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#1862. To: mcgowanjm (#1861)
Yes I want the muzzies to kill each other.
How to lose $440 million in 45 minutes.... :twisted: :lol: :roll: :shock: :? 8-) Be wired into the NYSE and World Markets. Do High Frequency Trading as your preferred platform. HAve one of your algorithms programmed to give you the worst possible trades 40 per second for 45 minutes. Then have the NYSE announce that All trades are good and will stand. EASY Peasy..... 8-) Knight Capital Group, Inc. (KCG) -NYSE 3.43 Down 3.51(50.58%) 10:59AM EDT - Nasdaq Real Time Price From down 25% yesterday.
Two anagrams Black Knight Group wishes they'd never heard of: HFT and Algo's.....8D Us Dirty Fuckin' Hippies told you this blatant market manipulation would end badly. SkyNet goes self aware and the USSA's done just as fast.
Spoken like a true zioFundy. Your problem is that Power trumps every religion. The madness will not stop until it comes for you.
DEATH SPIRAL and the CEO is clueless. per ZH: www.zerohedge.com/news/kn...rket-hap-one-day#comments "Translation: we are shopping ourselves right now and unless someone pick us up by end of trading when the margin calls come in, tomorrow's open may be a little problematic. Of course, JPM will mysteriously step up in the last minute and provide a DIP-like loan in the process onboarding all the "segregated" accounts. * KNIGHT BONDS FALL 13.125 CENTS TO 70 CENTS ON DOLLAR Quite soon we may find out what it means to trade in a market which has just lost one of its key market makers, responsible for up to 15% of overall liquidity.
No, nitwit, I don't. Blather on.
A female at LF....welcome.... I can be very sensitive. Sincerely Jim....;}
Sound Familiar? " "I am not an important man... I possess only my personal sense of dignity. My life has been reduced to nothing by an intolerable insult. Therefore, I have nothing to lose except my life, which is nothing, so I trade my life for yours, as your life is favoured. The exchange is in my favour, so I shall not only kill you, but I shall kill many of you, and at the same time rehabilitate myself in the eyes of the group of which I am a member, even though I might be killed in the process." The amok syndrome is an extreme instance of the puzzle of human emotions. Exotic at first glance, upon scrutiny they turn out to be universal; quintessentially irrational, they are tightly interwoven with abstract thought and have a cold logic of their own."
The problem for the USSA is that we actually think that our colonies have been subdued....;} "Thursday: 54 Killed, 74 Wounded August 2, 2012 An extraordinary number of attacks on checkpoints and other security targets occurred across central and northern Iraq today. Most of them produced few casualties each, but together they eclipsed a bombing in Baghdad that left dozens killed or injured there. Overall, at least 54 people were killed and 74 more were wounded. Only yesterday, the Iraqi government, in releasing July casualties statistics admitted that violence in on the rise." original.antiwar.com/upda...d-74-wounded-across-iraq/ O, and the difference between Liberation Movements and Fascists: Fascists avoid military/infrastructure and target civilians....;}
In Baghdad, a bomb killed nine people and wounded 32 others in Husseiniya; residents attacked federal police with their bare hands after the blast. Now THAT's a non fascist attack.....;}
"White South Africa regarded its wealth as prima facie evidence of cultural superiority." The 20 to 1 disparity between Israeli and Palestinian per capita income matches the wealth gap between American Blacks and whites (app. $5,000 vs. $100,000 for median Black and white households). The fact that such numbers do not provoke general shock and calls for reparations is proof enough that most whites view the disparity as more a natural phenomenon than evidence of cumulative injustice. Daniel Patrick Moynihan spoke for white folks of the past, present and future when he posited, in 1965, that a Black "culture of poverty" is what keeps Black people poor – not pervasive white racism.
With KCG getting caught Front Running it's customers, getting caught on the Wrong side of the trade, and Then claiming it has a 'bank' extending a 'line of credit' til ......Wednesday/Monday/Who Knows the 'bank' does not exist..... Fri, 08/03/2012 - 14:40 | 2676455 SheepDog-One SheepDog-One's picture It sure as s**t isnt your grand dads market....100% broken fraud. How the hell anything goes on forward from here I have absolutely no idea. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-03 22:09:04 ET
#623. To: Robin, All (#0) First. I notice that Never Ever does the 'links' following my Google present ANY of the Following: Market Manipulation Climate Change Peak Oil Never. Which means they are ALL Full On in Play....8D Second. www.theoilage.com/post62943.html#p62943 mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-04 9:30:51 ET
Send that one to Manila. 2/3 of the city of 12 million is under water....;} r sight in Metro Manila – DENR chief ... newsinfo.inquirer.net/......me-familiar-sight-in-me... 23 hours ago – Latest News Stories ... MANILA, Philippines – Let's get used to great floods. ... adapt to climate change and the only way we could be prepared for the impact of climate change is to accept that these recent developments in our ... BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHHA...;} We've altered 1/2 the planet, 95% expect 2 billion to be added in the next 25 years, and Now we're just going to have to get used to this.....
