Marine Gets Discharge, No Prison Time for Kidnapping, Conspiracy Conviction in Death of Iraqi - Local News | News Articles | National Ne

Good news! Warriors will make mistakes, and the situation in Iraq does not allow for that. At least this will take the pressure off of other soldiers who are more willing to die than make a silly mistake. Good luck Mr Thomas!

FOXNews.com - Marine Gets Discharge, No Prison Time for Kidnapping, Conspiracy Conviction in Death of Iraqi - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "A Marine convicted of kidnapping and conspiring to murder an Iraqi civilian who was killed by troops looking for an insurgent will not serve prison time, a military jury decided Friday.

Cpl. Trent Thomas was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and reduced pay. He could have received life in prison for his role in the April 2006 killing of the retired Iraqi policeman in the village of Hamdania.

Thomas, of Madison, Ill., was among seven Marines and a Navy corpsman accused of snatching 52-year-old Hashim Ibrahim Awad from his house, marching him to a nearby ditch and shooting him after they botched an attempt to capture a suspected insurgent.

Prosecutors said squad members tried to cover up the killing by planting a shovel and AK-47 by Awad's body to make it look like he was an insurgent planting a bomb.

A military jury of three officers and six enlisted Marines deliberated Thomas' sentence for less than an hour before returning its decision.

On Wednesday, the jury convicted Thomas, 25, of kidnapping and conspiracy and acquitted him of other charges, including the most serious, premeditated murder."

Obama says that genocide is fine if Arabs are involved

Obama says that the lives of Arabs and Africans are not worth fighting to save. He will only fight to save White Europeans. If they are not to violent about the murders. Or if he is not too scared of them.

FOXNews.com - White House Hopeful Barack Obama Says Preventing Genocide Isn't Reason to Keep U.S. Troops in Iraq - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum: "Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq is not a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there.

'Well, look, if that's the criteria by which we are making decisions on the deployment of U.S. forces, then by that argument you would have 300,000 troops in the Congo right now — where millions have been slaughtered as a consequence of ethnic strife — which we haven't done,' Obama said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press.

'We would be deploying unilaterally and occupying the Sudan, which we haven't done. Those of us who care about Darfur don't think it would be a good idea,' he said.

Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, said it is likely there would be increased bloodshed if U.S. forces left Iraq.

'Nobody is proposing we leave precipitously. There are still going to be U.S. forces in the region that could intercede, with an international force, on an emergency basis,' Obama said between stops on the first of two days scheduled on the New Hampshire campaign trail. 'There's no doubt there are risks of increased bloodshed."

U.S. Cannot Withhold Classified Evidence from Court in Detainee Review Cases, Appeals Court Rules - Local News | News Articles | Nationa

Who is the idiot judge here? They want to force the military to reveal how they gather the information about the terrorists. Allowing liberal terrorist loving attorneys access to this information is the same as publishing it on the internet! Then the terrorists still skulking about the hinterlands will know how their murderous companions were caught and what to watch out for. Just take these scum and drop them into the ocean from 10,000 feet. Feed the sharks! Drop the lawyers too.

FOXNews.com - U.S. Cannot Withhold Classified Evidence from Court in Detainee Review Cases, Appeals Court Rules - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "When Guantanamo Bay detainees challenge their status as 'enemy combatants,' judges must review all the evidence, not just what the military chooses, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the Bush administration's plan to limit what judges and the detainees' attorneys can review when considering whether the Combatant Status Review Tribunals acted appropriately.

'Counsel for a detainee has a 'need to know' the classified information relating to his client's case,' the appeals court ruled. 'The government may withhold from counsel, but not from the court, certain highly sensitive information.'

The appeals court decision is likely to be considered by the Supreme Court as it decides whether detainees should have greater access to U.S. civilian courts.

When detainees are brought before military CSRTs, they are not allowed to have lawyers with them and the Pentagon decides what evidence to put forward. Unlike in criminal trials, there is no obligation for the government to turn over evidence that the defendant might be innocent. If the military reviewers determine a prisoner is an enemy combatant, he can challenge that designation in the U.S. Circuit"

Increase in Anti-Semitic Violence Troubles Jews in Britain - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

FOXNews.com - Increase in Anti-Semitic Violence Troubles Jews in Britain - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "Rabbi Alex Chapper recalled that he was a target of that hostility when he walked home from Sabbath services with some of his congregants two years ago in a London neighborhood that has a swelling Moslem population. The Jews were followed by a group of Muslim youth shouting anti-Semitic insults.

