Is There More Than Meets The Eye In Shooting Of US Soldiers In Iraq?

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I have been trying to find some reliable source to confirm what "roadstoiraq" are reporting in the third segment, trouble is it all seems to be in arabic.

My search turned up a comprehensive article at firedoglake, so if this story takes your interest I suggest you read the third segement here and then head over there for a better read.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. troops during a joint patrol in the northern city of Mosul on December 26, killing two and wounding three others along with a civilian interpreter, Iraqi and U.S. officials said on Saturday.

The U.S. military said it was not clear why the Iraqi soldier had opened fire, but two Iraqi generals told Reuters the attacker had links to Sunni Arab insurgent groups.

It is believed to be the first reported incident in which an Iraqi soldier has deliberately killed U.S. servicemen since Saddam Hussein was toppled in the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

This from al Jezeera

Two American soldiers have been deliberately shot dead by a colleague in an Iraqi unit, the US and Iraqy militaries have announced.

The two soldiers were on a joint US-Iraq patrol in Mosul in northern Iraq when they were killed last week.

It is the first time such a killing has been confirmed by the two forces.

"Two US soldiers killed during a combined Iraqi army and coalition operation in Nineveh province on December 26 were allegedly shot by an Iraqi soldier," the US military said in a statement on Saturday.

Then there is this from roadstoiraq

Iraqi soldier"Ceaser"killed three American soldiers because they kicked and beat a pregnant woman.

Reported on many Iraqi news sites, an Iraqi soldier killed two American soldiers and a captain for kicking a pregnant Iraqi woman

The incident happened two days ago when an Iraqi soldier “Caesar Saadi” joined the American occupation forces in a raid in Mosul, he opened fire after he saw the American soldiers started to beat and kick an Iraqi pregnant woman.

Lebanese newspaper Al-akhbar reported today the story added:

In the streets of Mosul, graffiti appeared on the walls yesterday saying:

Well done Caesar

Also, people in the city are distributing leaflets saying the same text.

Caesar is now in custody accused with killing three Americans.source

Downloaded Any Good Beheadings Lately?

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I haven't seen the latest top ten from al-Qaeda but I can imagine.

As-Sahab, the media production house of al-Qaeda, is issuing specially formatted videos from Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri that can be downloaded to cell phones.

The move is aimed at spreading al-Qaeda's message and extending its influence.

As of Sunday, eight previously recorded videos were made available for download, including a tribute to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former al-Qaeda in Iraq leader killed by US forces in June 2006.


Ben Venzke, the head of IntelCenter, a US group that monitors and analyses al-Qaeda's messages, said it was not the first time As-Sahab has released videos designed for cell phones. He said the group has been releasing them for years, but that between September and December, a few video messages did not come with versions for cell phones.more

Kids For Sale: Iraq

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And not all are going to a loving home.

Abu Muhammad, a Baghdad resident, found it difficult to let go of his daughter's hand but he had already convinced himself that selling her to a family outside Iraq would provide her with a better future.

"The war disgraced my family. I lost relatives including my wife among thousands of victims of sectarian violence and was forced to sell my daughter to give my other children something to eat," he told Al Jazeera.

In 2006, Abu Muhammad and his family were forced to leave their home in Adhamiya, a district of Baghdad, after militia fighting claimed the streets in his once tranquil neighbourhood.

They began living in a makeshift refugee camp on the outskirts of Baghdad, but he soon lost his job and the children, unable to make the daily trek, quit school.

"There wasn't enough money to spend on books, clothes and transport," he said. His daughter, Fatima, the youngest of four children, began to show signs of malnourishment and a local medic said she had become anaemic.

Desperation

By mid-2007, conditions for his family had become desperate and his children, once healthy and bubbling with life, had become gaunt and lethargic.

It was then that a translator and a Swedish couple claiming to be part of an international NGO arrived in the makeshift refugee camp.More

On This Day January 7th

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Cod War. Pisa Tower. Indira Gandhi. Kray twins. and other

On This Day January 6th

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Skater Nancy Kerrigan attacked, we know who did that one. US halts breast implants, says we have enough big tits. Sex Pistols. and other

Here's the result for Tonya Harding Google images, not work friendly and not eyeball friendly either.

Andrew Morton's New Book: Tom Cruise Pissed

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Why am I running such crap? maybe it's because Cruise is such a fucking idiot.
Must be time to go back to bed.

Tom Cruise has become the de-facto second in command of the Church of Scientology, according to a new biography - which makes an extraordinary attack on the star by comparing his 20-month-old daughter Suri to the Devil's child in the film Rosemary's Baby.

Andrew Morton's unauthorised biography claims Scientology has taken over the 45-year-old actor's life, with its officials selecting many of the staff at his Hollywood mansion.

The biographer of Princess Diana alleges Cruise is consulted by Scientology leader David Miscavige on "every aspect of planning and policy" and is tailoring his career to fit the aims of Scientology.

Miscavige is said in the book to have gone to extraordinary lengths to charm Cruise, even ordering his staff to plant a field full of wild flowers at a Scientology base in California after Cruise had told him of his fantasy to run through a wildflower meadow with his then newlywed wife Nicole Kidman.

The relationship between the two men is so close that, according to Morton's book, Miscavige even joined him on honeymoon in the Maldives after his wedding to Katie Holmes in 2006.

