Walling Out the Bad Guys

I loved these walls from the start. Here is a good look at the technology and politics surrounding it. A really good article to read and study. Interesting look at how things in Baghdad are improving, so, naturally, we will not read about this in the Media.

Defense Tech: Walling Out the Bad Guys: "Walling off vulnerable Baghdad neighborhoods is critical to breaking the cycle of revenge killings in Iraq, according to U.S. Army General David Petraeus' counter-insurgency advisor.

Portable barriers installed between neighborhoods enable U.S. and Iraqi forces to limit the nighttime movements of death squads and insurgents, says Dr. David Kilcullen, a lieutenant colonel in the Australian army reserve who has spent years studying terror groups and methods for defeating them.

'What we've tried to do is put in a series of blocks to stop that cycle [of violence] from running, and if it does run, to reduce the number of people killed in attacks' by limiting the scale and frequency of attacks, Kilcullen explains.

He uses the term 'gated community' to describe the walled-off neighborhoods. The first to be enclosed was Sunni community of Adhamiyah in April. The decision to wall of a particular area is made by the U.S. battalions on the ground."

Kindergarten of death

Go watch this video. Do not have throwable objects near. Do keep a vomit bucket handy! This video will make Conservative child advocates sick and Leftist ones cheer. Disgusting stuff.

MEMRI TV: "Graduation Ceremony at the Islamic Association in Gaza on Hamas TV

Following are excerpts from a report on Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV about a graduation ceremony of kindergartens of the Islamic Association in Gaza. The report was aired on May 31, 2007.

Host: We will now take a short break to present the Palestinian childhood, and some scenes from the celebration in the kindergartens of the Islamic Association. We followed this ceremony of the graduation of the 29th class of the Islamic Association's kindergartens. Let's watch the report, and then we'll be back to complete the discussion.

Girls’ show
[...]

Host:All the best. Stay with us to watch this performance by the children of Palestine.

Boys’ show

Boys: Allah Akbar. Praise be to Allah. Allah Akbar. Praise be to Allah. Allah Akbar. Praise be to Allah. Allah Akbar. Praise be to Allah. Who is your role model? The Prophet. Who is your role model? The Prophet. What is your path? Jihad. What is your path? Jihad. What is your most lofty aspiration? Death for the sake of Allah. What is your most lofty aspiration? Death for the sake of Allah."

New device detects avian flu strains fast

These detectors have been slowly getting better and better as life goes on. I can't wait for the next generation to arrive, although this one looks pretty nice. With H5N1 strains all around the world, it is almost too late. I hope this will help with the next idiotic TB patient who tries to board a plane.

Reuters AlertNet - New device detects avian flu strains fast: "A new device can quickly detect 92 different viruses, including several strains of the feared H5N1 avian flu virus or other emerging new infections, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

They said their mass spectrometer device can also be used in big hospitals to watch for outbreaks of dangerous drug-resistant infections.

'Therefore, we can keep up with the virus, even if there is a new variant of H5N1 circulating that is different from last year's,' Ranga Sampath, executive director of Ibis Biosciences Inc., told Reuters."

Rejected by PBS, Film on Islam Revived by CPB

This is great news! The voice of the moderate American Islamists will finally be heard. The Left tried to bury them, but word got out and now they can finally speak. Amazing the pressure that the Right can put on when it wants something! Now they just have to seal the borders to keep the radicals out.

Rejected by PBS, Film on Islam Revived by CPB - washingtonpost.com: "In an uprecedented move, the agency that oversees public broadcasting has stepped in to arrange distribution for a TV documentary on Islam that PBS had rejected as unworthy.

The federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting helped find a new distributor for 'Islam vs. Islamists: Voices From the Muslim Center' after seven Republican members of Congress and one Democrat demanded that CPB ask PBS to air it or release it elsewhere.

The 52-minute film contends that moderate Muslims are being intimidated by radical Islamists in several Western democracies, including the United States."