“We’re Pakistani,” one of the young people yelled. “You’re Jewish. We will kill you.” The rabbi said several of the youths threw punches at the Jews, until one of the congregants flagged down passing car and asked the driver to call the police. The assailants fled.

“Not a week goes by when someone doesn’t make anti-Semitic remarks to me when I’m walking to the synagogue for Sabbath services,” lamented the 34-year-old rabbi.

'People in passing cars give the Hitler salute, or they throw things at me. I wish I was in a place where I felt less threatened, but I am here. I have a job to do. I have to get on with it.”"

‘Honour’ gang laughed as victim suffered - Times Online

Another sickening example of why Islam is not compatible with Western values. Take all the women away from the men and see how many want to go back! That might be nice for them. Many would not return! Not if they have been in Western countries for a while.

‘Honour’ gang laughed as victim suffered - Times Online: "During the three-month trial in which the father and uncle were tried for murder, the jury was told that Miss Mahmod had approached police on four separate occasions saying she feared for her life. At one point she gave officers at Mitcham police station a list of five names of those she feared would one day kill her, including the name of Hama. A month before her murder, she told a police officer that her father had plied her with drink before trying to kill her.

An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation and an internal Metropolitan Police inquiry were set up after the convictions to try to establish why further steps were not taken to save Miss Mahmod’s life. An officer who dealt with the case believed she was seeking attention and was drunk, despite needing treatment for cuts to her wrist."

The Al-Qaeda Reader by Janet Levy

THis is the terrorists reasoning behind killing us Westerners, and STILL the morons of the Left are ignoreing it as a Bush plot. Maybe the jihadis will do us a favor and start beheading the Leftists for us. Maybe.

FrontPage magazine.com :: The Al-Qaeda Reader by Janet Levy: "A recently translated collection of Al Qaeda treatises, The Al-Qaeda Reader, calls into question many of the operating conceptions the Western world holds about the religion of Mohammed and its attitudes toward the West. Written by Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahiri, the #1 and #2 Al Qaeda leaders, and translated by Raymond Ibrahim, a Middle East and Islam historian who works for the Library of Congress, The Al-Qaeda Reader contains exhortations and religious exegeses directed to Muslims, as well as propaganda tracts and warnings to non-Muslims of their imminent defeat and the consequences they will suffer for their perfidious actions, plus, invitations to embrace Islam. A timely and critically important collection, it provides a clearer picture of our enemies and casts serious doubt on the President’s assumptions of shared Muslim/Western aims.
In their entreaties to fellow Muslims, Bin Laden and Al Zawahiri pronounce the requirements of their faith. They base their beliefs on the Koran’s delineation of a world with two camps: the Dar-al-Harb, the world of the infidel or the world of war, and the Dar-al-Islam, the domain of peace inhabited by faithful Muslims. Bin Laden and Zawahiri declare the obligation of Muslims is to follow the only authentic sources of Islamic jurisprudence: the Koran, the Sunna (the codified legal and social practices of Islam) and the rulings of religious leaders, the ulema. Their treatises include strict definitions of true Islam which prohibits relationships and peaceful coexistence with non-Muslims or kuffirs. They denounce separation of church and state, condemn democracy and affirm the sanctity of jihad. "

Muslim hardliners sue Indonesia anti-terrorism unit

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is almost a parody of the fight against terror! Too funny!

Muslim hardliners sue Indonesia anti-terrorism unit | Reuters.com: "Controversial Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir launched a court case on Thursday demanding Indonesia's anti-terrorism police unit be disbanded because it harmed Islam.

The lawsuit charges that Detachment 88, a police unit funded and trained by the United States and Australia, targets innocent Muslim activists and does the bidding of Western powers hostile to Islam.

'Special Detachment 88 is harming Islam because they say Muslims are terrorists and they give Islam a bad name,' said Bashir, jailed for 30 months for conspiracy over the 2002 Bali bombings but later cleared.

'The unit was formed not to fight terrorists but to fight Islam. That's exactly what infidels do,' he told reporters after the session adjourned."

Islam not integrating in Sweden

Sweden struggles to integrate Muslim immigrants: "Once a thriving industrial town with full employment, Malmoe has seen many of its plants shut down since the 1990s. That, combined with a never-ending stream of foreigners arriving, has led to rising juvenile delinquency and rampant unemployment.

