Right Wing Champ: 4/6/08

The US Navy says one of its ships encountered a small Iranian high-speed boat in the central Persian Gulf. The Navy says the boat stayed away after the ship fired a flare.
Two other similar Iranian boats in the area did not approach as closely.
The USS Typhoon tried unsuccessfully to establish radio contact with the Iranian boat after it came within an estimated 180 meters of the Typhoon on Thursday, outside Iranian territorial waters. A Navy official says the ship then fired the flare and continued on its way northward without incident.

Shock!: A Clinton Lies Again

Billy Jeff Clinton decided to come to Hillary's rescue, about a month late, and re-ignited the whole Bosnia sniper issue. I don't even need to snip the article from Politico. I'm just going to post Billy Jeff's quotes.

"You know, I got tickled the other day. A lot of the way this whole campaign has been covered has amused me. But there was a lot of fulminating because Hillary, one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated — and immediately apologized for it — what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995 [sic]. Did y'all see all that? Oh, they blew it up.

Ok, for like the millionth time, if I was coming under fire, (which I'm not used to) I would definitely remember the exact time and place.

"Let me just tell you. The president of Bosnia and General Wesley Clark – who was there making peace where we'd lost three peacekeepers, who had to ride on a dangerous mountain road because it was too dangerous to go the regular, safe way — both defended her, because they pointed out that when her plane landed in Bosnia, she had to go up to the bulletproof part of the plane, in the front. Everybody else had to put their flak jackets underneath the seat in case they got shot at. And everywhere they went, they were covered by Apache helicopters. So they just abbreviated the arrival ceremony."

This whole thing is so stupid. I really wish they would just let it go. If the other road was dangerous why not just take the regular route. Also, it's common practice to put your flak jacket under your seat. No one has to be shooting at you. I am sure that the only reason she was in the cockpit was because she misunderstood what it was.

"Now I say that because what really has mattered is that, even then, she was interested in our troops. And I think she was the first first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt to go into a combat zone. And you woulda thought, you know, that she'd robbed a bank the way they carried on about this. And some of them, when they're 60, they'll forget something when they're tired at 11 at night, too.”

If she is so interested in the troops, she shouldn't try to cut funding while they're in a war zone.

New Israel/US Report To Show Saddam Transferred WMD's To Syria

A joint report from the US and Israel governments will show that Saddam transferred WMD's to Syria.

An upcoming joint US-Israel report on the September 6 IAF strike on a Syrian facility will claim that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein transferred weapons of mass destruction to the country, Channel 2 stated Monday.
Furthermore, according to a report leaked to the TV channel, Syria has arrested 10 intelligence officials following the assassination of Hizbullah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh.

While it is interesting that they have this "evidence" and that a news source would cover it, This is not new news. Anyone that has read the book "Saddam's Secrets" by Fmr. Iraqi General Georges Sada would have known this. Gen. Sada revealed that the WMD's were transferred to Syria shortly before the war under the guise of a humanitarian mission. Saddam stripped out commercial planes and used them as cargo planes as well as commercial trucks to send in the WMD's. The idea was that Saddam thought we would come in blow some stuff up and then leave, much like the first Gulf War. Syria was to hold them until he was back in power.

I would highly suggest reading this book. It's a great read. Click the pic and it takes you to Amazon. It's much cheaper now then when I bought it. Under $8.00 now.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

China Cracks Down On Olympic Terror Threat

Don't these Islamic morons know not to mess with Communists? The Soviets used to retaliate by kidnapping terrorists and sending their body parts back. Now, they try commit a terrorist act in China involving the kidnapping of Olympic athletes. I'm guessing they meet Allah and their 72 man virgins soon.

China said Thursday it had uncovered a criminal ring planning to kidnap athletes and others at the Beijing Olympic Games.

The "violent terrorist gang" was based in the restive western Xinjiang region and headed by a man identified as Abdulrahman Tuersun, Public Security Ministry spokesman Wu Heping said at a news conference. He also gave more details on a second alleged ring that had been uncovered in January.
Wu said 35 people, including Tuersun and another man, Kuerban Mutalifu, were arrested between March 26 and April 6 for plotting to kidnap athletes, foreign journalists and other visitors to the August Olympics.
[...]
Wu said police confiscated almost 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of AN-TNT explosive material, eight sticks of dynamite, two detonators and "jihadist" literature in raids in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital.
He said the gang hatched the Olympic plot in November and traveled through Xinjiang last month seeking recruits, including those skilled in weapons and explosives production.
They also sought jihadist fanatics to carry out suicide bomb attacks in Urumqi and other Chinese cities, Wu said. He did not say whether any volunteers had been found or whether any attacks were imminent, but said police decided to "neutralize the threat" after collecting sufficient evidence.
Wu also provided details about those arrested in January, saying they had been manufacturing explosives and were plotting to attack hotels, government offices and military targets in Shanghai, Beijing and other cities.
Wu said 10 men, led by a man named Aji Maimaiti, had been arrested and confessed to acting on orders from a radical Islamic Xinjiang independence group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, to prepare attacks targeting the Beijing Olympics.

