2/06 Iraq Baghdad 19 11 The bodies of fourteen men, blindfolded and tortured, are discovered. Sectarian violence also claims five other lives in five additional attacks around the country.
2/2/06 Afghanistan Khost 5 3 The Taliban send a Fedayeen suicide bomber to kill three Afghan soldiers and two civilians at a checkpoint.
2/2/06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 42-year-old wood trader is gunned down by Muslim terrorists.
2/2/06 Russia Vladikavkaz 2 16 Muslim separatists are suspected to be behind three bombings at gambling establishments that kill a young man and woman.
2/2/06 Iraq Baghdad 16 90 Sixteen people are killed in two Islamic terror bombings. One shrapnel bomb detonated at a gas station and the other at a market.
2/1/06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Muslims stab a 63-year-old Buddhist man to death as he is working his rubber plantation.
2/1/06 Philippines Jolo 2 0 A man and his son are gunned down on their way home by Islamists.
2/1/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 0 Sunni insurgents kill at least eight people in four separate terror attacks around the country.
2/1/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 50 A Fedayeen bomber kills eight men waiting for work next to a crowded intersection. At least fifty others are in various states of physical agony from the blast.
1/31/06 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A baker is killed by Islamic radicals in his shop.
1/31/06 Iraq Muqdadiyah 4 0 Jihadis kill the wife and two sons of a religious cleric in their home.
1/31/06 Iraq Baghdad 14 0 The bodies of fourteen young people are found blindfolded, bound and executed at two separate sites.
1/30/06 Pakistan Miranshah 2 11 Two Pakistani soldiers are killed by an al-Qaeda landmine.
1/29/06 India Kanjikullah 1 0 A policeman is abducted and murdered by the Mujahideen.
1/29/06 Iraq Iskandariya 11 5 Radical Sunnis plant a bomb outside a shop in a Shia town, blowing at least ten people into disparate parts.
1/29/06 Thailand Narathiwat 2 0 Islamic militants open fire on a a railway station, killing two guards.
1/29/06 Iraq Ojah 4 6 A Fedayeen suicide bomber blows himself to Allah, taking several innocents along with him.
1/29/06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Muslim terrorists shoot a 41-year-old government official to death in his home.
1/29/06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 38-year-old schoolteacher is killed by Muslim radicals while walking home from work.
1/29/06 Philippines Pulunoling 2 0 Muslims shoot a Christian couple to death as they are riding a motorcycle on their way home.
1/29/06 Iraq Kirkuk 3 11 Muslims target Christian churches with six car bombs, killing at least three people and injuring eleven.
1/28/06 India Poonch 2 2 Two army personnel are killed by Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, who infiltrated the border.
1/28/06 Iraq Fallujah 7 9 Five separate Jihad attacks leave seven people dead and nine others injured.
1/28/06 Iraq Karbala 6 0 Six bodies are found bound, blindfolded and executed in a garbage dump.
1/27/06 India Tral 1 0 A policeman is killed in a Mujahideen mine attack.
1/27/06 Afghanistan Helmand 2 2 Religious extremists kill two policemen with a roadside bomb.
1/26/06 Iraq Baghdad 12 7 Jihadis kill at least ten people in five separate attacks, along with two bodies found bound and blindfolded a day earlier.
1/26/06 Iraq Balad 3 1 Terrorists attempt an assassination, killing three bodyguards instead.
1/25/06 Tajikistan Ghayroghum 1 0 Uzbeki Islamic Movement terrorists kill a prison warden to free a comrade.
1/25/06 Afghanistan Gomal 2 2 Taliban militants attack a remote police post with rockets, killing two and injuring two.
1/25/06 Bangladesh Meherpur 2 9 Jama'atul Mujahideen terrorists kill a Hindu woman and her daughter at a memorial service for her dead father by throwing two bombs at them. Nine others were injured.
1/24/06 Iran Ahvaz 8 46 At least eight people are killed by two bombs in an Iranian city. Some forty-six are injured in the sectarian attack.
1/24/06 Iraq Dujail 11 3 The bodies of eight police recruits are found. Two separate Jihad attacks claim three more lives elsewhere.
1/23/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 20 A Fedayeen suicide car bomber kills two civilians. Another civilian is killed, and over a dozen wounded in two other car bombings.
1/22/06 Iraq Baqubah 12 16 A suicide car bombing, two brutal kidnappings (including a man and his son) and a roadside terror attack leave twelve people dead across the country.
1/22/06 Iraq Balad Ruz 5 1 Four children (ages 6 to 11) and a man are killed when Islamic insurgents deliberately fire a rocket into a home.
1/22/06 Iraq Mashahidah 23 0 The bodies of twenty-three police recruits are found bound and executed, days after they were forced off a bus at gunpoint by Sunni terrorists.
1/21/06 Iraq Tikrit 6 9 Six people, including a child, are killed in four separate Jihad attacks across the country.
1/21/06 India Budshah Chowk 0 7 Seven people are injured in a Mujahideen grenade attack.
1/21/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 0 Three butchers standing on a corner are mowed down in a drive-by shooting by radical Muslims.
1/21/06 Afghanistan Ghazni 1 1 A policeman is killed in a Taliban ambush.
1/20/06 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A 63-year-old farmer is killed when a bomb planted at the base of a cell tower explodes.
1/20/06 Iraq Dujail 9 0 The bodies of seven civilians are found bound and executed where two others were found days earlier.
1/20/06 Iraq Baghdad 6 3 Four civilians are killed in a roadside bomb and two other people are gunned down by Muslim radicals in separate Karabala attacks.
1/20/06 Indonesia Waghete 4 1 Indonesians kill four unarmed teenagers (ages 13 to 15) in an unprovoked attack as they are walking to school. A fifth boy is severely beaten.
1/20/06 Ingushetia Nazran 2 2 Two civilians are killed by Islamic terrorists in a small village.
1/19/06 India Khrew Pampore 1 0 A civilian is shot to death by the Mujahideen at his village.
1/19/06 Egypt Udaysaat 2 14 Muslims go on a rampage against Christians, angered by the construction of a church. Two, including a 13-year-old boy, are killed.
1/19/06 Iraq Dujail 12 0 Twelve civilians are machine-gunned to death by radical Sunnis after their cars were stopped at a fake roadblock.
1/19/06 Israel Tel Aviv 0 20 A Palestinian suicide bomber injures two dozen Israelis in an attack on a fast-food stall at a bus station.