Of the town's 280,000 inhabitants, a third are foreigners and 60,000 are Muslims.

'We are an open city. We see these immigrants as a resource for our society,' Malmoe's Social Democratic mayor Ilmar Reepalu told AFP.

'The problem is that we have welcomed too many immigrants at the same time,' he said, pointing out that last year Malmoe took in more Iraqi asylum-seekers than Germany, Spain, France and Italy combined."

Islam not integrating in Netherlands

Islam in Europe: Netherlands: A Judeo-Christian-Muslim state: "According to Minister Ella Vogellaar, in an interview with Trouw, Muslim culture is so deeply entrenching itself in Dutch society that in the long run one would speak of a land that is based on a 'Judeo-Christian-Muslim' tradition.

The minister for Housing and Integration hopes to end the 'negativity en the fear of Islam'. 'I want to help Muslim feel at home here. Islam and Muslims must take root here, precisely because Muslims are also citizens of this land.'

Vogelaar doesn't have problem if the (local) government supports to religious institutions of New Dutch, even financially. 'So long as you subsidize social goals and not religious activities. Otherwise you cross a border.'

Vogelaar is now speaking differently than various politicians in the past years. Started from the first Balkenende government in 2002, the policy stressed adaptation to Dutch norms and values."

Islam not integrating in Italy

ANSAmed: "There is more fear and distrust in Italian cities about immigrants identified as 'Arab', or those coming from Islamic cultures. With the drop of opinions in favour for granting these immigrants the right to vote in local elections, a strong rise in opposition to the construction of mosques, and a progressive decline of those who see favourably the formation of mixed couples. These are the results of a study carried out by the Milan Chamber of Commerce in Milan, Bologna, Rome, Naples and Palermo. According to a representative sample of the population, the opinions in favour of the opening of a new mosque fell to 28% against 48% last year. The motivations of the 'no' are various: according to 30% of those against 'public money could be better spent', 28% think that Islam is 'a dangerous religion which does not allow integration', 24% of those against clearly speak of mosques as 'gatherings of terrorists.' The favouring to granting the right to vote in local administration for immigrants regularly present for 10 years is in vertical fall in the Italian cities: in 2005 a total 63% were in favour, last year 51%, in this year's polls only 28%."

Lesbian Muslim Terror Suspects Act Crazy to Test System

Debbie Schlussel: "Al-Homsi, a Syrian with dual citizenship, was friends with Wadih El-Hage, Osama Bin Laden's personal secretary, convicted of the two 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa.

'Kimberly' Asma Al-Homsi & Aisha Abdul-Rahman Hamad:
Lesbian Muslim Terror Suspects Act Crazy to Test System

In February, the two women--who live together as lesbian 'domestic partners' (which is supposed to be haram--forbidden--by Islam) were caught surveilling planes' take-off and landing at Dallas' Love Field airport with binoculars. And they were also caught pacing and counting the number of paces inside the airport terminals (which authorities say is a typical surveillance and planning technique).

On July 4th, the women were reported driving near the runways at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport."

'New' al Qaeda tape may contain old clip of bin Laden - CNN.com

I know that the Islamists feel this way, but the Leftists will refuse to believe it. After all, martyrdom needs to blamed on Bush to be understood by the Left. How did Osama forget this important part of his speech?

'New' al Qaeda tape may contain old clip of bin Laden - CNN.com: "Osama bin Laden stresses the importance of martyrdom for Muslim causes in a videotape that purportedly contains a 50-second message from the al Qaeda leader.

The 40-minute videotape, whose audio was being translated from Arabic by CNN, was intercepted before it was to appear on several Islamist Web sites known for carrying statements from al Qaeda and other radical groups.

The videotape, titled 'A Special Surprise from As-Sahab. Heaven's Breeze Part I,' was made in the last four weeks, but the clips appear to be old, said Octavia Nasr, CNN's senior editor for Arab affairs. There is no indication of where it was shot, and CNN cannot verify its authenticity.

'We're aware of the tape,' a government official, who didn't want to be identified, told CNN. The official agreed that the tape's content is not necessarily new."

Yet another fresh mass grave in Iraq

Michael Yon is doing a great job over there. I wish I could work with him, but I am too beaten up to do that. Check out the pictures here took of this poor village that the terrorists emptied out. The villagers were found in a mass grave outside of town. Some of the pictures are very graphic, so be warned!

