Good News From Iraq - Plus 5 reasons to 'splode yourself.

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MND-B Soldiers, civilians celebrate Easter

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq – Baghdad chaplains led an Easter Sunrise Service for a congregation of more than 300 Soldiers and civilians by Camp Liberty's “Z” Lake Sunday, April 16.

Inter-denominational sunrise services, in addition to numerous other Easter services throughout the day, were offered at the various forward operating bases of MND-B.

Services were conducted all this past week at forward operating bases throughout MND-B's area of operations for the Jewish Passover and for the Christian holidays of Palm Sunday, Holy (Maundy) Thursday, Good Friday and Easter.

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Terrorist attacks foiled by Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi Army patrol was fired upon at approximately 3:50 a.m. April 17 in Adhamiyah, a neighborhood in north Baghdad, starting a protracted seven-hour firefight that raged through to the early afternoon.

Approximately 7:45 a.m. a combined checkpoint of Iraqi Police and U.S. Forces was attacked by an estimated 50 gunmen resulting in a call for assistance.

A force consisting of five companies of Soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army, and two quick reaction force platoons from MND-B’s 506th Infantry Regiment responded to the call.

Firefights between the terrorists and the Iraqi and Coalition Force elements lasted until approximately 1:20 p.m. Iraqi Soldiers from 2nd Bde., 6th IA are currently conducting cordon and searches in the area of the firefight in order to root out the terrorists and secure the area.

During the course of the fight, five terrorists were killed and seven detained. Reports indicate two Iraqi Army Soldiers have been wounded.

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Marines repel attacks in Ramadi

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – Coalition Forces responded to insurgent attacks at several locations in central Ramadi April 17, including the Ramadi Government Center and Fatemat Mosque.

The attacks, involving multiple homicide car bombs, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, and heavy machine gun and small arms fire, occurred between 1 and 2 p.m. and appeared to be closely coordinated.

In one incident, Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment were attacked from Fatemat Mosque in central Ramadi with rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine gun fire and small arms fire. The Marines returned fire but continued to be attacked from the mosque’s minaret. The Marines fired one 120 mm tank round and several 7.62 mm machine gun rounds into the minaret, after which fire from the mosque ceased.

“This is the fourth time in three-and-a-half weeks that the Ramadi Government Center has received attacks from the Fatemat Mosque,” said Lt. Col. Stephen M. Neary, commander of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. “I’m extremely proud of my Marines – they only used the proportionate amount of force necessary to repel the insurgent attack.”

“Coalition Forces take significant measures to respect all religious sites,” said Marine spokesperson Lt. Col. Bryan Salas, “but we always maintain the inherent right of self-defense. When insurgents use holy places as safe havens from which to attack Coalition Forces, it is important that we act quickly to defend ourselves and innocent Iraqi civilians.”

Sweetwater Canal is once again supplying water to Basra

Story and photo by Suzanne M. Fournier
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

BASRA, Iraq - A reliable water supply has returned for more than 2.5 million residents in the Basra and Thi Qar Provinces because of renovations to the Basra/Umm Qasr water supply system.

At one point, only half of Basra’s 1.6 million residents were getting fresh water. Many areas had been dependent on water brought in by tankers, but even that was inefficient and aid organizations struggled to meet demand.

Since then, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has worked to re-establish water connections to Basra. With money from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, they have repaired pumps, treatment plants and modernized the precious canals that connect the city to the fresh water farther north.

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow southward and join together to form the Shatt al-Arab waterway. The port city of Basra straddles the Shatt al-Arab, and despite all the water, most of it is dirty because of silt and pollution.

In the 1990s, the Sweetwater Canal was built to bring fresher water from the Gharraf River, a tributary of the Tigris, into the city. It was also expected to solve some of the many historic water problems in the area.

The Basra/Umm Qasr Water Treatment Facility is just south of the Basra International Airport and takes in water from the 150-mile Sweetwater Canal. This man-made canal is a complex system of open channels, siphons, bridges, crossings, culverts and filters. It pumps water into two 750,000 cubic meter storage tanks for the region’s drinking water.

Unfortunately, the Sweetwater system was constructed under difficult conditions with limited resources, resulting in major operational and environmental problems. It was designed to be concrete lined, but in reality only 60 percent of this canal is lined, with the rest only a trench through unlined clay.

