House Leaves Surveillance Law to Expire

Only slightly biased at the Times. Congress is betting that there will be no terrorist attacks in the rest of the year. If there are, they are going to be in big trouble for ending the surveillance on the terrorists.

They know this, of course, and if any attacks happen, they will blame Bush for both letting it happen and for planning it. Just like they do about 9/11. Even though the Muslims claim credit for those attacks. Stupid Lefties.

House Leaves Surveillance Law to Expire - New York Times: "“Our intelligence professionals are working day and night to keep us safe,” Mr. Bush said, “and they’re waiting to see whether Congress will give them the tools they need to succeed or tie their hands by failing to act.”

But Ms. Pelosi and other House Democrats said Mr. Bush and Congressional Republicans were at fault because they had resisted temporarily extending the bill to allow disagreements to be worked out. Democrats would not be bullied into approving a measure they considered flawed, she said.

“The president knows full well that he has all the authority he needs to protect the American people,” said Ms. Pelosi, who then referred to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s admonition about fearing only fear itself. “President Bush tells the American people that he has nothing to offer but fear, and I’m afraid that his fear-mongering of this bill is not constructive.”

The decision by the House Democratic leadership to let the law lapse is the greatest challenge to Mr. Bush on a major national security issue since the Democrats took control of Congress last year."

Aussie jihadists had book saying 9/11 was "one of the greatest victories that has ever been perpetrated in the name of Islam"

Why are the Muslims claiming this attack? I thought everyone knew that it was really Bush and the Joos?

How crazy that Muslims would admit to a crime that the Left refuses to let them claim! Well, everyone knows that the Left is always lying to make the Middle and Right look bad - even when it constantly backfires.

Jihad Watch: Aussie jihadists had book saying 9/11 was "one of the greatest victories that has ever been perpetrated in the name of Islam": "He said Abdullah Merhi was found with a book entitled The 19 Lions, which heaped praise on those involved in the attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon in 2001 that killed almost 3000 people.

'It glorifies the 19 aircraft hijackers responsible . . . and hails them as martyrs, suggesting they will go down in history for perpetrating one of the greatest victories that has ever been perpetrated in the name of Islam,' he said.

'It is all designed to incite would-be pursuers of jihad to pursue violent jihad and to stir themselves to get on and do it.'

The Victorian Supreme Court jury was told the book says the 19 were 'martyrs' who made a glorious and noble oath to carry out the terror attack, and it terrified non-believers 'to their very core'.

Another document held by seven alleged group members, entitled Clarification of what occurred in America, said that the atrocity was justified in Islam."

Three killed in riots over caricature of Muhammad

Islam means Peace and Tolerance. And killing over and over.

Jihad Watch: Nigeria: Three killed in riots over caricature of Muhammad: "'Two people and a police inspector have been killed in the violence while the divisional police station and everything inside including ammunition have been burnt by the rioters', Kano police chief Aminu Yesufu told reporters outside the burnt police station.

He said about 20 others were badly wounded, including the divisional police officer, who suffered a deep machete cut to the head.

Police had arrested 25 people and opened an investigation, he added.

'The students began chanting Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest) when the Christian student returned and pursued him to lynch him', Sadiq Haruna, a teacher at the school, told an AFP reporter who visited the town on Friday.

'The Christian escaped in taking refuge in the local police station but hundreds of angry Muslim students attacked and set on fire the premises after the police refused to hand him over,' Haruna said.

The whereabouts of the christian student were still not known."

Palestinians burn Joseph's Tomb

The Muslims revere the Jewish prophets? I thought Allah was the same and honored the Jewish patriarchs? Why is this allowed in Islam? Could it be that the religions are not as closely related as claimed?

Palestinians burn Joseph's Tomb: "Palestinians yesterday tried to burn down Joseph's Tomb – Judaism's third holiest site – according to Palestinian security officials speaking to WND.

It marks the second time the Palestinians attempted to burn down the tomb, located near Nablus, the biblical city of Shechem.

Joseph's Tomb is the believed burial place of the biblical patriarch Joseph, the son of Jacob who was sold by his brothers into slavery and later became viceroy of Egypt.

Palestinian security officials in Nablus said yesterday they were called to the tomb to find 16 burning tires inside the sacred structure.

A Palestinian police official who inspected the site told WND today there was some fire damage to the tomb. He said the Palestinian Authority, fearing embarrassment, immediately formed a joint committee from the PA's Force 17, Preventative Security Services and Palestinian intelligence, to find out who was behind the fire.

