AQ has an outpost even in this remote and inhospitable region. In the tradition of Muhammad himself, AQIM relies on kidnapping and brigandage to finance its efforts.
Magharebia: Al Qaeda launches indoctrination campaign along Mali-Mauritania border
By Jemal Oumar for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 05/08/11
Members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) launched a new push to spread their violent ideology among residents of the Sahel in recent days, as the terror group seeks to recover from successive defeats by Mauritanian and Malian security forces.
Young Mauritanian Sidi Mohamed, a resident of Bassiknou, trades with the villages of northern Mali and has social ties to residents of the region. He told Magharebia that many of his relatives have run into al-Qaeda lectures while trading in Mali, particularly at weekly markets.
“Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has been organising exhortatory and religious lectures that end with inviting people to engage in holy war, especially the young people,” Mohamed said.
Mohamed added, “The lectures started being organised just before the latest attack of the Mauritanian army. But after the attack of the army on al-Qaeda in the Wagadou Forest, it carried on organising lectures, and what was surprising, is that the lectures were taking place close to the Malian military barracks, and even in front of the Malian gendarmerie at a few meters away sometimes”.
During a telephone conversation with Magharebia, Oumar Ould Brahim said he too witnessed some of the terrorist lectures while working as a trader at the weekly markets along the Malian border.
“All the lectures organised by al-Qaeda were within Malian territory, and specifically in the Tichift Market, where a battalion of six cars was present, while seven other cars kept doing exhibition tours for those who were present,” Ould Brahim said.
“But al-Qaeda members did not have the courage to organise their lectures within the Mauritanian border,” he added.
He also said that in the village of Zweira, 270km from of Bassiknou, “some elements of the armed organisation came at around 9am, and asked the crowd in the market to gather up and listen to the lecture”.
“They were asking people to engage in jihad and read poems for Osama bin Laden, for his jihad in the name of God, and they were asking young Mauritanians ‘Why don’t you give yourself to God and struggle in his name’,” he said, noting that some of the terrorists were carrying camcorders.
“In a Malian village called Laranp, al-Qaeda gave a lecture to the residents and the people visiting the weekly market just 700 metres from the barracks of the Malian gendarmerie, as they were watching the elements of the armed organisation from the balconies of the building,” Ould Brahim said. He suggested it represented a “lack of seriousness” from the Malian authorities in combating al-Qaeda.
[…]
Bechir Ould Babana, a specialist in terrorist groups, said that the AQIM presence in Mali “is no longer a matter of debate because all the residents of those areas are witnesses of it”.
Also see:
- Reuters: Al Qaeda retreats from west Mali camps: military sources
- Magharebia: Mauritanian fighters appear in al-Qaeda video
Al-Qaeda is trying to take advantage of Ramadan to win new recruits after a series of recent defeats in the region.
Note: The previous thread was rescheduled for Monday at 8:00 PM EST.
Tags: AQIM, Mali, Mauritania, North Africa
It is easy to see why the modern Democrat Party gets along with these guys so well. After all, the ruinous taxation that the Left wants to inflict on the Middle Class is effectively a form of brigandage.
@ Iron Fist:
These guys are part of the coalition against Qaddafi. No wonder Obama likes them!
@ Rodan:
Lovely. Yeah, we knew that we werer fighting for al Qaeda in Libya. I don’t know why the Republicans are being such pussies about it. They should be screaming! This is not only a war of choice, it is a war where we are choosing the wrong side. And a real war for oil. Oil for France, of course, which makes it OK. I despise the Left.
Iron Fist wrote:
I am still waiting for a repudiation from the nobel committee of imam obama.
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-10-09/world/nobel.peace.prize_1_norwegian-nobel-committee-international-diplomacy-and-cooperation-nuclear-weapons?_s=PM:WORLD
Especially in hindsight, but even then reality is easily confused with what must have been an Onion spoof.
