"Terrorists Claim U.K. Plane Attack," from AP, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Britain's government said Monday that 10 of its military personnel were missing and presumed dead following the downing of a military transport plane north of Baghdad on Iraq's election day.An Iraqi militant group claimed responsibility for shooting down the plane in an Internet statement.
If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the biggest single loss of British lives since the start of the Iraq war. The previous highest number was eight.
In a statement on an Islamic Web site, Ansar al-Islam claimed its fighters tracked the aircraft, "which was flying at a low altitude, and fired an anti-tank missile at it." The plane was flying from Baghdad to the town of Balad, where the U.S. military has an air base.
"Thanks be to God, the plane was downed and a huge fire and black clouds of smoke were seen rising from the location of the crash," said the statement posted Sunday.
Was the UFO[missile] Russian/American/Chinese
Was the UFO[missile] Russian/American/Chinese
Posted by: shiva at January 31, 2005 09:56 AM
DOES THAT REALLY MATER OR THAT THESE SICK F-CKS HAVE SOME??
January 31, 2005
Kuwait catches Islamic Terrorist??
Kerry still lost!!
In Iraq seams that the Islamic terrorist used a boy with Down syndrome to blow himself up?? One of the women who was injured said first I go vote before she would go to the hospital??
Steve Hairgan from Fox News said he didn’t go to Iraq to cover the Story because he thought it would be a non event? He went on to say he was wrong that he had misjudged the Iraqi People?
Baby born yesterday in Iraq was a good thing to see she was wrapped in a sponge bob Blanket!!
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/30/82500.shtml
Iraqis Defy Attackers in Historic Election
NewsMax.com Wires
Monday, Jan. 31, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis embraced democracy in large numbers Sunday, standing in long lines to vote in defiance of mortar attacks, suicide bombers and boycott calls. Pushed in wheelchairs or carts if they couldn't walk, the elderly, the young and women in veils cast ballots in Iraq's first free election in a half-century.
Iraqi election officials said it might take 10 days to determine the vote's winner and said they had no firm estimate of turnout among the 14 million eligible voters. The ticket endorsed by the Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was the pre-voting favorite. Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's slate was also considered strong.
"We broke a barrier of fear," said Mijm Towirish, an election official
FOR ALL THOSE BUT”T MONKEYS OUT THERE!! WELL WE HAD THE KOREAN WAR WHEN?? WE STILL HAVE TROOPS THERE MAYBE IT IS TIME TO BRING THOSE 37,000 HOME AND ALL OUR STUFF TOO??
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TROOPS IN EUROPE BECAUSE OF WW2 AND THE COLD WAR AREN’T THOSE WARS OVER AND HOW LONG NOW MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING THOSE GUYS HOME TOO!!
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/1/30/104654.shtml
Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005 10:44 a.m. EST
Dean: 'I Hate Republicans'
The front-runner in the race to head up the so-called party of compassion and understanding said unabashedly on Saturday that he "hates" the opposition.
"I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for," former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean told Democrats gathered at a Manhattan hotel, in quotes picked up by the New York Daily News. He and six other candidates came to address the final DNC forum before the Feb. 12 vote for chairman.
Dean said that despite his hatred for the GOP, he "admires" their discipline and their organization.
But he cautioned his Democratic audience that their party shouldn't become "Republican lite."
"We can talk about our faith, but we cannot change our faith," he said. "We need to be people of conviction."
YEA DEFENDING FREEDOM IS A HARD THING TO DO!!
AND HE STILL LOST!!
