Author: Kev

Retired infantry officer. Conservative by nature and politics; Happily married and father and grandfather of eight. Loves V8 powered Range Rovers, Golden Retrievers, good books and technology and think there should be open season on Greenies. Born in the mid forties and overdue for servicing but most parts still work.

Ripley’s ‘Believe it, or not”

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THE MUSLIM HOLY BOOK, THE KORAN, HAS BEEN MISTREATED AT THE US DETENTION CAMP IN CUBA. Oh My God! Read of the evil guards and their horrific crimes against humanity here.
In one instance on July 25, 2003, a “contract interrogator” apologised to a detainee for stepping on the detainee’s Koran. The reports says the detainee accepted the apology and agreed to tell other detainees who had started to protest over the incident.
So the Koran was most probably on the cell floor and the guard inadvertantly stepped on it.
In another incident on August 21, 2003, a detainee, who could speak some English, complained a two-word obscenity had been written into his English version of the Koran. The report said it could not be established who desecrated the Koran in that case. “It is possible that a guard committed this act; it is equally possible that the detainee wrote in his own Koran,” the military report says.
And…..?? (waiting for someone to tell me the point of this)
In another case, a guard’s urine splashed on a detainee and his Koran. Southern Command said a guard urinated near an air vent and “the wind blew his urine through the vent” and on to a detainee and his Koran. The guard was reprimanded and assigned to a different duty that meant he had no contact with detainees for the rest of his assignment at Guantanamo.
As above. This is it! That’s the best they can do. Is that their counter to decapitation and suicide bombers. Have press and other forces of darkness pushed the US military so far that they are now gun shy about anything that can be classified as ‘abuse’. The people incarcerated in Cuba are happy, and in fact and practice, besides themselves, when given the opportunity to slit some innocents throat or blow up woman and kids and we are apologising for inadvertantly stepping on a their Koran that they left on the floor. Is this a propaganda coup for the dark forces or not? Has the world turned on it’s head, or what? I simply can’t believe the story warranted column inches anywhere, let alone in a national newspaper. Someone needs to get some testosterone here and tell the press to shut up and get a grip on reality and when questioned about such trivia, Military spokesmen should laugh, say “Yeah, whatever”, and walk away. People making a meal out of these crumbs shouldn’t be given any oxygen. Arabnews wants the officers brought to trial..really
JEDDAH, 6 June 2005 — The 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) yesterday urged the United States to bring the officers responsible for the desecration of the Holy Qur’an to immediate justice.
Did the conference agenda cover any other crimes against humanity, like suicide bombers? Most probably not. They would be saying the US is weakened by their own media, lets keep attacking.
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The strangest of spams

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Received this email this morning and spent some time searching the net for confirmation Found none….Zilch…. Zero…as you all know. Received another copy this afternoon from a different woman but the same text.
Turn on your TV. Osama Bin Laden has been captured. While CNN has no pictures at this point of time, the military channel (PPV) released some pictures. I managed to capture a couple of these pictures off my TV. Ive attached a slideshow containing all the pictures I managed to capture. I apologize for the low quality, its the best I could do at this point of time. Hopefully CNN will have pictures and a video soon. God bless the USA!
Both emails kicked back when I tried to reply. Has anyone else been so inflicted? What on earth is their purpose?
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Joy riding again

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The young Melbourne teenager who was convicted recently of stealing a tram is now being questioned about the theft of a school bus. He’s 15 now and in two years will be able to get his licence and won’t have any further need to ‘take‘ public transport. If he’s not in gaol.
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The plot thickens

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A SUSPICIOUS package has been found at Parliament House in Canberra.
An ACT police spokesman said officers were at the scene inspecting the package, which was found at the loading dock in the car park of the parliament complex.
More info when available UPDATE: The Australian has a further report here
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Corby Circus low act

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How sad that someone in this country can stoop as low as sending a threatening parcel to the Indonesian Embassy. The lower end of the Corby Circus need to chill down a bit before irrepairable damage is done to the already fragile Australian/Indonesian relationship. Check here to see how far we have fallen. UPDATE: Arabnews raises a reasonable point in their take on the Corby/Indonesian Embassy obscenity UPDATE II: Conspiray theorists are asking “look to who benefits from deteriating Aussie/Indon relationships” suggesting it’s a JI plot. Not to sure about that one but anything is believable in the absence of evidence. The answer to “What is the source of the white powder” will be telling. It’s not exactly a supermarket item. Early days yet. UPDATE III: News.com have opened a comments page for people to have their say. Makes interesting reading
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Time Magazine and Aussie SAS

