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Posted on 08/01/2006 9:51:52 PM PDT by nwctwx
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COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan defence ministry said its forces have repulsed Wednesday's attacks by Tamil Tiger rebels around a strategic northeastern port, killing 40 insurgents and wounding 70 others.
The latest fighting raised fears that Sri Lanka was heading for a full-scale war. The rebels said earlier that they had overrun four Sri Lankan army camps around the strategic port of Trincomalee, a day after the guerrillas laid siege to the area, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in years.
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Ports To Get New Radiation Detectors
DHS Moves to Reduce the Risk of a Dirty Bomb Entering the U.S. Through Seaports
The Department of Homeland Security, under a program called the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Initiative, recently announced the award of contracts to three companies (Raytheon Company – Integrated Defense Systems, Thermo Electron Corporation, and Canberra Industries, Inc.) to install advanced radiation detector systems in some of our country’s ports. The first test installation is slated to be in the Port of Staten Island.
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http://commentary.threatswatch.org/2006/08/ports-to-get-new-radiation-det/
Border agents fail to spot fake papers
Wed Aug 2,
WASHINGTON - Undercover investigators entered the United States using fake documents repeatedly this year — including some cases in which Homeland Security Department agents didn't ask for identification.
At nine border crossings on the Mexico and Canadian borders, agents "never questioned the authenticity of the counterfeit documents," according to Government Accountability Office testimony to be released Wednesday.
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"Post-Invasion Intel Showed WMD Went To Syria"
Captain's Table Blog ^ | 29 July 2006 | Morrissey
Posted on 07/29/2006 5:44:49 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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"DoD Report: 50 Trucks Carried Iraqi WMD To Syria"
Sweetness & Light ^ | July 28, 2006 | N/A
Posted on 07/28/2006 1:42:19 PM PDT by Sam Hill
Interesting set of links.
THANKS Oorang.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=thailand
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Bombs kill four in Muslim southern Thailand
Reuters ^ | Aug 2, 2006 | Surapan Boonthanom
Posted on 08/02/2006 4:09:48 PM PDT by proud_yank
SONGKHLA, Thailand (Reuters) - Militants detonated a bomb by a bridge on the main railway line through Thailand's rebellious Muslim south on Wednesday, killing three policemen and leaving thousands of travelers stranded, officials said.
A soldier also died in a booby trap left by militants at a temporary camp for engineering troops building a school in the region, where more than 1,300 people have been killed in a two-year Muslim separatist insurgency.
The railway bomb damaged the bridge enough to halt all rail traffic on the mail line running from the Thai-Malaysian border to Bangkok. Thousands of passengers were stranded on five trains forced to stop in nearby stations.
"We hope to finish the repair work this evening and all southern trains should resume service tomorrow morning," southern rail traffic control chief Thanongsak Pongprasert told Reuters.
Militants placed a 5 kg (11 lb) mine by the bridge as a car carrying four rail patrolmen passed by. Three of the officers died instantly and the other was wounded, police said.
"The front wheels triggered the mine and it exploded," police Lieutenant Colonel Sompien Eksomya said. "They have been watching police routine for some time and knew exactly when the patrol car would arrive."
Two bodies were found near the bridge and the other was found 50 meters (yards) away in the river, he said.
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Bomb kills three Thai policemen
BBC News ^ | 08/02/2006
Posted on 08/02/2006 2:41:23 AM PDT by Republicain
Three Thai policemen have been killed in a bomb explosion in the country's restive south. The officers were inspecting railway tracks in Chana district in Songkhla province when the explosion occurred.
The attack is the latest in a string of violent incidents in the Thai south, where more than 1,300 people have been killed since January 2004.
Officials blame Muslim insurgents for much of the unrest, although criminals are also thought to be at work.
In Wednesday's incident, a bomb placed near a bridge was detonated as a car of four policemen passed by. Three of the officers died instantly and the other was wounded.
Electrical wire was later found leading from the tracks to bushes about 100m away.
Co-ordinated
The southern provinces are predominantly Muslim, with a language and culture separate from the rest of Thailand.
The bombing took place after a night of apparently co-ordinated arson, bombing and shooting attacks in the three Thai provinces with Muslim majorities, Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani.
Police booths and a rubber factory were set on fire and small bombs exploded outside karaoke bars, officials said.
In Narathiwat, Thai journalists reported that Molotov cocktails had been thrown at a Buddhist temple, soldiers had been drawn into a gun battle, and rifles had been fired at the homes of police and teachers.
No one was killed in the attacks.
Despite a heavy Thai security presence in the region, attacks such as drive-by shootings or small bombings take place almost daily.
OUTRAGEOUS VIDEO. Really heavy; warning.
911/the WTC.
http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/07/27/video-kevin-cosgroves-911-call-from-the-world-trade-center/
PLACEMARK
'Slow news day, huh?'
au contraire, too much to track...
altho you have made a great dent in it...thanks, as usual..
spent some time today trying to show some locals how dangerous these huzzies ARE....they think they are cute freedom fighters.
show them enough pictures like that one (from Jakarta, even) and add a great deal of ridicule, and maybe they'll get the idea that the old media is selling them out...
I'd like to see that map updated.
Tahnks much!
A SMALL explosive device was sent to an office of Prime Minister Tony Blair's governing Labour Party, police in south-east England said today.
The device was found in a package delivered to the office in Cambridge after a member of staff raised the alarm. No one was hurt, police said. "We analysed the package and discovered that it did contain a small explosive device," a police spokeswoman said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20003465-1702,00.html
I'm glad it didn't go off.
THANKS Oorang.
Thanks to Diogenesis for this photo essay:
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War for End.Freedom 8/3/06-Aamchit,Al-Karak,Bekaa,Jajoune,Kefar Jaouz,Marun Al-Ras
NASA, Yahoo, AP, Reuters, AFP, IDF, and the usual suspects | August 3, 06 | The Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil
Posted on 08/02/2006 7:03:17 PM PDT by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/3/06 - Aita al-Shaab, Lebanon,
Kfar Kila, Maroun al-Ras, Avivim, Chebaa Farms, Kiryat Shmona, Nabatiyeh, Beirut, Qana,
Beirut, Tyre, Bekaa, Damascus, Tehran, Jakarta, Seattle
Yes, I linked to it in the last thread.
Really heartbreaking.
You're welcome Cindy. Between this and the unexploded train bombs in Germany things are getting a bit frisky.
happy to oblige!!!!!
BUMP !!!
Thanks for the ping!
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