1/19/06 Iraq Baghdad 23 26 Two religious extremists hit a coffee shop in a downtown area with suicide bombs, dismembering themselves and twenty-three innocents while causing egregious injury to two dozen others.
1/18/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 0 Sunni radicals infiltrate an office building and murder three men.
1/18/06 Iraq Baghdad 12 2 Jihadis ambush a private convoy, blasting and shooting twelve guards and bystanders to death and kidnapping two African engineers.
1/18/06 Iraq Basra 2 1 Two American civilians are killed in a roadside terrorist bombing.
1/18/06 Iraq al-Sa'diya 5 9 Four people are killed in a terror bombing attack on a police vehicle.
1/18/06 India Pampore 1 0 The body of a civilian is recovered ten days after being abducted by the Mujahideen.
1/17/06 Chechnya Grozny 5 0 Four Russians and one Chechan are blown apart in a landmine attack by Muslim rebels.
1/17/06 Iraq Kirkuk 2 1 Radical Sunni gunmen kill two Kurdish election officials in separate attacks.
1/16/06 Afghanistan Spin Boldak 22 20 A Fedayeen bomber plows an explosives-laden motorbike into a crowd of people in a downtown area, killing at least twenty-two.
1/16/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 5 10 Five people are killed and ten others injured by a "Holy Warrior" suicide bomber.
1/16/06 Iraq Miqdadia 6 18 A Jihad car bombing kills six, including a child, and injures eighteen.
1/16/06 Chechnya Grozny 1 3 A policeman is killed by Jihadis.
1/16/06 India Kulgam 2 1 Islamic radicals gun down two political activists in separate attacks.
1/16/06 Iraq Ramadi 1 0 A physics professor is gunned down in a brutal attack.
1/15/06 Pakistan Jangzai 2 0 Two men are killed in a landmine blast.
1/15/06 Iraq Ulwiya 6 8 Five separate Jihad attacks and kidnappings leave at least six dead around the country.
1/15/06 India Kashmir Valley 1 0 A contractor is abducted and killed by the Mujahideen.
1/15/06 Thailand Narathiwat 2 0 Islamists butcher two 20-year-old men in a gruesome attack.
1/15/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 3 14 At least three people are killed, including two civilians, when a suicide bomber rams a Canadian convoy.
1/14/06 Afghanistan Khost 0 22 Religious fundamentalists bomb a sporting event and a music shop, injuring twenty-two.
1/14/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 The Taliban assassinate a political figure outside his home.
1/14/06 Pakistan Sarband 1 2 al-Qaeda backed militants fire a rocket into a home, killing a man and injuring his two children.
1/14/06 Pakistan Sarbandki 1 3 A rocket attack leaves one man dead and three children injured.
1/14/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 4 Sunni gunmen assassinate a Shiite cleric. Elsewhere, a bomb kills two policemen.
1/13/06 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Islamic insurgents shoot down a U.S. Army reconnaissance helicopter, killing the two pilots.
1/13/06 Iraq Baqubah 3 5 Two policemen are killed by a car bomb. Another dead officer is found in Iskandariya, blindfolded and with hands tied behind his back.
1/11/06 Philippines Maguindanao 1 1 The Moro Islamic Front is suspected in the assasination of a local sultan.
1/11/06 India Udhampur 1 2 A teenage girl is killed when militants hurl a grenade into her home on Eid day. Two other relatives are injured.
1/10/06 Pakistan Sarbandki 7 2 al-Qaeda backed militants kill seven Pakistani soldiers in a rocket attack.
1/9/06 Thailand Yala 1 0 Muslim radicals shoot a 60-year-old Buddhist three times in the neck after vowing to 'keep killing innocents'.
1/9/06 Iraq Baghdad 29 21 Two Fedayeen suicide bomber maximize their killing power and send themselves and dozens of others to Allah at a government building.
1/9/06 Thailand Pattani 1 0 The burnt body of a 74-year-old Buddhist is found after he is murdered by Islamic radicals, who beat the elderly man severely before slashing his throat.
1/9/06 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 Ansar al-Sunna terrorists gun down a judge.
1/9/06 India Awantipora 1 0 The Mujahideen abduct a man from his home and shoot him to death.
1/8/06 Iraq Baghdad 2 5 A Fedayeen suicide bomber kills two Iraqis and injures five others outside a mosque.
1/7/06 Thailand Pattani 1 3 Islamic militants kill a pig farmer and also fire on a family of foreigners, injuring three, including a baby.
1/7/06 Pakistan Kai Kot 5 0 A family is massacred by the Taliban. The dead include a young girl.
1/7/06 Pakistan Wana 1 1 A 6-year-old boy is killed by a bomb that also injures an 8-year-old.
1/7/06 Iraq Fallujah 1 9 A doctor is gunned down by Jihadis. Elsewhere, a suicide bomber injures nine people.
1/7/06 Thailand Yala 2 3 Two policemen are murdered by Islamic fundamentalists. Separately, a bomb at a tea shop injures three people.
1/7/06 Pakistan Miranshah 8 6 Eight soldiers are massacred by religious militants at a border checkpoint.
1/7/06 Afghanistan Jalalabad 1 1 A terrorist bombing by the Taliban leaves one civilian dead and another person injured.
1/7/06 Algeria Tissemsilt 4 0 Four civilian employees of a state water company are killed by the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.
1/7/06 Iraq Baghdad 1 1 An American journalist is taken hostage, and her Iraqi translator murdered.
1/7/06 Thailand Yala 2 4 A grocery store is shot up by Muslim radicals. Two people in their 20's are killed and four others injured.
1/6/06 Yemen Saada 4 2 Four civilians are killed, and two injured, in a mortar attack by armed fundamentalists.
1/5/06 Yemen Al Salem 2 0 Two Yemeni troops are killed in an ambush by radical Islamists.
1/5/06 Iraq Baghdad 15 14 Four bombs, two of them suicide attacks in Baghdad, leave four people dead in the capital and Najaf. Four policemen are also killed by Jihad gunmen in Baqubah and seven U.S. soliders are killed in two terror attacks.
1/5/06 Afghanistan Tarin Kot 10 50 Two children are among ten people murdered by an Islamic suicide bomber in a crowded area of the capital. Fifty others are injured.
1/5/06 Iraq Ramadi 82 70 Eighty people waiting in line to apply for jobs at a recruiting station are blown to bits by a religious fanatic. Another seventy are injured.
1/5/06 Iraq Karbala 53 148 A Sunni suicide bomber targets a Shia shrine, killing more than sixty innocent souls and injuring seventy more. Women and children are amply represented among the victims.