It wasn’t just that July was a single-record month: the 12 months ending with July was the warmest such period since modern recordkeeping began in 1895, and the January-July 2012 period was also the warmest on record. The top 13 warmest 12-month periods since 1895 have all occurred since 1999. Brian Williams last nite: "This is not a One Off. We'll have to get used to Climate Change. BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...;}
Interestingly, the Aquino Administration after just a little over one year in power was said to have summarily cancelled projects that aimed to construct flood-control infrastructure initiated by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasig_River The Pasig River winds generally north-westward for some 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) from the Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines, to Manila Bay, in the southern part of the island of Luzon. From the lake, the river runs between Taguig City, and Taytay, Rizal, before entering Pasig City. This portion of the Pasig River, to the confluence with the Marikina River tributary, is known as the Napindan River or Napindan Channel. From there, the river forms the common border between Makati City to the south and Pasig City, followed by Mandaluyong City to the north. The river then sharply turns northeast, where it has become the border between Mandaluyong and Manila before turning again westward, joining its other major tributary, the San Juan River, and then following a sinuous path through the center of Manila before emptying into the bay. The whole river and most portions of its tributaries lie entirely within Metro Manila, the metropolitan region of the capital. Isla de Convalescencia (14°35′26"N 120°59′20"E), the only island dividing the Pasig River, can be found in Manila and it is where the Hospicio de San Jose is located. Tributaries and canals One major river that drains Laguna de Bay is the Taguig River, which enters into Taguig before becoming the Pateros River; it is the border between the municipalities of Pateros and Makati City. Pateros River then enters the confluence where the Napindan Channel and Marikina River meet. The Marikina River is the larger of the two major tributaries of the Pasig River, and it flows southward from the mountains of Rizal and cuts through the Marikina Valley. The San Juan River drains the plateau on which Quezon City stands; its major tributary is Diliman Creek. Within the city of Manila, various esteros (canals) criss-cross through the city and connect with the Tullahan River in the north and the Parañaque River to the west. The growth of Manila along the banks of the Pasig River has made it a focal point for development and historical events. The foremost landmark on the banks of the river is the walled district of Intramuros, located near the mouth of the river on its southern bank. It was built by the Spanish colonial government in the 16th century. Further upstream is the Hospicio de San Jose, an orphanage located on Pasig's sole island, the Isla de Convalescencia. On the northern bank stands Malacañan Palace, the official residence of the President of the Philippines. Also on Pasig River's northern bank and within the Manila district of Sta. Mesa is the main campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. In Makati City, along the southern bank of Pasig, is the Sta. Ana Racetrack and the Rockwell Commercial Center, a high-end office and commercial area containing the Power Plant Mall. At the confluence of the Pasig and Marikina rivers is the Napindan Hydraulic Control Structure, which regulates the flow of water from the Napindan Channel. The Pasig River's main watershed is concentrated in the plains between Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. The watershed of the Marikina River tributary mostly occupies the Marikina Valley, which was formed by the Marikina Fault Line. The Manggahan Floodway is an artificially constructed waterway that aims to reduce the flooding in the Marikina Valley during the rainy season, by bringing excess water to the Laguna de Bay. Tidal flows The Pasig River is technically considered a tidal estuary. Toward the end of the summer or dry season (April and May), the water level in Laguna de Bay reaches to a minimum of 10.5 meters. During times of high tide, the water level in the lake may drop below that of Manila Bay's, resulting in a reverse flow of seawater from the bay into the lake. This results in increased pollution and salinity levels in Laguna de Bay at this time of the year.[1] Flooding The Pasig River is vulnerable to flooding in times of very heavy rainfall, with the Marikina River tributary the main source of the floodwater. The Manggahan Floodway was constructed to divert excess floodwater from the Marikina River into the Laguna de Bay, which serves as a temporary reservoir. By design, the Manggahan Floodway is capable of handling 2,400 cubic meters per second of water flow, although the actual flow is about 2,000 cubic meters per second. To complement the floodway, the Napindan Hydraulic Control System (NHCS) was built in 1983 at the confluence of the Marikina River and the Napindan Channel to regulate the flow of water between the Pasig River and the lake.