Iron Fist wrote:
The Republicans are Eunchs. Plus too many Republicans automatically support going war without thinking. We easily could have destroyed Obama over this war, but no The GOP elites have never met a war they never liked.
Wow. Slow day…
@ Iron Fist:
I mthink it was the thread confusion. I’m sure it will pick up.
@ Iron Fist:
This should make you feel better…
WaPo Poll: 44% Say They Will Definitely Not Vote To Reelect Obama, Only 20% Say They Will…
The picture is priceless, LOL!
zero is -22 today at Ras.
His massive fail is catching up to him.
This story can’t be true, Al Queda im Mali? Puleeze
What Al Queda? There is no Al Queda.
There was an Al Queda under Bush, but not Obama.
His fabulousness & Muslim outreach made them all
lay down hetre arms & plan bake sales.
@ RIX:
We have always been at war with Eastasia!
m wrote:
ROFL.
He looks like he sat on a cucumber.
(One that he didn’t know was there.)
ha ha ha
@ chickadee:
LOL! Don’t he?! “eeeeeeeeeeeeeek”
Rodan wrote:
Yes we have, they are the eternal enemy.
Kathryn Bigelow denies White House favouritism over Bin Laden filmDirector refutes claims Obama administration granted access to details of Bin Laden raid in effort to boost re-election prospects
They really think we’re that stupid.
Well, the market is currently up 200 points, but near as I can tell nothing is being reported in real time, all quotes are subject to delay.
@ m:
Looks like he found IceWeasel’s strap-on
Way ot but exciting news:
Way ot but exciting news:
http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/ap/us_med_gene_therapy_leukemia
@ Iron Fist:
He must be hanging out at Daedalus, LOL!
@ 4_Sticks:
WoW
Oh God, this is sick.
@ 4_Sticks:
interesting….. OTOH in obama’s brave new world, I wonder if as a white middle-class, middle aged tax-payer, if I will be disqualified from such treatments as obamacare kicks in.
@ citizen_q:
Was thinking the exact same thing … a cure but too broke to get it or further study stalls due to ‘economic downturn’ … or both.
m wrote:
Yes, it is. I admire certain aspects of Chinese culture, but there is lots to be concerned about. Don’t they also in almost a factory like atmosphere harvest the organs of prisoners that are executed for transplant? I have read accounts where the the prisoners are even given drugs to prepare their organs for harvesting.
Odd that only 3 people participated.
@ Iron Fist:
I see that Megyn kelly has returned to work at
FNC.
I’ll bet that she continues to tempt Ludwig with her
prvocative dress & blowing him kisses.
This is nothing but a right wing conspiracy to
distract that climate change warrior from his duties.
m wrote:
omg.
This paragraph is horrifying:
The Korean team acquired the dead baby capsules and ran DNA tests on it. The test results reportedly indicated the pills were 99.7 percent human. The test also found hair and nail remnants, and even the gender of the baby could be identified. The process will be aired with visuals in the SBS TV documentary on Aug. 6, 2011 in South Korea.
@ citizen_q:
I watched them round up suspected traitors, yank ‘em from their home, toss ‘em into an army truck and then put a bullet in their skulls – all the while wealthy Euros were waiting at a close by hospital for warm fresh organs to be delivered. Like waiting for the bakery to open for some hot rolls. Forgot which of the ‘big 3′ news channels ran this but it was amazing and sickening to watch…
@ m:
I now feel sick…good G_d.
4_Sticks wrote:
This treatment won’t be available under obama Care.
At least not to most proles.
Just imagine the graft and favoritism in obama Care.
All animals are equal but some are more equal.
If you aren’t someone, don’t know someone or don’t have bribe money, you will suffer.
chickadee wrote:
On the positive side, this probably means Al Sharpton will finally be able to buy some real hair…
@ 4_Sticks:
I know, I’m sorry – I was just stunned.
@ doriangrey:
LOL, did you see him TRYING to read the prompter yesterday?
