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Archive for August, 2010
Corrupt prisons in Mexico
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 22/Aug/2010 13:51
“At the heart of the problem is the river of bribes coursing through Mexican jails, from the few pesos inmates pay each day to get food and toilet paper to the fortunes that jailed drug lords pay to live in luxury or escape when they please.
“The authorities no longer control the prisons — the drug lords do,” said Pedro Arellano, a veteran prisoner rights activist. “The prisons have become officials’ petty cash box.”
In many of Mexico’s overcrowded prisons, drug suspects use money and influence to run their businesses from the inside, and to recruit new cartel members among fellow inmates.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/corrupt-insecure-prisons-undermine.html
A list of the the worst attacks since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 22/Aug/2010 13:48
“Below are some of the worst attacks since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006 and declared war on powerful drug cartels. Some 28,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence since then.
* Aug 18, 2010 – The body of the mayor of Santiago, a colonial tourist town near Monterrey, was dumped on a rural road, two days after he was taken from his home. Calderon condemned the killing of Edelmiro Cavazos, the latest attack on public officials in an escalating drug war.
* July 18, 2010 – Gunmen burst into a birthday party in the northern city of Torreon, using automatic weapons to kill 17 party-goers and wound 18 others. Mexican authorities later said those responsible were incarcerated cartel hitmen who were let out of jail by corrupt officials. The killers allegedly borrowed weapons and vehicles from prison guards and later returned to their cells.
* July 15, 2010 – A 22-pound (10-kilo) car bomb killed four people in Ciudad Juarez in a blast that was detonated by cell phone, the first such attack since Calderon took office.
* June 28, 2010 – Suspected cartel hitmen shot and killed a popular gubernatorial candidate in the northern state of Tamaulipas in the worst cartel attack on a politician to date. Rodolfo Torre, 46, and four aides from the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, were ambushed on their way to a campaign event for the July 4 state election.
* June 11, 2010 – Two dozen heavily armed gunmen burst into a drug rehabilitation clinic in the northern city of Chihuahua and killed 19 addicts, ranging in age from 18 to 25.
* March 28, 2010 – Gunmen in northwestern Durango state killed 10 people, as young as 8 years old, after the pick-up truck they were traveling in sped through a roadblock on an isolated highway in the drug-producing “Golden Triangle” region.
* March 13, 2010 – Hitmen killed three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez in March, provoking “outrage” from U.S. President Barack Obama.
* January 31, 2010 – Suspected cartel hitmen killed 13 high school students and two adults at a party in Ciudad Juarez.
* September 15, 2008 – Suspected members of the Zetas drug gang tossed grenades into a crowd celebrating Mexico’s independence day in the western city of Morelia, killing eight people and wounding more than 100.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/factbox-worst-attacks-in-mexicos-drug.html
4 members of the Michoacan Family cartel have been captured in the state of Nuevo Leon -for the first time
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 22/Aug/2010 13:45
“In an exclusive military operation led by the Mexican Army, military elements stormed a rural residential complex in the municipality of Santiago, Nuevo Leon where they arrested four alleged members of the Michoacan Family (LFM) and seized weapons, communication equipment and vehicles.
This event has been marked as the first time members of the Michoacan Family cartel have been captured in the state of Nuevo Leon.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/mexican-army-detains-4-members-of-la.html
Threats to Mexican clergy: by Los Zetas, government authorities, mafias trafficking people
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 22/Aug/2010 13:43
“One day we found an iguana in the office. It had a paper tied to its tail that said: “Do not mess with us. That was the first time they threatened us,” complained the priest Blas Alvarado, pastor of Tenosique, Tabasco, in southeastern Mexico,
Father Alvarado runs a migrant shelter that cares for undocumented Central American migrants journeying to the United States in search of economic opportunity. Church run shelters are vital to the safety of these migrants who are easy prey for criminals that kidnap them for ransom. Those unable to pay are usually murdered.
Father Alvarado is under constant threat now for his advocacy and for his demands that the police and the military stop the kidnappings.
Next target of the US military: “Taliban is the home team here.”
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 22/Aug/2010 13:38
The 101st Airborne's 2-502 and their Afghan Army partners operate in a district which, as the birthplace of the Taliban movement, continues to hold many well-armed fighters, and a support network which provides the fighters with improvised explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
“As Lt. Col. Peter N. Benchoff prepares for an assault next month into the birthplace of the Taliban, he doesn’t sugarcoat the hurdles his troops face in this crucial swath of southern Afghanistan.
“Security sucks. Development? Nothing substantial. Information campaign? Nobody believes us. Governance? We’ve had one, hour-long visit by a government official in the last 2 1/2 months,” the battalion commander says. “Taliban is the home team here.”
