http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taleban/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:23:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420220/posts SNIPPET: "From today’s Times Online: “Suicide bomber kills 70 at Pakistan sports event” A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives on to a field during a volleyball tournament in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 70 people. Police said that at least 65 people were wounded and some 20 houses destroyed in the attack." SNIPPET: "Now how does Adam Gadahn’s video earlier this month in, “The Mujahideen Do Not Target Muslims” at all fit with attacks on people watching volleyball games? Seems to me that al-Qaida is either suffering from “acute disconnected from reality syndrome” (a la Stalin... JARRET BRACHMAN.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420220/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:23:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413605/posts Blog: "Report: Taliban, Not Government, Collecting Payments For Electricity Bills From Consumers In Helmand Province" SNIPPET: "The Taliban militants, not the Afghan government, are collecting payments from consumers of electricity generated from the Kajaki hydroelectric power project in the country’s southern Helmand province, according to an Afghan news website." SNIPPET: "Haji Mullah Sharafuddin, the administrative head of the Kajaki district, the Taliban have been usurping the state’s right to receive income from the huge dam in the form of bills in the Kajaki, Sangin and Zamindar districts." SNIPPET: "The Kajaki dam generates 32 megawatts of electricity, supplied not only to... ("Source: www.pajhwok.com, Afghanistan, December 21, 2009") via MEMRI BLOG.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413605/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:48:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407033/posts SNIPPET: "The US military targeted a Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan who was behind the kidnapping of a Norwegian journalist in November. The Taliban commander, who is known as Haji Mohammad Dawran Safi or Qari Dawat, was the target of a November 26 airstrike in the eastern province of Kunar. Qari Dawat "is known for attacking innocent civilians in the Kunar region, as well as international forces and bases," the US military noted in a press release on Nov. 27, one day after the strike. Qari Dawat was not named, however. An Afghan Police commander confirmed the airstrike and said... LONG WAR JOURNAL.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407033/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:19:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407029/posts SNIPPET: "PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban militants blew up a girls' school in Pakistan's Khyber district Monday, officials said, as two soldiers and seven insurgents were killed in clashes in the northwest tribal belt. The pre-dawn school attack took place in Saddokhel town in northwest Khyber tribal district, where militants detonated explosives planted around the building, destroying all five school rooms but causing no injuries. "They are Taliban. They are the same people who do not want children to get an education," senior administration official Rahim Gul Khattak told AFP. Islamist militants opposed to co-education have destroyed hundreds of schools, mostly... (AFP) via Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407029/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:10:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406972/posts The Rt Rev Stephen Venner called for a more sympathetic approach to the Islamic fundamentalists that recognises their humanity. The Church of England’s Bishop to the Forces warned that it will be harder to reach a peaceful solution to the war if the Afghan insurgents are portrayed too negatively. His comments came as the Prime Minister visited Afghanistan and warned that the Taliban was fighting a "guerilla war" aimed at causing "maximum damage". Gordon Brown said soldiers were discovering improvised explosive devices every two hours. Mr Brown stayed overnight in the Allied base in the southern city of Kandahar, the... telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406972/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:18:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406625/posts SNIPPET: "Well, the English-language Voice of Jihad site seems to be down at this address – I’ll share the new one once I find it. In my hunt, though, I ran across this version of the Voice of Jihad page, in Arabic (GoogleEnglish translation here, PDF at non-terrorist site here) with only a slight difference in the address (alemrah.info, instead of alemarah.info – note the extra “a” in the second version, which brings you to the Arabic news site). The fundraising site URL seems to be registered with a company in Westchester, California (WHOIS results – PDF of results here).... MILNEWSca - blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406625/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:02:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404895/posts December 10, 2009, 0:00 a.m. Through Our EnemiesÂ’ EyesEnough about you; what did Mullah Omar think of ObamaÂ’s West Point speech? By Clifford D. May We’ve heard a lot in recent days about how conservatives and liberals are responding to President Obama’s plans for Afghanistan. But what does the enemy think? Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Afghan Taliban leader, clearly would have been happier had Obama taken Michael Moore’s advice and begun to withdraw, rather than increase troop levels in Afghanistan. Just before the president took the stage at West Point, Mullah Omar issued a message calling upon his fighters... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404895/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:02:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403375/posts War On Terror: The anti-war crowd says the small number of enemy fighters inside Afghanistan doesn't justify sending 30,000 fresh troops there. They fail to understand the larger problem. Sen. Barbara Boxer complains al-Qaida is scarcely in Afghanistan. She cites an intelligence report leaked to ABC News that only 100 fighters are actually present inside the country, along with several thousand Taliban fighters. "I do not support adding more troops," the California Democrat argued, "because there are now 200,000 American, NATO and Afghan forces fighting roughly 20,000 Taliban and less than 100 al-Qaida." In other words, why are we even... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403375/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 02:01:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402710/posts MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants armed with rocket-propelled and hand grenades and a car bomb attacked an office of Pakistan's main security agency in the city of Multan on Tuesday killing nine people, officials said. The bomb attack in the eastern city was the third in Pakistan in two days and underscored the relentless security troubles facing the U.S. ally whose help is vital in efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan. The violence coincides with rising political tension with the Supreme Court hearing challenges to an amnesty order that could heap pressure on President Asif Ali Zardari. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402710/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:59:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402645/posts SNIPPET: "Al-Qaida's network in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen) has released the audio-recorded wills of two mujahideen operatives who were recently "martyred" in clashes with local security forces -- including former Guantanamo Bay detainee #114 Yusuf Muhammad Mubarak al-Jebairy al-Shehri. The younger brother of a senior Al-Qaida member, al-Shehri first left his home in Saudi Arabia in mid-2001 in order to wage jihad alongside the Taliban because he "thought that participating in jihad with the Taliban was the right thing to do... the Taliban were good Muslims.” In the midst of fleeing the crumbling Taliban frontline in late 2001, Yusuf al-Shehri... COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402645/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 06:38:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401404/posts Two Taliban ‘commanders’ among 20 killed SNIPPET: "MINGORA/KOHAT: Two Taliban ‘commanders’ were among 20 militants killed in clashes and air strikes in Swat and Orakzai Agency on Thursday. In Swat, 13 insurgents were killed in clashes with security forces on Thursday. According to Swat media centre, security personnel came under fire when they raided a Taliban hideout in Sigram area of Koza Bandai. During an exchange of fire, 10 militants and one soldier were killed. Detained militant commander Mohammad Naseem alias Abu Faraj was with the troops and he was also killed in the clash. Abu Faraj, a close aide... DAWN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401404/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 08:42:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400820/posts SNIPPET: "The Taliban have struck again in the heart of Pakistan's military garrison city of Rawalpindi. A Taliban suicide assault team estimated at between three to five men entered a mosque in the city and opened fire on the worshippers and detonated their vests, killing 40 and wounding 83 more. The attack killed two senior generals and wounded another. Two of the members of the suicide assault team have been killed. The assault team was not interested in taking hostages or negotiations, according to the Pakistani military. "They exploded bombs inside the mosque," Major General Athar Abbas, the top military... LONG WAR JOURNAL.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400820/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:22:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397455/posts SNIPPET: "I finally got around to reading this. Link to the article is here. It is in Arabic. The article starts off talking about the missing 82nd airborne soldiers earlier this month. This piece basically reiterates what Abu Walid al Masri wrote about in his July 2009 book wherein he outlined this strategy and suggested the Taliban adopt it. Key difference being this new piece is an article in an official Taliban publication. The July 2009 book was Abu Walid’s own work, not part of a Taliban sanctioned media publication that has processes of review and approval before things get... ALL THINGS COUNTERTERRORISM - blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397455/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:33:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396212/posts "Pakistani Christian on Run from Taliban Death Threat Islamic extremist sermonizing leads to altercation at barbershop in South Waziristan." SNIPPET: "LAHORE, Pakistan, November 27 (CDN) — A young Christian man is in hiding in Pakistan from Taliban militants who seek to kill him for “blasphemy” because he defended his faith. In February Jehanzaib Asher, 22, was working in a barbershop his family jointly owns with his cousin in Wana, South Waziristan – a Taliban stronghold in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan’s northwest – when the Islamic militants showed up to try to convert him to Islam." SNIPPET: "He... COMPASSDirect.org - COMPASS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396212/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393250/posts The United States has started engaging the Taliban in negotiations through Saudi and Pakistani intelligence agencies, highly-placed sources told Dawn on Monday. He said that four “major neutral players” were engaged with the Afghan Taliban on behalf of the Saudi leadership and the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) of Saudi Arabia and the Pakistani leadership and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).The GID and ISI have been doing the job on behalf of the US government and CIA. The source said that one of the main objectives of the recent visit to Pakistan by CIA chief Leon Panetta was to assess progress in... DAWN Media Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393250/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:57:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391101/posts SNIPPET: "RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings. The U.S.