Friday, January 25, 2008

The Intelligence Community Needs Clear?and Permanent?FISA Reform

The Intelligence Community Needs Clear?and Permanent?FISA Reform: "The war on terrorism is not a brief skirmish but a long war, and the tools needed to wage it should therefore not be hobbled by artificial expiration dates imposed for political advantage. According to some reports, current FISA legislation may be saddled with a one-month expiration date. This would be counterproductive. Continuity of intelligence operations requires continuity of authorities, not constantly shifting sunsets and a fluid legal structure. Congress should expand and make permanent the FISA reforms in the Protect America Act and grant retroactive immunity to telecom companies that have done their part to strengthen national security. These steps are necessary to avoid hobbling America’s wartime intelligence-gathering abilities."

Hamas threatens Egypt

The wonders of the Middle East. Hamas cares about nothing and no one, unless they can be used to kill. Right now, the Egyptians are forced into a precarious position trying to contain these suicidal killers. Meanwhile, the Israelis are thinking about dropping bombs into the border to stop the flow of weapons that are hidden in the boxes flowing across the border. And can anyone blame them?

Egypt’s Efforts to Restore Border Falter - New York Times: "Egypt moved to restore its border with Gaza on Friday, stationing border guards and riot police officers to try to block Palestinians from entering. But Palestinians used a bulldozer to knock down another portion of the wall, originally built by Israel just inside Gaza, to continue their shopping spree.

The Egyptians announced on loudspeakers that the border would be closed at various times of the day on Friday, but allowed Palestinians who were inside Egypt to return to Gaza laden with goods, even as cranes lifted pallets of supplies over another part of the border barricade. The border barrier on the Egyptian side is a low concrete wall topped with barbed wire.

There were small clashes throughout the day, with short episodes of rock-throwing. Egyptians fired guns into the air and aimed water cannons above the heads of the those in the crowd to keep them back. The new breaches in the wall were large enough for cars and trucks to drive through, and some Egyptian guards then retreated.

Egypt is under pressure from Israel and the United States to restore the international border and regulate it, but does not want to use excessive force against the Gazans, whom the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, has insisted are starving under the pressure of Israeli restrictions on imports and travel.

But often in the past, Egypt has used force, ranging from water cannons to automatic-rifle fire, against Palestinians who have breached the border, and the government will be calculating when its effort to respond generously to a crisis veers into instability or chaos. Nor does Egypt want responsibility for serving the population of Gaza, removing the burden from Israel.

Hamas is trying to push Egypt into an agreement to regulate the border without having it sealed completely, as it had been from the time Hamas routed Fatah and took over Gaza in early June. A Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri, said, “The gaps shouldn’t be closed because they provide urgent assistance to the Palestinians.”

Israeli officials have expressed increasing concern to the Egyptian and United States governments that Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups are using the border breach to import military supplies and to send out fighters for training or terrorism."

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Iowa supports an Islamic "victory over those who disbelieve."

Why is this not a bigger issue?

Storm Lake Pilot Tribune: " Here is the text of the opening prayer, as transcribed by Radio Iowa:
Imam Muhammad Khan of the Islamic Center of Des Moines spoke first in Arabic.
"I seek refuge in God against the accursed Satan in the name of God, most gracious, most merciful," Khan said in English. Khan made no specific mention of the war in Iraq or foreign affairs, but he called God the "master of the day of judgment" and asked for "victory over those who disbelieve."
"As we begin this new year...in a world with trials and tribulations, we ask you to open the hearts of our legislators and policy makers to make the right decisions for the people of Iowa," Khan said. "...We ask that you guide our legislators and give them the wisdom and knowledge to tackle the difficult problems that face us today in order to eliminate the senseless crimes on humanity. Help them, Lord, to solve the complicated problems in the State of Iowa so that we can be a model to the world."
Khan's prayer lasted about four minutes and he closed with a few words for legislators.
"On behalf of the Muslim community of Des Moines and Iowa, I wish you all the success in this year for making the right decisions for us," Khan said. Khan was the guest of State Representative Ako Abdul Samad of Des Moines, who is also a local Muslim leader."

Danish Muslim Party says Denmark will be Muslim country soon

Nope, they don't have an agenda to overthrow the West. This is just a small minority of Muslims who do not understand that they are the Religion of Peace and Tolerance and that taking over peaceful nations is wrong.

Muslims know they are perfect. Allah says they are.


RSS: Danish Muslim Party says Denmark will be Muslim country soon: "Danish Muslim Party says Denmark will be Muslim country soon
Posted: 2008/01/20
From: Mathaba

Dansk Muslim Party says it will be biggest party of Denmark ''and it may be soon. First day after Turkey becomes EU member country - about one million 20-50 years old Muslims may move to Denmark? And after that Denmark will be a Muslim country? Be ready!''