1/4/06 Iraq Muqdadiyah 36 40 Nearly forty people are blown to bits by a Fedayeen suicide bomber at a Shiite funeral for a child. At least forty more suffer various injury and lost limbs.
1/4/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 13 Three civilians are killed and thirteen others injured by a terrorist car bombing on a city street.
1/4/06 Iraq Kirkuk 2 2 Two civilians are killed by a roadside terror bombing.
1/4/06 Afghanistan Qalat 1 0 The Taliban kill the headmaster of a school by cutting off his head in front of his wife and eight children.
1/4/06 Russia Gimry 1 8 One Russian is killed by Chechan Mujahideen who infiltrated the border.
1/4/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 12 At least eight civilians are killed and twelve injured when radical Sunnis detonate a bomb near a market.
1/4/06 Thailand Sungai Padi 1 0 A 51-year-old man is gunned down by Islamic radicals as he is eating breakfast in a tea shop.
1/4/06 Iraq Baghdad 4 0 An oil company employee and his son are shot to death in a Jihad attack. Two other bodies found executed in Mahawil.
1/3/06 Afghanistan Helmand 1 0 Two Taliban members shoot a humanitarian aid worker in the back of the head as he is kneeling in prayer.
1/3/06 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A militant Muslim assasinates a village headsman outside his home with an automatic rifle.
1/3/06 India Bumloora 1 0 A civilian is abducted from his job site and hanged by the Mujahideen.
1/2/06 Iraq Baqubah 7 13 A Fedayeen suicide bomber rams his car into a bus carrying police recruits, killing seven and injuring thirteen.
1/2/06 Iraq Kirkuk 2 2 Two children, ages 7 and 10, are killed by Jihadi gunmen in an attack that also injures their parents.
1/2/06 Iraq Iskandariya 3 0 Three more civilians are killed by Muslim radicals in a drive-by shooting.
1/2/06 Thailand Yala 1 3 Islamic militants attack four Thai soliders, capturing and beheading one of them.
1/2/06 Chechnya Kurchaloi 2 0 Two Russian guards are killed by Jihadi snipers.
1/2/06 India Khog 1 0 An 18-year-old Hindu is kidnapped by militant Muslims and tortured to death.
1/1/06 Thailand Narathiwat 2 3 Two people are killed in a bomb blast staged by Islamic militants. Three others are injured.
12/31/05 Iraq Khalis 5 2 Five civilians die in a bombing attack on their vehicle.
12/31/05 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2 0 Islamic fundamentalists kill a 23-year-old Christian and his Muslim girlfriend because their relationship was against Sharia.
12/31/05 India Pulwama 1 1 The Mujahideen invade a home and open fire on the residents, killing the father and injuring another family member.
12/31/05 Indonesia Sulawesi 8 45 Eight Christians are killed when Islamists bomb a market selling pork at a time when it is packed with shoppers. The bomb was packed with nails.
12/30/05 Afghanistan Maywand 1 1 The Taliban ambush a vehicle on a remote road, killing a passenger.
12/30/05 Iraq Baghdad 6 23 Terrorists use mortars to kill six civilians near a coffee shop.
12/30/05 Pakistan Khuzdar 2 0 Two security force members are gunned down in their car.
12/30/05 India Poonch 1 1 The Mujahideen kill a police officer in a shooting ambush on a city street.
12/30/05 Pakistan Gago Mandi 3 0 A father slits the throats of his three daughters after learning that at least one was 'dishonored' by adultery.
12/30/05 Iraq Baghdad 9 0 Islamic extremists kill nine people in a drive-by shooting, because the victims were drinking alcohol in public.
12/30/05 Afghanistan Hazar Joft 4 7 Religious extremists use a bomb to kill four policemen and injure seven.
12/29/05 Israel Tulkarm 5 10 A suicide bomber exits a taxi and detonates an explosives belt, killing an Israeli and four other Palestinians, including the taxi driver. Islamic Jihad takes credit.
12/29/05 Pakistan Miranshah 1 0 A local tribal leader is abducted by militant Muslims, who then slash his throat.
12/29/05 Iraq Latifiya 11 0 Eleven members of a Shiite family are massacred by six Sunnis, who invade their home and slit the throats of all, including children.
12/29/05 Pakistan Mir Ali 1 0 al-Qaeda militants open fire on a restaurant, killing a Pakistani soldier.
12/29/05 Iraq Baghdad 4 5 Four Iraqi policemen are killed by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
12/28/05 Afghanistan Kunar 2 2 Two people, including a civilian, are killed when the Taliban ambush a military convoy.
12/28/05 Iraq Hilla 4 0 Two girls and their parents are stabbed to death by Allah's holy warriors.
12/28/05 India Bangalore 1 4 Lashkar-e-Taiba suspected in a campus attack on a university professor and four others.
12/27/05 Saudi Arabia Buraydah 5 0 Five Saudi policemen are killed in two drive-by shooting attacks by an Islamic fundamentalists.
12/27/05 Iraq Jbala 4 0 Four residents are killed in their homes by terrorists.
12/27/05 Iraq Asriya 4 0 Islamic insurgents attack a poultry farm, killing four Iraqi workers.
12/26/05 Iraq Buhriz 5 4 al-Qaeda slaughters five policemen at a checkpoint with rockets and mortars from point-blank range.
12/26/05 India Hiynan 1 0 The body of a civilian that had been abducted by Islamists is recovered.
12/26/05 Iraq Baghdad 11 38 Five separate bombings kill eight civilians as three bodies are found bound and executed.
12/26/05 Iraq Dhabab 5 0 Five Iraqi soldiers are killed in a coordinated terror attack.
12/26/05 Dagestan Makhachkala 2 0 Two people are gunned down by Jihadis in their car.
12/25/05 Iraq Kirkuk 2 7 Two civilians are killed by a terrorist car bombing.
12/25/05 Thailand Bannag Sata 1 1 A man is killed and a woman seriously injured by Islamic gunmen while riding a motorcycle.
12/25/05 Thailand Raman 2 0 Two members of the Buddhist minority are shot to death by Muslim militants on a road.
12/24/05 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A 46-year-old school guard is cut down in a hail of automatic weapons fire from Muslim extremists.
12/24/05 Iraq Baghdad 14 0 Seven civilians are gunned down by Jihadis in three separate attacks, while the bodies of seven others are found bound and executed.
12/24/05 Pakistan Tank 1 0 Islamists kill the nephew of a pro-government leader at a market.
