Ian Bach

Fake military profiles on yahoo

2007-08-16T12:29:00.000-07:00

I have had a several people over the past 5 months contact me about fake military and fake police yahoo IDs. The major complaint is the person posing as police or military send disturbing and hateful messages to military personnel and their friends.If you have been a victim of one of these hate mongers with fake IDs. Always feel free to contact me and I will do the best I can to help shut the haters yahoo page down.I recommend leaving the hate message on your page and contact me and yahoo "report abuse" at yahoo report abuse be sure and mention it is a hate message and leave it on your page so they and I can see and investigate it. I would also say it may be good if you note a response weather it be in mypage comments or Blog comments leave a message adjacent to it and Note that you have contacted yahoo in regards to the message and for your friends to be patient and aware of why you left the hate message. Give us week sometimes longer.Also do not contact or leave a message on a hate mongers site/Blog. They feed off that and you basically are putting fuel on the fire and giving them what they want. Put the profile on ignore so the person can not re-post to your page and let your friends know. Often times the hate mongers will target your friends list if you do leave a comment on their page. So you can see its best to leave it to reporting the abuse for you and your friends sake. One thing you can do is make a fake ID if you wish to expose a fake ID. Then they wont be able to go after your friends. Also if you get a second ID shut down well np eh..... you still have your main yahoo ID and your friends intact..................

Click here for the full article by Ian Bach and also further discussion and comments at Yahoo

Terrosists Propaganda vs Facts - Muslims and the different Sects

2007-07-16T00:21:00.000-07:00

Yes much is lies. Think of it like Nazi's / Gerbil Propaganda. They twist truth into lies and lies into truths. When I saw how much the Media was focusing on Iraq and all the propaganda which after a while I could spot easy. This is when I felt al Qaeda is worried they will not win in Iraq. I know they will not win in Afghanistan.The FBI knows and understands Terrorism much better than CIA. This was a shock and a hit to my gut when I found this out. Being an airplane and aerospace nut like I am it was like I found out a friend was not who I thought they were.The FBI is one of our best assets against Terrorism. I still do a lot of reporting of bank scams since this is how Terrorists get money one way at least. They run the bank scams from Algeria and now also in Iran. Also I promote others to do same, I knew when I started that I could not do this alone and that if I was going to be an effective weapon against terrorism I must teach others the things I know.I still don't know what to think of Iran Nukes they say it’s only for peaceful purpose like power plants but I recently found out that the guy who got Pakistan its Nukes is one of the people who helped Iran learn about nuclear science. So it is possible they want a nuke weapon. But they won’t be able to use it. Also the inflation in Iran is starting to make the people unhappy with their government, especially the young Muslims in Iran; many listen to Heavy metal music. That started about 10 years ago. About 5 years ago Rap Music became popular among young Muslims

Click the link below for complete Artcile
http://www.ianbach.com/counterterrorism/2007/07/just-some-thoughts-and-info-about-islam.html

Just Some thoughts and info about Islam and Propaganda

2007-07-16T00:16:00.000-07:00

Some thoughts and insights about Islam

2007-07-16T00:04:00.000-07:00

Much of the News about Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. most people (even Americans) hear or see is lies. Think of it like Nazi's / Gerbil Propaganda. They twist truth into lies and lies into truths. When I saw how much the Media was focusing on Iraq and all the propaganda which after a while I could spot easy. This is when I felt al Qaeda is worried they will not win in Iraq. I know they will not win in Afghanistan. The FBI knows and understands Terrorism much better than CIA. This was a shock and a hit to my gut when I found this out. Being an airplane and aerospace nut like I am it was like I found out a friend was not who I thought they were.

The FBI is one of our best assets against Terrorism. I still do a lot of reporting of bank scams since this is how Terrorists get money one way at least. They run the bank scams from Algeria and now also in Iran. Also I promote others to do same, I knew when I started that I could not do this alone and that if I was going to be an effective weapon against terrorism I must teach others the things I know.

I still don't know what to think of Iran Nukes they say it’s only for peaceful purpose like power plants but I recently found out that the guy who got Pakistan its Nukes is one of the people who helped Iran learn about nuclear science. So it is possible they want a nuke weapon. But they won’t be able to use it. Also the inflation in Iran is starting to make the people unhappy with their government, especially the young Muslims in Iran; many listen to Heavy metal music. That started about 10 years ago. About 5 years ago Rap Music became popular among young Muslims.