A small website 'damp.mono.net' claiming to be that of the Dansk Muslim Parti (Danish Muslim Party) 'DAMP' has published a 'press release' in poor English mixed with Danish, saying that 'Danish Muslim party's only agenda is to get Muslims into Danish politics and into the parliament, no matter what our ideas and religious or political beliefs are.'

Citing the logic that as they live in Denmark and number around 700,000 Muslims, 'we could actually have about 60 (=1/3) Muslim representatives in Danish parliament, and therefore also in Danish government', that Denmark may be the first Muslim land in Europe and able to have Muslim ideas, values and viewpoints become heard, respected and understood better, and discrimination stopped.

It says that 'we have Freedom of religion in Denmark, and therefore everyone has the right to practice their religion what ever it is, and also society must respect every religion and accept its manners and beliefs"

Al Qaeda's Dentist

Why are so many of the terrorists very well educated? It is starting to sound like the educated Muslims are much more dangerous than the poor stupid ones who prefer to die than live in the world.

How can we possibly stop these murderous Islamists? Treating them like criminals has not worked - the problem just kept getting worse. Slaughtering them like pigs in active combat works, but they fade away like cockroaches. How many must get killed before they finally surrender? I guess we can ask the Israelis...


FOXNews.com - Al Qaeda's Dentist - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "London dentist Sohail Qureshi told the police he was just off to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid with his family in Pakistan…

But instead of dental floss and fluoride, Qureshi, 30, tried to board a plane at Heathrow Airport with $18,000 in cash, a night vision scope, two metal batons, terror handbooks, extremist material, military information on CDs and medical supplies.

Security services didn’t buy Qureshi’s vacation story and ended his trip before it could start.

Describing his “vacation” in an e-mail, Qureshi wrote, 'Pray that I kill many, brother. Revenge, revenge, revenge.' On an extremist Web forum, he added, “I am not going for good as far as I know, it is only a 14- to 20-day operation, if it's in Pak, Afg or Waz.'

The Islamic extremist was in fact on his way to fight for the Taliban against American and British troops.

In court, he boasted he had been sent to the U.K. by Al Qaeda for terrorist fundraising. He posted a farewell letter anonymously on an Islamist website bragging about raising thousands of pounds from sympathizers in the U.K. for the cause because 'bullets cost money.'"

Al Arabiya 'Chickens-to-Terror' Promo Ad Is a Head-Scratcher

This video and story are too funny! If you eat chicken instead of soy, you are killing people and making them become terrorists. PETA would love it!


FOXNews.com - Al Arabiya 'Chickens-to-Terror' Promo Ad Is a Head-Scratcher - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "Al Arabiya 'Chickens-to-Terror' Promo Ad Is a Head-Scratcher

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Al Arabiya via The Middle East Media Research Institute

WASHINGTON — Which came first: the chicken or the terrorist?

This and other existential questions are left unanswered in a recent promotional ad by the Dubai-based Al Arabiya television network.

In the ad, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, Al Arabiya tries to attract viewers by suggesting that they can learn the effect of local actions on global issues, and vice versa, if they watch Al-Arabiya's news.

But the message gets a bit muddied.

Click here to see the commercial with the translation by the MEMRI.

The ad begins with a man and a friend in traditional robe and head dress seated at a fine dining restaurant, asking the waiter for a grilled chicken dish.

Then the narrator cuts in: 'The preferred food for millions o"

Islamist Debate: Are Muslim U.K. Visa Holders and Muslim U.K. Citizens Permitted to Carry Out Attacks in Great Britain?

How nice. Some Muslims are unsure if they can kill their neighbors. If I lived near a Muslim I might get some protection. Maybe handout a few butt kickings. Only if they need it.

MEMRI: Latest News: "Recent discussions in the online Islamist forums regarding the benefits of attacking France have sparked a religious debate among Islamist forum members. [1] At the core of the debate is the Islamic concept of 'assurance of protection' (aman), which is referred to in the discussion below as 'the covenant of security.' In this case, the covenant of security pertains to the aman granted to a Muslim by a non-Muslim, whereby if a Muslim enters a non-Muslim country, or even an enemy country, with an assurance of protection from that country (e.g. as a merchant or a tourist) he must not violate this covenant by harming the country in any way. [2]"

Brit Mosques Worse Than Iraq

Military News | Military Forum: "THE Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq has claimed mosques in Blackburn are more extreme than in his own country.

Dr Barham Salih’s comments have sparked outrage among British Muslim leaders.

Shadow culture minister Tobias Ellwood revealed the comments Dr Salih had made to him at a dinner party in Baghdad.

The Tory MP claimed the Iraqi said: “I am not surprised that you British are facing so many problems with extremists after what I saw in those mosques in Blackburn.