He needs to take lessons from zero. . . . ha ha ha
doriangrey wrote:
He will never be rich enough to buy a clean soul, nor will jesse “shakdown” down jackson.
@ RIX:
Yeah, Lewd Pig is quite the case study in misogyny, ain’t he? I still think they need to check his freezer for missing hookers and/or co-eds. The dude just ain’t right…
m wrote:
Next -
Soylent Green
Man the market is soooo fucked up right now, all of my tickers are showing me something completely different.
Yet again, truth stranger than fiction. I immediately thought ‘“Soylent Green” too but this isn’t even for survival – its marketed as a “stamina booster”, like these energy drinks we see advertised here in the west.
chickadee wrote:
What’s truly funny is that now that they have him, how will ms-lsd be able to rid themselves of him?
chickadee wrote:
Yup, saw that, Al exposed himself as the fool and hack that most of us always knew he is.
Iron Fist wrote:
You know , he actually does seem batshit ceazy enough.
There is something really disturbing about him.
chickadee wrote:
Graft and favoritism are two of the main products of a Leftist system. You can look at the former Soviet Union to see that on display. The Left would turn us into that kind of society, and call it good. Fro them, it would be good, because they would be the special people. That is the real goal of Leftism: the elevation of the Elite to an untouchable status above that enjoyed by kings and princes of old. They are the true reactionaries, and they call themselves progressive…
@ Iron Fist:
LOL !! “…when neighbors began complaining about a foul stench …”
citizen_q wrote:
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are like the fools in the Pumkinhead movies. They wanted revenge on “Whitey” so bad they knowingly and willingly sold their souls to hell, knowing full well what that meant, to set Pumkinhead after “Whitey”.
@ RIX:
I hope that ihe is just letting his unbridaled fantasy self out on the internet (which is disturbing enough). I hope he never acts on this shit, but how do you know? I mean, he is Jack-the-Ripper-chopping-up-hookers nutbag crazy. I imagine that he is creepy in the meat-world too. I’ve only ever met one guy that creeped me out, but I suspect Lewd Pig would be number two were I to meet him in the flesh…
@ m:
Do you blame them? They have 40-44% of the population convinced Obama is an awesome President and that the Economy is booming!
@ citizen_q:
@ doriangrey:
It was truly pathetic. He was completely lost.
Never has there been such a classic ‘deer in the headlights’ expression on someone’s face.
I hope they keep him. His race baiting, insane leftist b.s strengthens our position.
Most people can see he is a circus clown/buffoon.
Rodan wrote:
Watching the market today, I have never seen it behave like it is today before. I honestly suspect that there is a degree of manipulation going on that is full on criminal. It has the stench of Barry Soetoro all over it.
chickadee wrote:
Back in the old days, when the Fifth Column Treasonous Media still had their mask of objectivity and integrity on, a performance like that would have been Al’s last appearance on television.
@ m:
No, its cool. It is what it is – reality. I’d rather know than not know.
doriangrey wrote:
That would have to be pretty far back doncha think, on a couple of accounts, objectivity, and ability to fire an affirmative action hire based on performance.
Iron Fist wrote:
Absolutely correct and just look how far zero has dragged us, kicking and screaming, in this direction in just 2 and 1/2 years. Promising gov’t aid and answers to all for all things, he is setting up the foundation for a collapse of the free market system. He is a power hungry, vindictive pos. If he gets his way, he will be worse than Stalin. King Barack, indeed.
@ chickadee:
Most people can see he is a circus clown/buffoon.
Back in the Rodney King days I worked in a place where I was the only Caucasian. We had a TV on 24/7 for news etc. It always did my heart good to hear my co-workers yell at the TV whenever Jackson came on as ‘spokesman for black American’. “You don’t speak for me asshole…” etc.
@ chickadee:
Are we sure he wasn’t the guy trying to jump off of Rockefeller Center?
//
@ Iron Fist:
Yeah, I think actually knowing Ludwig would be a
creep show.
