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[Elites TV] Pioneering Iraqi Women Graduate Basic Combat Training :: Elites TV: Mohammed Abdul Razq, deputy director of the tactical training directorate, and Iraqi Staff Col. Mohammed Abdul Rahman Essa, deputy commander of the Regional Training Center, delivered congratulatory remarks to the pioneering women at an Oct.

[The Thunder Run] The Thunder Run: From the Front: 11/05/2009: Pioneering Iraqi Women Graduate Basic Combat Training - Forty-Two Iraqi women became the first all-female graduating class from the Iraqi army's enlisted basic combat training course here, Oct. 29.

Mudville Gazette: As the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade prepares for its fourth deployment to Iraq, its soldiers are getting lessons in the art of leading from behind as they help to set the stage for the eventual drawdown of US forces in Iraq. The "Raider Brigade" was part of the initial US invasion into Iraq, and returned for two more deployments, in 2005 and 2007.

[Strategic Social] Female Jihadists Part I: Defining the Role of Women in Jihad ...: Nowhere in the Quran does it explicitly say that it is acceptable for women (or men, for that matter) to carry out violent acts like suicide bombing.  The fact that some jihadists are advocating such roles for women in violent jihadist campaigns is concerning because they tend to target and exploit women who are not particularly knowledgeable about Islam and who are not familiar with the subtleties of the various types and meanings of concepts like jihad. They expose an urgent need for policymakers in places like Iraq and Afghanistan to find ways to promote things like education and employment opportunities to help Muslim women feel more independent, more confident, and better able to make decisions for themselves–thus making them less susceptible to recruitment by violent extremists who base their appeals on questionable interpretations of Islamic principles.

[TROOP SCOOP] TROOP SCOOP: Daily Afghan-Iraq Update/10-12: The force issued verbal commands for all residents to exit the building, and several women and children complied and exited safely. After no response to subsequent commands to exit the building, the force then assaulted the building and killed several enemy militants.

[Nation & World] Baghdad suicide attacks designed to undermine al-Maliki government ...: The blasts detonated under a pale gray sky on the first day of the Iraqi workweek, when streets are always crowded. The first bomb struck an intersection near the Justice Ministry and the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works at about 10:15 a.m., shattering windows a mile away.

[Jihad Watch] "A pioneering survey of the 'stealth jihad' whose ambition and ...: 1) Mass arial bombings of Baghdad, other Iraqi cities and Afghanistan, bombings that have killed, maimed, orphaned and disposed millions of civilians, civilians that posed no threat to the US, and also Iraq could not even take down one US fighter jet so I doubt they could have attacked the US, but then again the administration new this and Iraq not having WMD's is what allowed your fascist country to invade and occupy it.

[Lux Libertas - Light and Liberty] Not in the MSM | Lux Libertas - Light and Liberty: The humanitarian assistance drop was performed at the Hamza Bin Ab Al Mutlik School, a central point in the neighborhood. “The school gave us a semi-secure location to do the delivery,” said Donnell.  “We chose to do it on a Saturday because school would be out.” Bravo Btry has tentatively planned future assistance drops, and evaluations to further assist the people.

[Talkhaba] KU student Hurled Shoe At Representative of Aggression « Talkhaba: The Muslim youth in Islamic world seems to be inspired from the pioneer of Show throwing, the least which Muslim youth can do when their whole leadership has sold out and is bent upon selling the whole Ummah to the nation which consider it their religious duty to subjugate the .Muhammad Hussain Has rightly said that the nation which has destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq and is responsible for killing of Women and children in Gaza and Lebanon has no right to teach us.

Mudville Gazette: Marine Corps participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom is drawing to a close as Marines, Sailors and equipment make their way back home or to other parts of the globe. As part of the departure, one of the Marine Corps' largest bases in the country is on its way to being in the hands of the Iraqi government once again.

[Technology News] Technology News » Blog Archive » This is too short for talking ...: They’ve got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so men will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that’s because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything!

[猪八姐的WEBZINE] 奥巴马获诺贝尔和平奖啦！！ - 猪八姐的日志 - 网易博客: In 2004, at the Democratic National Convention, Obama said, "When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return and to never, ever, go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace and earn the respect of the world."£¨from TIME£©

[smartcine.com News Blog] Doha Tribeca Film Fest Announces Line-Up and 'Amelia' as Opening ...: The inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) announced today it will open with a special screening of director Mira Nair’s “Amelia,” a thrilling account of legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart starring two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank and Golden Globe®

[Centurean2's Weblog] EDL Manchester Protest Today”¦ « Centurean2's Weblog: Also, shari’ah-compliant financial transactions, the expunging of offensive likenesses of Mohammed or imagined depictions of Arabic characters that connote “Allah,” official swearings-in on Korans in place of customary Bibles, the neutralizing of official descriptive language about Islamists and the jihad, the revision of so-called offensive content in movies and television programs, the removal of representations of pigs from the public sphere, and many other acculturations to Muslim entreaties have all been made in the service of respecting Muslim religious beliefs and practices.

[Counterterrorism Blog] Counterterrorism Blog: Operation Niche: The Conviction of Mohammed ...: They would have carried him on their heads.” Al-Ayyiri authored several notable theoretical works on terrorism (distributed in electronic form over Al-Qaida's first official Internet website "Al-Neda"), including “Sacrifice Operations: Suicide or Martyrdom?” and “The Moscow Theater Operation and Its Benefits for the Mujahideen.” According to another digital magazine later distributed by Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia, when al-Ayyiri learned of the September 11, 2001 suicide hijackings in New York and Washington D.C., he “was so joyous he nearly floated on air.” A subsequent Al-Qaida propaganda video released in late 2003 contained audio messages from al-Ayyiri. Amidst scenes of suicide bombers preparing for their mission in Saudi Arabia, al-Ayyiri can be heard explaining:

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