Michael Yon : Online Magazine » Blog Archive » Bless the Beasts and Children: "Captain Clayton Combs has been fighting hard in Diyala for about ten months, much of it side-by-side with Iraqi soldiers from the 5th Division. Each time I’ve come into contact with the 5th, they seem far better than most. American officers and sergeants who work with the 5th have good things to report about them, saying that although the 5th still has far to go, and cannot sustain itself logistically, it can fight.

Captain Combs said this particular Iraqi unit, the 3-25, has never run away from combat, and never refused to close on the enemy. Combs said, “I’ve fought with 3-25 for 10 months in Diyala and they have always come when I am in trouble. They always go on patrols when I ask. They never back down.”

I asked Captain Combs to repeat what he said, making sure he knew I was planning to quote him directly. A veteran like Combs would be unlikely to append his name to such words if he weren’t dead serious. Captain Combs repeated his words and stuck by them. He then demonstrated that faith when we took off deeper into the danger zone with nine soldiers from 5th IA: just Captain Combs, Iraqi soldiers and me. As we passed through the village, Captain Combs pointed out the nice houses, saying the people had been simple farmers with comfortable homes and lives.

Until al Qaeda came."

“This summer will see Muslim victories in the region and the defeat of our enemies!” – Ahmadinejad in Damascus

This guy is desperate for a war so that he can refocus the world's attention from his nuclear programs. He is also making sure that most of the dead are Syrian or Palestinian. This gives him a little bit of deniability. Not that he is fooling anyone.

DEBKAfile - “This summer will see Muslim victories in the region and the defeat of our enemies!” – Ahmadinejad in Damascus: "The Iranian president trumpeted Iran’s intentions for the Middle East when he arrived in Damascus Thursday, July 19. DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources reveal that behind the braggadocio, his conversation with Iran’s closest ally, Syrian president Bashar Assad, was acrimonious. In fact, he warned Assad he had better stop signaling his willingness for peace talks with Israel because this behavior was hampering Iran’s plans for a war this summer.

Ahmadinejad reminded Assad that Tehran had spent almost a year on detailed preparations for a summer war and would not tolerate the Syrian ruler sabotaging this effort. Assad was reminded of his huge debt to the Islamic Republic. In the last few months alone, Iran put up hundreds of millions of dollars for Syria’s arms purchases from Russia; Syria gets its oil gratis and raw materials and finished goods at subsidized prices."

British Fighter Jets Scrambled as Russian Bombers Approach Airspace

Great. With the War on Terror spreading forces out, the Russians are trying to restart the Cold War. Round up the peaceniks and send them to Russia where they can beg for peace all they want.

FOXNews.com - British Fighter Jets Scrambled as Russian Bombers Approach Airspace - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "Fighter planes from Britain and Norway scrambled on Friday to keep watch on Russian bombers that were approaching the countries' air space, officials said.

The incidents occurred amid high tensions between Britain and Russia, as each country ordered the expulsion of four diplomats from the other side. There was no indication that the fighter plans were connected to the row.

Norwegian military spokesman Lt. Col. John Inge Oeglaend told The Associated Press said his country's F-16s were sent into action twice: once when two Russian Tu-95 bombers headed south along the Norwegian coast in international air space. They turned around above Aberdeen on Scotland's North Sea coast.

In the second, two Tu-160 bombers were spotted flying near Norwegian air space over the Barents Sea, he said.

Oeglaend characterized the incidents as routine and but said it was a 'bit unusual that the first two bombers went so far south.' Aberdeen's latitude is about 50 miles below the southern tip of Norway."

Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande

All I can say is: SEAL THE F'N BORDER! Turn over the border to the National Guard and Marines. Make the first twenty feet into a free fire zone and let the good times roll. Remember: happiness is a belt-fed weapon. Uh-rah!

The Blotter: FBI: Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande: "The FBI is investigating an alleged human smuggling operation based in Chaparral, N.M., that agents say is bringing 'Iraqis and other Middle Eastern' individuals across the Rio Grande from Mexico.

An FBI intelligence report distributed by the Washington, D.C. Joint Terrorism Task Force, obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com, says the illegal ring has been bringing Iraqis across the border illegally for more than a year."