“Here” is 116 square miles (300 square kilometers) of Zhari, a district just west of Kandahar through which the insurgents funnel fighters, drugs, explosives and stage attacks into the city.”
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/22/4949561-next-us-target-the-birthplace-of-the-taliban
Having a gun does not = being prepared
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 22/Aug/2010 13:34
Yankeeprepper talks about Run & Gun, being prepared and Freedom of Speech
Shaheed Hussain: FBI informant, key in catching “homegrown” Muslim terrorists
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Opinion on 22/Aug/2010 12:56
FILE - In this May 21, 2009 file photo, David Williams, center, is led by police officers from a federal building in New York after being arrested for plotting to bomb New York synagogues and shoot down military aircraft. Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the way_a wire-wearing FBI informant named Shaheed Hussain. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File)
NEW YORK — Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the way: a wire-wearing FBI informant named Shaheed Hussain.
The government credits Hussain with rooting out radical Muslims at a mosque in Newburgh, a small town north of New York.
Authorities last year called the case a “chilling plot” involving “extremely violent men” who represented a growing, dire homegrown terrorism threat.
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/22/4949402-informant-is-key-to-ny-synagogues-bomb-plot-case
Homegrown Muslim terrorists, eh? Huh. I wonder where they grew…in a Lutheran church? Where’d they learn to be terrorists, who taught them this was a good thing? Maybe they picked it up from Sesame Street. Or maybe they learned it at a MOSQUE.
People are letting themselves get distracted by the diversionary tactic of, “We’re a religion, we’re a religion! A Mosque is just like a church, so let us build more.”
No, a mosque is not just like a church – because most churches don’t train terrorists to do all they can to destroy America.
Some of the very same people who rant about a Nativity scene threatening their liberty, or freak out because they think that a copy of the 10 commandments is a gross intrusion of religion into government, are calling for us all to be perfectly OK with building mosques and are completely blind, have no idea, what they are letting in the door with Sharia Law.
You think Baptists are pushy because they want to discourage the killing of unborn babies? You think Evangelicals saying “Homosexuality is a Sin” is oppressive?
Brother, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Wait until dedicated Muslims start doing Allah’s work in the US, when they start killing gays because they don’t follow the Koran. And that’s just the beginning of how a growing Muslim influence could impact you. Do a little research on “dhimmi”, find out what a “dhimmi” is (hint: it’s you under Sharia Law)
If you think this is wild paranoia, then you need to look more closely at Europe and the UK, see how Islam is working out for them.
Iranian President Ahmadinejad announces Iran’s first domestically built drone bomber.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Opinion on 22/Aug/2010 12:32
This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry, shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as he speaks during a ceremony of inauguration of the Karrar, or striker in Farsi, which the Iran claims is the first domestically-built, long-range, unmanned bomber aircraft, at the Malek-e Ashtar University, 22 Aug 2010
“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is hailing the country’s first domestically built drone bomber. The unmanned aircraft, unveiled Sunday, is the latest in a series of Iranian announcements of military advances.
The Iranian military displayed the drone, dubbed the Karrar – or “striker” – at a ceremony attended by top officials. State media say it can carry out long-range attacks up to 1,000 kilometers carrying a 200-kilogram bomb.
President Ahmadinejad called the Karrar a symbol of death to Iran’s enemies.”
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Iran-Shows-Off-Unmanned-Long-Range-Bomber-101251954.html
First of all, does it seem strange to anyone else that they had this big unveiling at a University? Not making any inferences, just thought that was weird.
I certainly am glad that they have assured us that their nuclear plants are going to be used for peaceful purposes only [taqiyya] and they would never think of attacking anyone with nuclear weapons, even if they happened to accidentally make some [taqiyya] and really, they just want to get along, we don’t need to be at all anxious about them getting new missiles, new drones, all that stuff [taqiyya].
Once that new Cordoba House mosque is built, we will all learn how tolerant [taqiyya] and peaceful [taqiyya] Islam is. They just want to be part of the American Dream [taqiyya] and have no intention at all of trying to change or overcome or tear down our culture [taqiyya].
Anyone who thinks that or says anything negative is just an ignorant bigot who is willing to trash Freedom of Religion in America [taqiyya].

Mexican Federal Judge attacked, one bodyguard killed
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 21/Aug/2010 23:04
Armed assailants wounded a Mexican federal judge in the western state of Nayarit and killed one of his bodyguards, judiciary officials said on Friday.
Judge Carlos Alberto Elorza Amores “was attacked (Thursday afternoon) by gunmen at a housing estate†in the town of Xalisco, Jose Vilches, spokesman for the Federal Judicial Council, or CJF, said.