Hide the women, children & small animals.
doriangrey wrote:
True. And furthermore back in the old days of a civil society, sharpton would have been considered a joke. The town imbecile. The village idiot. He would have been sweeping floors in a tavern on the wrong side of the tracks bending the ears of drunken bums with his b.s.
Never would he have been elevated to a position as spokesman for anyone.
Our depraved and decaying culture has allowed fcks like this to creep in, in the name of fairness, equality and tolerance. . . . for utter stupidity.
@ doriangrey:
This is beyond the Plungers.
@ chickadee:
Imagine where we would be if not for the ‘net. Then again its a scary thought to think of how easy this too can come to an end. Cable and phone co’s are hemorrhaging right now. And its not all about competition – peeps are ending their service to save money. Our infrastructure is already in bad shape in many locations. The big telecommunication cos maintain the lines/poles/dishes/sats which bring the ‘net into our homes. If the Stalin types decide we are getting too much news for our own good … well, not hard to imagine.
I read a report that jihadists are using the technology to insight more rioting in England. Not hard to imagine the plug being pulled.
I’m old enough to remember a song called ‘Locomotive Breath’ by Jethro Tull. Change a few of the lyrics and its a perfect song for the times.
@ 4_Sticks:
Alot of Blacks hate Jesse Jackson. They view him as an Overseer. He is really a creation of White Progressives.
Rodan wrote:
Ummm…wouldn’t that make him a House Negro?
T e h COOOL
US Military Launches Falcon HTV-2, Fastest Plane Ever Produced
@ m:
M, too late to make up for the baby pills LOL !!!!
Rodan wrote:
Way way beyond. I’m so pissed off right now I hope the market falls into a fucking black hole and ends up at -11,000…
@ m:
BTW, anyone ever tell ya ya gotta a nice iris ?
m wrote:
When we “can’t afford” this sort of thing, we should just pack it up and turn out the lights. It’s stuff like this that makes us what we are…..which is why he libs want to defund it.
“They’re canceling or forgoing cable and satellite TV subscriptions in record numbers, according to an analysis by The Associated Press of the companies’ quarterly earnings reports.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-record-numbers-cancelling-cable-satellite-tv-service-20110810,0,5039580.story
@ Macker:
Him, Sharpton and Obama are House Negroes.
@ 4_Sticks:
People can’t afford it no more. Plus you can get stuff online.
“…and the train it wouldn’t slow down, no it wouldn’t slow down”.
@ 4_Sticks:
Yeah, right?! LOL!
4_Sticks wrote:
When Americans can no longer afford their cable/satellite TV, you know the situation is getting bad.
See tfk’s post on Iron Fists post on Fast and Furious.
Do we know any one who can be in Flagstaff Az tonight to ask a question of U.S. Atty for AZ Dennis K. Burke?
We need to force these thug DOJ atty’s out in the open.
MacDuff wrote:
They lost telemetry soon after separation. Not good.
@ chickadee:
Not kicking and screaming if you ask me. More like RAPE.
@ taxfreekiller:
Notice the media is ignoring this story now?
Rodan wrote:
As a kid, I actually witnessed one of his first
extortion shake downs.
Now of course he is an accomplished extortionist.
m wrote:
ROTFLMAO… Oh please……….. This isn’t the first test flight of this aircraft. Those of us in the Aerospace industry have been watching the “Secret” test flights of this craft for 4 or 5 years now.
It’s original secret flight test name was “Project Aurora” those of us in the “know” always knew when we were seeing fly because of it’s very distinct contrail. —I—I—I—I— it’s contrail is unofficially called, “The string of Pearls”. It’s main engines are called scramjet engines, and it leaves a string of pearls contrail because the scramjet “Gulps” air.
The Air Force has been flying it over California’s Chocolate Mountains (The Chocolate Mountains are a highly restricted US Air Force Reservation) for years now. It’s a Skunkworks project so it comes in from Area 51 and it’s flight path just happens to be right over where I live.