He said patrols were stepped up around the site."

Embassies ordered to raise alert

Of course the Israelis denied it! It is not a good thing to admit to killing known terrorists in the modern world. The Left will go nuts!

Now, it is easy to see that the wonderful and Peaceful non-terrorists who have been raised since birth to hate and murder, might take out a little revenge on a leader who they had an argument with. Car bombs are a typical way for Palestinians to settle arguments. Murder is taught from birth in the UN controlled Palestinian schools. Can anyone argue against that?

Embassies ordered to raise alert | Jerusalem Post: "Embassies ordered to raise alert
By YAAKOV KATZ, MARK WEISS AND HILARY LEILA KRIEGER


Israel raised the level of alert at its embassies abroad and along the northern border on Wednesday as a Hizbullah leader vowed retaliation for the overnight assassination of arch-terrorist and Hizbullah chief operations officer Imad Mughniyeh.

Top Hizbullah terrorist Mughniyeh killed in Damascus

Israel denied any involvement in Mughniyeh's killing.

Mughniyeh was killed late Tuesday night after a bomb, planted inside the seat of his car, exploded in Damascus's upscale Kafar Soussa neighborhood. Security forces quickly sealed off the area and removed the destroyed car, which had its driver's seat and the rear seat blown away by the blast.

Considered Hizbullah's operations chief, Mughniyeh co-founded the group in 1982 together with Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah, and was a member of its ruling Shura Council. He was in charge of all overseas operations, and as the chief operations officer, coordinated Hizbu"

What's (Not) the Matter With the Middle Class?

More Leftist lies exposed. The Left needs to terrorize the Citizens into voting for them because they do not have anything to offer for the future. They are creating Fear to make the Right look bad, not that they need help.

The Republicans have bought into the Democrat agenda and increased spending even more than than requested. I have to blame them all for voting for all these huge spending bills. They have no guts to stand up for principles or honesty. If the Dems weren't even more corrupt, I would be unable to vote for any of these corrupt scum.

Article | The American Prospect: "For more than a decade, the Democratic Party -- the self-proclaimed party of the middle class -- has consistently lost the middle class at election time.

In 2004, voters with family incomes between $30,000 and $75,000 went for Bush by 6 percentage points, while Congressional Democrats lost this group by 4 points. Among white middle-class voters (one-third of the electorate), Bush won by 22 points and Congressional Republicans by 19 points.

What's the matter with the middle class? Democrats like to pin their defeats on national security and culture issues alone, but the progressive economic message is also to blame. What progressives generally say about the economy is unrelentingly pessimistic -- stagnant wages, rising costs, overwhelming burdens of debt. It's a message that doesn't resonate with the middle class -- not only because it's overly negative (by itself political poison), but because it's simply flat out wrong.

Don't believe me? Believe the numbers:

* $63,300. That's the 2004 median household income of people in their prime working years, ages 25-59 (it's $70,000 for married households and nearly $80,000 for two-earner households).
* $248,700. That's the median net worth of pre-retirement Americans, ages 55-64.
* Zero. That's the median credit card debt for all American households.

Drowning in debt? Squeezed to the gills? Living paycheck to paycheck? I don't think so.

These numbers all add up to this one: $23,700, the household income at which a white voter was more likely to vote Republican than Democratic in the 2004 congressional races. "

Secrets of the Great Seal of the United States Revealed

The joys of learning truth is fun. Too bad the Left and conspiracy nuts will denounce this all.

FOXNews.com - Secrets of the Great Seal of the United States Revealed - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "The Seal will remain at the State Department but the interactive exhibit is designed to travel and curators hope it will dispel the rumors and educate Americans about the real meaning of the symbols.

Among the highlights:

—That known Masons like the first U.S. president, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin had no role in designing the final seal, which uses elements of traditional heraldry, such as the unfinished pyramid to symbolize a work in progress, arrows for war and an olive branch for peace. Masons share some of those symbols, but they have never been exclusively the domain of the order.

—That the phrase 'Novus Ordo Seculorum' below the Roman numerals for 1776 at the base of the pyramid translates as 'A New Order of the Ages' that began with independence and does not imply the United States will be the lynchpin of a sinister 'New World Order.'

—That the words 'Annuit Coeptis' ('Providence favors') and the eye of providence that hovers over the pyramid refer to unexpected interventions of fate that assisted the colonists in creating a new country.

