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This news release from CentCom is a couple of days old, but a couple of facts make for some interesting discussion.

Coalition forces killed one suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist and detained seven others during a raid in the vicinity of Mudaysis July 2.

Intelligence led the troops to the known location of a terrorist who has been tied to senior leaders of a Syrian-based foreign terrorist network.  This particular al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist cell is also known to facilitate suicide bombing operations throughout the Euphrates River Valley.

Upon assaulting the initial target building, one suspect fled an adjacent tent.  He joined another suspected terrorist and attempted to hide in a nearby sheep herd.  Coalition forces pursued them, engaging and killing one, detaining the other.  Coalition forces detained three suspected terrorists in total from this tent.

One of the detained terrorists led the Coalition Forces to two cache sites near their compound.   Multiple grenades, several AK-47s, multiple sniper rifles, an RPK, additional small arms, and two vehicles used to facilitate terrorist operations were destroyed on location.

Security forces detained three additional suspects as they attempted to flee from the separate near-by target building.  A fourth detainee was apprehended as he approached the target building with weapons in his hands.

The Coalition assault was targeting the same al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist network responsible for killing over 65 innocent Iraqi Sunni and Shiite men, women, and children in a car bombing in Baghdad Saturday.  These types of al-Qaeda attacks commonly target innocent Iraqis with the goal of destabilizing the Iraqi government as it continues its progress towards peace and prosperity.

Several women and children were present at the raid sites.  None were harmed and all were returned to their homes once the troops ensured the area was secure.  (emphasis added by TRS)

The terrorists being pursued were the ones responsible for the deaths of 65 people in Iraq in a car bombing and had ties to the Syrian-based foreign terrorist network.  This is not what I would call an insurgency.  It sounds too much like foreign interference.  In spite of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continued denials to the contrary, there is a heavy Syrian influence in Iraq.

The second interesting fact in this news release was concerning the raid on the terrorists by Coalition forces which took place among women and children.  These terrorists could care less about these innocents.  They are merely human shields to protect the terrorists should an American or Coalition assault force attack.  These terrorists are evil people.  Anyone who will hides behind the skirts of women and little children are evil and they are cowards.

The MSM for their part whitewash the role of the terrorists involved in this bombing telling only of the number of dead and dying.  After reading several newspaper articles, not once did the word “terrorist” or “terror” appear.  Robert H. Reid in writing for the AP even took pains to avoid mentioning “jihad” when quoting Osama bin Laden in his message endorsing al-Zarqawi’s successor.

In his Internet statement, bin Laden endorsed Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, named by the terror network as al-Zarqawi’s successor, and urged him to step up “the struggle” in Iraq. (emphasis added by TRS)

Reid changed the words of the message substituting in the phrase “the struggle” for “jihad.”  The MSM can not even be trusted to quote a bad guy correctly.

At the end of the article the author goes on in a very small part talking about the seven who are accused of raping and killing an Iraqi woman and her family.  There is nothing wrong with telling this story in the broader context of the war.  But look at the permalink title: http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/07/01/ gis_eyed_in_alleged_rape_murders_in_iraq/.  (emphasis added by TRS)  Reid has to get in one more little dig when 90% of his article is about the car bombing.

The news of the Syrian involvement in Iraq and the terrorist cowards hiding behind women and children is not something you will likely see in the MSM.  They are too interested in disclosing national intelligence secrets, bashing our troops and the President to tell what is really happening in Iraq.  In spite of a few setbacks, we are wining the war on terror in Iraq.  And that is something the MSM will never admit.

Tags: Heroes, Democracy, President Bush, Bias, Iraq, War by Chuck
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North Korea reminds me of the proverbial man who saws off the very tree limb on which he is sitting.  Only Kim Jong Ill regime instead of learning from its mistakes, looks up from the ground and says, ‘I have a right to saw off that limb.’

North Korea launched six missiles, one of which included the long range Taepodong thought to be capable of hitting the US.

North Korea test-fired another missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor ignited when the reclusive regime launched at least six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong, earlier in the day.

The missiles apparently fell harmlessly into the Sea of Japan, and U.S. officials said the long-range Taepodong-2 failed shortly after take-off, calling into question the technological capability of North Korea’s feared ballistic missile program. Pyongyang last fired a long-range missile in 1998.

But the audacious military exercise drew immediate attention and condemnation.

“The missile launch is an issue that is entirely within our sovereignty. No one has the right to dispute it,” Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher on Japanese affairs at the North’s Foreign Ministry, said on footage aired by TBS. “On the missile launch, we are not bound by any agreement.”

You would think the rogue regime would learn from their lesson of failed launches.  Instead they make all kinds of noises before they launch generating as much attention as possible, launch their missiles anyway ending in an abysmal failure, and then when the international community is up in arms, say we have a right to launch missiles.  Today, there was another failed missile launch making a total of seven.  These people never learn.

I think there should be an IQ test for future leaders of North Korea with a score of 85 being the cut-off point.  That way morons like Kim would not become national leaders.

Michael at Liberty and Justice points out that Kim Jong Ill is acting more like a spoiled brat than anything else.

These missile launches are - as far as I can tell - the results of a regime craving for international attention. They are like that kid, who always longed for attention, but never got it, until he started behaving badly. After all: negative attention still is attention.

As I said, North Korea needs to administer IQ tests to its future leaders.

Tags: Nuclear Weapons by Chuck
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