'What I saw would not be allowed here in Iraq - it would be illegal.”"

Venezuelan troops seize food

Only the government is allowed to have the food? Fixed food prices? This is scary stuff! If I was one of the farmers, would I have any incentive to grow food if the government is just going to take it from me and I have no profit?

Venezuelan troops seize food | WORLD | NEWS | tvnz.co.nz: "Venezuela's top food company has accused troops of illegally seizing more than 500 tonnes of food from its trucks as part of President Hugo Chavez's campaign to stem shortages.

The leftist Chavez this week created a state food distributor and loosened some price controls, seeking to end months of shortages for staples like milk and eggs that have caused long lines and upset his supporters in the OPEC nation.

The highly publicised campaign has also included government crackdowns on accused smuggling, with the military seizing 1,600 tonnes of food and sending 1,200 troops to the border with Colombia."

Rain forces culling halt as India battles worst bird flu outbreak

This could easily go pandemic if they are not careful. Pray they are careful!

Rain forces culling halt as India battles worst bird flu outbreak: "Ten out of West Bengal's 19 districts have been affected by bird flu -- representing more than half of the eastern state of 80 million people.

'We were not prepared for a such disaster, we're now getting ready to combat the crisis. We've asked human and veterinary doctors in government hospitals to join the culling as well as private doctors,' the minister added.

'We're on a war-footing,' he said, speaking from the town near the border with Bangladesh.

It is from Bangladesh that the bird flu is believed to have come from, and authorities there say it has been erupting sporadically since last February.

'We have targeted the culling of at least 2.2 million chickens,' Rahaman said. 'We have now 650 teams involved in the culling operations. We're trying to get more teams to speed up the culling.'

People typically catch bird flu by coming into direct contact with infected poultry. Experts fear a pandemic if the H5N1 strain mutates into a form easily transmissible between humans."

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Bomb factory at Columbia University professor’s home

What kind of a sick guy was this? If you read the rest of the article you will find he is an epidemiologist and an expert in spreading germs. He is also a Jew who hates Jews.

I wonder what they were planning? With the materials they are known to have, and what they had access to, it would not have been pretty!

What do they teach in these super Liberal academies anyway?


Michelle Malkin » Mystery in Brooklyn: Bomb factory at Columbia University professor’s home: "Police stumbled upon a bomb-making factory Sunday in the home of a Columbia professor who specializes in the spread of infectious disease - and are investigating whether he and his roommate have terror ties.

Cops evacuated the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood around the Remsen St. home of Michael Clatts, a medical anthropologist, after finding seven pipe bombs fitted with fuses in his flat, police sources said.

The frightening cache was discovered almost by accident - Ivaylo Ivanov, the man living with Clatts, accidentally shot off the tip of his left index finger and sought police help in the street about 1:15 a.m.

When investigators went to the 37-year-old Ivanov’s apartment, they found the bombs, already capped on both ends and filled with powder. One of the pipe bombs was inserted into a Nerf football, cops said.

A 9-mm. handgun, two ammunition magazines, a 12-gauge shotgun, silencers, a bulletproof vest, a crossbow and bomb-making equipment, including a drill and threading machine that could be used to make pipe bombs, were also recovered, cops said."

EU adviser renews criticism of terrorism sanctions

What needs to be done is to just publish the methods used to catch the terrorists in the act so that they know how to get away with things. If we stopped trying to hide this information from them, they would not keep suing to get it. This would help end the burden of so many lawsuits and free up time for the nice judges.

I hope these terrorists all burn in the afterlife.


News | Africa - Reuters.com: "Critics have long challenged the fairness of the U.N. terrorism blacklist, saying it subjects individuals to harsh penalties -- freezing their assets and preventing them from travelling -- without giving them a court hearing or disclosing the evidence against them.

In response, the U.N. Sanctions Committee has implemented some reforms aimed at making it easier for people to get their names removed if they have been wrongfully blacklisted.

In December 2006, another EU court annulled the bloc's decision to put an Iranian resistance group, the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI), on a separate blacklist, ruling it had not given the group a fair hearing or adequate reasons."

Quick-Moving Blood Infection Kills 22-Year-Old College Student

Wash your hands kiddies! I pray for this kid and his family. Not a fun way to die.

FOXNews.com - Quick-Moving Blood Infection Kills 22-Year-Old College Student - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News: "Quick-Moving Blood Infection Kills 22-Year-Old College Student

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

NEW ORLEANS — A 22-year-old Dillard University student died Friday as the result of a rare blood infection that strikes quickly and can cause death within two days, the Times-Picayune newspaper reports.

Dillard spokeswoman Karen Celestan said she could not release the name of the student, citing the family's request for privacy.

New Orleans Health Department Director Kevin Stephens said the bloodstream infection, which is related to the meningitis family and causes flu-like symptoms and a rash in its early stages, is difficult to treat because it moves quickly, but some vaccines are effective.

