Lion's Weekend Blurb - June 30, July 1

[Lion]

Those of you who follow world news are probably aware of the attempted London car bombings. Fortunately all ended well for our British friends across the pond. The Department of Homeland Security here in the USA has informed us to go ahead and enjoy the upcoming July 4th holiday, but do watch out for any suspicious activity. I'm gonna keep a close eye on that ice cream truck that is running around my neck of da woods. On Friday I heard that crazy music again. This time it was the tune 'It's a Small World' coming from the truck. It zoomed through the town without stopping again. I dunno what the deal is with that crazy driver. Anyhoot, enjoy your weekend.

[Mysterius]

Yes, that bearded ice cream truck driver looks suspicious indeed. Perhaps I ought to detain him and "inspect" the cargo... :D

[Ace]

yeah omg another terror attack in London, man im wondering if they got their sights on london really good there.. :rolleyes: luckily london has some great security and great people who are friendly and do the right thing when needed.
Can't believe someone would like to bomb such a cousy place, been there once on a school trip and had really a really nice time there, got drunk on the pump every night on baileys served in cups made of belgium chockolate that was eatable :D

[berlin88]

How about the flaming SUV at the Glasgow airport? What were the idiots hoping to do by crashing a burning SUV into the terminal?

[Peppers30]

Scare tactic. Watch the airport industry take a hit now. Dam terrorists.

[DJM]

I can just imagine you hiding behind a bush waiting for that ice cream van ready to pounce haha.

[chaoscontrol512]

Seriously, I don't know why the terrorists are going after London instead of us...Not that I want them to come after us, it just seems that since 9/11, all of the terrorist attacks have been happening in Britain or Spain (remember the Madrid bombings?).

[Doh004]

Seriously, I don't know why the terrorists are going after London instead of us...Not that I want them to come after us, it just seems that since 9/11, all of the terrorist attacks have been happening in Britain or Spain (remember the Madrid bombings?).
We've (all) been foiling the attempts. Just because you don't hear about them doesn't mean they aren't around.

[KrasnyOktyabr]

Seriously, I don't know why the terrorists are going after London instead of us...Not that I want them to come after us, it just seems that since 9/11, all of the terrorist attacks have been happening in Britain or Spain (remember the Madrid bombings?).

They have been targeting us, don't you pay attention to the news? I mean hell I'm in South Korea, don't have a television, and still hear about these things.

One of the more recent ones...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/08/fortdix.plot/index.html

[amak1131]

We've (all) been foiling the attempts. Just because you don't hear about them doesn't mean they aren't around.

it's not on the news because its GOOD news, and they only report the negative or the unimportant stuff. anywho, good thing the guy who made the car "bomb" was a moron.

[Massacure]

it's not on the news because its GOOD news, and they only report the negative or the unimportant stuff. anywho, good thing the guy who made the car "bomb" was a moron.

It has nothing to do with being good news or bad news or relevant news or irrelevant news. It only has to do with getting the highest ratings possible and thus the most advertising dollars. That is the sad truth when the media is owned by giant corporations.

[BehindEnemyRhymes]

Can't believe someone would like to bomb such a cousy place

That's exactly why they attack in there- 'cause it's cozy place.

[Slapper]

As i said in the last post. They are out there people....Waiting and planning...

Ill leave this for a few of you who dont think they are sophisticated or they are in collusion....and they dont work together. Not to disagree with you in some cases, but this is a prime example of it. The source is National News, not that i trust them, it could be Psy Ops, could be true. I tend to believe this piece of news, its not a surprise, the Military Community has known about this kind of thing for years. Just what i said again, in the last blurb about Terrorism. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas, and all the others, Al Queda included in some cases, work togther and train etc etc...believe that. Dont be naive....



BAGHDAD - Iranian forces helped plan one of the most sophisticated militant assaults of the Iraq war — a January raid in which gunmen posed as an American security team and launched an attack that killed five U.S. soldiers, an American general said Monday.

U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner also accused Iran of using its Lebanese ally, the Shiite militia Hezbollah, as a "proxy" to arm Shiite militants in Iraq.