[2] Before the mass urbanization of Manila, the Pasig River served as an important means of transport; it was the city's lifeline and center of economic activity. Some of the most prominent kingdoms in early Philippine history, including the kingdoms of Namayan, Maynila, and Tondo grew up along the banks of the river, drawing their life and source of wealth from it. When the Spanish established Manila as the capital of their colonial properties in the Far East, they built the walled city of Intramuros on the southern bank of Pasig River near its mouth. After World War II, massive population growth, infrastructure construction, and the dispersal of economic activities to Manila's suburbs left the river neglected. The banks of the river attracted informal settlers and the remaining factories dumped their wastes into the river, making it effectively a huge sewer system. Industrialization had already polluted the river.[3] In the 1930s, observers noticed the increasing pollution of the river, as fish migration from Laguna de Bay diminished. People ceased using the river's water for laundering in the 1960s, and ferry transport declined. By the 1970s, the river started to emanate offensive smells, and in the 1980s, fishing in the river was prohibited. By the 1990s, the Pasig River was considered biologically dead[3] Bankoff, Gregg (2003). "Constructing Vulnerability: The Historical, Natural and Social Generation of Flooding in Metropolitan Manila," Disasters, 27(3): 95–109. "Metro Manila is situated in a semi-alluvial floodplain formed by sediment flow from the Meycauayan and Malabon-Tullahan river basins in the north and the Marikina river basin in the east. It encompasses a land area of 636 square kilometres, measuring about 20 kilometres in length along a north-south axis and stretching more than 22 kilometres at its widest. The conurbation is open to Manila Bay on the west and to Laguna de Bay, a large lake, on the south-east. As such, the metropolitan area now constitutes a vast urbanised drainage basin that experiences frequent inundations from overflowing rivers and storm waters that render the existing system of esteros (modified natural channels) and canals constructed during the Spanish and American colonial periods inadequate. Despite the growing vulnerability of much of the metropolitan area, however, rapid urbanisation has continued unabated with residential homes, industries and commercial sites increasingly exposed to flood-related destruction." While flooding variously affects all areas of Manila, some cities and municipalities are more vulnerable than others due to their location and height relative to sea level. Some 20 per cent of the capital’s 63,600 square hectares is designated as flood prone, of which 5,385 square hectares (41 per cent) are served by pumping stations and the remaining 7,715 square hectares (59 per cent) suffer frequent and long lasting inundation. Areas to the east, south-east and south of the capital around Marikina, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Muntinlupa and Parañaque and especially those adjacent to Laguna de Bay such as Taguig and Pateros are acutely susceptible to flooding. n some particularly exposed cities such as Muntinlupa and Taguig, all barangays (the basic unit of local government) are regularly inundated and the coverage of flooding extends to 88 per cent and 83 per cent of their respective land areas. Flooding is not a recent hazard in the Philippines but one that has occurred throughout the recorded history of the archipelago: it is the result of the low-lying nature of much of the terrain and the frequency of typhoons. These typhoons do not necessarily constitute hazards as such and are, in fact, responsible for a significant percentage of the annual rainfall that makes the islands so fertile and thus ideal for agriculture. This fertility, in turn, encourages or at least permits demographic growth and the location of people in large cities such as Metro Manila. The demands of this steadily expanding urban population for basic amenities such as water, together with the nature of modern development, generate environmental problems like accelerated subsidence and garbage disposal that, in conjunction with the torrential rainfall associated with tropical storms, aggravates the incidence and severity of flooding in the metropolitan area. The concentration of employment, educational and health among other opportunities in the ‘big city’ only spurs more rural-to-urban migration, creates shortages of suitable residential land and encourages the occupation of areas more prone to flooding or that have important drainage functions. The actions of governments and the technological solutions they mainly favour have only limited outcomes and may actually aggravate conditions usually to the disadvantage of the most vulnerable poor, whether urban or rural. The construction of vulnerability to flood in Metro Manila, therefore, clearly shows how societies and destructive agents are very much mutually constituted and embedded in natural and social systems as unfolding processes over time. Heavy rain is no surprise in the Philippines - the country typically gets at least 20 typhoons a year - and some claim that global climate change is making the problem worse. Even if that view is wrong, clearly more can be done to diminish the effect of extreme rains, in Manila and across the country. To be sure, the country is a poor one, but that does not excuse the official failure to learn from history, notably from the 2009 Manila flooding which killed at least 460. Despite solemn promises made then, low-lying shantytowns continue to grow, and rubbish dumped by their residents clogs drainage canals and sewers. Around the city, meanwhile, forested areas capable of retaining water in the soil, are being cleared to build suburbs for the affluent.