-born al-Awlaki has been an inspiration to several militants arrested in the United States and Canada in recent years, with his Web-based sermons often turning up on their computers." (AP) via GOOGLE.com - Hosted News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391101/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385026/posts THE INTERNET IS NOT A VIRTUAL SAFE HAVEN... ...but Malaysia is. Witness, for example, the current set of Taliban sites operating in Malaysia: INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385026/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:47:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379578/posts AN official Taliban publication warns Australia that it will have to assimilate into a dominant Asia or face the prospect of being overpowered and forced to take population overspill from Asia. The choice is spelled out in the latest issue of the online Taliban monthly magazine, Al Sumud (Steadfastness), whose lead article offers a sweeping view of a post-war order in which a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan becomes a moral pivot for a pan-Asian renaissance that will coincide with the decline of Western power. "The end of European leadership in the world will place the white settler diaspora in Australia before two... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379578/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379676/posts SNIPPET: "A certain Jihad forum was passing around links to some super kool videos posted on this page O death which is cunningly called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Obviously with a name like that one could easily stay under the radar. So that led me on a trip through Mr Emirate's friends. One of his good buddies, Taliban Mujahideen..." THE JAWA REPORT - blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379676/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:10:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378112/posts Five soldiers have been shot dead by a "rogue" Afghan policeman in an attack at a police checkpoint. Three Grenadier Guards and two Royal Military Police were attacked as they rested inside a compound. The soldiers, who had removed their body armour and helmets, were shot by an Afghan national policeman who then fled. It is not known whether he was a member of the Taliban or being coerced by the insurgents. telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378112/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:42:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376345/posts SNIPPET: "PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Islamist militants blew up a girls school in Pakistan's lawless Khyber tribal district Sunday, destroying the building and wounding four people in neighbouring homes, officials said. Two explosions ripped through the 18-room government high school for girls at Kari Gar village and a boy who watched the premises is missing..." SNIPPET: "Islamist militants, who have carved out a strong presence in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border, have destroyed hundreds of schools, mostly for girls, in the northwest of the country in recent years. Nearly 200 schools were destroyed in the Swat valley alone... (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376345/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376315/posts <p>An explosion rocked the compound of a four-star hotel just off a main boulevard in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi on Monday and there were reports of casualties, police said. "According to initial reports the blast took place in the compound of the hotel. Our teams are there, they are updating us on the details," police officer Mohammed Akhlaq told AFP by telephone.</p> AP via Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376315/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375044/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Combined Force Detains Suspected Militants American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2009 – Afghan and international security forces detained several suspected militants in Afghanistan’s Paktia and Helmland provinces today and yesterday, military officials reported. A combined force detained a group of suspected militants in Paktia province today after searching buildings known to be used by a Haqqani network leader responsible for the financing and supply of terrorist camps in the Khowst-Gardez Pass area. The security force targeted the buildings near Kandaw Kalay village after intelligence indicated militant activity. The joint force detained... DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375044/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:37:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373537/posts Quote: October 27, 2009 MAYBE MULLAH OMAR IS SIMPLY AFRAID OF THE CHINESE Vahid Brown has the lowdown on the dustup between al-Qaida Core and the Afghan Taliban Posted on 27 October 2009 @ 13:11 GMT OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373537/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:57:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372646/posts At least five people have been killed and 35 wounded by a large blast in a market in Peshawar, Pakistani, local media say. Huge plumes of black smoke were seen drifting over the city. Pakistan has seen an increase in such attacks in recent weeks as the military carries out an operation against Taliban militants in South Waziristan. The blast comes as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a visit to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Pakistani television showed footage of burning shops in Peshawar, in the northwest of the country, and ambulances rushing to the scene BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372646/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:58:00 GMT