Place your bets. Will Ayman al-Zawahri be captured alive? Or will he die the death of a glorious jihadi martyr? I'll bet he dies....... the Pakistanis hunting him probably have strict orders to kill him so he can't talk about Pakistan's relations with both the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Dave WANA,...

From: (B2431) And what is the link to military aviation? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Well, the Marines have been killing Sadr's guys in that "Valley of Peace" graveyard with helicopter gunships (military aviation). According to...

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Ok, from the previous thread, it sounds like the sniper rifle on the Predator idea won't work. Too inaccurate from long range, and to dangerous to pull the Predator in range for a more accurate shot. Also, someone mentioned that a laser might work due to its accuracy, however, blinding and maiming...

Oh yeah....the "complete story". As in: "We have given you the complete fictional accounting of our nuclear program." The mullahs never lie. Dave TEHRAN, Iran (April 24) - Iran said Saturday it has offered the "complete story" to the U.N. nuclear watchdog about traces of weapons-grade uranium...

Leading the day to day operations of terrorist/suicide bombing group Hamas is getting to be a pretty scary job. Ironic, huh? Dave GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (April 17) - Israel assassinated Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi in a missile strike on his car Saturday, part of its declared campaign to wipe...

First rule of fighting in the tribal areas: Don't allow yourself to be captured alive. Dave WANA, Pakistan, March 27 (Reuters) - Eight Pakistani soldiers have been found executed a few days after being taken hostage during fighting with al Qaeda militants and their tribal allies near the border...

Warning: Not for the sqeamish. http://www.gravett.org/tm/archives/015597.html Not exactly sure what motivates these folks, but they sure seem to have made a wrong turn somewhere. Dave

Of course, Hamas were the same people dancing in the streets of the Gaza Strip on 9-11. I think they spilled their true intent, vis-a-vis the US, with the threats they made after the hit on Yassin. GW Bush should not allow them to walk away from their threats now. Hamas is an enemy. Dave GAZA...

Truth or terrorist bluff? Dave SYDNEY, Australia (March 21) - Osama bin Laden's terror network claims to have bought ready-made nuclear weapons on the black market in central Asia, the biographer of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader was quoted as telling an Australian television station. In an interview...

Well, here we go. These talks will either end in the dismantling of Kim Jong IL's nuke program by US agreement to a non-agression treaty and NK's agreement to the installation of a verifiable inspection and dismantlement program (wherein the N. Koreans will attempt to deceive the inspectors to...

No name given for the Japanese company. Anybody know what Japanese company might possess such capability? Mitsubishi comes to mind. They have divisions that are involved in nearly everything. Dave VIENNA, March 12 (Reuters) - A company from Japan, the only country to be attacked with an atomic...

UN inspectors have found uranium enrichment equipment, of the variety sold by Pakistani "lone wolf operator" cough....yeah sure Dr. Khan, in Iran. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040219_1177.html Just had a thread about Israel's supposed plans to attack Iran's nuke building capacity. The...

From: Hobo Of course the biggest difference between Iraq and Chechnya is that the US only cares about Iraqi oil, the Petukhovs went in to restore human rights. Casualty numbers aside, they are fighting the same ilk of...

Permanent space station on the moon? For what purpose? The moon is merely a dusty rock with little intrinsic value other then it looks pretty in the night sky and operates the tides. We don't need a moon base so why spend any money for one? Further, robotic rovers are a much cheaper solution then...

The hit is out on Mushy.....and these guys won't stop until he's dead. Kill Musharraf, set ISI aided fundamentalist coup into action, and BINGO: Osama has THE bomb. The general consensus seems to be that Osama is somewhere in northwest Pakistan's "federal tribal areas". With Afghanistan mostly a...

From: "Jan" "kemperr" wrote I saw an online store where you can get "We Got Him" shirts, hats, etc. Looks pretty cool. I think I might pick up a shirt. Thanks for the info, I'll wait until there is one with Bush picture on...

From: Mari-Ohm Answers Please, Mr Bush by Michael Moore snip They have donated $2m to your alma mater, Harvard University, snip Ummm, of course Michael Morre must have meant Yale, the alma mater of several generations of...

From: (Michael Petukhov) Nice war - here's the billsnip Or, with the upcomming war against North Korea, we can just explain to the Iraqis that they've become just too much of a drain on our resources, pull all our...

From a report in a Japanese newspaper. Dave TOKYO (Aug. 6) - North Korea is in talks to export its Taepodong 2 long-range ballistic missile to Iran and to jointly develop nuclear warheads with Tehran, a Japanese newspaper reported on Wednesday. The conservative Sankei Shimbun, quoting military...