TB quarantine raises legal questions

Amazing how stupid this guy is! He would be suing everyone involved in his ambulance chasing career if he was not the carrier. What a selfish jerk this guy is. Did he think if anyone besides himself? Nope! Bury him under the jail.

TB quarantine raises legal questions - Yahoo! News: "The case of a jet-setting tuberculosis patient might soon shift from the hospital wards to the courts. The patient, Andrew Speaker, an Atlanta personal injury attorney, could sue the federal government for being quarantined on the basis of federal regulations that some scholars see as unconstitutional.

Or Speaker could be sued by fellow airline passengers, especially if any caught the disease from him — which some legal scholars say is much more likely.

"He may be personally liable if someone contracts TB" from being near him on his recent flights to and from Europe, said Peter Jacobson, a University of Michigan professor of public health law. "I can see a jury coming down very hard on someone like that who willfully ignored advice not to travel."

Speaker flew to Europe for his wedding and honeymoon after being advised by health officials not to make the trip because he had TB. Then, while he was in Rome, U.S. health officials told him to stay put because further tests showed he had an even more dangerous, drug-resistant type of TB than previously thought.

The 31-year-old newlywed disregarded those instructions, taking commercial jets to Prague and then Montreal in an attempt to sneak back into the United States."

Death Upheld for Japanese Cult Member

The Japanese system is really slow on this! Of course, the US system is not much better, unfortunately. I am just glad that these murderers are finally going to die. They deserve it for the horrible attacks they undertook. Nerve gas is not a nice way to die.

Death Upheld for Japanese Cult Member | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited: "The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence given to a former cult member for his role in the 1995 nerve gas attack on the city's subway system.

Tokyo District Court convicted Seiichi Endo in October 2002 of helping to produce the sarin gas that killed 12 people and sickened 5,000. He is a virology graduate of Japan's prestigious Kyoto University.

Endo, 46, is one of more than a dozen former members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult facing the death penalty in connection with the subway attack. They include the cult's former guru, Shoko Asahara.

A court spokesman confirmed the ruling but declined to elaborate."

Al Qaeda - terrorist in-fighting

Many of you might have read what the AP had to say. Now read what the Iraqi people have to say! It has a number of changes that the AP has, naturally, messed up. Those editors are great fact checkers! HA!

IRAQ THE MODEL: "Fighting in a western Baghdad district between two insurgent groups continued for the 2nd day, eye witnesses told ITM.
The clashes erupted yesterday around noon between two groups of insurgents that are competing for control in the Amiriya district, one of Baghdad's most violent and lawless districts.

The two groups, teams actually, were later identified; on one side there's al-Qaeda and the Islamic state in Iraq and on the other there's the Islamic army and 'Jaish al-Mujahideen' (The brigades of the 1920 revolution in another account), the latter are know to be largely military and intelligence officers of the former regime as well as members of the Baath Party.

'I saw seven or eight bodies of militants who were killed in the clashes lying on the ground' one eyewitness said this morning. This was before the fighting resumed after a short pause."

Syrian election fraud is rampant

What?? Where was Jimmy Carter? He would have looked at all the guns and declared these elections to be open and fair! That would have proven the honesty of the Syrian dictatorship and allowed them to get on with training the terrorists for their Iranian masters. "Sit, Assad! Good boy. Have a doggy treat."

MEMRI: Latest News: "The April 22-23, 2007 parliamentary elections in Syria were held amid reports of electoral fraud. [1] In the Al-Rakka district in the east of the country, this even led to violent demonstrations, with over 530 citizens arrested by the Syrian security services. [2] In addition, numerous reports from opposition sources claimed that the Syrian regime had rigged 'ghost lists' in some districts, i.e., lists of supposedly independent candidates who were, in fact, affiliated with the regime. [3]

The election results, as announced by the Syrian interior minister on April 26, 2007, sparked fierce protest on the part of the Syrian opposition, which called on the international community and on Arab and international organizations not to recognize the new Syrian parliament and its decisions.