This is not just in Iran; it is in Serbia, Palestine, Syria, and many Muslims Nations. They do this knowing that the door may be kicked in at any moment and they could be shot and killed just for the music they listen to. We are seeing now in Iran they want the youths to stop dressing like westerners. I am not sure how bad that is going ATM in Iran. But in many Muslim countries they have religious cops that will beat people for doing things that they feel are not the Muslim way. But the Muslim faith has many arms/sects. The Muslims in Kurdish areas of Iraq believe deeply that they should accept all faiths. Many or maybe even most of the approximately 15 different Muslims sects don't think that some Kurds are true Muslims. They even have stories of one sect in Kurdish area that they say is devil worshipers. But it is more because the Kurds practice a thing I forget what Muslims call it, but basically it is a practice of hiding ones true beliefs. This is mostly done to prevent fundamental type sects or groups or movements from knowing they are a particular sect and out of fear of being killed for ones beliefs.

Look at Iraq or Afghanistan they have many sects of the Muslim faith. The civil war is not because all Shia hate all Sunni or visa versa. No, No, No….. It is some clerics, Imams, etc., who want more power and want to have influence or be the Big Man. This is the Biggest Problem but I think they will solve it because there is no other way. In both Afghanistan and Iraq almost every citizen has some family member that is Sunni on one side and Shia on other side. Before Saddam and while Saddam was in power the Sunni and Shia lived in relative peace did not see a big difference or need to hate the each other. Many Muslims believe the Quran teaches acceptance of other faiths. But Bin Laden and Wahhabia do not believe this they are the terrorists they preach hate. Wahhabism is not a religious Sect it is a movement to attain power. Presently the Saudi Royal Family is flanked by Wahhabia. Even in the rural areas of UAE has Wahhabia to some extent and it this is growing since the gap between rich and poor is so wide. The Saudi King has done some amazing things that no one thought could happen before. He has reached into Palestine even and throughout Muslim sects. This many Muslims believe is because he wants to have a good name before he dies.

Taliban - Pashto - "seekers of knowledge"

2007-06-25T10:16:00.000-07:00

The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان, "students" or "seekers of knowledge") are a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by American aerial bombardment and Northern Alliance ground forces.

"This is the flag or banner that the Taliban and al-Qaeda are waving. It sounds like a good thing (seekers of knowledge), But the truth is these fundamentalist join al-Qaeda for what ever their reason. Then they attend schools that teach the Qur'an in a twisted way. They take certain passages from the Qur'an. They use the same tactics that the Nazi's used during World War II. Basically get young minds and twist them and brain wash them into beliefs that make them believe that the World and the Jews and Christians are trying to take over the World. The truth is these groups wish to expand their power and take over the governments of nations. They are active all over the world but most active in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia, and then the world. - Ian Bach"

Some smaller groups of the Taliban are currently engaged in a protracted guerrilla war against allied NATO forces and the current government of Afghanistan.While in power, the Taliban implemented the "strictest interpretation of Sharia law ever seen in the Muslim world," and became notorious internationally for their treatment of women.

Women were forced to wear the burqa in public. They were allowed neither to work nor to be educated after the age of eight, and until then were permitted only to study the Qur'an. Women seeking an education were forced to attend underground schools, where they and their teachers risked execution if caught. They were not allowed to be treated by male doctors unless accompanied by a male chaperon, which led to illnesses remaining untreated. They faced public flogging in the street and public execution for violations of the Taliban's laws.

( Click Here for the complete story )

Pashtuns

2007-06-25T10:13:00.000-07:00

Monday, June 25, 2007

The vast majority of Pashtuns can be found in an area stretching from southeastern Afghanistan to western Pakistan. Small additional colonies can be found in the Northern Areas, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Karachi in Pakistan as well as in other parts of Afghanistan. There are smaller communities in Iran and India, and a large migrant worker community in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. Important metropolitan centers of Pashtun culture include Peshawar and Kandahar, while Kabul and Quetta, though having large Pashtun populations, are more mixed cities of cultural significance.

Read more here

M. Yon - Hit, Anbar Province, Iraq

2007-06-02T01:32:00.000-07:00

Final Option
by M. Yon
"The city of Hit (pronounced “heat”) is a spot of green in the desert on the western bank of the Euphrates. The temperature is steadily rising….. the haze shimmering at about 115°F now. I accompanied LTC Doug Crissman for….. with local in Anbar Province…. Prior to February, Hit was one of the hottest little battlegrounds of the war, with almost daily gun battles, mortars exploding on the bases, and bombs cratering the roads............."

By Michael Yon (Final Option - Full Article Click Here)

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airstrikes that killed 25 suspected insurgents

2007-05-21T04:38:00.000-07:00

By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer
48 minutes ago

KABUL, Afghanistan - Suspected insurgents ambushed a U.S.-led coalition and Afghan patrol in the volatile south, sparking a battle and airstrikes that killed 25 suspected insurgents, officials said Monday.