The claims were an escalation in U.S. accusations that Iran is fueling Iraq's violence, which the government in Tehran has denied. It was also the first time the U.S. military has said Hezbollah has a direct role — which, if true, would bring a dangerous new player into Iraq's conflict.

Hezbollah has denied any activities in Iraq, saying it operates only in Lebanon.

Bergner said a senior Lebanese Hezbollah operative, Ali Mussa Dakdouk, was captured March 20 in southern Iraq. Dakdouk, a 24-year veteran of Hezbollah, was sent to Lebanon "as a surrogate for the Iranian Quds Force" to finance and arm militant cells to carry out attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops, he said.

The goal was to organize militants "in ways that mirrored how Hezbollah was organized in Lebanon," Bergner said. Hezbollah is one of the region's most disciplined and sophisticated militant groups, able to fight Israel's military to a near standstill in a war last summer.

The general also said that Dakdouk was a liaison between the Iranians and a breakaway Shiite group led by Qais al-Khazaali, a former spokesman for cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Bergner said al-Kazaali's group carried out the January attack against a provincial government building in Karbala and that the Iranians assisted in preparations. Al-Khazaali and his brother Ali al-Khazaali were captured with Dakdouk.

Dakdouk told U.S. interrogators that the Karbala attackers "could not have conducted this complex operation without the support and direction of the Quds force," Bergner said.

Documents captured with al-Khazaali showed that the Quds Force had developed detailed information on the U.S. position at the government building, "regarding our soldiers' activities, shift changes and defenses, and this information was shared with the attackers," Bergner said.

The Karbala attack was one of the boldest and most sophisticated against U.S. forces in four years of fighting in Iraq, and U.S. officials at the time suggested Iran may have had a role in it.

In the assault, up to a dozen gunmen posed as an American security team, with U.S. military combat fatigues, allowing them to pass checkpoints into the government compound, where they launched the attack. One U.S. soldier was killed in the initial assault, and the militants abducted four others who were later found shot to death.

On Monday, the U.S. military reported the deaths of five U.S. servicemembers killed in fighting a day earlier, including two soldiers who died in attacks in Baghdad and two soldiers and a Marine who died in fighting in western Anbar province. The deaths brought to 3,582 the number of members of the U.S. military who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003.

The new accusations against Iran raise tensions between the two countries as Iraq is trying to organize a second round of direct talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Baghdad. The U.S.-backed, Shiite-led Iraqi government, which has close ties to Iran, is pushing the two to ease their disputes to help reduce Iraq's turmoil, but a February meeting between the two sides made little headway.

Bergner said Iraqi extremists were taken to Iran in groups of 20 to 60 for training in three camps "not too far from Tehran." When they returned to Iraq, they formed units to carry out attacks, bombings and kidnappings.

"Our intelligence reveals that the senior leadership in Iran is aware of this activity," he said. He said it would be "hard to imagine" that Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was unaware of the activity.

Hezbollah spokesmen in Lebanon said they were checking into the claims Dakdouk was a member of the group and would not comment. The group has in the past denied any activities in Iraq. In late 2005, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said his government suspected that Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah might be supplying technology and explosives to Shiite Muslim militant groups operating in Iraq, but he provided no proof.

Hezbollah, he said, helps the Iranians as a "proxy ... to do things they didn't want to have to do themselves," Bergner said. He added that Hezbollah did not appear to have an extensive network in Iraq, saying Dakdouk was "being used specifically as a proxy by the Quds Force."

Dakdouk was captured with documents instructing the special groups on techniques, including how to attack a convoy, and a with a personal diary detailing meetings with Iraqi militants. Al-Khazaali also had documents with details on 11 separate attacks on U.S. force, Bergner said.

A total of 18 "higher-level operatives" from the Iranian-backed special groups have been arrested and three others killed since February, Bergner said.

Thats leaves a pretty strong case. The Intelligence Community of the U.S and Britain, France and Russia, Israel, they dont really stick their necks out like this for no reason. Remember that a lot of times, they share information if it is regarding mutual interests. Do not doubt this is serious business, it could be building a case for War with Iran by the Bush Tribe, or it could be good Intelligence gathered by all those Countrys Services i mentioned. Not one of those i mentioned wants to really see Iran get a Nuke and its good bet this info is not BS.