12/23/05 Thailand Narathiwat 0 7 Islamists carbomb a tea shop, injuring at least seven people.
12/23/05 Iraq Adhaim 8 17 Eight Iraqi policemen are massacred when Jihadis open up on their checkpoint with rockets and automatic weapons.
12/23/05 Chechnya Grozny 9 4 The lives of nine people are cut short by Mujahideen terrorists in three attacks over 24 hours.
12/23/05 Iraq Balad Ruz 10 4 A suicidal Sunni on a bicycle rides it up to a Shia mosque and detonates, killing ten innocents.
12/22/05 Iraq Baghdad 4 6 Jihadis murder four policemen at a checkpoint with a barrage of automatic weapons fire. Six others are injured.
12/22/05 Iraq Iskandariya 4 1 Sunni gunmen rake a passenger bus with machine-guns, killing at least four civilians.
12/22/05 Iraq Baghdad 2 3 Two foreign civilians are killed in an IED terror attack.
12/22/05 India Sopore 2 3 Al-Mansooran claims responsibility for a grenade attack that kills one person. Elsewhere (Guloora Handwara) a civilian is shot to death.
12/22/05 Pakistan Miranshah 2 0 Two more bullet-ridden victims of Islamic seminary students calling themselves the Taliban are found in a stream.
12/21/05 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 42-year-old man is gunned down by Islamists while walking home from work.
12/21/05 Thailand Yala 1 0 Muslim radicals shoot a 55-year-old Buddhist to death as he is working in his orchard.
12/21/05 Pakistan Wana 1 0 A man is abducted and beheaded by the local Taliban.
12/21/05 Pakistan Wana 3 1 Religious fundamentalists kill three men at a barbershop.
12/20/05 Afghanistan Kabul 3 0 Three Afghan soldiers are killed in an ambush by religious extremists.
12/19/05 Pakistan Miranshah 1 0 The Taliban abduct and behead a man, then hang his body from a pole while throwing the head into a cemetary.
12/19/05 Sudan Abu Surooj 20 16 Arab militias kill at least twenty villagers, including an elderly man, three women and two children.
12/19/05 Iraq Baghdad 2 11 A suicidal religious extremist kills two people outside a children's hospital with a bomb.
12/19/05 Iraq Baghdad 3 3 Three bodyguards of a politician are killed in a Jihad ambush on their car.
12/18/05 Iraq Baghdad 6 13 Three attacks, including a Fedayeen bombing, leave four innocents dead and thirteen injured. The bodies of two people are recovered elsewhere.
12/18/05 Iraq Baghdad 3 2 A terrorist's roadside bomb kills two police officers and injures two.
12/17/05 Afghanistan Lashkargah 2 0 The Taliban murder an 18-year-old student and a school guard with automatic weapons.
12/17/05 Iraq Balad Ruz 3 1 A barbershop attack by fundamentalists leaves three dead and one injured.
12/17/05 Afghanistan Akhundkariz 3 0 Three policemen are killed when religious extremists storm a checkpoint.
12/16/05 India Mohalla Jamia 2 0 The Mujahideen kills two villagers near their home.
12/16/05 Afghanistan Kabul 2 2 Two passersby are killed by a Fedayeen suicide car bomber. Two others are injured.
12/16/05 Israel Hebron 1 1 al-Aqsa fires on a passenger car carrying Israeli civilians, killing a 35-year-old man.
12/16/05 India Jamia Mohalla 1 1 The Mujahideen open fire on a group of civilians, killing one and injuring another.
12/16/05 India Kulgam 1 0 A woman is shot to death by Islamic militants.
12/16/05 India Baramulla 2 0 Two civilians die in separate incidents. One is kidnapped and murdered, the other is killed with a grenade.
12/16/05 Iraq Parwana 5 2 Four children playing soccer are among five killed by Islamic insurgents mortaring a schoolyard. Two other children are injured.
12/15/05 Afghanistan Nad Ali 1 0 The Taliban drag a teacher out of his classrom and kill him for teaching girls. He had ignored previous warnings.
12/15/05 Iraq Mosul 1 7 A polling station guard is killed when militants toss a grenade from a motorcycle.
12/14/05 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 A pro-government cleric is assassinated by the Taliban as he is riding to work.
12/14/05 India Tanta 1 0 A student who refused to join the Mujahideen is kidnapped and shot to death.
12/13/05 India Kashreyan 1 0 The Mujahideen gun down a civilian near his home.
12/13/05 Pakistan Dera Bugti 3 6 Three members of a family, including a child, are killed when al-Qaeda-backed militants attack their home with a dozen rockets.
12/13/05 Pakistan Balochistan 1 0 A hotel owner is killed in a sectarian attack.
12/13/05 Philippines Patikul 2 11 Two Filipino soldiers are killed in a gunfight with Abu Sayyaf militants.
12/13/05 Iraq Baghdad 4 0 Four American soldiers are killed in a roadside terror attack while in transport.
12/13/05 Iraq Ramadi 1 0 An election candidate is gunned down by Jihadis while waiting for gas at a station.
12/12/05 Iraq Baghdad 10 31 Three Jihad attacks kill six people and the bodies of four abductees are discovered.
12/12/05 Lebanon Mkalles 4 30 Christian reporter is assassinated by a car bombing that kills three other people. Thirty innocents are injured in the blast.
12/11/05 India Chandilora 1 0 A shopowner is killed in his place of business by Muslim terrorists.
12/11/05 Iraq Baiji 2 1 Sunni gunmen attack a car carrying off-duty Iraqi soldiers, killing two.
12/10/05 Afghanistan Nazarjusth 7 6 Seven policemen are killed when religious extremists stage an assault on their compound.
12/10/05 Iraq Mosul 1 1 Two campaign workers are shot while hanging posters.
12/10/05 Iraq Mosul 2 1 Terrorists kill two civilians with a roadside bomb.
12/10/05 Pakistan North Waziristan 2 0 The Taliban kill two more people, decapitating them and hanging their bodies upside down from pylons.
12/10/05 Iraq Tikrit 1 0 An Egyptian man working to build a medical clinic is kidnapped and murdered by Islamic insurgents.
12/9/05 Iraq Baghdad 3 0 Two men are killed by Islamic insurgents. The body of a kidnapped intelligence officer is found in Balad.
12/9/05 Afghanistan Zabul 1 2 The Taliban attack a remote checkpoint, killing a policeman and injuring two others.
12/8/05 Bangladesh Gangni 1 10 Bombing at a traffic crossing kills one person and leaves ten others injured.