Students are encouraged to get a meningitis vaccine and to wash hands frequently, cover the mouth when coughing and sneezing and refrain from sharing personal items such as razors."

Monday, January 21, 2008

The Battle of Pelennor Fields « Miss(ed) Manners

This is just too cool to not share. Enjoy!

The Battle of Pelennor Fields « Miss(ed) Manners: "Last year, when my brothers and I decided to make the Battle of Helm’s Deep out of candy, naturally none of us thought anyone would go as nuts over it as they did. We’ve always just done things like that simply because they’re fun. When the pictures of our little creation started getting passed around the Internet like a stewardess with daddy issues, we were both excited and nervous, what with our dork underpants showing and all. A year later, having looked back at all the comments, I’m still surprised at the overwhelming majority being so positive and light hearted. Considering the nature of the Internet, anything above four percent non-idiotic fourteen year old “OMG ur so gai” replies would have knocked my socks off.

And it did. Cheers to that.

Before we get to this year’s offering however, I figured I’d remark on the most common comment from last year: “You guys have way too much time on your hands.” Not really, but we certainly found the time. All told this year’s project took about seven days of off and on work. I guess we’re just better at turning off the TV than most. Oh, and also, if you’re not using your free time to do stuff like this, what the hell else are you doing with it?"

Martin Luther King's struggle was against Democrats

Nice piece of history. I have never figured out how the Democrats went from the party of enslavement and segregation to the party of Black Empowerment.

Those darn Republicans kept trying to free the slaves, and allow the blacks the same rights as all the other races. The Black Americans STILL have to forgive them in any real numbers. The vast majority of them stay in the Party of Slavery on the Democrat Plantation. It is easier than thinking. Just listen to the Masters. When Hillary says vote for her, They understand that she will send the hounds and whips out if They don't.

If you are Black, stay on the Plantation. Don't think for yourself. Don't study the issues. Don't think like an American. Think as if Whitey is out to get you.


Grand Old Partisan: Martin Luther King's struggle was against Democrats: "On this day in 1901, the Alabama Democratic Party called for a convention to write a new state constitution that would prohibit African-Americans from voting. Despite vocal opposition from Booker T. Washington and other Republican civil rights activists, the Democrat scam succeeded.

Democrats dominated Alabama's 1901 constitutional convention, and its chairman was a Democrat. In his opening address, he said:

'If we would have white supremacy, we must establish it by law -- not by force or fraud... The negro is descended from a race lowest in intelligence and moral precepts of all the races of men.'"

Chavez 'making Venezuela a haven' for drug smuggling

What a shock. yet another "revolution" funded by drugs. The Venezuelans and the Taliban and ...

Wow. commies selling drugs to buy guns.


Chavez 'making Venezuela a haven' for drug smuggling - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Chavez 'making Venezuela a haven' for drug smuggling

Posted Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:00pm AEDT

A senior American official in the fight against illegal drugs, John Walters, has accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of being complicit in the trade.

Speaking during a visit to Colombia, Mr Walters said Mr Chavez had failed to root out corrupt officials.

Mr Walters says Venezuela is a haven for drug smuggling.

'You cannot move 200 to 300 metric tonnes of cocaine through Venezuela without having substantial infrastructure that's not hard to find, and nothing is significantly happening,' he said.

'In fact every effort to cooperate has been rejected by the Venezuelan Government under President Chavez.

'He's making Venezuela a haven that's being used to victimise not only this hemisphere, but Europe and Africa.'"

Palestinians shoot 9 missiles, 20 mortar shells after Barak caves in on fuel and medicine deliveries to Gaza

Ah, the Israelis try to be nice, and the Pallys try to resume the killings. It is good they have no aim, but why does the UN allow daily shellings like this? What a corrupt and worthless government to allow your villages to be attacked daily and just ignore most of it.

DEBKAfile - DEBKAfile: Palestinians shoot 9 missiles, 20 mortar shells after Barak caves in on fuel and medicine deliveries to Gaza: "The barrage followed a two-day slowdown. No casualties.

Monday morning, prime minister Ehud Olmert said: “Let the Gazans walk!” He was responding to condemnation from Cairo, Arab nations and the European Union over Israel’s cut-down of fuel supplies and closure of the Gaza crossings last week under the Palestinians heavy blitz of Israeli civilians.

Yet Monday night, defense minister Ehud Barak gave a “one-time” order to resume the heavy fuel and medicines deliveries to the Gaza Strip. He thus surrendered to the pressure drummed up by Hamas’ highly telegenic humanitarian crisis that never was.