I have picture of it’s contrail stashed away somewhere, dozens of pictures I should add.
@ MacDuff:
@ Mike C.:
ROTFLMAO… This is just the “Public” announcement. This plane has been in the works since the mid 80′s. The skunkworks has been test flying it since 2005 or 2006.
IIRC, this isn’t the scramjet. This was announced as the second test of a glider.
Satanic Soros Sued By Ex-Girlfriend For Beating, Choking, Fraud
That’s creepy. Him and her. *shudder*
doriangrey wrote:
Well, when the
@ Rodan:
My point is that as revenues drop maintenance /’infrastructure’ may deteriorate as a result. Some Verizon strikers are allegedly destroying lines – no maintenance or not enough workers/ $ to keep up with repairs etc., people get pissed off and cancel or just decide its not worth the $ as the dollar declines. These lines are the life blood of the ‘net for many. I had big problems last year getting my service restored. No ‘real news’ for weeks at a time.
Hmm. The last scramjet (the X51-A “Waverider”) test was in late July. Air Force program. Today’s launch was the HTV-2, a DARPA project, not powered except by the launch system.
Carney: Unemployment Benefits Could Create Up To 1 Million Jobs
Well hell, just fire everybody and everyone will have a job!
(?)
doriangrey wrote:
Well when the F117 was used in the first Gulf War, I thought it was way cool….then I heard it was in development for decades. It’s probably good that they glide this stuff from us, the great unwashed.
Ever wonder why California is so broke?
Mike C. wrote:
Pay attention Mike, gliders do not fly at 16,000 mph.
Before I got laid off I worked in the aerospace industry, specifically in DARPA funded carbon-composite technology research and development.
@ m:
Just the thought of Soros in bed with a woman, of any kind, is enough to make me toss my ccokies. There are some mental images I can do without.
@ Rodan:
Where I started was the comment about O/Stalin. If they decided to keep us ignorant, this wouldn’t be a bad time to do it and blame it on other factors. May be a stretch but if history had taught us anything …
(no, not a reference to Michael Corleone
I’m only on my 2nd cup of Joe so …
/cobwebs
@ MacDuff:
I know… *passes the brain floss*
@ m:
He’s quite likely going to end up in Episode XIX….
@ doriangrey:
What about a drop ship?
@ m:
That’s what Socialism does.
MacDuff wrote:
It’s like that line from the movie “Independence Day” “Julius Levinson: You don’t actually think they spend $20,000.00 on a hammer, $30,000.00 on a toilet seat do you?”
@ m:
No shocker there.
Do a headline!
@ m:
@ Rodan:
Good Lord….
@ m:
He went off when she, yet again, threw up in her mouth just a little after he disrobed before her while the bedside lamp was still on.
@ 4_Sticks:
Obama is a 3rd World Demagogue.
New Thread.
Swedish Child Gets Swastika Tattoo with Fast Food Kids Meal
Shipping mix-up to the paleostinkians? /
@ doriangrey:
Interesting, but I guess I’m missing the joke here.
Why is this so funny that you’re rolling on the floor laughing your ass off about it?
@ citizen_q:
No, the swastika is a Buddhist symbol, pre-dating Hitler’s use of it by a few thousand years.
@ doriangrey:
I guess I’m wondering what’s so funny here, too.
Why is this so funny that you’re rolling on the floor laughing your ass off about it?
What’s the joke?
Macker wrote:
Depends on whether it’s a powered or unpowered test.
OK, here’s your basic reality, unless your engine is a scramjet, no rocket motor can achieve 16,700 mph from a drop ship because the drop ship cant carry enough fuel. If they could we would have been launching orbital vehicles as drop ship since the 70′s.
Orbital velocity is 17,500 mph. Scramjet’s have a estimated maximum velocity of around 23,700 mph.
doriangrey wrote:
Precisely.