Problems were compounded when the marshes northwest of Basra were completely drained, removing the filtering effect of plant life and allowing unwanted minerals to mix into canal water. The canal has experienced problems with leakage, bank collapse, breaches and other structural problems, many of which underwent hasty, emergency repairs to keep the water flowing.

It was a massive project to repair so many problems. The Basra/Umm Qasr Water Supply Project cost $16 million, but now provides an uninterrupted flow to a city once known as the “Venice of the Middle East.”

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn't bathe! Pass it on!

Yes seems that the great president of Iran is spending way to much time defying the UN on nuclear energy and making speeches about getting Israel wiped off the map - although Israel is not on Iranian maps as they dont recognise its existance -and not enough time in the bath.

Tehran, 14 April (AKI) - Iran's hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has apparently been incensed by an anonymous text message suggesting he does not wash enough. Ahmadinejad has taken legal action over the offending text, has fired the president of a phone company and has had four people arrested and accused of colluding with the Israeli foreign intelligence service, Mossad, the anti-government website Rooz Online reports. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615463/posts


Check this out, very funny: five reasons to blow yourself up

1) For the camaraderie and comfort

This is the most compelling part of an all-fundamentalist experience, and the hardest one to describe. Many find the experience almost transcendental, which is why this destination enjoys such a high popularity; at a minimum, it's hard not to feel really relaxed and comfortable.

2) For the Fundamentalist entertainment and activity

Our Paradise tends to feature Fundamentalist-specific activities. From heated burqa contests and public stonings to dog gassing and Shoot-The-Buddha heavy artillery tournaments, games are never as much fun in an infidel paradise.

3) To meet other people

Romance aside, meeting new people and making new friends are popular attractions of Paradise. Blowing yourself up ensures that you'll have something major in common with your fellow Paradisers.

4) To escape the infidel world

People who feel oppressed by the encroaching infidel world enjoy the liberation of a fundamentalist environment. Living in a world where infidel slayers are the majority helps relieve the stress of living and/or working in an infidel environment.

5) To get laid

If you're looking for a romantic encounter, it's not hard to find one. But don't go expecting a lifelong orgy. And if you're not looking for lust, don't worry about it lurking all around you. The general atmosphere may occasionally be sexually charged, but it's rarely sexual.

Finally: What do you make of the news that Tom Cruise plans to to eat his new baby's placenta? Scientology = Bollocks. Oh and his films suck ass as well. More Scientology bollocks here: http://www.xenutv.com/cruise/sp-closet.htm

Will Tom Cruise please come out of the closet...indeed!

And thanks to BNP & ME for this....video clip of two episodes of southpark. The one where Comedy Central pussed out...

First bit about chavs, today having left the house a bit early and so with the few remaining coins that our cyclopedian chancellor has left me with I decide that a pint is in order. Upon entering the J D Wetherspoon I see the downstairs section - which has been designated a family area, although thinking about it for the chavettes there to qualify as a proper family they might actually need a father who can provide for said brats - is full of Sharons & Traceys all with assorted screaming brats and shopping bags. All squealing louding whilst drinking the chav drink of half a larger & lime and puffing away on 20 Benson.

As the upstairs part of the pub is not for kids I wandered up only to find that the male chavs had migrated away to form a large group directly in front of the bar - a bar that they seem to think is for them and fuck anyone else who actually wants a drink. So I lower head and plow through to the bar, getting the usual muttering and whining for said male chavs.

I get served and at that point one opens up with a comment on the lines of who did I think I was pushing. Not sure on what exactly he said as it was in some nasal whine and as he breath stank like an arab jockstrap I did not want to get to near. I thought of several retorts all of which would have been wasted on this creature and as I figured I was paying for the benefits he was pissing away replyed "You."

Where upon I shoved past him pushing it back into the other chavscum and took a nearby seat to sup me ale. Cunts the lot of them.

Finally as someone who has a low opinion of the chav untermenchen that infest our fair nation, whining loudly in public whilst walking about in chav style wankwear thinking they are the coolest person on benefits in their town, so it was with some amusement that I came across this. Not sure if its real, but amused me all the same...HAPPY SLAPPER GETS OWNED

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