Cruise denies each of the claims vehemently, and Scientology lawyers are believed to be drawing up a lawsuit seeking £50million in compensation from Morton's publishers, St Martin's Press.more

A US Election First For Fifty Years

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And I can hear the breaking hearts from over here.


If like me you are not au fait with the strange workings of the American electoral system then this is the article for you. Nice and concise in a couple of pages

As the Iowa caucuses and the impending New Hampshire primary remind us, there's one prediction that can be ventured with almost absolute certainty: in early November 2008, the United States will have selected its next president.

This must be so, because in the aftermath of Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented four electoral triumphs, the Senate passed a constitutional amendment in 1947, prohibiting any future president from serving more than two full terms in the White House.

So George W Bush cannot stand for re-election again. And not only will he not be running again, nor will his deputy Dick Cheney, who doesn't wish to gain the presidency himself.

Which means there'll be neither an incumbent president nor an incumbent vice-president seeking re-election this autumn - something that hasn't happened in the US for more than half a century.more

Brit Blogger Bound For Big House?

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I am not going to write much of an intro regarding this bloke, he's everything I'm not and represents everything I dislike.
Apart from being a Brit and not being too enamoured of Islam there is little about him that I could relate to.


If you are a regular reader here you will already know my feelings about the followers of Islam, but this fellow has a plank up his arse on the subject, but he does it all from a Jesus God Christian Crusader point of view which makes him unreadable for me.

I'm sure there is lots of interesting stuff on his home page, but I can't be bothering me arse to give it more than a cursory glance, it's all too fucking Jesusy for my liking.
Not only has he got religion he's got monarchyitous.

The top photo says an awful lot.

British police have been charged with arresting me!

I am currently out of the Country and on my return home to England I am going to be arrested by British detectives on suspicion of Stirring up Racial Hatred by displaying written material" contrary to sections 18(1) and 27(3) of the Public Order Act 1986.



This charge if found guilty carries a lengthy prison sentence, more than what most paedophiles and rapists receive, and all for writing words of truth about the barbarity that is living in the midst of our children, which threatens the very future of our Country.

The cultural weapon in the hands of the modern Jihad within Great Britain, silencing the opposition using our own laws against us - The Dumb Filthy Kaffir's as the Moslem would say to his children behind closed doors.


What has become of my homeland, the land my forefathers fought and died for on the battlefields of the world when one of their children is forced into the position of facing years in prison for standing up for what is right and just within British society.more




Update: I have been back and read some of this fellow's stuff, I don't know about him being locked up for inciting hatred but he certainly needs locking up, he's fucking demented, signs from the Lord and the whole fucking nine yards, stroll on!? and some.

In fact he inspires a whole new label. Stroll On!

Here have a basin full.

If there has been anybody in 'Team McCann' reading my blog then you will know how close to the mark I am in my posts, or how wide of the mark I am - Either way should convince you to either listen to me and my words or to reject me.I close the door on this living tale with sorrow because Madeline is still out there and I believe God has given me something to help you get her back, and I was given a supernatural sign that can be corroborated by anyone with an ounce of intelligence.

All I will say is that the sign was either for me personally as I walked my path before God praying and receiving from Him for you and your daughter or it was a sign for both parties, so that you would listen to me for the sake of Madeline - You know as well as I do that Gods ways are not our ways and our ways are not Gods ways.

Who am I but a nothing and a nobody from no where, but it is us nothings and no bodies from no where who God chooses to pick up and use for His purposes so as to confound the wise of this world.

I believe this sign is for you, and if it is you must listen, why else would God single out a Scottish University when He had any University to chose from.

If anyone of you has a direct link with Dundee University then the supernatural sign is for you and your detectives to confirm so that you will listen to my words, if not God bless you and I hope and pray that you get your daughter back.

Do you not believe in the Living God, was it not Him you turned to for help?more

Readers. There is little point in trying the link, the post from which I copied the above ramblings written by a demented wrapped in Jesus wad of fuck that has the effrontery to call himself Lionheart has removed the post from his blog.

Pussyheart, you may have removed the post from your blog but you aint removed it from google cache. Tomorrow

Please Do Not Feed The Animals

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I will give you the last paragraph, you just might be able to figure the rest out.



He said it was unclear why Mr Boosen, who had worked at the lodge for four years, had gone into the enclosure, as he usually fed the lions by putting meat through the fence.more

On This Day January 5th

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Tanker aground off Shetland,eco disaster. Shipman victims could be in the hundreds. Yorkshire Ripper arrested and other.

Gallery McCann Update

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The gallery has moved to it's own dedicated blog.

The McCann Gallery

Touched By His Noodly Apendage: A Gallery Of The Creator

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I thought I would put just some photo's of our lord and saviour into one spot.
Many thanks to all disciples for their depictions of the hallowed one.
I've put my contribution at the end along with some pics that are unadulterated by balloons and captions in the event anybody wants to lift them.
























These three are wallpapers and look tres' cool on the monitor.
I normally have an image up from the Hubble site, there are plenty of cool ones to be found there and you can have a change when the humour takes you, but for now I have "the dawn of the flying spaghetti monster" gracing the screen.

You don't think Hubble snapped these by any chance?
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