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Al Qaida terror cell leader captured

MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi and Coalition forces from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained Al Qaida terror cell leader Ammar Abu Bara, a.k.a. Amar Hussein Hasan, in Mosul on July 27.

Iraqi Army Soldiers and Stryker Brigade Soldiers detained Bara during a cordon and search operation in a neighborhood in northern Mosul. Bara replaced Abu Talha, former terror cell leader for the Mosul area, following his capture in early June. No Coalition or Iraqi injuries were reported during the operation.

A number of Al Qaida terrorist leaders have been captured in recent months in northern Iraq leading to a more secure environment in the region. These captures have led to the systematic dismantling of the Al Qaida network in Mosul.

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Islamic Mullah’s Henchmen Hang 18 Year-Old & Juvenile

The Islamic clerical regime’s henchmen publicly hanged two young boys in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad (northeast Iran). One was 18 and the other below 18 years of age. Before hanging the victims, the henchmen flogged each of them 228 times. The executioners wore masks fearing reprisals and anti-riot forces put the entire area under their control to prevent outbreak of public protests.

The victims were charged with disrupting public order among other things. They had been imprisoned since 14 months ago, meaning that they were 16 years old at the time of the alleged offenses.

The rise in public executions, including those of juveniles, comes as the European Union has refused in the past three years to table a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Commission to condemn the violations of human rights in Iran.

And I hate to say it but we can learn something from the French:

The gulf between British and French treatment of preachers of hatred and violence was thrown sharply into focus yesterday when France announced the summary expulsion of a dozen Islamists between now and the end of August.

A tough new anti-terrorism package was unveiled by Nicolas Sarkozy, the interior minister and a popular centre-Right politician. ...

Mr Sarkozy also revealed that as many as 12 French mosques associated with provocative anti-western preaching were under surveillance. Imams indulging in inflammatory rhetoric will be expelled even if their religious status is recognised by mainstream Muslim bodies.

Those who have assumed French citizenship will not be protected from deportation. Mr Sarkozy said he will reactivate measures, "already available in our penal code but simply not used", to strip undesirables of their adopted nationality. "We have to act against radical preachers capable of influencing the youngest and most weak-minded," Mr Sarkozy told the French daily Le Parisien.

HERE WE GO AGAIN:

Volunteer Iranian Homicide Bombers Ready to Strike Israel & Americans in Iraq

29 July 2005: Earlier this month, Al-Arabiya TV broadcast a report on an Iranian recruiting mision of suicide bombers intended to target Israelies and Americans in Iraq. The volunteers stated that they wish to carry out martyrdom operations "to liberate Islamic lands" and report in excess of 40,000 volunteers - or virtual "time bombs."

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