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I received this email from Defence Media this evening.
Time Magazine has today published an article regarding SAS operations in Afghanistan in 2002. Our Special Forces in Afghanistan operated under strict Rules of Engagement, and these included the specific and discriminatory use of force in order to achieve their missions. These rules include and always retain the inherent right of our soldiers to defend themselves and their fellow soldiers if threatened. It is Defence’s policy to not disclose the detail of classified operational activities, in order to preserve operational security and the safety of ADF members and their families, as well as to protect Defence capabilities and procedures. However, in light of the Time Magazine article and having regard to the fact that the action in question was completed over three years ago, Defence can confirm the following: As briefed at the time, a SAS patrol was engaged in a contact in May 2002. A larger SAS force coming to its assistance was also involved in the broader action, after being fired upon. These tactical actions were reviewed after the incident and were determined by Army to be in accordance with the Rules of Engagement. Each Australian element that opened fire, or called in fire, did so in response to direct threats to their safety. Some internal aspects of Patrol K3 were investigated fully at the time and appropriate disciplinary action initiated.
Time may have published the article today but as yet I can’t find it at their website. Maybe the story will be released after midnight. If this is Defence’s answer then the article must be another attack on the poor old soldier. Maybe a Trooper spoke harshly to the enemy. UPDATE: I finally got a link on the story sent to me by Regimental contacts. The Australian quotes the Time article here Summary: Guys are in ambush…armed man approaches appears to ready to use weapon..is shot. Weapon and head gear collected. SOP so far. Other locals start shooting…patrol calls for back up…airstrike…some more killed. Years later a journalist says their civilians.
After the incident, according to the patrol leader quoted by Time, the trooper who found the trophies paraded the dead man’s turban.
Is this a crime? What did he do? I’ve picked gear up and showed it to others. I’ve carried captured weapons and equipment out of the contact area….is this parading dead men’s gear? Must be more to it than this trivia.
When it was confiscated, the accused Australian trooper and three other SAS men on the patrol complained to senior officers that the leader had made poor decisions under fire and put men at risk.
Sounds like a bit of bickering between fired up troops and it makes Time Magazine. How desparate are the MSM to fault the military.
The patrol leader denied the claims, but the major commanding Three Squadron, Vance Khan, segregated the whole patrol and took its members off operational duties.
Yeah, whatever.
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Aussie dumps on Oz

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Robert Goodfellow is a Wollongong-based Indonesian specialist presently teaching at the Mount Eliza Program of Melbourne Business School. He might be an Indonesian specialist but I’m not sure he’s an Australian specialist Robert gets an article published in the Jakarta Post as an editorial where he explains why Australians are so up in arms about Schapelle Corby Check this out.
Australians believe that Schapelle Corby is a victim. This is because many Australians feel they are victims too. They are edgy, angry and confused by the fundamental insecurity of living in a rapidly changing society and an increasingly dangerous world. At home they are nervous about the disintegration of essential services like health and education and public transport. They are terrified of an interest rate rise. They are apprehensive about the government’s sweeping industrial relations reforms. And, above all, they are worried they might not have a job next week.
I feel an appointmet with my Psychiatrist is imminent. I didn’t realize I was worried about so many things. I thought my only concern was the disparity between Scapelle’s sentence and that handed down to the JI leader for the Bali bombing. Seems I’m wrong. This is what the Indonesians are being fed. Robert, who obviously has a problem with Australia, Australians and, me thinks, with the current government, suggests to the millions of Jakarta Post readers that Australia is completely populated with left-wing undergrads. Thanks for nothing Robert. Read the complete article here
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Douglas Wood Update

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Al-Mendhar reports on the Aussie hostage still held captive in Iraq and quote The Australian Grand Mufti as saying – The Hostage was Transported to a Safe Place
Sydney: Sheikh Taj Eddin Al Hilali, Grand Mufti of Muslims in Australia, said that Iraqi clans’ chiefs have informed him that the Australian hostage Douglas Wood has been transported to a safer place and that he has to return to Baghdad to release Wood.
More here
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