" There are some scoundrels, however, who purposely clog the drainage pipes of some streets precisely to induce floods. Why? So that vehicles will stall in the floods and they will earn by pushing the stalled vehicles to higher ground. Or they can earn fees from pedestrians who do not want to get their feet wet to use the wooden planks that they have laid above the water. Or they can ferry them from dry ground to dry ground on their pushcarts—for a fee. Trabaho lang, they will tell you. That is par for the course in low-lying areas like España. But what about V. Luna street in Quezon City that was never flooded before? Why was it suddenly flooded one day so that many vehicles stalled and had to be pushed to higher ground by men waiting there? Workers of the MMDA found the drainage pipes blocked with rocks and garbage. Were the rocks lodged there by the floodwaters or purposely placed there to block the drainage pipe and cause the flooding?"
" In a comment on my colleague Floyd Whaley’s story in The New York Times, Tomas Gomez III of Calbayog called metropolitan Manila an “abused space.” “It is engaged in self-strangulation by not consciously decongesting and redistributing its population,” Mr. Gomez said. “Slums and squatter colonies predominate much of the terrain, occupying what used to be open canals/streams, river tributaries and even riverbanks themselves. Clogging of natural drainage arteries is the tolerated norm. It is beyond its carrying capacity and for a long time now has been bursting at the seams.”
Too Late. Never Mind. We're Done....;} " "Once a threshold-induced planetary state shift occurs, there's no going back. So, if a system switches to a new state because you've added lots of energy, even if you take out the new energy, it won't revert back to the old system. The planet doesn't have any memory of the old state." These projections contradict the popularly held belief that the extent to which human-induced pressures, such as climate change, are destroying our planet is still debatable, and any collapse would be both gradual and centuries away. This study concludes we better not exceed the 50 per cent mark of wholesale transformation of Earth's surface or we won't be able to delay, never mind avert, a planetary collapse. We've already reached the 43 per cent mark through our conversion of landscapes into agricultural and urban areas, making Earth increasingly susceptible to an environmental epidemic."
A Climate Change article wil appear soon in the Right Column. Wonder what it will be about....LMFAO....8D 'We must get used to Climate Change.' BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...shoulda thought about that one back in Reagan's Age....too late now.
so you're an Imelda Marcos fan, eh? Think the USSA has been good to it's colony of 'jack rabbits' ?...;} The next False Flag in ...say....September, you'll be blaming everyone but the Imperial City, London, and Tel Aviv.....;}
#4. To: All (#3) r sight in Metro Manila – DENR chief ... newsinfo.inquirer.net/......me-familiar-sight-in-me... 23 hours ago – Latest News Stories ... MANILA, Philippines – Let's get used to great floods. ... adapt to climate change and the only way we could be prepared for the impact of climate change is to accept that these recent developments in our ... BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHHA...;} We've altered 1/2 the planet, 95% expect 2 billion to be added in the next 25 years, and Now we're just going to have to get used to this..... BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....yeast....we are no different. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-09 10:28:42 ET Reply Trace Private Reply #5. To: mcgowanjm, *Global Climate Change* (#3) "These people aren't just on the other side of this debate. They're on the other side of reality.” Yes, yes it is lost on them. I think many just don't want to think. They like Limbaugh and Beck and Fox news doing their thinking for them. Then, like my neighbor, all they need do is put a Romney sign on the front of their house. “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.” Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, also known as the ‘Bishop of Corum’ He wrote "Spiral of Violence" Robin
Two things your gov't will never tell you: Monsanto and the Bees: Interviews with Tom Philpott, Paul Towers ... lftlc.com/monsanto-and-be...philpott-paul-towers-an... May 19, 2012 – Loss of bee colonies threatens more than half the food we eat. This hour, Monsanto, Bayer, genetically modified seeds, bees and super weeds; ... AND Mercury in vaccines cause of Autism.
