^^^ Well done indeed, but with a chronic and debilitating form of cognitive dissonance, I'm afraid no matter what Xiin says, some around here will remain hostage to their own delusions.

The US wants to talk to Moqtada al-Sadr. He thinks they want to assassinate him. In this rare interview in Kufa, Iraq, the Shia cleric tells Nizar Latif why Published: 03 June 2007 Moqtada al-Sadr, the man Washington blames for its failure to gain control in Iraq, has rejected a call to open direct talks with the US military and has accused the Americans of plotting to assassinate him. The Shia cleric told The Independent on Sunday in an exclusive interview: "The Americans have tried to kill me in the past, but have failed... It is certain that the Americans still want me dead and are still trying to assassinate me. "I am an Iraqi, I am a Muslim, I am free and I reject all forms of occupation. I want to help the Iraqi people. This is everything the Americans hate." Mr Sadr, revered by millions of Iraqi Shias, spoke after leading Friday prayers in the Grand Mosque at Kufa, just over 100 miles south of Baghdad. It is one of the four Iraqi cities considered holy in Shia Islam. He always wears a black turban, the traditional symbol of a Shia cleric who can trace his ancestry to the Prophet Mohamed. But for the second time in two weeks, he also wore a white shroud - a symbol of his willingness to be martyred, and his belief that death is close at hand. The young cleric inherited the aura of his father, Ayatollah Mohammed al-Sadr, who was murdered by Saddam Hussein's regime. He has been a thorn in the side of the Americans since the invasion, with his Mahdi Army - the military wing of Iraq's largest Arab grassroots political movement - having clashed with US and British forces. The movement has been accused of kidnapping five Britons in Baghdad last week, possibly in retaliation for the death of a senior Mahdi commander in Basra at the hands of British forces, but the Sadrists deny involvement. Mr Sadr resurfaced recently after disappearing - possibly over the border to Iran - when the US began its security "surge" in Baghdad early this year. He ordered his fighters in Sadr City, the Mahdi Army stronghold in the capital, not to resist the operation. Last week the US military said it wanted to open direct, peaceful talks with him, but the cleric told the IoS he rejected the idea. "There is nothing to talk about," he said angrily. "The Americans are occupiers and thieves, and they must set a timetable to leave this country. We must know that they are leaving, and we must know when." He has reason to be wary of US offers to negotiate. As revealed by The Independent last month, respected Iraqi political figures believe the US army tried to kill or capture Mr Sadr after luring him to peace talks in Najaf in 2004. "We are fighting the enemy that is greater in strength, but we are in the right," he said. "Even if that means our deaths, we will not stand idly by and suffer from this occupation. Islam exhorts us to die with dignity rather than live in shame." Mr Sadr did not say how he thought the US planned to kill him. But it is clear his decision to stay out of the public eye for months was prompted by safety fears, amid a crackdown on the Mahdi Army that has seen key figures arrested and killed. With US, British and Iraqi government forces still conducting operations against the Sadr movement and its army, the cleric warned he was prepared to launch another armed uprising. "The occupiers have tried to provoke us, but I ordered unarmed resistance for the sake of the people," he said. "We have been patient, exercising statesmanship, but if the occupation and oppression continues, we will fight." The Mahdi Army has been relatively quiet, but it is becoming more active in Baghdad, responding to a series of devastating suicide bombings by Sunni extremists. Mr Sadr, whose rise to become one of the most influential figures in Iraq coincided with the US overthrow of Saddam, said his movement sought to follow the example of Hizbollah, the Shia armed resistance movement in Lebanon. "Hizbollah and the Mahdi Army are two sides of the same coin," he said. "We are together in the same trench against the forces of evil." He also spoke about a spate of recent fighting between his followers and members of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the other major Shia party which has its own armed Badr faction. The clashes sparked fears that the power struggle among Shias will explode into full conflict. "What happened with the Badr organisation and the Mahdi Army in many parts of Iraq is the result of a sad misunderstanding," he said. "We have held discussions to stop this being repeated." Mr Sadr has always been a fervent nationalist, and has recently held talks with Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar province who have taken up arms against al-Qa'ida-affiliated extremists, while still opposing the US-led occupation. Despite his calls for cross-sectarian unity in Iraq, the Mahdi Army is widely accused of operating death squads responsible for the deaths and ethnic cleansing of thousands of Sunnis and Iraqi Christians. Mr Sadr also insisted he opposed Iranian influence in Iraqi affairs, referring to tentative talks between the US and Iran. "We reject such interference," he said. "Iraq is a matter for the Iraqis." The Independent