Neither the foreign ministry nor the army spokesman was geared to fend off this psychological war stunt. By the time they argued back that Israel, while taking 50 missiles a day, was feeding Gaza 75 percent of its electricity and its hospitals (unlike those in Arab countries) were caring for dozens of Palestinian patients from the Gaza Strip, no one was listening."

Terrorists slit cop's throat

More nice Muslims. Why do they like to kill so much?

JK: Militants slit cop's throat: "In a shocking incident, militants slit the throat of a special police officer (SPO) while he was travelling in a public transport vehicle in Kupwara, even as six militants were killed in three separate encounters in Kashmir on Monday.

The police said militants slit the throat of an SPO, identified as Mohammad Ashraf Khan, working for counter-insurgency, special operations group (SOG) at Zachaldara, 85 km from Srinagar on Monday afternoon.

This is the first such incident, where militants overpowered, and knived the throat of the SPO in vehicle in front of shocked passengers.

As the two militants jumped off the vehicle, after slaying the SPO, his colleague fired upon them, killing one of the two militants on the spot."

'We want to offer sharia law to Britain'

'We want to offer sharia law to Britain' - Telegraph: "To many in the West, talk of sharia law conjures up images of the floggings, stonings, amputations and beheadings carried out in hardline Islamic states such as Saudi Arabia and Iran. However, the form practised in Britain is more mundane, focusing mainly on marriage, divorce and financial disputes.

The judgments of the courts have no basis in British law, and are therefore technically illegitimate - they are binding only in that those involved agree to comply. For British Muslims who are keen to follow Islam, this poses a dilemma. An Islamic marriage is not recognised by British law, and therefore many couples will have two ceremonies - civil for the state, and Islamic for their faith.

If they wish to divorce, they must then seek both a civil and an Islamic divorce.

Dr Hasan, who has been presiding over sharia courts in Britain for more than 25 years, argues that British law would benefit from integrating aspects of Islamic personal law into the civil system, so that divorces could be rubber-stamped in the same way, for example, that Jewish couples who go to the Beth Din court have their divorce recognised in secular courts."

Lights On, Nobody Home

More Leftist and Media lies. I wonder why they feel compelled to lie and protect terrorists?

Collactive: HonestReporting - Lights On, Nobody Home: "Despite ongoing Qassam attacks from the territory, Israel has not switched off the electricity. In fact, Hamas itself shut down Gaza's only power station after inviting the media to watch it do so.

The mainstream media ultimately assisted Hamas in creating the impression of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The fact is Israel has restricted fuel supplies in response to the terrorism emanating from Gaza but continues to provide the Palestinians with electricity.

The Times of London omits this vital fact altogether in a story headlined 'Darkness falls on Gaza as Israel takes revenge for rocket attacks'. AFP, while quoting Israeli officials, also omitted the facts leaving readers with the impression that Israel is simply denying responsibility.

While Gazans are undoubtedly suffering, the dark picture painted by the mainstream media is different from the reality. As the Israel's Foreign Ministry notes, the supply of electricity to Gaza from the Israel and the Egyptian power grids (124 Megawatts and 17 Megawatts respectively) has continued uninterrupted. These 141 Megawatts of power represents about three quarters of Gaza's electricity needs."

The development of a jihadist's mind

This is a long but excellent look at how terrorists are recruited and taught. Read it. If you are a Muslim, please point out the errors in it. Do not attack it as an insult to Islam unless you have proof that what is said is wrong. PLEASE prove it wrong. I want to be able to see why this is wrong.

Jihad Watch: The development of a jihadist's mind: "Tawfik Hamid in the Jerusalem Post (thanks to all who sent this in) reveals how he became a jihadist, and his trajectory follows exactly what I have explained here many times: as he grows more devout, and studies the Qur'an and Muhammad's example, he tends more and more toward jihadist views and hatred of non-Muslims. That's why it's so critical for Muslims who claim to reject all this to do a searching reevaluation and reinterpretation of core texts of Islam, as Hamid is doing. But the likelihood of this on a large scale is virtually nil."

Iran warns the Netherlands over Wilders film on Islam

I think Mr Spencer summed up my feelings on this wonderfully. Besides, what is NOT an insult to Islam?

Jihad Watch: Iran warns the Netherlands over Wilders film on Islam: "An Iranian MP says the Netherlands will face widespread protests if it gives the green light to the screening of an anti-Islam movie.

Head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said that the Iranian nation would react to any insult to Islam.

The senior Iranian lawmaker added that Muslims will not tolerate any insult to Islam.

Iran expects The Hague to ban the controversial movie, otherwise Majlis (the Parliament) will call on the government to reconsider its relations with the Netherlands, he said.

A Dutch MP announced in November that he plans to make a 10-minute film which would reflect his insulting views about the Holy Qur'an.

No one in the Iranian government cares, of course, about the Qur'an-quoting mass murderers who have led Dutch MP Geert Wilders to make this film."

