Saturday, July 17, 2004

Bhopal India.  ULFA militants blew up a gas pipeline and a telephone exchange in different attacks.  Not a good sign. 5:19:55 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

Iraq wrap-up. A global guerrilla killed himself accidentally, setting explosives on a gas pipeline south of Baghdad (this seems to be the only form of attrition for network attackers).  A senior Sunni Cleric called for jihaad in Ramadi and turn it into a "graveyard" for US troops.  This is apparrently an attempt to replicate the success of Fallujah. A sign of innovation.  A mortar round was fired into pools of fuel formed by leaks on Friday.  It didn't do any damage to the pipeline.  If this had been done on a pipeline in active repair, it could have been a major blow. 5:14:42 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

IHT.  Global Guerrilla engineering start-ups working on IEDs (improvised bombs).  "The education level of the ordinary Iraqi is not sufficient to be able to initiate these things," said Captain Kenneth Mitchell, commander of the Stryker Brigade's engineer company.  "I couldn't build one of these," Mitchell said. "They are smart. There is a training network out there..." 12:55:45 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

The man for the job?  Depends on your viewpoint.  Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister of Iraq, pulled a pistol and executed as many as six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station, just days before Washington handed control of the country to his interim government, according to two people who allege they witnessed the killings. 12:44:49 PM    Comment_ Trackback []