The Syrian government press joined the criticism, emphasizing that the voter turnout would have been higher had the Syrian parliament been more effective in performing its functions. The articles expressed the hope that the new parliament would not disappoint the Syrian citizens as its predecessors had."

Why London and Sderot Alike Are Not be Safe from Jihadist Terror

Londonistan just can't make up its mind! They pass new legislation to stop terrorism, and simultaneously honor foreign terrorists. I am glad I no longer live there! I would be going crazy trying to figure out what the government is doing.

DEBKAfile - Why London and Sderot Alike Are Not be Safe from Jihadist Terror: "Sunday, May 27, was a red letter day for Hamas. One of the hundreds of Qassam missiles fired from Gaza in the last 12 days hit a car in Sderot’s center driven by 35-year old Oshri Oz from Hod Hasharon, whose company provides computer services in the battered town. He died on the way to hospital. He is survived by a two-year old daughter and a pregnant wife, who was hospitalized after she received the news of his death.

That day, too, Ghazi Hamad, spokesman of the Palestinian government headed by Ismail Haniya of Hamas, was the honored guest at a prestigious English literary festival at Hay-on-Wye in Wales. Invited to the event by the British Guardian newspaper, the Palestinian terrorist shared a platform with future and past British premiers, Chancellor Gordon Brown, who enters 10 Downing on June 27, John Major, the designer Vivienne Westwood and other glitterati. The Palestinian jihadi starred in Sky television’s Adam Bolton’s Sunday interview program.

Hamad rewarded his British hosts with a pack of lies and omissions, telling them what they wanted to hear about the fate of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped on March 12 in Gaza City and never heard of since."

Palestinian Fatah-al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades group splits, with 40 percent defecting to Hamas – DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report ex

Hamas is taking over the terrorist operations for the "moderate" Fatah? The hard core terrorists are getting tired of being labeled "moderate", finally, and want to get back to the true business of killing women and children. Jewish ones, preferably.

DEBKAfile - Palestinian Fatah-al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades group splits, with 40 percent defecting to Hamas – DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report exclusively: "The breakaway Fatah rebel group based in the West Bank has turned its back on Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and his senior adviser Mohammed Dahlan and established a separate suicide terrorist militia. Called the Martyr Abu Amar (Yasser Arafat) Brigades, the rebel group’s new commanders are Hamas Gaza operatives Hussein Hijaz and Abu Hilas (Abu Maher). They also take orders, as well as explosive supplies and funds, from the Lebanese Hizballah.

DEBKAfile quotes Israeli military and intelligence sources as rating this split as extremely dangerous. It affords Hamas a prime strategic asset for escalating its violent campaign against Israel.

Hamas managed in the middle of its factional war with Fatah to infiltrate the opposition’s West Bank strongholds and persuade a large faction to secede from the Fatah group and establish a Hamas-controlled militia. Israel did not prevent this happening.

The result, our counter-terror experts report, is a Hamas launching pad on the West Bank, previously controlled by Fatah, for a mass suicide bombing offensive against central Israel, projected by the Iran-backed Hamas as the next stage of its missile campaign from Gaza. The new Martyr Abu Amar Brigades have been given orders to g"

Federal Quarantine for TB Traveler

My big worry is about the religious nuts (I am not going to speculate upon which religion) who want to kill many people and are trying to get samples of this disease to grow and weaponize. I know that the CDC and other agencies are trying to find a cure, but I know some sick people probably want samples for other reasons. And now this idiot travels around the world spreading this disease! I wonder if he can be charged with attempted murder if anyone shows up with it on those planes?

My Way News - Federal Quarantine for TB Traveler: "CDC officials said they are concentrating on investigating the trans-Atlantic flights, when possibility of spread of the disease was greatest because he was in a confined space with other people for many hours.