Islamic Radicals and the "Che Guevara Effect"

Che and bin Laden do have much in common, about time the links were spelled out somewhere.

Leadership: Islamic Radicals and the "Che Guevara Effect": "Islamic Radicals and the "Che Guevara Effect"

January 21, 2008: In late 1966, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928-1967) arrived in Bolivia. "Che," the nickname by which he is generally known, was a seasoned revolutionary with a global reputation. An Argentinean, Che was a physician, but had become active in leftist circles in the early 1950s, even spending some time as an insurgent in Guatemala after the CIA overthrew the Arbenz regime in 1954. In 1955 he met Fidel Castro, then an unsuccessful Cuban revolutionary just out of jail due to an amnesty. The two hit it off, and Che, who had a real talent for organizing, training, and leading insurgents, played a crucial role in the guerrilla campaign that put Castro in control of Cuba on New Year's Day in 1959.



In 1964, Che, by then international revolutionary "star," disappeared from public view. Over the next couple of years he turned up advising guerrilla movements in the Congo, Mozambique, and other countries. This was connected to Che's "foco" strategy, that is, using small cadres of revolutionaries to act as focal points for local dissidents to promote the creation of "a hundred Vietnams" all over the world that would ultimately destroy the capitalist system in favor a socialist paradise. His 1966 arrival in Bolivia was another step in this campaign.



But Che's campaign in Bolivia failed, miserably, and led directly to his death. After some small success against the Bolivian Army, by September Che's Ejército de Liberación Nacional de Bolivia (National Liberation Army of Bolivia), was on the run. Che was captured on October 8th. Although CIA operative Felix Rodriquez, who had engineered his downfall and admired him as a wily foe, tried to prevent it, Che was almost immediately executed.



So what does this have to do with al Qaeda and the Taliban? Actually, several things. Al Qaeda's strategy against the West is very similar to Che's "foco" strategy, providing cadres to ignite a whole series of local Islamist revolutions toward the goal of establishing a global caliphate. And the outcome of these efforts has tended to be quite similar to the outcome of Che's efforts, that is, failure. They reason for failures can be found in what happened when Che showed up in Bolivia. Although there was already a local communist insurgency in the country, when Che arrived, his first words were, "Soy el jefe – I am the boss." Che had missed a critical aspect of the success of the Cuban Revolution. Although he had played a major role in that movement, its leadership was very definitely Cuban. By claiming to command the revolution in Bolivia, Che so alienated the local communist leaders, that they failed to rally to the cause, and may even had aided the government against him.

This has apparently already happened to al Qaeda's efforts in Indonesia, Kashmir, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and possibly elsewhere, such as Yemen and some parts of Africa. In all these cases, resentment over the "foreigners" trying to run the Jihad, men who are often contemptuous of local custom, has led many groups to openly oppose al Qaeda and even to side with the government.

There are, of course, some differences. While Che believed the "revolutionary struggle" was international, in fact each country gets the revolution it needs, that is the revolution that's perceived to be needed to provide the solutions to real or imagined problems. These problems may not be the same as those of the folks next door or half way 'round the world. This helps explain why it's taken longer for al Qaeda to lose traction. Islam is a stronger bond than "worker solidarity." Eventually, however, tensions do arise between al Qaeda's agents and local peoples over ethnic identity, cultural background, economic needs, political objectives, and even religion, Islam having a surprising number of local varieties that mostly don't conform to al Qaeda's version of the faith.

This is one of the reasons for the swift downfall of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001-2002, since at the time it relied heavily on al Qaeda "Arab" troops to maintain its authority over the country. The resurgence of the Taliban in the past year or two has been due largely to what might be termed a return to their base, that is, the Pushtun tribes living astride the Afghan-Pakistani frontier. As the Taliban tries to assert its influence beyond the Pushtuns in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, however, it may run into the "Soy el jefe" effect" as well."

A Christmas Gift From al Qaeda

HA! Good to see that the terrorists are still losing in some fields. The way they keep corrupting the Western Laws to further the aims of jihad and the caliphate is getting out of hand. Scarily out of hand.

Intelligence: A Christmas Gift From al Qaeda: "Western intelligence agencies could not believe their good fortune, when al Qaeda came through with an unbelievable Christmas present. Over the last month, the brains behind al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri (the number two guy), made several announcements encouraging terrorism fans to make greater use of the Internet. This includes downloading al Qaeda ringtones for their cell phones, as well as al Qaeda approved videos. This last bit involves files as large as 120 megabytes. Al Zawahiri also encouraged followers to regularly download new pronouncements and terrorism 'how to' documents.