The US wants to talk to Moqtada al-Sadr. He thinks they want to assassinate him. In this rare interview in Kufa, Iraq, the Shia cleric tells Nizar Latif why Published: 03 June 2007 Moqtada al-Sadr, the man Washington blames for its failure to gain control in Iraq, has rejected a call to open direct talks with the US military and has accused the Americans of plotting to assassinate him. The Shia cleric told The Independent on Sunday in an exclusive interview: "The Americans have tried to kill me in the past, but have failed... It is certain that the Americans still want me dead and are still trying to assassinate me. "I am an Iraqi, I am a Muslim, I am free and I reject all forms of occupation. I want to help the Iraqi people. This is everything the Americans hate." Mr Sadr, revered by millions of Iraqi Shias, spoke after leading Friday prayers in the Grand Mosque at Kufa, just over 100 miles south of Baghdad. It is one of the four Iraqi cities considered holy in Shia Islam. He always wears a black turban, the traditional symbol of a Shia cleric who can trace his ancestry to the Prophet Mohamed. But for the second time in two weeks, he also wore a white shroud - a symbol of his willingness to be martyred, and his belief that death is close at hand. The young cleric inherited the aura of his father, Ayatollah Mohammed al-Sadr, who was murdered by Saddam Hussein's regime. He has been a thorn in the side of the Americans since the invasion, with his Mahdi Army - the military wing of Iraq's largest Arab grassroots political movement - having clashed with US and British forces. The movement has been accused of kidnapping five Britons in Baghdad last week, possibly in retaliation for the death of a senior Mahdi commander in Basra at the hands of British forces, but the Sadrists deny involvement. Mr Sadr resurfaced recently after disappearing - possibly over the border to Iran - when the US began its security "surge" in Baghdad early this year. He ordered his fighters in Sadr City, the Mahdi Army stronghold in the capital, not to resist the operation. Last week the US military said it wanted to open direct, peaceful talks with him, but the cleric told the IoS he rejected the idea. "There is nothing to talk about," he said angrily. "The Americans are occupiers and thieves, and they must set a timetable to leave this country. We must know that they are leaving, and we must know when." He has reason to be wary of US offers to negotiate. As revealed by The Independent last month, respected Iraqi political figures believe the US army tried to kill or capture Mr Sadr after luring him to peace talks in Najaf in 2004. "We are fighting the enemy that is greater in strength, but we are in the right," he said. "Even if that means our deaths, we will not stand idly by and suffer from this occupation. Islam exhorts us to die with dignity rather than live in shame." Mr Sadr did not say how he thought the US planned to kill him. But it is clear his decision to stay out of the public eye for months was prompted by safety fears, amid a crackdown on the Mahdi Army that has seen key figures arrested and killed. With US, British and Iraqi government forces still conducting operations against the Sadr movement and its army, the cleric warned he was prepared to launch another armed uprising. "The occupiers have tried to provoke us, but I ordered unarmed resistance for the sake of the people," he said. "We have been patient, exercising statesmanship, but if the occupation and oppression continues, we will fight." The Mahdi Army has been relatively quiet, but it is becoming more active in Baghdad, responding to a series of devastating suicide bombings by Sunni extremists. Mr Sadr, whose rise to become one of the most influential figures in Iraq coincided with the US overthrow of Saddam, said his movement sought to follow the example of Hizbollah, the Shia armed resistance movement in Lebanon. "Hizbollah and the Mahdi Army are two sides of the same coin," he said. "We are together in the same trench against the forces of evil." He also spoke about a spate of recent fighting between his followers and members of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the other major Shia party which has its own armed Badr faction. The clashes sparked fears that the power struggle among Shias will explode into full conflict. "What happened with the Badr organisation and the Mahdi Army in many parts of Iraq is the result of a sad misunderstanding," he said. "We have held discussions to stop this being repeated." Mr Sadr has always been a fervent nationalist, and has recently held talks with Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar province who have taken up arms against al-Qa'ida-affiliated extremists, while still opposing the US-led occupation. Despite his calls for cross-sectarian unity in Iraq, the Mahdi Army is widely accused of operating death squads responsible for the deaths and ethnic cleansing of thousands of Sunnis and Iraqi Christians. Mr Sadr also insisted he opposed Iranian influence in Iraqi affairs, referring to tentative talks between the US and Iran. "We reject such interference," he said. "Iraq is a matter for the Iraqis." The Independent