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by germs that are spread from person to person through the air. It usually affects the lungs and can lead to symptoms such as chest pain and coughing up blood. It kills nearly 2 million people each year worldwide.

Because of antibiotics and other measures, the TB rate in the United States has been falling for years. Last year, it hit an all-time low of 13,767 cases, or about 4.6 cases per 100,000 Americans.

Health officials worry about 'multidrug-resistant' TB, which can withstand the mainline antibiotics isoniazid and rifampin. The man was infected with something even worse - 'extensively drug-resistant' TB, also called XDR-TB, which resists many drugs used to treat the infection.

There have been 17 U.S. XDR-TB cases since 2000, according to CDC statistics.

Three-quarters were people from foreign countries. One case was a Russian man who arrived in Phoenix last year. He was jailed after he stopped taking medications and went unmasked to a restaurant and other businesses, threatening the health of others.

The CDC's statement that the patient is at the low end of communicability "provides some reassurance," said Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University.

The highly dangerous form is "expanding around the world," particularly in South Africa, eastern Europe and the former states of the Soviet Union, he said."

Islamic Extremists Plan to Sabotage Free Internet Access for Students

I am glad that one of the Muslim countries seems to be trying to move out of the Dark Ages, despite the opposition of the barbarians terrorists. This will be a huge help in teaching the Iraqis how to operate on the world stage! So, naturally, the Islamists want it stopped. THEY should be the only users of the Internet, because THEY understand the evils and can use it for good purposes like plotting murders and sharing how to build bombs to kill children with.

BBSNews - Islamic Extremists Plan to Sabotage Free Internet Access for Students: "Islamic extremists who believe that the Internet can spread immoral and un-Islamic behaviour say that they will sabotage plans by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to link the country's science centres electronically and offer free Internet access to students.

'On the Internet, the youth can find different kinds of information, many of which is unhealthy. Couples strike up friendships through the Internet and spread vice,' said Abu Muhammad, who said he is a spokesman for the Islamic Army, an armed insurgent group in Iraq.

'We don't agree that such services should be offered and will do whatever is needed to prevent this system from working properly in Iraq. Pornographic sites are easily accessible and the youth adopt bad habits which cannot be accepted in an Islamic country,' Abu Muhammad added.

Nearly 200 Internet centres are to be set up in universities across the country with the aim of helping students do their research work.

"The use of the Internet was banned under [former President] Saddam Hussein's regime. The ban led the country to lag behind in information technology. The current proposal is to improve the culture of our students and help them to acquire more knowledge about what is happening in the rest of the world," said Hisham Abdul-Azim, a senior official in the education ministry and one of the project designers. "

Vandals Burn Dozens of American Flags Decorating Veterans' Graves, Replace With Swastikas

Stupid peaceniks! May they burn in the afterlife and may they be there soon.

FOXNews.com - Vandals Burn Dozens of American Flags Decorating Veterans' Graves, Replace With Swastikas - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. — Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday.

Forty-six flag standards were found empty and another 33 flags were in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said. Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been.

Members of the American Legion on this island off Washington's northwest coast replaced the burned flags with new ones Sunday afternoon.

The vandals struck again on Memorial Day after a guard left at dawn, the San Juan County sheriff's office said. This time, the vandals left 33 of the hand-drawn swastikas.

'This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime,' Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a statement released Monday afternoon.

Sheriff's department officials declined to comment further on Monday."

Melanie Dekker's single, 'Fall In/Wounded Soldier,'

Great video. Go watch it! NOW! Move!!

Videos and Photos of Army Special Ops, Navy SEALs, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard in Action - Shock and Awe - Military.com: "Wounded Soldier by Melanie Dekker

This the first video from Singer/Songwriter Melanie Dekker, for her single, 'Fall In/Wounded Soldier,' that appears on her CD, 'REVEALED.' (188.04s)"

Lion of Fallujah Laid to Rest

Rest in Peace, Marine. Semper Fi.