It's no secret that intelligence and police agencies the world over monitor Internet activity by actual, or wannabe, Islamic terrorists. Many terror plots have been foiled because of this surveillance. But the new al Zawahiri announcements made the job so much easier. While some al Qaeda Internet users know how to cover their tracks, or at least make it more difficult to be tracked, most do not. These are the newbies that for intelligence experts find easier to work and exploit. And the little guys, if they are serious, eventually lead you to the big fish.

What was al Zawahiri thinking? No one knows. Al Zawahiri is a big fan of the Internet, but he is apparently less familiar with how many tools intelligence agencies have available for tracking Internet users, what they are doing, and who they are doing it with. Some of these tools are classified, but many are available to corporate users (for protecting secrets, or controlling misbehavior by employees.) The communications companies that run the Internet also have specialized tools to track, and identify, data that is moving through their network. The terrorists don't have a clue, but the people tracking them now have a lot more.

There's also a certain irony to all this. In several countries, the local Islamic radicals persecute users of the Internet, as well as those who use stuff like ring tones. At the same time, al Qaeda just released the second version of its custom encryption software (Mujahideen Secrets 2), which makes it easier for intel agencies to spot terrorist email. One must never expect logic and consistency from this crowd, or much respect for Western code breaking capabilities."

Man who keyed car gets day in court; so do Marines

Semper Fi!

I hope this piece of hippy trash stays in France. Maybe he can move into a nice friendly Muslim neighborhood.


Man who keyed car gets day in court; so do Marines -- chicagotribune.com: "Jay Grodner, the Chicago lawyer who keyed a Marine's car in anger because the car had military plates and a Marine insignia, finally got his day in court last week.

Grodner pleaded guilty in a Chicago courtroom packed with former Marines. Some had Marine pins on their coats, or baseball jackets with the Marine insignia. They didn't yellor call him names. They came to support Marine Sgt. Michael McNulty, whose car Grodner defaced in December, but who couldn't attend because he's preparing for his second tour in Iraq."

IMF AND UN SEE A GOOD YEAR AHEAD FOR IRAQ

Darn, if the UN sees advances in Iraq, maybe we are losing after all. I just can't picture ANY good news coming out of that cesspool of corruption.

Of course, IF this is true, and it might be, then it is horrible news for the Left which is still demanding that the terrorists are winning and that is the only way it can be. Horrible news.


THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: IMF AND UN SEE A GOOD YEAR AHEAD FOR IRAQ: "Iraq faces a period of economic growth and political progress, according to assessments by the International Monetary Fund and the UN.

The IMF sees a 7% jump in growth in 2008 and a similar rise next year, and says oil revenues from buoyant exports should be up by 200,000 barrels a day.

The UN envoy to Iraq welcomed dialogue between the Sunni and Shia communities and praised the government's work. ...

The change in the political mood is largely down to the passing of a law on Saturday, enabling some members of the Baath Party of Saddam Hussain to re-enter the military and bureaucracy, our correspondent says.

They were barred from public service by one of the first acts of the US-run Coalition Provisional Administration.

The law reversing that expulsion, combined with the sharp fall in violence in much of Iraq, has led to greater optimism."

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Government renames Islamic terrorism as 'anti-Islamic activity' to woo Muslims | the Daily Mail

I want to gag. This is getting worse and worse. The British government is caving in on the Islamist front. At the current rate of surrender, the British People will either rise up and rebel, forcing a great slaughter of Muslims, or the British Isles will become a part of the Caliphate. I just do not picture the British people standing for that, even if the Politically Correct Left thinks that by ignoring the historical facts they can reach an accord with the most violent religion in the world, out side of Kali.

Why don't people understand that the Koran advocates the slaughter of unbelievers and this is evidenced by the actions of the Prophet Mohammad. Over and over again. Mohammad personally led dozens of military campaigns and killed hundreds of captives. He took slaves. He killed slaves. He raped slaves. He killed whomever he wished. He even raped women in front of their husbands. What a wonderful guy.

Before my Islamic friends attack me with claims that I am a liar and misunderstand - please battle me with facts. If you can't use facts to dispute me, then you can not dispute what I say. Feel free to dispute me. I would love to have my mind changed.

Government renames Islamic terrorism as 'anti-Islamic activity' to woo Muslims | the Daily Mail: "Government renames Islamic terrorism as 'anti-Islamic activity' to woo Muslims
By JAMES SLACK - More by this author » Last updated at 22:16pm on 17th January 2008

Ministers have adopted a new language for declarations on Islamic terrorism.

In future, fanatics will be referred to as pursuing 'anti-Islamic activity'.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that extremists were behaving contrary to their faith, rather than acting in the name of Islam.

Security officials believe that directly linking terrorism to Islam is inflammatory, and risks alienating mainstream Muslim opinion."

Rewriting The History of Torture

Ah, the truth might just break some tiny Liberal brains. But it IS fun to post.