Aleppo: Conflicting stories and the truth 10.08.2012 Again the western media is manipulating the facts, sifting through footage taken in recent weeks, showing out-of-date clips of tanks being commandeered by terrorists, then after their murderous filth was chased out of Damascus, they paint a rosy story of Aleppo. The truth so obviously hurts, hence the lies. Here is the full truth and nothing but. The Free Syrian Terrorist Force is, sorry to spoil the fun, certainly not composed by Syrians. Around 75 per cent of them are foreign mercenaries, murderers, "ex-SAS", "ex-French special forces", Libyan rapists, murderers and torturers, and so on, complete with the hierarchy composed of Iraqis and Turks and the token Syrian for the cameras. Secondly, and sorry to spoil the fun again, things are not going very well for this western-backed scourge and their western masters, furiously scratching their heads as to what to do next. After Libya, with nobody believing a word London, Washington or Paris says any more, and after the foreign policy disaster in Iraq, invading outside the UNSC, what can they do, except keep on sending foreign mercenaries and murderers to their deaths inside Syria?
Western leaders slip back into their childhood by Thierry Meyssan The slogan "Bashar must go!" was supposed to be chanted by crowds of protesters in Damascus and Aleppo. In the absence of such demonstrations, it has been taken over by Western leaders themselves even though it goes against all the conventional rules of diplomacy. Why? Voltaire Network | Damascus (Syria) | 8 August 2012
I wonder how many times I have to post: Market Manipulation Climate Change Peak Oil before Google picks it up? Infinite fractal.....8D 40% of Texas freshwater used for fracking. As 40% of corn used for ethanol. USDA ERS - Corn: Background www.ers.usda.gov › Topics › Crops › Corn May 28, 2012 – Most of the crop is used as the main energy ingredient in livestock feed. Corn is also processed into a multitude of food and industrial products ... 40% the amount of Brazilian soy China bought this Spring. Short of soy Brazil meat producers want to import from Bolivia ... http://en.mercopress.com/.../sho...at-producers-want-to-im... 5 hours ago – “In the first half of the year China bought a lot of Brazilian soy, so now our stock is zero, in fact it is probably negative,” said Alexandre ... China to Buy $4.3 Billion of Soybeans in Deals With U.S. Exporters ... http://www.bloomberg.com/.../chi...llion-of-soybeans-in-de... Feb 15, 2012 – China, the world's biggest soybean importer and consumer, signed agreements in ... Soybeans have jumped 5.1 percent this year on the Chicago Board of Trade, ... China Signs $4.3 Billion of Soybean-Buying Deals With U.S. ... Grains essentially the same price as this time last year. Any questions?....;}
Yes, you gibbering libTURD SCUM, I have one. Did your parents have any children that lived?
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Right now I'm trying to figure how a Command Sergeant Major is killed and the assailant walks away....;} "Afghan soldier shoots 6 American invaders dead, 3 wounded in Laghman LAGHMAN, Aug. 09 – A recent news report from Laghman province points out that on Thursdays, Abd-us-Samad, resident of Kunar province, apparently working for the puppet Afghan National Army (ANA) turned his heavy machine gun on the American invaders in a joint base and opened fire on those inside the base and threw about 5 hand grenades at the invading forces. In addition to killing at least 6 American invaders, the brave Afghan left a further three cowardly American troops wounded. Thursday’s shooting comes as the enemy was amid a meeting in joint military base in Mehtarlam Baba, the capital of Laghman province and was one of the most moral-shattering attacks by a lone Afghan on the Americans since the “Operation Al-Farooq” initiated. The brave Afghan, after accomplishing his mission, was about to leave the base as he was shot from the helicopter and joint the highest rank of martyrs. Police officer shoots dead 4 American invaders in Helmand, wounds 3 HELMAND, Aug. 10 – Recent reports arriving from Helmand province state that an Afghan local police officer has opened fire on a gathering of American invaders, according to officials from Sangin district.Latest reports indicate that the shooting, carried out by the head of the said local police squad (Asadullah), took place in Sarwan Kala region’s Kozki area at dusk time Thursday on 7 high ranking American troops ,who also trained Afghan forces as a result, that were invited for dinner as a result, 4 invaders have been confirmed dead while the 3 others were severely wounded. The hero officer later left the area with his weapon and joined up with Mujahideen.