12/8/05 Bangladesh Netrakona 6 100 A Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh suicide bomber kills six people working in a Communist Party office.
12/8/05 Iraq Baghdad 32 44 A 'Holy Warrior' blows apart more than thirty passengers on a packed bus, including women and children, as they are prepared to travel home for the weekend.
12/8/05 Pakistan Jandola 12 40 Twelve people are killed when a planted bomb rips through a hotel restaurant. Forty others are injured.
12/8/05 Afghanistan Khost 4 1 Two civilians are among four people reported killed by the Taliban.
12/8/05 India Gandoh 1 0 A security guard at a civilian residence is shot and killed at point blank range by a Muslim terrorist.
12/8/05 Israel Kalandiya 1 0 A 20-year-old Israeli soldier is fatally stabbed in the neck by an al-Aqsa terrorist at a point of entry.
12/8/05 Afghanistan Helmand 1 2 Taliban extremists attack a police patrol, killing one officer.
12/8/05 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 The Islamic Army of Iraq claims to have executed an unarmed American civilian abducted earlier.
12/7/05 Iraq Kirkuk 3 5 Three hospital guards are gunned down on the job by terrorists.
12/7/05 Ingushetia Nazran 0 9 Nine Russians manning a checkpoint are injured when Jihad gunmen open fire.
12/6/05 Pakistan Miranshah 7 0 The Taliban kill seven tribesmen in their homes, later mutilating and hanging the bodies from utility poles.
12/6/05 Iraq Baghdad 3 20 Three people at a café are murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber. Twenty other patrons are injured.
12/6/05 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A cleric is gunned down by Islamists on a motorcycle.
12/6/05 Iraq Shorkat 3 0 Jihadis gun down three employees of an Iraqi oil company as they are driving home.
12/6/05 Iraq Baghdad 43 73 Two al-Qaeda suicide bombers walk into separate classrooms at a police academy and slaughter more than forty students. Over seventy others are injured.
12/6/05 Iraq Fallujah 9 0 Nine bodies of civilians are found, bound and executed.
12/6/05 Pakistan Wana 2 0 Two Pakistani soldiers are kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic fundamentalists.
12/5/05 Israel Netanya 5 47 Five Israelis are murdered at the entrance to a shopping mall by a bomber from the militant group, 'Islamic Jihad'.
12/5/05 Iraq Rutba 11 0 The bodies of eleven civilians are found, bound and executed.
12/5/05 Afghanistan Marja 3 2 Two civilians are among three dead in a drive-by Taliban shooting.
12/5/05 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A Sunni cleric is killed in a sectarian attack while buying food at a store.
12/5/05 India Nambalhar 1 1 A civilian is killed in a Mujahideen attack.
12/4/05 Pakistan Shakai 1 0 al-Qaeda backed militants kill a Pakistani soldier.
12/4/05 Iraq Baghdad 3 26 Two civilians are killed by a bomb planted under a car on a city street. Elsewhere in the city, a Shiite cleric is gunned down.
12/4/05 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 2 A civilian is killed by a suicide bomber. Two others are injured.
12/4/05 Egypt Cairo 1 0 Christian pastor killed following threats.
12/3/05 Iraq Adhaim 19 2 Iraqi soldiers are ambushed by terrorists while in transport. Nineteen are killed.
12/2/05 India Chuntimulla 1 0 The Mujahideen enter the house of a widow and shoot her to death.
12/2/05 Iraq Fallujah 10 11 Ten U.S. Marines are senselessly killed by Islamic terrorists in a bombing attack on a courtyard.
12/2/05 Afghanistan Helmand 1 5 A Taliban ambush on a police vehicle leaves one officer dead.
12/2/05 Afghanistan Shah Wali Kot 3 3 A district chief is killed in a Taliban roadside bombing along with two other Afghans.
12/2/05 Pakistan Balochistan 1 0 A Sunni group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, takes credit for killing a Shia cleric in front of his home.
12/2/05 India Karam Katha 1 0 A man is kidnapped and murdered by the Mujahideen.
12/2/05 India Pattan 1 0 Islamic militants shoot a teacher to death by the side of the road.
12/1/05 India Challi Dangri 2 0 Two boys are killed by a landmine planted by Islamic militants.
12/1/05 Iraq Rutba 5 0 The bodies of four men, bound and executed, are found. In Basra, radicals kill an Iraqi translator.
12/1/05 Pakistan Miranshah 2 0 Two innocent victims of a bomb-making cell are a teenage student and a 5-year-old boy.
12/1/05 Bangladesh Gazipur 2 30 An Islamist straps a bomb to his leg then detonates it in a DA's office, killing two other people.
12/1/05 Iraq Zaghneya 1 0 A Shiite leader is killed in a
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Democrats Caught in Presidential Election Corruption
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A political committee dedicated to helping Democrats win seats in the Missouri House must pay a $104,000 state fine for financial misconduct during the 2002 elections.The fine, one of the largest ever levied by the Missouri Ethics Commission, stems from an admission by the House Democratic Campaign Committee that it mixed its money with another committee, came under the control of a candidate for office and failed to properly report donations and spending in support of candidates.
In addition to the committee, U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis and a former House member, must pay a $600 fine for his involvement with the committee’s practices.
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Shiite Counter Terrorism Unit...a 1000 Jack Bauers
By now you probably know, coalition forces rescued the three captive leftists in Baghdad. Freed were Canadians Harmeet Sooden, 32, Jim Loney, 41, and 74 year old Briton Norman Kember, 74. Kember had told his so-called Peacemaker Teammates and colleagues, (cont)
if he was taken hostage he did not wish the military to attempt to free him; he didn't get his wish and of course the military got no thanks, from him or his group.
When the military raided the west Baghdad house they found the hostages tied up, but no kidnappers? The Peacemaker's spokesman back in the UK, said they were happy their members were freed, but offered no thanks to the military that freed them. Instead, they blamed the military for a host of problems in Iraq.
From the beginning, there was something not quite right about this kidnapping, it was different from all the previous kidnappings. The clues before us now are... (1) A previously completely unknown group, claimed credit for taking them hostage, almost as if it had been invented to fit the hostage taking. (2) The hostages were not mistreated and were kept in western Baghdad, not the Sunni triangle where hostages are normally taken. (3) Only one hostage was killed, two weeks before they were freed. (4)The hostages were considered "useful fools" for the Sunni's; They supported terrorists via their political rants and the Sunni's are the usual hostage takers. (5) The kidnappers were not present when the house was raided, as if they had been tipped off. (6) The ransom demands were unrealistic, almost as if it was intended they never be met.