The US wants to talk to Moqtada al-Sadr. He thinks they want to assassinate him. In this rare interview in Kufa, Iraq, the Shia cleric tells Nizar Latif why Published: 03 June 2007 Moqtada al-Sadr, the man Washington blames for its failure to gain control in Iraq, has rejected a call to open direct talks with the US military and has accused the Americans of plotting to assassinate him. The Shia cleric told The Independent on Sunday in an exclusive interview: "The Americans have tried to kill me in the past, but have failed... It is certain that the Americans still want me dead and are still trying to assassinate me. "I am an Iraqi, I am a Muslim, I am free and I reject all forms of occupation. I want to help the Iraqi people. This is everything the Americans hate." Mr Sadr, revered by millions of Iraqi Shias, spoke after leading Friday prayers in the Grand Mosque at Kufa, just over 100 miles south of Baghdad. It is one of the four Iraqi cities considered holy in Shia Islam. He always wears a black turban, the traditional symbol of a Shia cleric who can trace his ancestry to the Prophet Mohamed. But for the second time in two weeks, he also wore a white shroud - a symbol of his willingness to be martyred, and his belief that death is close at hand. The young cleric inherited the aura of his father, Ayatollah Mohammed al-Sadr, who was murdered by Saddam Hussein's regime. He has been a thorn in the side of the Americans since the invasion, with his Mahdi Army - the military wing of Iraq's largest Arab grassroots political movement - having clashed with US and British forces. The movement has been accused of kidnapping five Britons in Baghdad last week, possibly in retaliation for the death of a senior Mahdi commander in Basra at the hands of British forces, but the Sadrists deny involvement. Mr Sadr resurfaced recently after disappearing - possibly over the border to Iran - when the US began its security "surge" in Baghdad early this year. He ordered his fighters in Sadr City, the Mahdi Army stronghold in the capital, not to resist the operation. Last week the US military said it wanted to open direct, peaceful talks with him, but the cleric told the IoS he rejected the idea. "There is nothing to talk about," he said angrily. "The Americans are occupiers and thieves, and they must set a timetable to leave this country. We must know that they are leaving, and we must know when." He has reason to be wary of US offers to negotiate. As revealed by The Independent last month, respected Iraqi political figures believe the US army tried to kill or capture Mr Sadr after luring him to peace talks in Najaf in 2004. "We are fighting the enemy that is greater in strength, but we are in the right," he said. "Even if that means our deaths, we will not stand idly by and suffer from this occupation. Islam exhorts us to die with dignity rather than live in shame." Mr Sadr did not say how he thought the US planned to kill him. But it is clear his decision to stay out of the public eye for months was prompted by safety fears, amid a crackdown on the Mahdi Army that has seen key figures arrested and killed. With US, British and Iraqi government forces still conducting operations against the Sadr movement and its army, the cleric warned he was prepared to launch another armed uprising. "The occupiers have tried to provoke us, but I ordered unarmed resistance for the sake of the people," he said. "We have been patient, exercising statesmanship, but if the occupation and oppression continues, we will fight." The Mahdi Army has been relatively quiet, but it is becoming more active in Baghdad, responding to a series of devastating suicide bombings by Sunni extremists. Mr Sadr, whose rise to become one of the most influential figures in Iraq coincided with the US overthrow of Saddam, said his movement sought to follow the example of Hizbollah, the Shia armed resistance movement in Lebanon. "Hizbollah and the Mahdi Army are two sides of the same coin," he said. "We are together in the same trench against the forces of evil." He also spoke about a spate of recent fighting between his followers and members of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the other major Shia party which has its own armed Badr faction. The clashes sparked fears that the power struggle among Shias will explode into full conflict. "What happened with the Badr organisation and the Mahdi Army in many parts of Iraq is the result of a sad misunderstanding," he said. "We have held discussions to stop this being repeated." Mr Sadr has always been a fervent nationalist, and has recently held talks with Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar province who have taken up arms against al-Qa'ida-affiliated extremists, while still opposing the US-led occupation. Despite his calls for cross-sectarian unity in Iraq, the Mahdi Army is widely accused of operating death squads responsible for the deaths and ethnic cleansing of thousands of Sunnis and Iraqi Christians. Mr Sadr also insisted he opposed Iranian influence in Iraqi affairs, referring to tentative talks between the US and Iran. "We reject such interference," he said. "Iraq is a matter for the Iraqis." The Independent