Smegma. The best part of you rolled down your daddy's leg...;}
Yeah, just like All the Psychos in DC. Now let's see your take on that asshole, Romney.....;}
First off, This is a lie: "In 25 attacks this year, 31 U.S. coalition service members have died at the hands of Afghan forces or insurgents disguised in Afghan uniforms, according to NATO. There were 11 such attacks and 20 deaths last year, according to an Associated Press count. Each of the previous two years saw five such attacks. " It's in nearly EVERY USSA article along with this: "Taliban often exaggerate their claims." mcgowanjm
[quote="WSWS above"][b]34 [/b]US and other occupation troops have been killed in at least 25 such attacks. This compares to a total of 35 killed for all of 2011in at least 21 attacks. [/quote] Did WSWS add '3' from this week's attacks?? They should've added '20'. Note this as well: [quote]In the latest devastating attack, insurgents struck at the command staff of the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar Province[/quote] All of these killings are decapitating the 'command staff'. Where is the Security for these officers? The Flag is being 'captured' by the Insurgency and in more than 1/3 of these incidents, they're getting away. The Worst Scenario possible. [quote]Corrigan said she learned that Capt. Manoukian was killed while having a meal with a group of Afghan police officers Thursday. Manoukian was on his fourth tour in Afghanistan when he was killed. He was shot by an Afghan police officer. [/quote] [quote]And 3 SpecOps[/quote] [quote] The U.S. government identified four Americans who were killed along with an Afghan civilian in a twin suicide attack in eastern Kunar province on Wednesday: USAID foreign service officer Ragaei Abdelfattah, Air Force Maj. Walter D. Gray, of Conyers, Ga.; Army Maj. Thomas E. Kennedy, of West Point, N.Y.; and Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin, of Laramie, Wyo.[/quote] Plus three MORE marines at least. Just this week. Not including the wounded.
#1. To: Robin (#0) the future of human civilization. Hoover Dam stops producing electricity/water by 2017. And in 4 years USSans will ALL realize that 2012 was not a One Off but the Short, Very Short beginning of human Civilizations future. By 2020 at the latest. mcgowanjm Market Manipulation Climate Change Peak Oil....;}
From Wiki: [quote] * [edit] History Paktia is basically Pashtia (پښتیا). Some Pashtun scholars are claiming that the word Pashtu has been stemmed from Pashtia (پښتو = پښتیا). Paktia used to be a unified province with Khost and Paktika, these three provinces are now referred to as Loya Paktia, meaning "Greater Paktia". Paktia came to prominence during the 1980s, when a significant portion of Afghanistan's leadership originated from the province. Some of the more notable leaders include: Najibullah Ahmadzai, a former President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, Shahnawaz Tanai, and Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoi. More recently, Paktia was the site of heavy fighting between Taliban and NATO forces following the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. [b]Paktia was one of the last redoubts of organized Taliban resistance; much of Operation Anaconda took place in Zurmat, one of Paktia's larger districts.[/b][/quote] [quote]Paktia was one of the last redoubts of organized Taliban resistance; much of Operation Anaconda took place in Zurmat, one of Paktia's larger districts.[/quote] Notice the Past Tense? :twisted: :? 8-) And whatever happened to Op Anaconda, the Last Op by the USSAns.... :twisted: [quote]Operation Anaconda kills 800 in Afghanistan OPERATION ANACONDA CNN March 13, 2002 An estimated 800 al Qaeda and Taliban fighters died trying to stave off a 12-day U.S. and allied assault in eastern Afghanistan's [b]Shah-e-kot Valley[/b], U.S. officials said Wednesday. Afghan forces fighting alongside U.S. troops seized control Wednesday of the last remaining high ground previously controlled by hold-out Taliban and al Qaeda, said Maj. Brian Hilferty, a U.S. Central Command spokesman. No senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in the campaign dubbed Operation Anaconda, U.S. officials said. But officials stressed that the slain fighters who once posed a direct threat to Afghanistan's interim government headed by Hamid Karzai [b]are now gone[/b].