Lion of Fallujah Laid to Rest: "The Lion of Fallujah is at rest.

Maj. Douglas A. Zembiec, who once told reporters in the din of battle his Marines “fought like lions,” was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery May 15. A crowd of more than a thousand gathered at the U.S. Naval Academy’s chapel to honor the fallen warrior.

Zembiec was killed in action May 10, 2007. He was 34 years old.

In attendance were more than 30 of Zembiec’s Marines from his tour as E Company’s commander, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. The pallbearers were led by Sgt. Maj. William Skiles, Zembiec’s former first sergeant. Zembiec’s Marines wore dress uniforms adorned by medals marking their combat tours. They came from across the nation, from Marine bases on both coasts to bury their leader.

“There is no one better to go to war with,” Skiles once said of Zembiec."

Leading Iraqi calligrapher killed

The barbarians are at the gates? I know what needs to be done, why don't more people?

Leading Iraqi calligrapher killed. 28/05/2007. ABC News Online: "Leading Iraqi calligrapher killed

One of the Muslim world's leading calligraphers has been shot dead by gunmen in Baghdad.

The calligrapher, Khalil al-Zahawi, was killed outside his house in the New Baghdad district of the city.

Al-Zahawi had taught students from all over the Middle East and was highly regarded.

It is said that anyone in Iraq who wanted to be considered proficient in Arabic calligraphy had to have his seal of approval.

Analysts say his death will be seen as another attack on culture and learning by insurgent groups and militias in Iraq who have targeted scientists, doctors and academics."

Kassam Attack Claims Second Life in Sderot

Things are really tough in Sderot. I do not wish this kind of constant barrage upon anyone, especially the women and children and other civilians who live in this poor town. It used to be a thriving place. Now it is full of survivors who are almost ignored by their own government. It is past time to retake Gaza!

Israel News - Kassam Attack Claims Second Life in Sderot | Infolive.tv: "On Sunday morning school pupils from the town were transported by buses to study in facilities outside of the Kassam rocket range. Many of the town's residents returned over the weekend after spending a few days of brief respite at recreation centers and hotels provided by the Defense Ministry. A few hundred families attended the camp set up by Russian millionaire Arcady Gaydemak for Sderot residents in Tel Aviv.

Many of the town's residents remain outraged over the fact that there are not enough shelters or security rooms to protect them from the constant rocket attacks. Others demand that for every rocket that falls, the army should demolish Palestinian homes in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. Some residents declare that the army should launch a widespread ground offensive similar to Operation Defense Shield launche dby the army in the West Bank in 2002.

According to the army, since May 15, over 220 Kassam rockets have been fired at Israel. In the past ten days, Israel has launched numerous air strikes over Gaza targeting Hamas command positions and weapons warehouses."

Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri Urges Iraqis to Take Jihad to Other Middle Eastern Countries - International News | News of the World |

Liberals please note: These guys are NOT just interested in kicking non-Muslims out of the Middle East, they want to conquer part of it for themselves. Then they want to reclaim all parts of the world that have EVER been controlled by a Muslim. Then they want to take over all parts of the world that have never been controlled by Muslims. What is so hard to understand? You call anyone who quotes these scum "Islamophobes" but the terrorist scum are "freedom fighters".

I remember when freedom fighters fought FOR freedom. Now, the freedom fighters are titled the same as crime fighters and fire fighters. Too bad. It was a nice term until the Liberals got hold of it.

FOXNews.com - Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri Urges Iraqis to Take Jihad to Other Middle Eastern Countries - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "The deputy leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has urged supporters in Iraq to extend their 'holy war' to other Middle Eastern countries.

In a letter sent to the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq in the past few weeks, Zawahiri claims that it is defeating U.S. forces and urges followers to expand their campaign of terror.

He conjures a vision of an Islamic state comprising Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, where Al Qaeda has already gained its first footholds.

