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An estimated 70 terrorists killed near Ramadi

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq -- Coalition forces continued counter-terrorism operations in areas of Al Anbar Province Oct. 16, killing an estimated 70 terrorists in separate actions.

At approximately 1:25 p.m., Coalition forces conducted an air strike against a group of terrorists attempting to emplace an improvised explosive device east of Ramadi.

While conducting a combat air patrol, crewmembers from an F -15 observed 20 men arrive in four vehicles at the crater site of a previously-detonated IED which had killed five U.S. and two Iraqi Soldiers on Oct. 15. The terrorists were in the process of emplacing another IED in the same spot when the F- 15 engaged them with a precision-guided bomb, resulting in the death of terrorists on the ground.

At approximately 7:30 p.m., a UH-1N Huey and AH-1W Cobra helicopter team on patrol north of Ramadi had been observing a group of military age males gathered at a suspected terrorist safe house. After realizing their position had been compromised, the terrorists fled the scene and engaged the Cobra with small arms fire. The Cobra returned fire with 20 mm. munitions, resulting in the death of an estimated 10 terrorists. At approximately 7:50 p.m., a team of F/A-18’s resumed observation at the suspected safe house where they found an additional 35-40 terrorists loading their vehicles with weapons and driving to another location to unload the weapons. The F/A-18 targeted the terrorists with a precision-guided bomb, killing terrorists on the ground. The combined strikes resulted in approximately 50 terrorists killed.

The strikes took place in the Abu Faraj region, north of Ramadi, where a large number of indirect fire and IED attacks against civilians, Iraqi infrastructure, Iraqi security forces and Coalition forces have originated.

At approximately 8:00 p.m., Coalition forces guarding the Government Center in Ramadi were attacked by a small-arms fire attack from multiple locations within an adjacent building. After requesting air support to neutralize the increasing volume of fire, an F/A-18 engaged the target with a maverick missile at approximately 8:50 p.m. When the small arms fire continued, Coalition forces engaged the targets with two shoulder mounted multipurpose assault weapons (SMAWs), resulting in the cessation of all movement from within the structure. An estimated 1-3 terrorists were killed in the strike.

All the attacks were timed and executed in a manner to reduce the possibility of collateral damage. There were no reports of Coalition or civilian casualties.

The attacks follow a successful Referendum in which there were no major disruptions caused by terrorists at the polls in Al Anbar Province. Coalition forces continue to aggressively pursue terrorists whose aim is to kill Iraqi civilians and Coalition forces in an attempt to disrupt the political process. **Well done to the US forces on that one, guess Allah has to get 5040 virgins for that load of dead islamonazis.

An elderly monk was hacked to death, two temple boys were shot dead and the temple was set ablaze during the attack.

About 20 suspected insurgents stormed into the Promprasith temple in Pattani’s Panare district at about 1.45am. They sprayed rifle fire at two monks’ dwellings. Two temple boys, Narong Kham-ong, 17, and Sathaporn Suwannarat, 15, who were asleep inside the buildings, died in the hail of gunfire. Many others narrowly escaped by jumping out of windows.

Pra Keow Kusalo, 76, who came out of his living quarters to see what was happening after being woken by the gunfire, was slashed about the neck until he was dead, police said. His body was found burnt near his dwelling.

A monk who asked not to be named said he believed the armed group crept up on the rear of the temple as nobody heard the sound of vehicles before the attack.

The insurgent group looted the temple and partly damaged the two dwellings, a Buddhist sanctuary and two motorcycles during a 15-minute rampage, police said.

Two giant figures in front of the temple’s sanctuary were smashed. ** Remind me again about exactly how islam can be described as a religion of peace?

• o9.10 It is not permissible (A: in jihad) to kill women or children unless they are fighting against the Muslims. Nor is it permissible to kill animals, unless they are being ridden into battle against the Muslims, or if killing them will help defeat the enemy. It is permissible to kill old men (O: old man (shaykh) meaning someone more than forty years of age) and monks.

Undercover Border Police troops killed a top Islamic Jihad leader while attempting to arrest him near Jenin in the West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.

Nihad Abu Ghanem, 27, was the top Islamic Jihad militant in the town of Burkin, near Jenin in the northern West Bank.