This sounds more like the Cape of no hope. Somalis being the weakest and most voiceless makes them the best victims. Ilaahay South Afrikaanka meel kale haka tuso.

^^^^ They paid for the flowers. My God.

Next time, inshallah.

Here's what the original AP report contains but is (mysteriously) missing from the one posted in this topic. The Puntland government statement said the militants were "defeated," in Friday's battles, but did not give details about either the number of casualties or their identities. Information Minister Mohamed Abdulrahman Banga told journalists Sunday that they were waiting for more information from the security officials in the area where the fighting took place before releasing more details. On Saturday, however, Puntland Vice President Hassan Dahir Mohamoud told The Associated Press that his government's troops killed eight foreign Islamic militants and five of them came from Britain, Eritrea, Sweden, the U.S. and Yemen. Security forces identified them from their passports, said Mohamoud, speaking from the Puntland capital, Garowe. He said the remaining three could not be immediately identified. Puntland Finance Minister Mohamed Ali Yusuf told journalists on Sunday that they will only release the identities of the foreigners once they completed investigations. Mohamoud said that there were no civilian casualties because the area is uninhabited. Earlier reports had said the fighting took place in a village, and it is not clear why there was the discrepancy. He said his government asked for the U.S. navy to help them, but he did not give details why Puntland wanted such assistance. Source Clearly this utter incompetence in information management is endemic to the TFG (and evidently Puntland now and Somaliland before it) and all those associated with it. From Azhari, to Jelle, to Adde and his VP, to the many other clowns working for these puppet governments. Could there be a direct correlation between being utterly incompetent and being a shameless collaborator?

Ever wonder what a dabodhilif sounds like? Wonder no more: "This area is like Afghanistan's Tora Bora area. Americans should strike it harder than yesterday (Friday) and then they will succeed. If they do not do that, then maybe Bargal may become a stronghold for terrorists," said Mohamed, a 49 year-old former government economist, speaking by phone from Puntland's main port, Bossaso. Hassan Dahir Mohamoud, vice president of the semiautonomous northeastern region of Puntland, told The Associated Press Saturday that there were no civilian casualties because the area is uninhabited. Earlier reports had said the fighting took place in a village, and it is not clear why there was the discrepancy. May be these fools in Puntland are talking out of their @sses. LOL. Even more evidence no one in Puntland knows what's going on: A local radio station quoted Puntland's leader, Ade Muse, as saying that his forces had battled with the extremists for hours before the U.S. ships arrived and used their cannons. Muse said five of his troops were wounded, but that he had no information about casualties among the extremists. Source

Originally posted by Geel_Jire12: If " we" or " you" in Puntland, whatever that means defeated Hassan Dahir Aweys affliates before. Then why not defeat another meer " 30" men who came on boats? Is the mighty Puntland Army not capable of handling 30 men? Apparently, Puntland "soldiers" fled the scene as soon as the 13 men got off the boat wearing bathing suits. But just before fleeing the scene, one of them used his satellite phone to call the US warship patrolling the high seas complaining of "strange" looking men hovering over the ground. This is would be laughable if it weren't so pathetic.

Xiin must have touched a very raw nerve. What with all the posts that flooded this forum still trying to reject reality. When all else fails, go for quantity over quality.

"Yesterday we killed six terrorists from America, Britain, Sweden, Morocco, Pakistan and Yemen," said Mohamed Ali Yusuf, finance minister in the semi-autonomous Puntland administration. "We came out victors and the fighting is over. Five Puntland troops were wounded," he told a news conference in Bossasso. Not unlike his counterparts in Muqdisho, this dimwit of a collaborator does not know where his lips end and the American butt begins. They sure know how to pick them well. "We" kulahaa. Did he think he was the one who did the bombing? Axmaq fowqal axmaq.