Pakistani forces backed by US special units are closing in on al Qaeda’s No. 2 Ayman Zawahiri and possibly also Osama

Oh no! If Osama gets killed then how will the Leftists demogouge President Bush? This story could spell big trouble for the Leftist groups around the world. I almost pity them, if I did not want them all slapped on the head for stupidity!

DEBKAfile - DEBKAfile Exclusive: Pakistani forces backed by US special units are closing in on al Qaeda’s No. 2 Ayman Zawahiri and possibly also Osama bin Laden: "counter-terror sources report exclusively that a frantic effort by al Qaeda and Taliban to head off the pursuit set afoot the bloody battle in Islamabad’s Red Mosque, the attempts to shoot down President Pervez Musharraf’s plane and the suicide attacks on Pakistani military convoys, which cost 68 lives Saturday and Sunday, July 14-15.

Until the middle of last week, Zuwahiri sheltered with the local Pashtun tribes in Bannu, a town in the northwest Pakistan tribal federation of North Waziristan. The approach of Pakistani and US intelligence and special forces caused him to switch hiding places and move to Tank or Tang, a town 120 km south of Bannu.

On Saturday, two soldiers were injured by a bomb explosion in that town, having just missed their quarry.

Musharraf meanwhile decided last week to storm the Red Mosque on a tip-off from his own Inter-Service Intelligence that two of Zawahiri’s closest lieutenants, Majid Hassan al-Tawil and Mohammad Othman, were inside.

They were reported to be preparing a mega-attack in Islamabad and other important Pakistani towns to disrupt the combined Pakistani-US operation to capture their master.

At that point, Pakistani intelligence turned up a lead to the whereabouts"

Islamic Bio Weapon Hits New Zealand

I wonder if this was an intentional effect of the Islamic jihad against the vaccines? These poor kids are being infected and killed just to enrage the people against the West. Poor New Zealand has tried to be a purely neutral in the wars around the world and is still getting hit. This just underscores the importance of vaccines and health checks.

NBC Weapons: Islamic Bio Weapon Hits New Zealand: "Al Qaeda has not commented on their latest success at biological warfare. Recently, efforts by Islamic radicals in Pakistan and Nigeria caused polio to show up in New Zealand, a nation where a quarter of the children are not vaccinated against polio (which has not been seen in the country for decades.) This is a common pattern in many Western nations, because of a growing desire among many parents to avoid vaccinations, in response to rumors of side effects.



The immediate cause of it all was a passenger on a flight from Pakistan into Australia, who was later found to have polio. The rush is on to contact fellow passengers, including those who flew on to New Zealand, and vaccinate those who need it. Until this done, there could be another outbreak of polio in New Zealand. Australia has a much higher percentage of its population immunized against polio, so the presense of infected people is much less of a threat."

The Lie Mutually Agreed Upon

More good insight into the media war that the terrorists are conducting. The Media is still trying to find ways to force the US coalition to lose, but the truth is occasionally getting out.

Information Warfare: The Lie Mutually Agreed Upon: "Yet another Marine has won a court victory in the investigation of the battle at Haditha – adding more doubts to the claims of a massacre. In this case, the officer conducting an Article 32 hearing (equivalent to a grand jury hearing in civilian courts) has ruled that charges should be dropped. In essence, the claims of a massacre at Haditha are now looking false. That said, al Qaeda, through some adept media manipulation, has still won a victory."

Iraq: The Real War and Why It's Ignored

Another insightful analysis of the war in Iraq and what how it is really going. Despite the Left's intense desire to surrender before the war can be won.

Iraq: The Real War and Why It's Ignored: "Take a look down south, the Shia Arabs, who have been locked out of the government, not to mention the education system and many economic opportunities, for generations. Suddenly they had to come up with replacements for the unemployed Sunni Arab bureaucrats and military commanders. Suggestions that the Sunni Arab civil servants and military officers be kept on the job ignored the fact that this was how Sunni Arabs took over in the first place. The Sunni Arab domination of the government and economy IS the problem. Saddam's main job was to see that it stayed that way. So, since 2003, the Shia Arab replacements have been climbing a steep learning curve. It has not been pretty, especially when you throw in all the corruption."

US CONGRESSMAN ASSISTS FUNDS TO REACH ENEMY IN IRAQ

Wow! THIS story is about the treason of American citizens, including a congressman! I have not read the book, yet, but am going to order today. Thanks to Jawa for this link.

