Al-Qaida number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has dismissed the legitimacy of Afghanistan's parliamentary elections in a new tape broadcast by Aljazeera.
In the tape, al-Zawahiri played down US accomplishments in Afghanistan, saying it had just managed to move the Taliban government from Kabul to the mountains and countryside.
The taped interview of al-Zawahiri had apparently been conducted to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Washington and New York.
"What did they do? They drove Taliban's government out of Kabul, but it has been active in the mountains and countryside, where the real power of Afghanistan lies," al-Zawahiri said.
The al-Qaida deputy chief dismissed the legitimacy of the just-concluded Afghan parliamentary elections.
"The elections have been conducted under the terror of [Afghanistan's] warlords," al-Zawahiri said.
He added that northern Afghanistan and Kabul had become "an area of chaos, plundering, theft, violations and drug business" under American occupation.
"The elections were a masquerade more than anything else, as various regions of the country are under the control of highwaymen and warlords, and international observers ... cannot cover more than one tenth of the (electoral) districts," al-Zawahiri said.
He added that "the international mercenaries (UN observers) had seen only staged polls in some cities".
** Blah blah blah, seems we have a rather miffed carpet kisser there. Not happy that he could not terrorise the Afgan people into silence.
Polish troops support school in Sumer
CAMP ECHO, Iraq – Polish troops provided a new electric generator for Sumer (10 km north of Ad Diwaniyah), a school for girls, on Sept. 19 as the next Civil Military Cooperation project was completed.
Air conditioners were also installed in the classrooms. Additional projects to help the school included changing the desks, providing a water pump, and installing a refrigerator for potable water. These additions will improve the teaching conditions for the teachers and pupils.
This project was the next CIMIC project to support Iraqi schools at the start of a new school year.
About 500 educational projects have been completed by MNDCS for the Iraqi people in the past two years. These projects included renovating schools, educational buildings, providing, school supplies, equipment, and many other supplies which are necessary for the children to learn.
Coalition forces apprehend terror doctors, prevent terror clinic
Baghdad, Iraq – Coalition forces recently captured two key terrorist medical doctors, dealing a serious blow to al-Qaeda in Iraq attempts to establish treatment facilities for terrorists.
On August 29 and 30, Coalition forces, acting on multiple intelligence sources and tips from concerned citizens, raided two suspected terrorist locations in the Baghdad and Baqubah regions to capture known terrorists operating in the areas. Captured during those raids was Anis ‘Abd-al-Razaq ‘Ali Muhammad, also known as Dr. Anis or Dr. Sa’ad. Dr. Sa’ad is an admitted terrorist and senior member of al Qaeda in Iraq in Baghdad.
Coalition forces also captured Mazen Mahdi Salih Mahdi Khudayr, also known as Abu Abdullah, Dr. Mazen or Dr. Layth. He is an admitted senior terrorist, weapons dealer and medical doctor who worked for Wamid, the military Emir of al Qaeda in Iraq in Baghdad.
In addition to treating wounded terrorists, Dr. Layth sold weapons and explosives to Wamid and his subordinates to kill Iraqi Security and Coalition forces. He has admitted to visiting neighboring countries to buy weapons and explosives and then smuggling them back into Iraq, where he would sell them to his terrorist connections in Baghdad. One such purchase was to provide arms to a terrorist assassination platoon, according to documents recovered by Coalition forces.
Dr. Sa’ad, a senior member of the al Qaeda in Iraq network in Baghdad, was one of the organizations key physicians. He received a Doctor of Pharmacy from the Pharmaceutical College in Baghdad, but he was also acting as an unaccredited medical doctor, treating wounded terrorists in and around the Baghdad area. He prescribed and provided drugs and medication and was actively involved in the treatment of terrorists’ wounds.
Additionally, Wamid and other senior members of the al Qaeda terrorist network in Baghdad commissioned Dr. Sa’ad and Dr. Layth to open a clinic to treat wounded terrorists in the area. They met on numerous occasions to discuss the endeavor and were in the process of selecting a suitable location and obtaining additional assistance when they were captured.
This is the second know instance of terrorists attempting to open such a facility in the Baghdad area. Dr. Mushin, who was captured in June, was also commissioned by senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders to set up a clinic to treat wounded terrorists.
A CUT ABOVE THE WRIST?
Nigerian Islamic judges have ordered that a teenager from Niger have his hand cut off after he confessed to stealing a motorbike, court officials said on Monday.
This is thought to be the first time that a foreign national has been sentenced to amputation since northern Nigeria began to reintroduce sharia, the strict Islamic legal code, in 1999.
Lawal Usman (19), from the Niger district of Maradi, was convicted under sharia law in the northern city of Katsina on Friday, court registrar Nasir Darma said.
A presiding judge at the Katsina Upper Sharia Court Three, Mustapha Sani Saulawa, ruled that Usman should have his right hand amputated at the wrist. The convict has 30 days to appeal the sentence.
"It does not matter where the offence was committed. Since he was arrested here, he is liable," Saulawa said, according to the registrar.
** Fucking harsh that, and they want to impose that form of "justice" on the whole world.
Finally a bit on tacky politics from across the water in EUROland, sorry Germania, sorry again Germany. After all how low can any politician stoop, well you could do a poster which shows dead US servicemen. I used to think the French had the most amoral politicians in EUROland, but will have to give that award to the Germans now.
Berlin - Rolf Schwanitz, minister of state in Gerhard Schröder's chancellery, has been receiving some harshly worded letters and e-mails of late from voters angered by a poster that Schwanitz, a Social Democrat, had put up in Saxony's Vogtland region. The posters depict the coffins of dead US soldiers lined up in a cargo plane, with the words "She [Angela Merkel —ed.] would have sent soldiers" emblazoned at the top.
Just a few days ago a local newspaper quoted Schwanitz, who is also the SPD's deputy chairman in Saxony and the coordinator between federal and state governments in the Chancellery, as saying: "Reactions to the poster were overwhelmingly positive."
...Despite hefty criticism, he said Friday in a written statement: "I stand behind that sentence. There is nothing that needs to be retracted."
Aside from tasteless Germanic politics, some good news on Pakistan clearing out some terrorist supporters: www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_19-9-2005_pg1_2/
LAHORE: A military court has imprisoned three military officers and ordered the dismissal of three others for having links with Al Qaeda, sources told Daily Times on Sunday.
Col Khalid Abbasi, Major Adil Qudoos, Col Abdul Ghaffar, Maj Attaullah, Capt Dr Usman Zafar and Major Rohail Faraz were tried by a military court in Panu Aqil Cantonment in August after they were arrested and then interrogated at Attock Fort, the source said.
The military court, comprising Major General Ahmad Nawaz and Brigadier Mumtaz Iqbal, sentenced Maj Qudoos to 10 years in prison, Col Khalid Abbasi to six months and Col Abdul Ghaffar to three years. Maj Attaullah, Maj Faraz and Capt Zafar were dismissed.
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