Six militants killed in Somalia POSTED: 1126 GMT (1926 HKT), June 3, 2007 BOSSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) -- Six Islamist fighters, including foreigners from Western nations, were killed in U.S. air strikes and battles with local forces in northern Somalia this weekend, a regional official said on Sunday. "Yesterday we killed six terrorists from America, Britain, Sweden, Morocco, Pakistan and Yemen," said Mohamed Ali Yusuf, finance minister in the semi-autonomous Puntland administration. "We came out victors and the fighting is over. Five Puntland troops were wounded," he told a news conference in Bossasso. He gave no other details. Local forces on trucks fitted with heavy guns have blocked roads leading up to the mountain hideouts where American missiles crashed down on Friday. CNN said the attacks were aimed at an al Qaeda suspect. A Somali jihadist group calling itself the Young Mujahideen Movement had earlier said it suffered no casualties in what it called "random" U.S. air strikes and said it killed 11 soldiers. "American planes carried out random attacks without causing any losses among the mujahideen, praise to God," the group said in a Web posting. The statement could not immediately be verified but was on a site used by al Qaeda and other Islamists. Speaking in Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to comment on the strikes in rugged northern Somalia, saying it was possibly an operation still in progress. CNN quoted unnamed sources as saying the attacks were the second in six months aimed at a suspect in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 240 people. Islamists targeted Puntland residents said violence broke out after a group of Islamists, including foreign fighters, landed by boat in the area on Wednesday before exchanging fire with local police. The United States also launched air strikes in southern Somalia in January aimed at three top al Qaeda suspects but killed their allies instead, U.S. officials have said. They were believed to be in a group of Islamists who fled the capital Mogadishu in January after being routed by the Somali interim government and its Ethiopian military allies. Washington says six al Qaeda operatives or associates are in Somalia, including alleged embassy bomber Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, and Abu Talha al-Sudani, accused of orchestrating the 2002 bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya that killed 15. Others include Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, hardline leader of the ousted Somali Islamic Courts Council (SICC), and Adan Hashi Ayro, head of the SICC's feared military wing, the Shabaab. SICC remnants have been blamed for a wave of guerrilla attacks mostly targeting Ethiopian troops in the capital. In the latest, residents said one person was killed and two were wounded on Sunday when Ethiopian soldiers opened fire after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb. "A remote-controlled landmine went off as the Ethiopian military vehicles passed," said one witness, who gave his name as Mustafa. "After the blast, the Ethiopians began shooting." CNN

Who do you think will win the first Mo Ibrahim Prize? Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Originally posted by buuxo: who should win....Abdullahi Yusuf Buuxo? Now we know waxa kaa buuxa.

Pentagon chief says Somalia strike possibly ongoing 03 Jun 2007 03:38:03 GMT Source: Reuters SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to comment on Sunday about Friday's reported U.S. naval strike on targets in Somalia, saying it was possibly an ongoing operation. "I think that's possibly an ongoing operation and I'm not going to talk about it," Gates told a news briefing on the sidelines of an Asian security conference. CNN reported that a U.S. Navy warship had attacked a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia and residents said missiles had pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with locals. There was no news of casualties from the strike, which unidentified sources told CNN was the second in six months to target a suspect in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 240 people. The United States launched air strikes in southern Somalia in January aimed at three top al Qaeda suspects but killed their allies instead, U.S. officials have said. Locals in Barga, a port in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, told Reuters on Saturday that the missiles appeared to be aimed at a group of Islamists, including foreigners, who landed by boat in the area on Wednesday and had a gun battle with local police.

Somalia is not occupied. Flath Earth Society? If only those hired to spread propaganda knew its alphabet.

How did I miss all these gems? Thanks again Nur.

Thanks Nur. This was a great read.