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/31/93900.shtml
Critics Pressure Mexican Federal Prosecutor
NewsMax.com Wires
Monday, Jan. 31, 2005
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- The prosecutor assigned by Mexico's attorney general to investigate the slayings of hundreds of women in this border city has failed to bring the true culprits to justice despite recent convictions, victims' relatives say.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/30/164128.shtml
The State Department issued the travel alert last week, telling Americans that violent crime, including murder and kidnapping, had increased along the Mexican side of the border.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/30/211250.shtml
Faith-Based Groups Oppose Immigration Bill
NewsMax.com Wires
Monday, Jan. 31, 2005
WASHINGTON - Several faith-based groups oppose a Republican-sponsored immigration and border security bill that could move quickly through the House with a spending package for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Other religious groups opposing the asylum changes are the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and World Relief, a program of the National Association of Evangelicals. They are joined by Human Rights First and Amnesty International.
Sensenbrenner's bill had 115 co-sponsors, including one Democrat, as of Monday.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/31/102432.shtml
The bureau's mess - the subject of an investigation by the Justice Department and an upcoming congressional hearing - was the latest black eye among ambitious technology upgrades by the government since the 1990s.
HMMM 90s UNDER WHO??
http://www.wealthdaily.net/promos/pure_energy.html
What WOULD THE Press say today if they were covering the WW2 war? Would they report all the deaths 400,000 and how many injured and talk about how those Europeans were not worth dieing for? What about the cost to rebuild Europe would they want us to Leave? NOW REMEMBER THE ISLAMIC TERRORIST AND FRIENDS ARE MUCH WORSE THAN THE NAZIS?? Remember states that sponsor the Islamic terrorist have a goal this is their army to change your laws to make it easier to take you over to live as a Dimmi or kill you or convert you !!
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/27/92223.shtml
Palestinian Authority Issues Weapons Ban
GET THE BUTT MONKEY READY!!
DID ANY BODY SEE THE VIDIEO OF MUBARAK YELLING AND FINGER POINTING AT ABBAS??
Okay al-jizzi is showing to be with the Islamic terrorist and shows the downing of the C130?? HOW MUCH MORE ARE WE GOING TO TAKE??
THINK of Tokyo Rose would we have taken her out if we could have??
I know that the men liked the music BUT!!
TIME to take out al jizzi or the Sat where it is being fed from you can’t tell me that the sat owners can not change their code so they can not broad cast???
Part of the American Tribe
Squirrel Hunter
Spider Killer
God Bless the USA and her Fighting Forces and ALL who Fight with her give them Strength, Wisdom, Sight, and Courage to stay the course to FREEDOM to Destroy ALL Islamic Terrorist and ALL who Dupport them Open the Worlds Eyes to their Threat give the World Courage to Stand Up and Fight this Evil Amen
DOES THAT REALLY MATER OR THAT THESE SICK F-CKS HAVE SOME??
A good comment!!!!! spider killer
13 August 2003
Proliferation of MANPADS and the threat to civil aviation
The threat to civil aviation from manportable air defence systems (MANPADS) was illustrated in last November's failed attack on an Israeli airliner departing Kenya's Mombasa airport. As JTIC noted at the time, the attack was not an isolated incident - terrorists have targeted airliners using MANPADS and other stand-off weapons since the 1970s. Thomas Withington looks at the illicit proliferation of MANPADS and the likelihood of their further use by the world's terrorist and insurgent groups.
The missile attack on an Israeli Arkia Airlines Boeing 757-300 on November 28 provided a stark illustration of the threat posed to civil aviation from terrorists armed with MANPADS. The use of two Russian SA-7 (aka K32M 'Strela-2') MANPADS demonstrated that the proliferation of such weapons is still a major cause of concern.
The Mombasa attack is, of course, not the first time terrorists have targeted civil aviation with MANPADS - such weapons have been used to down civilian aircraft as far afield as Africa, South America, the Balkans and Chechnya.
Proliferation of MANPADS
It is now believed that MANPADS form part of the arsenal of weapons available to almost 30 insurgent and terrorist groups worldwide, their apparent proliferation on the black market making them relatively easy and, depending on the model in question, cheap to acquire.