The coalition said the joint forces were attacked while on a patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand province on Sunday. An estimated 50 Taliban reinforcement fighters came by foot and boat along the Helmand River from surrounding areas, the coalition said in a statement.

Coalition airstrikes bombed seven compounds, resulting in three secondary explosions from suspected weapons caches, it said. It said there were "several" confirmed militant deaths during the 14-hour battle and no reports of civilian injuries.

The Afghan Defense Ministry said the clash and airstrikes in Sangin killed 25 suspected Taliban, including a group leader identified as Mullah Younus.

NATO is pushing ahead with Operation Achilles, its largest ever operation involving some 4,500 NATO troops and 1,000 Afghan soldiers. Achilles is centered in northern Helmand province, the country's opium heartland and a Taliban stronghold.

In eastern Nangarhar province, a roadside bomb hit a police vehicle in the district of Dara-I-Nur, killing two policemen and wounding seven others, said police chief Gen. Abdul Ghafar Pacha.

Meanwhile, a British soldier died Sunday of wounds from an accident at a British military base in Sangin, the British Ministry of Defense said.

On Sunday, a suicide bomber walked into a crowded market in the eastern city of Gardez and blew himself up, killing 14 people and wounding 31, officials and witnesses said.

The attack damaged around 30 shops, shattering windows and destroying the stores closest to the explosion.

Witnesses said a convoy of foreign troops appeared to be the target of the Gardez bomber, but that it already had passed when the bomber struck.

Maj. William Mitchell, a spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force, said there were initial reports of injuries to ISAF soldiers, though he didn't have further details.

Six people died at the scene of the blast, police said. Another eight later died in hospital, said Ghulam Hazrat Majedi, the doctor in charge of the Gardez hospital. He said two of the 31 wounded were in critical condition.

Nasar Ahmad, a 30-year-old shopkeeper whose three cousins were seriously hurt in the blast, said he saw a U.S. convoy driving through the city just before the explosion.

Shah Mohammad, 19, said all those killed or wounded by the blast were Afghan civilians.

Violence in Afghanistan has increased sharply in the last several weeks. More than 1,600 people, have been killed in insurgency-related violence this year, according to an Associated Press count based on U.S., NATO and Afghan officials. The dead have mostly been militants, but about 300 civilians also have died in the violence.

More world News at IanBach.com

Tribute to US Navy

2007-05-12T16:16:00.000-07:00

Navy Hymn:

Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh.
Farewell to college joys, we sail at break of
day-ay-ay-ay.
Through our last night on shore, drink to the foam,
Until we meet once more:
Here's wishing you a happy voyage home.

Stand, Navy, out to sea, Fight our battle cry;
We'll never change our course, So vicious foe
steer shy-y-y-y.
Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh.
Sail on to victory
And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray!

Stand Navy, down the field,
Sail set to the sky
We'll never change our course
So Army you steer shy-y-y-y

Roll up the score Navy
Anchors Aweigh
Sail, Navy, down the field,
And sink the Army, sink the Army gray.

Tribute to US Marines

2007-05-12T16:05:00.000-07:00

Marines Hymn

From the Halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
of United States Marine.

Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in ev'ry clime and place
Where we could take a gun;
In the snow of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job--
The United States Marines.

Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve;
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.

Backlash loosens al-Qaeda's hold on Pakistan's border

2007-05-12T15:38:00.000-07:00

"Since Monday tribal fighters have been engaged in a full-blooded battle with Islamist fighters from Uzbekistan, who have been living in Waziristan since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. Both sides have used artillery, rockets and gunfire."

"The Uzbeks are led by Tahir Yuldashev, an Islamist who was once a close associate of Osama bin Laden. The combat centered on a remote valley about 12 miles west of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan. The government claimed that up to 135 people had been killed, at least half of them Uzbeks. But a tribal source from Wana told the Guardian only 60 bodies had been accounted for."

As reported by the Guardien

This is proof that the Terrorists don't understand locals will get frustrated and stand up against them. - Ian Bach

A French View of Counterinsurgency 1960

2007-05-12T15:25:00.000-07:00

A French View of Counterinsurgency 1960 (but scary how much it applies to today.)A Must read document by "Roger Trinquier"

http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/trinquier/trinquier.asp

How to win against an insurgent!!!
It is an excellent read but I didn't see much meat on political implementation.