Originally posted by Stealth: On the other hand in your beloved TFG, it has no support outside of ina Yey home region, Puntland. It cannot survive a week in the capital without the presence of foreign fighters to save guard it, that being said, you very well know that Riyale doesn't need foreigners to watch over him...then can we compare your foreign product TFG which has no support even in the capital to Somaliland which has the support of the majority of the area with exception of parts of Sool and eastern Sanaag, and even they have NOT been forced to cooperate. Red Sea, saaxib, when will you understand the leadership of Somaliland is only marginally less of a collaborator than the TFG or that of Puntland is? These people you're arguing with on this forum think the very same of you that you do of them. And while we're all being banged by Ethiopia, you and the TFG/Puntland supporters are busy accusing each other of being Zenawi's whore. Subxaanallah. Ethiopia, in the meantime, is all too happy reaping the fruit of the seeds to divide Somalis it has sown many moons ago. And as repugnant as I find the idea of secession, it would be that much easier to accept if Ethiopia's fingerprints were not all over it.

^^^^ So far, and overall, the resistance has been honorable in my view and I too am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. Its success, however, may squarely hinge on the public perception of its actions. The TFG is already seen as an utterly incompetent rogue client regime. It is in their benefit to tarnish the reputation of the resistance, as some on this very forum shamelessly and short-sightedly attempt everyday. They will do so by attributing every incident to "terror" and implicitly to the resistance. It's a game as old as war itself. As the TFG undoubtedly knows, the resistance must also be aware it's nearly impossible to refurbish a reputation once it has been impaired.

Tony Blair is not dissing Zenawi but is afraid for his own skin. The Ethiopian government has been accused of committing war crimes in Somalia and individuals within that government may face indictments for these crimes. Tony Blair, a war criminal not unlike Meles himself, risks further tarnishing an already blood-stained legacy by associating with a universally acknowledged rogue regime in Ethiopia. His lawyers must have done their homework to steer him clear of Zenawi.

Originally posted by BiLaaL: AY and his thugs wouldn't have brought the occupiers by themselves without an army of collaborators to sustain it. The resistance have been discreet in their approach to the collaborators. They've all been warned that their actions will not be tolerated. In what form do these warnings come? No doubt many Somalis sustain the occupation but some are more guilty than others. A misdemeanor collaborator is not the same as an occupier or a felony collaborator. Unlike Yey and his thugs, it seems these men being killed are easily accessible and therefore are being used as warning signs to others not to join the TFG. Too many of these killings though and the population may turn on the resistance. Palestinians have been lynching their collaborators for decades and there's no evidence to suggest Israelis are having any harder time recruiting spies and traitors among the Palestinians. About the only thing this does is create even more enmity and distrust among the population and, unintentionally, maintain the occupation.

Originally posted by BiLaaL: The resistance faces a delicate balance between ensuring collaborators don't strenghten the enemy too much, while on the other hand, restraining their actions in line with the expectations of the people they seek to liberate. While i don't support the killing of the innocent; i do think that once a collaborator is identified and his links with the enemy confirmed beyond reasonable doubt, that action should be taken against such individuals. Seeking a livelihood is not an adequate excuse. This attitude stinks of individualism. Individualism has no place in either Islam or in the admirable traits of the true Somali. Every collaborator, no matter how minor his role, has the effect of strenghtening the enemy and therefore prolonging the occupation. I very much agree with you Bilaal, but the line has to be drawn somewhere saaxib. It defeats the purpose if you wantonly kill unarmed individuals specially when they're at the bottom of the food chain. Moreover, it's nearly impossible to confirm ties to the enemy beyond reasonable doubt. And when Muqdisho is such a target rich city with Ethiopians and real collaborators on every street corner, why turn around and kill someone who is harmless and effectively a nobody? If it continues in doing so, the resistance will lose its legitimacy and popular support and in the process, may become the very evil it's trying to fight and expel. Still, no one really knows who's committing these murders and it may well be the TFG doing so and blaming it on the resistance. One cannot continually cry terrorism when there's none to be seen. Not unlike the obscene car bombs in Baghdad targeting civilians and routinely blamed on terrorists, just about the only beneficiaries of such heinous crimes are the occupiers and their puppets.

Unfortunately, every time someone, somewhere, decides to become a collaborator and plays the overused "terror" card, innocent lives are lost. Allow sahal indeed. This war of terror will come to an end one day soon, IA. Woe to those who sell their souls for little worldly gain.

I wonder how much was paid to the informants. 10,000 dollars? Probably no more than their filthy decomposing souls are worth. Uff!