Palestinian witnesses said Abu Ghanem opened fire on the troops who cornered him as he was driving his car through the "Martyr's Junction," known to Israelis as "Tank Junction," on the road between Jenin and Kabatiyeh. No soldiers were wounded by Abu Ghanem's gunfire. ** Good riddance to bad rubbish

At approximately 09:30, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with tanks, armored personnel carrier and an armored military bulldozer, surrounded a 250-square-meter, three-story house, in which 11 people used to live, owned by Mousa al-Tuneib Jardat, father of Martyr Majdi Jaradat, in Wadi Burqin, west of Jenin. They forced its residents out. At approximately 10:00, Israeli forces shelled the house and then the bulldozer demolished completely. Upon their withdrawal from the area, Israeli occupying forced arrested two Palestinians who were living in the house:

1. Nihad Khaled Abu Ghanem, 23; and

2. Ahmed Mohamemd Subeh, 23, both from Burqin village. ** And thats what you do with those who support the jihad.

AN ISLAMIC organisation facing a ban under terrorism laws has launched a campaign to recruit university students using an anti-racist front organisation.

An undercover Sunday Times investigation has established that the party, Hizb ut-Tahrir, has been recruiting under the name Stop Islamophobia at University College London (UCL), the School of African and Oriental Studies, Luton University and other institutions.

Hizb ut-Tahrir wants to establish a transnational state governed by Islamic law. It is reported to have thousands of members in Britain. One member said suicide bombers in Israel would go “straight to heaven”.

It was formerly led in Britain by Omar Bakri Mohammed, the radical preacher who referred to the September 11 hijackers as the “Magnificent 19”. Bakri left the party in 1996 and went on to set up Al-Muhajiroun, which is also facing proscription.

In August Tony Blair said that Hizb ut-Tahrir, which urged Muslims not to vote in the election, would be outlawed. The party has been proscribed in much of the Middle East and in Germany, where it is appealing against a ban for distributing anti-semitic literature. The party denies being anti-Jewish or supporting violence....

The report said that Hizb ut-Tahrir, which recruited openly on campuses until earlier this year, “has issued a number of anti-semitic statements. Furthermore, it is anti-Hindu (because of the war in Kashmir), anti-Sikh, homophobic, anti-feminist and resentful of the West’s influence on Islam.”...

At UCL the group was not recruiting directly at the freshers’ fair but members of the college’s Muslim Media Forum wore Stop Islamophobia armbands. The reporter struck up a conversation with those manning the forum’s stall, expressing interest in Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Among them was Shazad Ali, a former UCL student. Ali, although not a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, offered to introduce the reporter to the group. He said it did not matter what name the party used to spread its philosophy.

Members had a duty to “spread their message, not their name”. Ali said: “You definitely can’t have (Jews) as close friends.” A few days later, at a human rights demonstration at the Uzbek embassy in London, Ali introduced the reporter to Thaqib Razaq, 18, an A-level pupil and a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Razaq, from Walthamstow, northeast London, described how he had asked a Hizb ut-Tahrir “sheikh”, a senior member, what would happen if he became a suicide bomber. He said the reply was: “I can strap a bomb to myself and kill as many people as I can. I’m going to die shahid (martyr) and go to jannah (heaven).” **Hell lets lock them up and throw the damn key away.

THE head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has established a new terror network in Britain which is recruiting young Muslim fanatics to fight coalition troops.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has recently set up the group to recruit and train would-be suicide bombers and gunmen, counter-terrorism officials have said.

The new group, Ansar al-Fath — Partisans of Victory — is an offshoot of Ansar al-Islam, an organisation that is to be banned under new anti-terror rules announced by Charles Clarke, the home secretary, last week.

Ansar al-Fath provides logistical support to foreign fighters in Iraq and uses the internet to find new recruits for Zarqawi.

Government officials say a “steady trickle” of about 70 young Muslim men have travelled to Iraq from Britain in the past two years.

They warn that some newly trained “professional jihadists” have returned here and may be planning attacks. ** Nice to see that these people have lots of loyalty to the state, a few well placed treason trials and hangings would not go amiss.

SYDNEY: Australia will double the size of its intelligence agency by 2010 to deal with the growing risk of home-grown terror attacks, Prime Minister John Howard said on Sunday.