The goal of an Islamic 'greater Syria,' first outlined by Zawahiri two years ago, is detailed in the letter amid growing concern about the activities of new groups under Al Qaeda's influence in the countries concerned."

Lorie Byrd: Al Qaeda mastered media manipulation in Iraq - Examiner.com

I have been saying that the War is actually in the media. I am glad to see that I am not the only one! Unfortunately, not enough have realized this yet. When Senator Reid declared that the Islamist have won, he was just feeding the media and terrorist agenda. Well, I have one thing to say: "I have not yeet begun to fight!"

Lorie Byrd: Al Qaeda mastered media manipulation in Iraq - Examiner.com: "An aspect of the war on terrorism that gets too little attention, yet is as important as any other, is the media war. Whether they realize it, members of the mainstream media are participants in the war on terrorism, and nowhere is that more evident than in Iraq.

Blogger Bill Roggio, who has embedded as a journalist in Iraq and Afghanistan, says the enemy’s documents reveal that much of their strategy revolves around manipulation of the media. An enemy unable to beat us on the battlefield is employing a strategy of attacks planned specifically for maximum media coverage and effect.

Roggio recently told the Christian Science Monitor that most mainstream media reporters “display a lack of knowledge of counterinsurgency and the role the media plays in an insurgency’s information campaign.” He says al Qaeda and insurgent groups frequently choose their targets to get specific media coverage they desire.

He cited the way a suicide attack in the Anbar province was reported as an example. “U.S. success in Anbar was immediately negated when al Qaeda conducted a suicide attack in Ramadi in early May, and The Associated Press ‘reported’ that the attack dealt ‘a blow to recent U.S. success in reclaiming the Sunni city from insurgents.’ Al Qaeda conducted the attack to generate such an opening paragraph.”"

Lebanon army: 'Fatah al-Islam using civilians as human shields' | Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from Beirut

Why is anyone acting surprised? This is typical of terrorists and Islamic fascists.

Lebanon army: 'Fatah al-Islam using civilians as human shields' | Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from Beirut: "Lebanon army: 'Fatah al-Islam using civilians as human shields'
Saturday, 26 May, 2007 @ 3:00 PM

Tripoli - Sniper fire brought to a halt on Friday the exodus of Palestinian civilians from a Palestinian refugee camp that has been gripped by clashes between Islamists and the Lebanese army, witnesses told reporters.

'They want to go out, but they are afraid of snipers,' said Issa Sayed, a 49-year-old camp resident who fled the area a day after a truce took hold on Tuesday.

'They reached the bridge at around 4:00 pm (1300 GMT), but there were two shots, so they turned around,' said Sayed, who was standing outside the camp in the hope that 15 of his relatives still inside would be able to leave.

His brother, Hassan Sayed, said he had called the trapped members of his family and they had told him they feared the continuing crossfire between the army and Palestinian fighters of the fringe militant group Fatah Al-Islam.

'They are too scared from the fire to dare to go out,' he said."

U.S. Military Rescues 42 Iraqis From Al Qaeda Prison - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Where is the international outcry for these prisoners? None of the US held prisoners showed signs of torture. Especially, they had NO broken bones! Where are the peace activists and human rights whiners now?

FOXNews.com - U.S. Military Rescues 42 Iraqis From Al Qaeda Prison - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "U.S. forces rescued 42 Iraqi civilians Sunday from an Al Qaeda hide-out northeast of Baghdad, including some who showed signs of torture and broken bones, a senior U.S. official said.

Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, the top U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, said it was the largest number of detained Iraqis ever found in a single Al Qaeda hide-out. Some among the 42 had been held as long as four months, he said.

Details were incomplete, but Caldwell said some of the freed Iraqis were being transported to medical facilities for treatment of their injuries. There were no indications that Americans had been held at the hide-out, he said. It was not immediately clear whether any Al Qaeda figures were captured."