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2.8.2005

Another Reminder That We're At War

If true, this is bad:

Port authorities found thousands of small steel balls hidden in water pots in a shipping container that consigned to the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation, the army reported.

Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, who fought a two decade civil war against the government, are known for loading suicide bombs with metal balls to cause maximum damage.


One could, of course, dismiss this as a propaganda play on the part of a Sri Lankan government criticized both for not having an effective response to the disaster and for its inability to put an end to the rebellion and the violence it breeds. You'd be smart to do so as well.

On the other hand, terrorist bands do have cells among expatriate communities scattered throughout the West, as most Western countries are quite soft on terrorism and often turn a blind eye to these types of activities due to political correctness, active civil rights lobbies, etc.

More of this is undoubtedly on the horizon, and the Indonesian terrorists are strangely complacent about having lots of Westerners lumbering about Aceh.

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