As far as an application to Iraq, I think it is clear that we need to improve in the area that has been so overlooked. This is to say that we need to invest in recruting inhabitants to become informants. This I have translated for today as follows: setup the cells (2-3 men) of informants (these are the inhabitants that we establish as those who are in the know and of tribal/local influence) - district, block, section of block. We (the USA, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Nations) have been training Police and Army but we need to train and back Informants, Interrupters, Government Personnel, Secret Service, etc. (unless we already are and I don't know yet). The informants then can call or message any of the following 1-police, 2-military, 3-local government, (later we can expand local government to a more diverse structure to include more ways to help the districts and informants - listed in order of importance of which first to implement i.e., most critical - but not laid in concrete) 4-argicultural (food/water), 5-shelter, 8-employment, 9-medical, 10-educational, 11-secret service. With these services available over time based on informants' performance, any country can fight an insurgency.

Today's military must adjust and entrench within it's ranks the governmental influences (as discussed above 1-12) to aid the informants, police, and military. Without this we are fighting blind.

Ian Bach Note: I know the article I linked above is mostly military in nature and Trinquier does mention torture as ok since the combatants are not in military dress, but today that part is out of date. But overall he has written the best on this topic and it's a blown away feel first time anyone reads it. As he saw modern warfare after WW2 as not being tanks but being terrorist and cells, and it looks like Taliban and Al Qaeda took a page from his book.

Professor Nagl's War
Major John Nagl also has been a great source of information on counterinsugency methods. He now writes extensively on this topic. Click his name above to view the complete NY Times article by Peter Maass."Maj. John Nagl approaches war pragmatically and philosophically, as a soldier and a scholar. He graduated close to the top of his West Point class in 1988 and was selected as a Rhodes scholar. He studied international relations at Oxford for two years, then returned to military duty just in time to take command of a tank platoon during the 1991 Persian Gulf war, earning a Bronze Star for his efforts. After the war, he went back to England and earned his Ph.D. from St. Antony's College, the leading school of foreign affairs at Oxford"

Tribute to the US Air Force

2007-04-15T16:06:00.000-07:00

Air Force Anthem(Robert Crawford)

Off we go into the wild blue yonder
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At' em boys, give 'er the gun!
Down we dive spouting our flames from under,
Off with one helluva roar!We live in fame or go down in flame,
Nothing'll stop the US Air Force!Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder
Sent it high into the blueHands of men blasted the world asunder,
How they live God only knew!Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer
Gave us wings ever to soar,With scouts before and bombers galore,
Nothing can stop the US Air Force!Here's a toast to the host of those
Who love the vastness of the sky,To a friend we send the message
Of his brother men who fly.We drink to those who gave their all of old,
Then down we roarto score the rainbow's pot of gold.
A toast to the host of men we boast
the US Air Force.Off we go into the wild sky yonder,
Keep the wings level and true!
If you'd live to be a gray haired wonder,
Keep your nose out of the blue!
Flying men guarding our nation's boarders,
We'll be there followed by more,
In echelon we carry on!Nothing'll stop the US Air Force!

NOTE: The Army Air Corps uses this song, substituting "Army Air Corps" for "US Air Force".

Afghanistan in the early days of the “war on terror”

2007-04-15T11:30:00.000-07:00

For Dollars or for Jihad?

2007-04-13T01:49:00.000-07:00

Maybe we need to look at the Arms dealers as the ones selling the Iranian weapons not Iran Government or it's average person. Most sources I have seen and interigations suggest clearer ties with insurgents and Syria. This would indicate Groups like Al Qaeda in Syria could be funding the insurgents as well as various Iraqi local governments, and other influntial parties vieing for more power. But just as if Canada was attacked some Americans and it's military personnel would most likely help arm civilians. But most of the insurgents interogated have talked more about ties to Syria not Iran.

Dollars or Jihad?
Iraqis are getting paid between $100 and $200 (250,000 Iraqi dollars) each attack weather lobbing a grenade in the green zone (IZ), killing an Iraqi police officer, or Iraqi civilians.

Here is a portion of an insurgent being interogated:

Officer: were you doing these killings for Jihad?
Criminal: yes Sir.
Officer: for Jihad or for money?
Criminal: for both Sir.
Officer: how could Jihad be paid for!!
Criminal: (no answer)
Officer: you're Muslim?
Criminal: yes
Officer: on ID card, huh?
Criminal: yes
Officer: do you pray or go to the mosque?
Criminal: no
Officer: do you drink?
Criminal: yes Sir.
Officer: so you don't pray and you don't go to the mosque and you drink and you kill for money and after all this you call your evil doings Jihad?!!! And you call your group the "Islamic Army"!!
Criminal: (no answer again)
Officer: so, tell me about those 9 policemen. Where were they coming from and where were they heading?
Criminal: coming from 'Msayab and heading to Hilla
Officer: so they weren't coming from Tel Aviv? (from the officer's tone, obviously mocking the conspiracy theorists).
Criminal: no Sir, they were Iraqis.
Officer: THEN WHY DID YOU KILL THEM!!?
Tags: jihad, interrogate, interrogation, iraq, iran, syria, terror, funding, weapons, insurgents, .insurgent_interrogation