@ doriangrey:
That’s odd – DARPA apparently thinks it a glider.
http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2011/2011/08/09_HYPERSONIC_AIRCRAFT_READY_FOR_LAUNCH.aspx
http://www.darpa.mil/Flight%20Overview%20slide–UPDATED%20as%20of%2029%20Jul%2011.html
Eliana wrote:
Did you notice the part where “Secret” was in parentheses? They (Skunkworks) have been daytime flying this thing right out in the open under everyone’s nose since 2005 or 2006. From New Mexico, across Arizona up California, across Nevada and Colorado and back to New Mexico. Every couple of months during the middle of the afternoon in plain sight for everyone to see.
All anyone had to do is look up. How many aircraft have you ever seen that flying at 100,000+ feet can go from horizon to horizon in under 10 seconds?
Yes, it really is funny, hidden in plain sight for years…
@ doriangrey:
It’s not that funny.
Rolling on the floor laughing your ass off in someone’s face about a news story is overdoing it (even if the news story is late in coming out).
How many people (in their day to day lives) notice airplanes that are flying 100,000 feet above them whether they zoom from horizon to horizon or not?
The information is interesting but it’s not so hysterically funny that it warrants bursting out laughing in someone’s face.
Perhaps you should watch “Cheers” reruns and see how Cliffy handles this situation.
Mike C. wrote:
No, you are just misunderstanding what they are saying. When they talk about it being a “Glide test” they are talking about the “Glide portion” of the test. They are telling you about aspects of the test, their just not telling the public every aspect of the test.
Think critically about what you know about the Aerospace industry. Think about the U2, the SR-71 or the F117. Kelly Johnson and the Skunkworks started designing the SR-71 back in 1954, you really honestly think it’s first flight wasn’t until 1964? I’ll give you a hint, 1957.
The F117 was started in 1971, you really think it’s first flight wasn’t until 1981? No, it’s first test flights were way back in 1976 or 77.
There are no little green men or crashed alien spaceships at Area 51, and all those UFO sightings, those are classified experimental aircraft test flights.
These press announcements are a form of disinformation, half-truths and misdirections designed to lead peoples thinking in the wrong direction. As they used to say on “The X-Files” The Truth is out there, all you have to do is look up to see it.
Well, if it’s all disinformation, then there’s no reason to believe anything was tested today. It’s going to be tricky to figure out why the non-tst failed.
You do understand the objective of this maybe/maybe not vehicle, yes?
Mike C. wrote:
Yea, I guess your right, what the fuck would I know? It’s not like I ever worked on this shit.
Well, you’re the one telling me that entire DARPA page is a fabrication. I suppose all the info I’ve seen over the last couple of years on the X51-A program is bogus, too. All I have to go on is the information I can access.
What I do know is that we’ve had the basic capabilty to carry out quick, long-distance strikes for a very long time, but can’t use them. And that these programs were instituted to find an alternative that could be used.
Mike C. wrote:
You do know the meaning of the phrase “Half-truth” right? You do understand that DARPA is an acronym right? Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency??? Think about that Mike, You really think they are going to publicly post 100 percent truthful and accurate information that agents of hostile countries can freely access?
It’s obvious that you posses an intelligent and somewhat cynical mind, use a little critical reasoning here. Although I am laughing my ass off over this, I’m not telling you or anyone else anything that any nations hostile to the United States don’t already know.
Hell I worked on this project and what I did was sooo compartmentalized that there is no doubt in my mind that the Russians and the Chinese know more about it than I do.
@ doriangrey:
It’s a shame that you see your experience as a weapon to be wielded with derision on a friendly blog.
chickadee wrote:
This is cannibalism.
[...] m, Pat Dollard, Fox [...]
m wrote:
I just submitted that as an open thread.
Soros nauseates me.
I don’t claim to know whether the charges against Soros are true, but whether they are or not, this lawsuit could scarcely have happened to a more deserving individual. He has committed far more evil actions than what he is accused of here.