Anti-Mullah: US CONGRESSMAN ASSISTS FUNDS TO REACH ENEMY IN IRAQ: "A New York Times best-selling author says members of the supposed 'peace movement' delivered hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and supplies to terrorists engaged in a bloody street battle against United States Marines in Iraq.

The latest book by Lt. Col. Robert 'Buzz' Patterson (U.S. Air Force-Ret.) is called War Crimes: The Left's Campaign to Destroy Our Military and Lose the War on Terror.

In the book, he claims that two anti-war groups -- 'United for Peace & Justice' and 'CODEPINK: Women for Peace' -- literally gave aid and comfort to terrorists when they delivered $600,000 in cash and supplies they claim was humanitarian aid to civilians.

According to Patterson, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-California) facilitated the transaction for CODEPINK by signing a letter allowing them to get the cash and supplies into Fallujah."

A Story to Watch

The new website Media Mythbusters has found a disgustingly horrible blog supposedly written by a soldier in Iraq. However, it does not sound like a soldier wrote it! It has all the sounds and feel of the other fake stories that the Left loves to plant in the media, ala Mr Kerry. Keep an eye on this site and help with this story!

Media Mythbusters Blog » Blog Archive » A Story to Watch: "One of the New Republic “Shock Troops” stories is about soldiers in a chow hall openly and loudly mocking a woman whose face had been “melted” by an IED. Another is of a soldier picking up a skull from a mass grave with hair and rotting skin still attached and wearing it around all day, even under his helmet."

Dry Bones Blog: Pasteur in Politics. . .

Once again, Mr Bones seems to hit the issue on the head. Too many fools are trying to find easy solutions to Jihad that do not involve actually changing the jihadis, only the victims. It is past time to just eradicate the problem!

the Dry Bones Blog: Pasteur in Politics. . .: "An antiSemitic, antiFemale, antidemocratic, fascist movement is now challenging Western civilization around the world. Any intelligent defense of democracy would require that we investigate, analyze, and try to understand the appeal of this poisonous movement.

Captured terrorists provide us with an opportunity to study the phenomenon up close... But apparently neither Israel, America, Europe, or India have yet come to recognize that fact. The holding pens of America's Gitmo facility and Israeli prisons should be laboratories for the study of these zombified 'True Believers'. They have not. Instead they have become organizational centers for IslamoFascists.

Will the West come to understand (before it's too late) that we can't win an ideological war without confronting the enemy ideology?

So what do you think?

Nu?"

Top Iraqi Al Qaeda Leader Arrested

What horrible news, if you are a terrorist or Liberal. Good news for everyone else though! May Allah continue to aid the rest of these murderous pigs the same way.

FOXNews.com - U.S.: Top Iraqi Al Qaeda Leader Arrested - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of Al Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter.

Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, also known as Abu Shahid, was captured in Mosul on July 4, said Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a military spokesman.

'Al-Mashhadani is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the Al Qaeda in Iraq network,' Bergner said. He said al-Mashhadani was a close associate of Abu Ayub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born head of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Bergner said al-Mashhadani served as an intermediary between al-Masri and Usama bin Laden and Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri."

Christians crucified by terrorists in Iraq

The Religion of Peace is proving the Tolerance of Allah.

WorldNetDaily: Report: Christians crucified by terrorists in Iraq: "Christians in Iraq, including converts from Islam and people involved in mixed-faith marriages, are being crucified by Muslim terrorists, according to a Dutch member of Parliament studying the war-torn country.

Several Iraqi Christians 'are nailed to a cross and their arms are tied up with ropes. The ropes are put on fire,' Joel Voordewind told BosNewsLife, an online news agency focusing on Christians and Jews in difficult circumstances.

According to the site, Voordewind described how a person, who 'survived' a crucifixion, 'even showed holes in his hands,' apparently from nails.

Voordewind said victims of the crucifixions are 'in most cases Christian converts who abandoned Islam or people who, religiously speaking, are involved in mixed marriages.'"

BLACKFIVE: USMC Commandant Speech on the Long War

Go read the full text of this speech. It is more than worth it! Too bad the politicians can't be this honest about the War and how we are winning. It takes a Marine to know war, and Harry Reid is no Marine! Semper Fi, Commandant!

BLACKFIVE: USMC Commandant Speech on the Long War: "Remarks of

Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James T. Conway

“George P. Shultz Lecture Series”



Marines’ Memorial Association and World Affairs Council

San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, July 10, 2007"