Two British commandos, members of the secretive SAS were arrested by Iraqi police yesterday in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The two men, dressed in Arab garb and driving an unmarked car, drew the attention of police.
British forces using tanks broke down the walls of Basra jail to free two service personnel arrested for firing on Iraqi policemen. Defence secretary John Reid has defended the actions of the British forces.
The MoD refused to comment after officials said that they were undercover officers dressed as Arabs.
Sources: PEJ News, Manchester Evening News, ePolitix.com
September 20, 2005
One Billion US Dollars Missing in Iraq
One billion dollars has been plundered from Iraq's defence ministry in one of the largest thefts in history. The money, intended to train and equip an Iraqi army, was instead siphoned abroad in cash and has disappeared.
Most of the money was supposedly spent buying arms from Poland and Pakistan. The contracts were peculiar in four ways. According to Mr Allawi, they were awarded without bidding, and were signed with a Baghdad-based company, and not directly with the foreign supplier.
Source: Independant Online
Most of the money was supposedly spent buying arms from Poland and Pakistan. The contracts were peculiar in four ways. According to Mr Allawi, they were awarded without bidding, and were signed with a Baghdad-based company, and not directly with the foreign supplier.
Source: Independant Online
September 03, 2005
Pastor: God Destroyed New Orleans
Is the recent hurricane something to celebrate? Reverend William Shanks, pastor of the New Covenant Fellowship of New Orleans seems to think so;
"New Orleans now is abortion free. New Orleans now is Mardi Gras free. New Orleans now is free of Southern Decadence and the sodomites, the witchcraft workers, false religion - it's free of all of those things now" said Rev. Bill Shanks, pastor of New Covenant Fellowship of New Orleans, and he continued; "One Category 5 hurricane coming up the river will take care of all Sodomite marriages ... I believe this will open the floodgate for God to bring judgment on our land."
Source: Workbench, Agape Press
"New Orleans now is abortion free. New Orleans now is Mardi Gras free. New Orleans now is free of Southern Decadence and the sodomites, the witchcraft workers, false religion - it's free of all of those things now" said Rev. Bill Shanks, pastor of New Covenant Fellowship of New Orleans, and he continued; "One Category 5 hurricane coming up the river will take care of all Sodomite marriages ... I believe this will open the floodgate for God to bring judgment on our land."
Source: Workbench, Agape Press
Homeland Security bans Red Cross
As the National Guard delivered food to the New Orleans convention center yesterday, American Red Cross officials said that federal emergency management authorities would not allow them into New Orleans.
"The Homeland Security Department has requested and continues to request that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans," said Renita Hosler, spokeswoman for the Red Cross.
Calls to the Department of Homeland Security and its subagency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, were not returned yesterday
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"The Homeland Security Department has requested and continues to request that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans," said Renita Hosler, spokeswoman for the Red Cross.
Calls to the Department of Homeland Security and its subagency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, were not returned yesterday
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
New Orleans: Rescue or Combat Operation?
According to the Army Times, combat operations are underway on the streets "to take this city back" in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. While some fight the insurgency in the city, other carry on with rescue and evacuation operations. Helicopters are still pulling hundreds of stranded people from rooftops of flooded homes.
"This place is going to look like Little Somalia," Brig. Gen. Gary Jones, commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s Joint Task Force told Army Times Friday as hundreds of armed troops under his charge prepared to launch a massive city-wide security mission from a staging area outside the Louisiana Superdome. "We’re going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control."
Source: Army Times
"This place is going to look like Little Somalia," Brig. Gen. Gary Jones, commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s Joint Task Force told Army Times Friday as hundreds of armed troops under his charge prepared to launch a massive city-wide security mission from a staging area outside the Louisiana Superdome. "We’re going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control."
Source: Army Times
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