[/quote] Well, except for these guys: [quote]Paktia Province, Afghanistan, March 4, 2002 Operation Enduring Freedom, the military action against Taliban and al-Qaida forces in Afghanistan, was the catalyst for the largest mobilization of Air National Guard personnel since the Korean War. It also marked the first time that Air National Guard ground units, particularly pararescue personnel and air combat controllers, were used to support joint ground combat operations. As part of Enduring Freedom, in March 2002 a joint military operation named "Anaconda" was mounted in Paktia province to surround and defeat Taliban forces hiding in the area. On the third day of Operation Anaconda an Army MH-47E Chinook helicopter was fired upon as it attempted to land on a ridge on Takur Ghar mountain. Taking heavy fire, the helicopter lurched and attempted to take-off to extricate itself from the field of fire. When the Chinook lurched, one of the Navy SEALs on board, Petty Officer First Class Neil C. Roberts, fell from the rear ramp. Too damaged to return for Petty Officer Roberts, the Chinook landed further down the mountain. A second MH-47E attempted to land and rescue Roberts, but it too was fired upon and forced to leave the immediate area. The third MH-47E to attempt a landing on what became known as Roberts’ Ridge was hit with automatic weapons fire and rocket-propelled grenades while still 20 feet in the air. The helicopter, containing an Army Ranger Team and Technical Sergeant Keary Miller, a Combat Search and Rescue Team Leader from the 123d Special Tactics Squadron, Kentucky Air National Guard, hit the ground hard. Within seconds, one helicopter crewman, the right door gunner, was killed, as were three Army Rangers. The 17-hour ordeal that followed would result in the loss of seven American lives, including Petty Officer Roberts. Technical Sergeant Miller not only managed to drag the wounded helicopter pilot to safety, but also orchestrated the establishment of multiple casualty collection points. In between treating the wounded, Miller set up the distribution of ammunition for the Army Rangers who were taking the fight to the enemy. For his extraordinary life-saving efforts while putting himself in extreme danger under enemy fire, Technical Sergeant Miller was awarded the Silver Star by the U.S. Navy, one of the few members of the Air National Guard to be so honored. [/quote] And this: www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/ganaconda/flash.htm :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: I challenge Anyone to make sense of Operation Anaconda... :? 8-) [quote]The U.S. forces estimated they had killed at least 500 fighters over the duration of the battle, however journalists later noted that only 23 bodies were found - and critics suggested that after a couple days, the operation "was more driven by media obsession, than military necessity".[3][/quote] [quote]Shah-i-Kot Valley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Shah-i-Kot Valley (also Shahi-Kot, Shah-e-Kot and other variant spellings) is a valley located in Afghanistan's Paktia province, southeast of the town of Zormat. The terrain in and around the valley is notoriously rugged, located at a mean altitude of 9,000 feet (2,700 m). Shah-i-Kot means "Place of the King" and it has historically been a redoubt for Afghan guerrillas hiding from foreign invaders. The area was the scene of fierce fighting between the Afghan mujahideen rebels and Soviet forces during the Afghan-Soviet War, as the fiere battle for Hill 3234. It was also the scene of what was then the largest battle of the U.S.-Afghan War to date.[1][2][3] The Battle of Shah-i-Kot took place during Operation Anaconda, which began on 2 March 2002.[/quote] And WHY talk about the above? Because TODAY the Shahi-Kot is being Abandoned by the USSA: [quote] * Contact us Invaders abandon and burn down strategic base in Zurmat Zabihullah mujahid E-mail Print PDF Sunday, 24 Ramadan 1433 Sunday, 12 August 2012 12:10 PAKTIA, Aug. 12 – A large strategic base of foreign troops in Rahman Khel area, Mamozi region, was abandoned and burnt down by the invaders who fled the area last night, according to officials reporting from Zurmat district. This large base was located and occupied by a large contingent in the desert of Rahman Khel from where the invaders carried out operations in Mamozi, Shah-i-Kot, Arma district and other areas. The cowardly invaders were finally forced to vacate their recently built base due to constant missile attacks for the past few years. Mujahideen in the district say that with this development, this whole large region once again comes under their complete control and can freely move between various areas of Zurmat district, Shah-i-Kot, Arma district and Naka district of Paktika province. It should be mentioned that foreign invaders have recently begun abandoning dozens of their strategic bases throughout Afghanistan which in itself in proof that the nation is gradually attaining its freedom and also the military defeat of foreign crusader forces and their allies. Al-Emarah website always strives to collect such news of fleeing of the enemy as well as the advancements of Mujahideen so it can be a cause of happiness for the oppressed Afghan nation in this time of Eid.[/quote] By Xmas.... :twisted: :? 8-) And just like VietNam in 1971 our troops are just keeping their heads down. Looking to get out alive.
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