“The bodyguards who were accompanying him repelled the aggression, but one was gunned down,†Vilches said. The other two bodyguards assigned to Elorza were “slightly wounded†in the attack.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/federal-judge-attacked-by-gunmen.html
Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi to Russia: OK, now give us the S-300 missile system
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 21/Aug/2010 22:57
BUSHEHR, Iran, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi hailed Russia’s move on Bushehr nuclear plant fuelling and expressed hope Russia’s next step would be the delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Iran struck a deal with Russia in 2007 to buy the S-300 systems, but Russia delayed the delivery of the anti-aircraft missiles.
“The U.S. also pressed its European allies to take the same measures (of sanctioning) against Iran. They also put Russia under pressure to prevent loading Bushehr nuclear plant,” Boroujerdi told ISNA.
Russia’s move ensured Iranians that it abides by its commitments and public opinion in Iran, he said, adding that ” Russia (should) implement its obligations on S-300 missile system as well.”
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-08/22/c_13455886.htm
California court rules: pretending to be a war hero is protected under the first amendment
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 21/Aug/2010 14:40
Skyler Smith
By Pete Kotz
“An appeals court in California ruled this week that the Stolen Valor Act violates the First Amendment, since it’s a restriction on speech. After all, our constitution is designed to protect all speech, even if it’s utter bullshit.
One might presume the feds will appeal the ruling to a higher court, so the case is not likely over. Obviously it’s a chickenshit move to claim you were a hero when you’re actually the guy who ran away when things got tough. But once the government starts regulating speech, it’s only a matter of time before they start banning non-bullshit speech, isn’t it?
Skyler Smith claimed to be a hero during his Army service in Iraq and Afghanistan. When he was around other veterans in Huntsville, Alabama, he walked with a limp and liked to wear his medals — including two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Combat Infantry Badge…
Tucson School District courses in Mexican-American studies “Raza Studies†promote anti-Western Civilization ideology?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 20/Aug/2010 22:37
“The superintendent of the Arizona Department of Public Education says his agency will consider a refusal by the school district in Tucson to videotape its “Raza studies” classes as evidence the district is “deliberately” concealing its agenda.
The state had asked Tucson, in view of a new state law that takes effect at the end of this year that bans promoting to students “the overthrow of the United States government” and other issues, to record its “Raza” classes this fall to document what is being taught.
No, said Tucson officials.”
H.B. 2281 bans classes that ‘promote the overthrow of the United States government’ or ‘promote resentment toward a race or class of people’ because schools should treat all pupils as individual Americans.
Ground Zero Mosque Imam Rauf: ‘New York is the capital of the world and this location close to 9/11 is iconic.’
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 20/Aug/2010 21:04
Imam Rauf
Robert Spencer, the JihadWatch blogger:
“The idea here that will be widely understood is that this mosque is another triumphal mosque, another victory mosque [like] the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the site of the Temple Mount and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus,” Spencer told WND today.
“The reason for the interest in this property in particular is its iconic status in relation to the 9/11 attacks. This is something the Imam Rauf has said himself. It’s not something I’m attributing to him,” Spencer explains.
“In his own words he said, ‘New York is the capital of the world and this location close to 9/11 is iconic.’ He was happy that his mosque would be at the site of the building [where] the wreckage fell on 9/11,” Spencer said.
Municipal Police arrested in the Abduction of the Mayor of Santiago
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 20/Aug/2010 20:28
“The state attorney general Alejandro Garza y Garza reported that the seven narco-policemen were arrested after confessing in the participation of the abduction of the mayor of Santiago. The policemen were actively working for a cartel and authorities still expect more arrests.
Garza y Garza said that through an investigation initiated by the Governor and the state police seven people were arrested for the murder of mayor Edelmiro Cavazos.
Garza and Garza said the seven people arrested, including a woman, were actively working as municipal police officers for the city of Santiago and that some were getting paid by a cartel. The bodyguard of the late mayor, who was present during the abduction, was also arrested.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/municipal-polive-linked-to-abduction-of.html
“The war in Iraq is not a glorious cause … it is a jobâ€
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 20/Aug/2010 20:14
Staff Sgt. Lucas C. Trammell has had four tours in Iraq. He said what was most important to him was that he had not lost a soldier in his squad. Joao Silva for The New York Times
“A lot of people at home are tired of this,†said Staff Sgt. Trevino D. Lewis, sitting outside a gym at Camp Liberty, the dusty rubble-strewn base near Baghdad’s airport and coming to a point many soldiers made. The people back home can tune out; they cannot.
“The way I look at it, it’s my job,†he said, recounting and dismissing the shifting rationales for the war, from the weapons of mass destruction that did not exist to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein to the establishment of democracy in the Arab world. “It’s my career.â€
The sense of duty among those who serve here, still strong, is nonetheless tempered by the fact that the war is winding down slowly — or, as one officer put it, petering out — with mixed results.