Good News From The War On Terror 4/3-6

I fell way behind in updating these posts. I didn't want to skip them, so I am posting the headlines of each one.

Thursday, 03 April 2008
Four terrorists killed, six suspects detained in Coalition operations

Thursday, 03 April 2008
Coalition forces detain suspected Special Groups criminal

Thursday, 03 April 2008
Coalition forces conduct airstrike in Basra, two criminals killed

Thursday, 03 April 2008
Sons of Iraq discover, turn in large cache

Thursday, 03 April 2008
Iraqi citizen tip leads to large cache discovery

Thursday, 03 April 2008
ISF, advised by U.S. Special Forces, detain 1 suspected insurgent, discover cache in separate ops

Friday, 04 April 2008
ISF kill 7 criminal members, detain 16 in 3 separate operations in Basra

Friday, 04 April 2008
Coalition forces conduct airstrike in al-Halaf, six criminals killed (al-Halaf)

Friday, 04 April 2008
Three terrorists killed, including would-be suicide bomber

Friday, 04 April 2008
Two terrorists killed, 16 suspects detained as Coalition forces target al-Qaeda in Iraq

Friday, 04 April 2008
Bravery under fire: Remembering Sgt. 1st Class Paul Smith 5 years after earning the Medal of Honor

Friday, 04 April 2008
Iraqi Army Soldiers find caches near Shakeriyah

Friday, 04 April 2008
MND-C Soldiers discover weapons cache

Friday, 04 April 2008
Iraqi Security Forces discover weapons caches, detain key suspect in separate operations (Mahmudiyah

Saturday, 05 April 2008
Two terrorists killed West of Samarra

Saturday, 05 April 2008
Coalition forces conduct airstrike in Basra, one criminal killed

Saturday, 05 April 2008
IP detains 2 launching Iranian-made rockets (Baghdad)

Saturday, 05 April 2008
Iraqi Army humanitarian mission attacked in Sadr City

Sunday, 06 April 2008
Iraqi Security Forces rescue 42 kidnapped students (Mosul)

Sunday, 06 April 2008
More bodies unearthed at mass grave

Sunday, 06 April 2008
One terrorist killed, three detained in Coalition operations

Sunday, 06 April 2008
One terrorist killed, 22 detained in Coalition operations

Sunday, 06 April 2008
MND-B aerial weapons team kills 9 criminals

Sunday, 06 April 2008
ISF find largest EFP cache to date in MND-C

Sunday, 06 April 2008
Update: Iraqi Security Forces rescue 42 kidnapped students

Sunday, 06 April 2008
IP update CF on station operations

Sunday, 06 April 2008
Criminal killed in foiled assassination attempt

Sunday, 06 April 2008
Iraqi Army finds second cache in Shakariyah

Sunday, 06 April 2008
ISF detain one suspected criminal element leader, five others in separate operations

So I've Taken A Break The Last Few Days

This is the first time this year that it hasn't been snot-freezing cold. It was time to hit the lakes and do some fishing. It wasn't great fishing, but good enough. It was also nice to enjoy the sunshine and outdoors.

And now for some pics from the end of the day.

Al-Qaeda Leader In Afghanistan Dead

It's too bad he died from hepatitis instead of a bullet.

Abu Obeida al-Masri, an Egyptian al-Qaida chief believed responsible for attacks on US forces in Afghanistan, is dead, a US counterterror official said Wednesday.
Al-Masri died of natural causes, apparently hepatitis, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. The official said al-Masri died within the last several months.
In Pakistan, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Atjar Abbas said he had no information about the death of al-Masri. Several Pakistani intelligence officials contacted by The Associated Press had no immediate comment.
Based in the mountainous Afghan province of Kunar, al-Masri was believed to have been in charge of planning attacks on US-led coalition forces in the volatile eastern region of the country. Violence in southern and eastern Afghanistan spiked last year, killing about 1,600 people. The attacks included a surge in suicide bombers, a change of tactics by the militants.