Now, lets set this kidnapping aside for a moment and take a look at what we know about the executions going on in and around Baghdad. Stay with me, this will all come together!
The victims were generally the kind of people that would have alerted any good airport security that uses terrorist profiling and to that end, the vast majority of the victims have been Sunni's. They seemed to be systematically rounded up in small groups of the size you might expect for... terrorist cells?
It doesn't take an Einstein to figure out the local Shiite's knew who was doing the bombing in Baghdad; they knew where the insurgents and Saddam's Sunni loyalists were located, but most of the one's that know such things are loath to tell American's or coalition forces. They've seen too many terrorists get picked up and then released for a lack of evidence. And they were frustrated by coalition forces who did not want Iraqi's to take any direct action, because they often lacked the high standards of proof the coalition forces demanded. Further, the coalition did not approve of their methods, which usually meant the suspected terrorist never survived interrogation.
Fighting with such civilized restraint, while fighting an enemy that has no rules, is something the average Iraqi just can't understand. Yet, they were almost forced to play along, even as the violence against them mounted. However, there came a time when the Shiite forces were well organized and well trained enough to act autonomously. When the growing acts of terrorism became intolerable and pushed them too far, they reacted.
The Shia used their new resources to fight fire with fire. They began to engage in a guerilla war of their making. But, this one did not involve IED's or hit and run mortar attacks. This was on the level of counter terrorism you might expect coming from the great rule bender, Jack Bauer on TV's "24".
The covert missions began with a subtle knock on the door late at night, by Iraqi's familiar with the neighborhoods and knowing their targets very well. And one by one, the enemy was taken out. The counter terrorism units worked door to door, neighborhood by neighborhood, silently and virtually unnoticed by the coalition. Sunni's and former Fedayene members disappeared into the night only to be found the next morning bound, blindfolded and dead. As many as 20 at one time, indicating a high level of coordinated effort by a large organized unit.
Since these grisly early morning discoveries began, the suicide bombings and the car bombings have slowed...coincidence? The coalition forces believe they must be finally gaining the upper hand and they are, but helped along by an unseen force that they have tried to keep restrained.
It seems pretty clear that someone friendly with the coalition forces and "in-the-know" of high level coalition operations, tipped the kidnappers the night of the hostage raid. This ads to my theory the hostages were not taken by insurgents or Saddam's loyalists. They were more likely taken by forces trying to help us and themselves.
The Peacemakers were damaging the efforts to stop real enemy, the terrorists. They were seen as useful fools to terrorists. To the Shiite forces, they were helping the enemy kill their Shiite friends and families and they had to be stopped.
A plan was developed based on the three ingredients common in every crime, motive, ability and opportunity. And who else had these 3 elements, except for Iraqi's working with the coalition? They were right next to the Peacekeeper Leftists the whole time, they witnessed their actions and they were compelled by what they saw to stop them.
If this was a kidnapping to keep them out of the way, then they had to make unreasonable ransom demands that could not be met to buy time. And they did and the second half of the motive was to scare away other meddling groups with headlines...and they accomplished this too. But, something went wrong, something happened that risked this operation and it resulted in one of the hostages being killed. We may never know exactly what went wrong, but we know they didn't really want to kill their hostages or they would have all been found dead, not just one.
This is why I think the kidnapping of these leftists and the dead bodies that keep turning up in Baghdad's morning light, are probably connected. That's my educated guess.
We need a clear winner in Iraq to run the country and it can't be Saddam's people. We may not approve of these hit squad methods, but the best thing the coalition could do now is stay out of the way.
What do you think?
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March 23, 2006
KPAY expands the Liveline Show
Bruce Sessions, Chico's favorite talkshow personality, will expand his talkshow time starting April 10th.
Congratulations Bruce, we enjoyed your old show and I'm sure we will enjoy your new 2 hour show even more.
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Al Qaeda Connections to Saddam's Iraq
This was discovered by Coffeesnob and submitted for your review:
"U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia were attacked by al Qaeda twice in the months following Saddam Hussein's decision to approve Osama bin Laden's request for help in attacking "foreign forces" in Saudi Arabia.(cont)
An Iraqi intelligence document released last week states that bin Laden met in Sudan with senior Iraqi intelligence agents on Feb. 19, 1995, where he requested help in conducting "joint operations against foreign forces" in Saudi Arabia.
Saddam "was informed of the details of the meeting in our letter 370 on March 4, 1995," the Iraqi intelligence memo explains.
The document goes on to state
"The approval was received from the Leader, Mr. President, may God keep him . . . . We were left to develop the relationship and the cooperation between the two sides to see what other doors of cooperation and agreement open up."
Reporting on the bombshell document on Wednesday, ABC News noted:
"Given that the document claims bin Laden was proposing to the Iraqis that they conduct 'joint operations against foreign forces' in Saudi Arabia, it is interesting to note that eight months after the meeting — on November 13, 1995 — terrorists attacked Saudi National Guard Headquarters in Riyadh, killing 5 U.S. military advisors. The militants later confessed on Saudi TV to having been trained by Osama bin Laden."
Unnoted by ABC: Eight months after the Riyadh attack, 19 U.S. servicemen were killed when a large truck bomb blew up the Khobar Towers military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
In August 1996 - two months after the Khobar attack and a year-and-a-half after he entered into his "joint operations" agreement with Saddam - bin Laden issued a Declaration of Jihad outlining his organization's goals.
Topping his agenda, according to PBS: "Drive US forces from the Arabian Peninsula, overthrow the Government of Saudi Arabia, liberate Muslim holy sites, and support Islamic revolutionary groups around the world."
Bin Laden also declared that Saudis have the right to strike at U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf."
Source: NewsMax.com
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March 22, 2006
Peaceful Islam Demands Death for Christian Convert
"Abdul Rahman is charged with rejecting Islam and could face the death sentence under Sharia law unless he recants.
He converted 16 years ago as an aid worker helping refugees in Pakistan. His estranged family denounced him in a custody dispute over his two children.
It is thought to be Afghanistan's first such trial, reflecting tensions between conservative clerics and reformists."
Is it any wonder that when a Muslim scholar comes to our town (see story below) that we should question his honesty, when he says Islam is a religion of peace that respects all people and religions?
And where oh where is the high minded "Peace and Justice Center" on this one? Any member care to write in and give us your thoughts?