In December last year, International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan were reportedly offered FIM-92A `Stinger' MANPADS at a cost of US$250,000 each. The Stinger was widely distributed by the CIA among rebel Mujahideen groups fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan during the 1980s, and proved lethal against both fixed- and rotary-wing targets. Given the weapon's record against agile military aircraft - at least 270 confirmed kills - the threat that such an advanced system poses to much slower civil aviation is obvious. Conservative estimates state that at least 100 such missiles are still in the country out of around 900 originally supplied.
The Stinger's reputation as an effective anti-aircraft weapon obscures the fact that many other far more numerous types of MANPAD are available to terrorists, most of which are likely to prove equally as great a threat to civil aviation in the correct circumstances.
The problem of proliferation is exacerbated by weapons such as the SA-7, which is built under licence in several countries. Furthermore, systems like the SA-7 are significantly cheaper to purchase on the black market than Western MANPADS such as Stinger. Prices for an SA-7 missile can be as low as US$5,000. Sadly, the sheer numbers of MANPADS produced by Soviet-bloc states during the Cold War has made it very difficult to produce an accurate assessment of how many weapons may be available. One estimate talks of `tens of thousands' of SA-7 missiles in circulation.
At first glance, the proliferation of MANPADS seems to create a nightmarish vision in which all civilian aircraft are threatened by, and defenceless from, such weapons. However, their use against a civilian aircraft is not as simple as the `fire-and-forget' catchphrase earned by the Stinger would suggest. During the attack in Kenya, the fact that the missiles failed to strike suggests operator inexperience or a fault in the missile's guidance system. Reports have also circulated that the Israeli aircraft may have been fitted with anti-missile countermeasures.
Hitting the target is made more difficult by MANPADS requiring the operator to track the target while manually directing the missile's flight - so called `command-to-line-of-sight' weapons. The British Army learnt these limitations during the Falklands War in 1982 when using the `Blowpipe' MANPADS. Even Stinger, widely thought to be one of the easiest MANPADS to operate, has its limitations. The CIA experienced considerable difficulty teaching the basics of such a weapon to the Mujahideen, many of whom were illiterate.
The operator must take ground `clutter' into account when firing a heat-seeking MANPADS. If some missiles are fired too close to the ground, they can be distracted by other heat sources. One complaint allegedly voiced about the SA-7 by Mujahedin in Afghanistan was that when fired, the missiles would occasionally fly towards the sun rather than the target aircraft. Furthermore, some MANPADS, including the SA-7, leave a visible, white vapour trail which can easily betray the position of the launcher.
Range to target is also an important consideration. The closer the range, the less opportunity the missile will have to correct its flightpath if ground clutter, countermeasures, or other 'distractions' result in a temporary loss of target acquisition. Therefore, launching the weapon from very close range does not necessarily guarantee a hit.
Even if the missile finds its target, there is no guarantee that it will be destroyed, especially if the target is a large commercial airliner. Building regulations for aircraft jet engines insist that the engine is surrounded by an armoured envelope to contain the core during an explosion. The problem of achieving a hit after the first launch is aggravated by modern `high-bypass' airliner engines, which have a much cooler exhaust than the high-performance military jets or helicopters.
However, there are many attractions for attacking a civilian airliner with MANPADS. Firstly, because of the ranges of MANPADS (between 500 - 5,500 metres for the SA-7; and 1,000m - 8,000m for the Stinger) an operative can be stationed some distance from the airport and away from its security staff. A successful attack by a MANPADS against a civilian airliner flying into or out of a city could have the added impact of causing heavy, secondary casualties on the ground. Whilst some experts point to the finite `self-life' of MANPADS missiles, a technically proficient terrorist group would probably be able to replace perishable components, such as the battery for the electronic systems, with home-made equivalents. The life of the missiles is enhanced as they are shipped in sealed containers designed to protect the missile when it is deployed in the field. It has been said that under ideal conditions, the lifespan of some MANPADS missiles can extend to over 20 years