Thursday April 12, 2007 - 02:35am (PDT)

Ahmed Shah Massoud the "Lion of Panjshir"

2007-04-13T01:47:00.000-07:00

Read in depth information about the man known as the "Lion of Panjshir" Ahmed Shah Massoud the Afghanistan Leader of the Northern Alliance who fought the Taliban and warned the USA and European Countries about the Taliban and the potential for attacks on the USA and its allies by the Taliban. Mr. Massoud fought off the USSR during the cold war and helped bring down the Soviet Government.

http://www.ianbach.com/ahmed-shah-massoud/

France asked after Mr. Massoud's death that he be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but this came under much critisism. Many cited rapes by his soldiers and other problems that he was unable to contorl. Mr. Massoud has in several interviews talked about these problems and had admited that there was problems that he could not contorl. Mr. Massoud also was initialy allied with the Taliban, but when he came to see what they stood for he stood up against them until they killed him 2 days before 911.

Tags: ahmed, shah, afghan, iraqi, taliban, usa, lion, of, panjshir, new, york, 911, war, iraq, afghanistan, .massoud

Saturday March 10, 2007 - 12:01pm (PST)

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I read the articals on massoud and was amazaed and could not stop reading till I was done. After that I was surfing the web looking for more info. Excellent job!!
Saturday March 17, 2007 - 04:20pm (PDT)

Ian Bach - Offline IM Thanks very much glad you like the articles. I am working on new ones about couterinsurgency and how to win a modern war.
Thursday March 22, 2007 - 09:15pm (PDT

Climber

2007-04-11T23:49:00.001-07:00

Climber, originally uploaded by ianbach.

An unfinished charcoal drawing by Ian bach Edited in Photoshop.

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Afghan Kites

2007-04-09T04:08:00.000-07:00

I have many times found articles about Afghan culture that included info about how kites are a part of their culture. Today I decided to look around and find some info about this. I was going to ask my new Afghan friends, But, Instead I hope they or Anyone adds some comments and experiences of kite flying here... Ian Bach.

Excerpt from the Book Kite Runner "Every winter, districts in Kabul held a kite-fighting tournament. If you were a boy living in Kabul, the day of the tournament was undeniably the highlight of the cold season. I never slept the night before the tournament. I'd roll from side to side, make shadow animals on the wall, even sit on the balcony in the dark, a blanket wrapped around me. I felt like a soldier trying to sleep in the trenches the night before a major battle. And that wasn't so far off. In Kabul, fighting kites was a little like going to war" (Hosseini, The Kite Runner, P.43)
Kabul Kite Maker Launches Afghan Kites on Silver Screen

References:

1 TIME Magazine (On-line) Friday, February 23, 2007

2 Kite industry thriving in Afghanistan. Monday, November 13, 2006

4-7-07 Ian Bach

I have flown kites and airplanes since I was a child। About 11 years ago I started flying and taking serious lessons. I have flown soaring airplanes with German WW2 Vets (the Germans are the Best in Soaring - this is because of limits placed on Germany after WW1 - soaring became a big thing), twin engine Beachcraft Baron with a french instructer in Long Beach earning his hours of flight to become a commercial pilot (this was best plane I have flown yet, my dad had one when I was a kid I love it she is fast and a beaut॥!), and several types of single engine cessnas with many different instructors.

When I was in my teens I loved to fly model rockets I now have two Real Large hobby rockets (1). Around my 20's I got into kite flying and loved it. I especially liked my stunt kites with 2 strings for guidance. I use to take my Scottish Boarder Collie (2) to Bolsa Chica wetlands or Sanata Barbara he loved to run around chasing the kite as I flew it from side to side a few feet off the ground and hundreds of feet from side to side. - Ian Bach.

(1) About rockets and link above. You have to call the FAA before you launch these, mine goes about 5,000 ft, the ones in link went as high as 95,000 ft.
(2) My Scottish Boarder Collie was named Papillion because he loved to escape from the backyard. The papillion link is to the Movie, and other is info about the breed. If they don't have sheep to herd they may at times be found herding children. My Dog loved to tell me where to go... hehe
Wow I hope a lot of people see the Movie of the book "the kite runner" Here is a very nice review I just finished reading

Saturday April 7, 2007 - 03:28am (PDT)