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Christian Convert May Lose All Civil Rights and Children
"KUWAIT CITY (CWN) - A Kuwaiti Christian man was put on trial Wednesday on charges that he committed apostasy by converting from Islam to Christianity.
Hussein Qambar Ali, 45, is being sued in Kuwait's family court by three private lawyers seeking to strip him of his civil rights, including his right to a Moslem marriage, custody of his children, and right to inheritance. Ali's marriage broke up last year due to his conversion, and has been unable to keep a job.
Islam provides no penalty for any Moslem who kills a convert to another religion...see "apostasy".
"We believe in Christianity, but we will not permit Mr. Qambar to harm the feelings of Moslems," Mohammad al-Jadai, one of the three plaintiffs, told the court. "He provoked the feelings of Moslems, telling the newspapers about his conversion and distorting Islam's image."
In Islam any sane Moslem who renounces his religion, and persists in doing so after being allowed a chance to repent, loses a range of rights. Islam provides no penalty for any Moslem who kills the convert on the grounds of his apostasy. Jadai said the suit was not aimed at affecting Ali's other rights such as the right to travel or work and was certainly not aimed at seeking his death."
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Islamic Scholar Comes to Chico with Message of Peace
The Chico Islamic center hosted a renown Islamic expert, lecturer and prolific book writer, Dr. Ahmad Skar, PHD. Dr. Skar earned his doctorate from the University of Illinois and has lived here since 1962. He said, he wants to help overcome the negative impression many Americans apparently have of Islam. The religion is one of peace, he said. "As a Muslim, I have to be honest and sincere. We are supposed to take care of everyone."
Hmmm...he wants to be honest, that's good, but then he wants us to get over our apparent negative impression we have of Islam? You knew I wasn't going to let that one go unanswered! Ok, let's just say he is a genuine advocate for peace, and I support that, but don't you think he loses a certain amount of his credibility when he says Islam is a religion of peace and we need to get over our misconceptions and then you read about some guy on trial for his life because he dared to convert from Moslem to Christian? Where's the evidence that Islam is or was ever, peaceful?
I'm far from an Islamic expert, but I can read a history book and Islam has a long history of war, oppression and violence. It's been a religion that has demanded conquered people either join them or die. History is full of bloody examples where whole cities have been exterminated in the name of Islam. Conquest of other cultures is part of this religion and who hasn't noticed that modern day terrorists recruit in the name of Islam and use historical references and passages from the Koran to justify their actions for holy war (jihad)?As a Muslim journalist recently noted, "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but nearly all terrorists are Muslims."
Read the Islamic conquest of Southeast Asia. Iran's Chamber Society proudly proclaims the conquest of Iran, as noted in this excerpt from the history of Iran "The Bedouin Arabs who toppled the Sassanid Empire were propelled not only by a desire for conquest but also by a new religion, Islam."
But, what about the Crusades, wasn't that blatant, ruthless, Christian aggession? Yes, it's a popular myth that the Crusaders invaded the peaceful middle east in a huge land grab by power-mad Popes seeking to exterminate a competing religion. If you are one of those who believe that, better do more research. Check out The Real History of the Crusades, By Thomas F. Madden. The Crusades were in most respects a defensive action to block the advance of Islamic armies over Christian lands. Read about the conquest of Spain!
Christians are constantly reminded by liberals that they have plenty of violence and injustice in their history. So why isn't it just as fair to hold Islam accountable for it's growing list of transgressions against humanity?
Don't misunderstand, I absolutely support and endorse any message of peace and anyone willing to work for peace. However, my criticism is, credibility drops when half truths are told. Dr. Skar says Islam is all about peace and taking care of people, when history says otherwise. Better to press for peace and reconciliation with the ugly truth right out in front.
For more on the original story by ER staff reporter, Larry Mitchell, please follow this link.
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March 21, 2006
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SPECIAL - Tips for the Little Woman
As taken from Housekeeping Monthly, 13 May, 1955.....
*Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have be thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.
*Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
*Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
*Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Run a dustcloth over the tables.
*During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering to his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
*Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him.
*Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
*Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours. Don't greet him with complaints and problems.
*Don't complain if he's late for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through at work.
*Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or lie him down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.
Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.
*Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.
and last, but not least...
A good wife always knows her place.
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Bush Speech and the Press
The White House press, ever more hostile, made statements couched as questions. Questions that were obviously meant to say, "this an unsupportable elective war; we are creating terrorists where there wouldn't have been otherwise; Iraq is now in a civil war and you did it; Iraq did not have WMDs, you lied; we've created another quagmire; American people don't understand why we are there, yadda, yadda.
And then there was this insane question from Helen "over-the-hill-liberal" Thomas and I am paraphrasing, but it went something like this, "Mr. President why are we really in Iraq? Every previously stated reason has been proven untrue!"
(Every reason proven untrue!!!????)
President Bush tried to deflect this question and instead went on to say how vital it is to develope a "democracy in the neighborhood", in a "region that desperately needs moderation"..., spoken in stammering, half sentences and incomplete thoughts, which made his response seem weaker than the point he was trying to make.
My response to Helen would have went..."Helen, I can't believe after all this time, you could ask such an idiotic question, but you did, so let me restate it for you for what must be the tenthousandth time... (insert "Reasons for the War" - read Coffeesnobs new info too, all right here in Post Scripts)
Bush has made two public appeals for Iraq in two days. His message about terrorists in Iraq could be summarized in a few sentences:
"The terrorists haven't given up," "They're tough-minded. They like to kill. There's going to be more tough fighting ahead. … Yet we're making progress, and that's important for the American people to understand." Bush said.
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March 20, 2006
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I weel read La Poste Scripte, but do you have it
in Français?
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Hillary for President
Michael J writes us....."Why couldn't Hillary win? The Congressional Democrats may be wussies, on average, but Hillary is tough as nails.
She voted for the Iraq war authorization. She is battle-tested by standing tall through her husband's impeachment.
Husband Bill was Commander in Chief during fantasically successful wars in Bosnia and Kosovo. Did ANY Americans die as result of the hostilites there? Those wars were to remove dictators, to prevent a breeding ground for terrorists, to prevent a widening conflict, and for democracy-building---all the same reasons Bush has come around to in Iraq.
I haven't decided between Hillary or John McCain. But it is ironic that the first legimate women candidate for US president could be considered as tough for national security by this moderate, as the heroic POW McCain."
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BORROW AND SPEND IS GOOD? I don't think so!