Under the plan, staff at the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) will rise to 1,860 from the current 980 by fiscal year 2010/2011, Howard told reporters in Sydney.

He said the funding boost was aimed in part at tackling home-grown terrorism. He said the London bombings in July were conducted by people who were British-born or long-term residents who had not otherwise come to the attention of either British authorities or the communities in which they lived.

“London drove home, more than any other terrorist attack, drove it home to us that it could happen here,” Howard said.

He said the recruitment and training of the extra intelligence staff would involve a massive increase in ASIO’s budget that would be fully detailed at the next budget.

Howard’s Liberal National government is proposing controversial new anti-terrorism laws which include the right to preventive detention, effectively locking up people thought to be involved or to have knowledge of a terrorist act.

Copies of the sweeping new laws were leaked on Friday and have sparked concerns among legal experts. Australia is a staunch US ally and sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan to join the US-led war on terrorism. reuters. ** Guess they have realised that just because they dont follow the religion of peace, that lots of arseholes want to kill them. Below two articles from Iraq and you can bet that our media wont report them.

Voters, ballots protected for Constitutional Referendum

BAGHDAD, Iraq – For one crucial day, Baghdad neighborhoods were not rattled by loud explosions from suicide bombers. As voters headed to the polls—from Taji in the north to Mahmudiyah in the south—Baghdad districts were cocooned in an aura of relative peace and quiet Oct. 15.

From 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Task Force Baghdad officials said there were only nine attacks associated with the Constitutional Referendum: one improvised explosive device, two mortar/rocket, two rocket-propelled grenade and four small-arms fire attacks.

Thanks to the tight rings of security surrounding the more than 1,300 polling sites in the Baghdad area, no terrorists were able to penetrate the cordons to carry out an attack.

Throughout the day, Iraqi security forces had the primary responsibility for site security. As voters entered the polling stations at local area schools and government buildings surrounded by coils of concertina wire, Iraqi Army Soldiers and Iraqi Police kept a sharp eye out for suspicious activity and provided a solid line of defense against attackers.

Task Force Baghdad Soldiers assisted Iraqi forces with backup security operations along outer perimeters by enforcing no-traffic zones around polling sites.

More than 250,000 new voters in the Baghdad area turned out to cast their ballot for the Constitutional Referendum. This includes some areas in north, south and west Baghdad which did not participate in the January elections.

Overall, about 15.5 million of Iraq's 26 million people were registered to vote.

At least one polling station, in the Abu Ghraib district, ran out of ballots near the end of the day and had to be re-supplied to accommodate the local residents waiting to vote.

Security on Oct. 15 extended to the ballots themselves. Task Force Baghdad officials said no ballots were stolen or otherwise compromised in the Baghdad area during the referendum process.

Marines, Iraqi security forces wrap up referendum security operations in al Anbar Province

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Members of 2d Marine Division and Iraqi security forces wrapped up security operations Oct. 16 in support of the Constitutional Referendum in al Anbar Province. The voter turnout in the province was far better than what it was during the national elections held last January, with more than 100,000 eligible voters participating in the process.

“I am extremely pleased with the role 2d Marine Division and our partners in the Iraqi security forces played in helping to provide a safe and secure environment for the citizens of al Anbar to go to the polls,” said 2d Marine Division Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck. “Together we provided security for 139 polling sites, allowing every citizen the opportunity to vote.”

Part of the success from the Oct. 15 vote can be attributed to recent and ongoing operations conducted by Coalition and Iraqi security forces in the western Euphrates River Valley. Major operations such as Iron Fist, River Gate and Mountaineers, along with numerous smaller operations neutralized the terrorist’s stated goal of disrupting the referendum. These operations have uncovered dozens of seized weapons caches, resulted in the detention of hundreds of suspected insurgents and eliminated terrorist sanctuaries throughout the province.

In the end, however, it was the Iraqi people who chose to participate in the political process, and “the people of the al Anbar province have shown that they have rejected the Al Qaeda in Iraq agenda,” said Huck. “We will continue to do our part to promote democracy and provide for a secure Iraq. We are hopeful that participation by the Iraqi people is even greater in December’s elections

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