Intelligence: Rewriting The History of Torture: "Advocates for the abolition of torture believe that torture doesn't work. Obviously, it does work. Just check out the history of espionage during World War II, or any other major conflict. Torture was accepted, if not much talked about. Information was regularly extracted from unwilling captives, and damage often done to the subject as a result. Everyone used torture, even if there were regulations against it. To this day, spies and soldiers are trained to deal with torture. It is acknowledged, in the espionage world, that if one of your people is caught by someone who has torture experts, your guy is likely to talk eventually. Thus there are often provisions for suicide pills. At the very least, there is a 'Plan B' for situations where one of your people, who knows secrets, is taken alive. You have to assume he will be tortured and some, or all, of those secrets extracted. Critics of torture insist that information extracted like this is not reliable. The historical record says otherwise, and intelligence agencies, and the military, continue to plan accordingly."

Terrorism Pioneers Recognized

A simple history review. Nothing new, but always interesting stuff.

Counter-Terrorism: Terrorism Pioneers Recognized: "One of the major U.S. counter-terror organizations, the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) recently posted something of a reminder on their web site. It was all about the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), a separatist Tamil group from the island of Sri Lanka. The FBI pointed out that in three decades of operations, the LTTE has killed over 70,000 people and pioneered the use of suicide bombers. This included inventing the explosive belt. The LTTE has also killed two national leaders (of Sri Lanka and India) and many more senior government officials than Islamic terrorists. Al Qaeda learned quite a lot about terrorism from the LTTE, which is basically a secular organizations (although most members are Hindu).

But even more importantly, the LTTE pioneered fund raising techniques that have greatly aided Islamic terrorists. The LTTE developed methods which enabled them to raise large amounts of money from expatriate Tamils (who are native to southern India). The LTTE was also able to raise money from Tamils in southern India, but it was the techniques of pretending to collect money for charity work, then using it to fund terrorism, that really caught al Qaedas attention. It eventually caught the FBIs attention as well, leading to the LTTE being declared a terrorist organization, and many of its fund raising operations shut down."

Pardoned terrorists planning suicide attacks

When a pardoned terrorist is rearrested for terrorist acts, can they be shot out of hand? Since they are never going to be reformed and able to rejoin the human race, should they be removed?

Sounds good to me! They want to die, let's help them.


WorldNetDaily: Pardoned terrorists planning suicide attacks: "The Israeli army has specific information that members of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization granted amnesty this summer by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are planning suicide bombings inside Israel, WND has learned.

Yesterday the Israel Defense Forces raided the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the stronghold of Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group, in an attempt to arrest a Brigades cell there actively planning terror attacks, according to IDF sources.

Three of four members of a Brigades terror cell surrounded by the army yesterday were granted amnesty by Olmert last June as a gesture to bolster Abbas' Fatah organization. The cell, among other things, was planning suicide attacks and shootings against Israel, sources said.

A Brigades leader – Ahmed Senakre, the brother of the group's West Bank chief – was killed during yesterday's operation when he tried to escape the IDF siege. The three others were arrested.

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah's military wing, is listed by the State Department as a terror group. It took responsibility, along with the Islamic Jihad terror organization, for every suicide bombing in Israel in 2005 and 2006 and for thousands of shootings and rocket attacks."

Gaza City goes dark after power cut

How awful of the Israelis to react to constant attacks! Those poor innocent terrorists.

Gaza City goes dark after power cut - Yahoo! News: "Gaza City was plunged into darkness Sunday after Israel blocked the shipment of fuel that powers its only electrical plant in retaliation for persistent rocket attacks by Gaza militants.

The power cut sent already beleaguered Gazans to stock up on food and batteries in anticipation of dark, cold days ahead. Gaza officials warned the move would cause a health catastrophe while a U.N. agency and human rights groups condemned Israel.

'We have the choice to either cut electricity on babies in the maternity ward or heart surgery patients or stop operating rooms,' Gaza Health Ministry official Dr. Moaiya Hassanain said.

Israel justified the cutoff because of continuous rocket attacks by Gaza militants. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Meckel said the Gaza Strip continues to receive 70 percent of its electricity supply directly from Israel, which would not be affected, and another 5 percent from Egypt.

The blackout 'is a Hamas ploy to pretend there is some kind of crisis to attract international sympathy,' he told The Associated Press."

Nasrallah's Desperate Speech

Collactive: GIYUS.org - Nasrallah's Desperate Speech: "'There is even a near-complete body, a half or three-quarters of a body, from head, to chest to the torso,' said Nasrallah, who earlier walked among the Ashura procession. He last appeared in May at the opening of a book fair in Beirut.

Nasrallah's unusually graphic comments appeared aimed at increasing pressure on the Israeli government to speed up U.N.-mediated negotiations for a prisoner swap deal in which the captured Israeli soldiers would be exchanged for Lebanese and other prisoners."
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