This is hardly breaking news, but if you listen to Rush, Fox News, Michael Savage, Bill O'Reilly, etc., you know there are a lot of very knowledgeable, well spoken conservatives, saying exactly what I'm saying here: The White House and the GOP Congress are in trouble and they are both running a high risk of losing in the next two elections.
I realize "security" is not the democrats strong suit and so far that single issue (plus the radical loudmouth left) has kept the democrats far behind the GOP's faltering popularity. However, that "fear factor" will only work for a time and absent another 9/11, that time is about up. The GOP needs to make bold reforms from the IRS to our borders. They must take strong, decisive measures to give us both economic and domestic security or risk losing at the ballot box. To date, the GOP has had total control over the White House, Congress and the Senate and what have they done? They have given voters squat when it comes to reform, like fixing the wasteful spending in a growing federal bureaucracy. They were supposed to be the great reformers and downsize government, so what happened?
Accountability looms, as the reality of the mega spending and the political blunders by President Bush and the GOP take their toll.
But, if you still want to use security as the one major reason to vote for the GOP, then I worry if voters might somehow notice how well the Republicans have protected our southern border from invasion?
Sure, we can try to excuse this record high spending and the trillions in deficit, to the high cost of running the world's greatest economy and fighting terrorism around the globe; but there's mounting evidence of wasteful "liberal-like" spending and some very obvious holes in our nation's security, beginning right on our border with Mexico.
The CATO Institute is not exactly a bastion of liberal ideologists and here is what they had to say about Bush's spending back in 03:
"The Bush administration's newly released budget projections reveal an anticipated budget deficit of $450 billion for the current fiscal year, up another $151 billion since February. Supporters and critics of the administration are tripping over themselves to blame the deficit on tax cuts, the war, and a slow economy. But the fact is we have mounting deficits because George W. Bush is the most gratuitous big spender to occupy the White House since Jimmy Carter. One could say that he has become the "Mother of All Big Spenders." Not much has changed since that report came out, spending remains an all time high and the blunders have only gotten worse, i.e. “ports sale�.
Like I said, I want to be objective and for balance you should also take a look at this article on how it's not the size of the deficit that counts, it's the relationship between GDP and the deficit that really matters. I don't buy it, least not completely and I remain very concerned about the 1.3 trillion green backs held by Japan and China. I don't like us to be a debtor nation, selling off our nation's industrial might, bit by bit, just to buy us an extension of credit in China!
If the GOP loses, as I fear they could, it will be because of an angry voter backlash, not because voters like the democrat's message. This is all about accountability and how else do we get their (politicians) attention? If we are not serious about holding them accountable to their promises, why should they be?
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Why the Left Can't Win -Security Issue
CoffeeSnob writes us...."This is why the Left will not get back in power like they were. No matter what comes out about Iraq and terrorism it wont be enough for them. They made their beds and they are screwed.
OBL Sought 'Joint Operations' with Saddam
An Iraqi intelligence document released last week indicates that Osama bin Laden sought to conduct "joint operations" with Saddam Hussein's regime six years before the 9/11 attacks - and was given the green light by the Iraqi dictator.
The document, detailed in the March 27 issue of the Weekly Standard, describes a Feb. 1995 meeting between bin Laden and Iraqi intelligence that was personally approved by "the Honorable Presidency" - an apparent reference to Saddam.
"We discussed with [bin Laden] his organization. He requested the broadcast of the speeches of Sheikh Sulayman al-Uda [who has influence within Saudi Arabia and outside due to being a well known religious and influential personality] and to designate a program for them through the broadcast directed inside Iraq, and to perform joint operations against the foreign forces in the land of Hijaz [Saudi Arabia]."
The document goes on to note that "the Honorable Presidency was informed of the details of the meeting in our letter 370 on March 4, 1995."
The document indicates that Saddam personally granted bin Laden's request for help with propaganda broadcasts and instructed his agents "to develop the relationship [with bin Laden] and the cooperation between the two sides to see what other doors of cooperation and agreement open up."
The 1997 Iraqi intelligence document goes on to report: "Currently we are working to invigorate this relationship through a new channel in light of his present location [Afghanistan]."
The reference by Iraqi intelligence to "joint operations" with bin Laden apparently contradicts one of the 9/11 Commission's most important findings: that Saddam had no "operational relationship" with al Qaeda.
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March 17, 2006
DEMOCRATS COULD WIN SEATS....
The democrats are likely to make significant gains during the next congressional election. I say that only if they can shutup their extreme left membership for two minutes. Those extremists scare people and at times it looks like the whole democratic party has been hijacked by those on the wacky left fringe; look who they have for party Chairman!
But, if the democrats do gain seats, as I suspect they will, it won't be because of they are so wonderful at winning over voters; it will be because voters are mad at the GOP for not living up to their promises! Although, if you challenge them on this, the GOP will be quick to point to a robust economy, low inflation and lots of new jobs. However, the economy is an entity unto itself and it isn't controlled by government. Oh, sure, government can screw it up, but is "not screwing it up" something to take a bow for? If it is, we've lowered the bar once again.
Spending is going to be a big issue and we know Bush and Republicans in Congress have been spending like drunken sailors, a lot of it has been on feel good projects labeled "security."
Bush has been coming off like a big liberal on social spending and throwing money at Hurricane Katrina, despite spending huge amounts for PR, he hasn't bought himself one liberal vote. What a debacle that's been for him and conservatives. A lot of mistakes were made and a lot money wasted. Hardly the image you want going into a congressional race.
Here's an example of what I am talking about..."The government wasted millions of dollars in its award of post-Katrina Hurricane contracts for disaster relief, including at least $3 million for 4,000 beds that were never used, congressional auditors said yesterday.
The Government Accountability Office's review of 13 major contracts -- many of them awarded with limited or no competition after the Aug. 29 hurricane -- offers the first preliminary overview of their soundness. Waste and mismanagement were widespread due to poor planning and miscommunication, according to the five-page briefing paper released yesterday. That led to money being paid for services, such as housing or ice, that were never used."
The Iraq war has had a significant impact on the GOP too (I have a firm grasp of the obvious sometimes). The Bush administration has done a horrific job of communicating with the voters over so many key issues, I hardly know where to begin. Most recently it was the "ports sale." Pushed through with no public discussion, as if not one person in the Bush administration had a clue the public might not like it? Communications or the lack thereof has undermined so much of what might have been good, if only handled slightly more tactfully.
Bush II may go down in history as our worst communicator, ever!
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You are Probably Neither Conservative Nor Liberal
Here is some rather unexpected test