—That the references to 13 refer to the number of colonies that formed the original United States.

"People are just not aware of the complexity and intent of the symbolism and what our Founding Fathers were trying to do with it," said Priscilla Linn, senior curator at the U.S. Diplomacy Center. "The hidden treasure in the Seal is the courage and presence of mind of the people who created it and created these values for the whole country."
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U.S. Navy Intercepts Russian Bombers Flying Near Ships

A return to the nice Cold War days, yet the Left keeps blaming Bush for the acts of Putin. Fools.

FOXNews.com - U.S. Navy Intercepts Russian Bombers Flying Near Ships - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers flying unusually close to an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend, The Associated Press has learned.

A U.S. military official says that one Russian Tupolev 95 buzzed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz twice, at a low altitude of about 2,000 feet, while another bomber circled about 50 nautical miles out. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because the reports on the flights were classified as secret."

Plot to kill cartoonist broken up

The more shahids going to jail. I love that! Keeping them in solitary keeps them from dying and going to heavan.

Find more! There are plenty out there!

Newspapers reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoon: "Newspapers across Europe Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago.

The move came one day after Danish authorities arrested three people allegedly plotting a 'terror-related assassination' of Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist behind the drawing.

Berlingske Tidende, was one of the newspapers involved in the republication by newspapers in Denmark. It said: 'We are doing this to document what is at stake in this case, and to unambiguously back and support the freedom of speech that we as a newspaper always will defend,' in comments reported by The Associated Press.

Newspapers in Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands also republished the drawing Wednesday as part of their coverage of Tuesday's arrests.

The image, by Morgenavisen Jullands-Posten cartoonist Westergaard, was one of 12 cartoons about the Prophet Mohammed originally published in September 2005. Westergaard's cartoon depicted the prophet wearing a bomb as a turban with a lit fuse."

Berkeley City Council Rescinds Anti-Marine Vote

The hippies will never apologize, but at least they recognized that the people of this great land are not all hippie peaceniks who live to insult President Bush.

Maybe we still need to pull all Federal support from them, just to see how long they last without it.

Wake up America: Berkeley City Council Rescinds Anti-Marine Vote: "The portion of the city council meeting that was scheduled with the controversial resolution didn't start until 9pm and for three hours they heard from more than 100 speakers, mostly from the citizens of Berkley and early into Wednesday morning,when it came time for the vote, 7-to-2 voted to rescind the previous letter to the Berkeley Marines, calling the marine recruiters unwelcome and instead stating its opposition to the war as well as acknowledging 'we recognize the recruiter's right to locate in our city and the right of others to protest or support their presence.'

Debbie Lee, a member of Move America Forward, whose son Marc Lee was the first Navy SEAL to die in the Iraq war, demanded an apology from the council. She told the council 'My son gave up his life for you. I'm appalled at what you did.'

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, some council members agree with Ms. Lee, that they owe the U.S. Troops as well as their own citizens an apology.

They also quote Gordon Wozniak 'To err is human but to really screw up it takes the Berkeley City Council. We failed our city. We embarrassed our city.'

The full council decided, however, not to issue a formal apology for their previous resolution, nor did they apologize to their own citizens.

Melanie Morgan, chairman of Move America Forward, has some after action reports on her site, and you can find more photos courtesy of Move America Forward and at Zombietime."

Senior Hezbollah Militant Killed

Another one down
Another one down
Another one bites the dust!

What a pity. I guess this means that the terrorists in Syria are all going to swamp the Syrians with requests for better security and that will overwhelm their poor innocent police force.

Senior Hezbollah Militant Killed: "Imad Mughniyeh, the suspected mastermind of dramatic attacks on the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine barracks that killed hundreds of Americans in Lebanon in the 1980s, has died in a car bombing in Syria.

The Islamic militant group Hezbollah and its Iranian backers on Wednesday blamed Israel for the killing of Mughniyeh, Hezbollah's security chief in the 1980s who was one of the world's most wanted and elusive terrorists. Israel denied involvement.

Hezbollah did not say how or where Mughniyeh was killed. But Iranian state television and the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria said he died in a car bombing in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday night.

Hezbollah's announcement of the death came a few hours after a late night explosion in Damascus destroyed a vehicle. Witnesses in the Syrian capital said at the time that a passerby was killed as security forces sealed off the area and removed the body. But authorities there would not give details."

Iran Qods Force infiltrates Iraq

I thought the Iranians were friendly? Not a threat at all?

Or was all that just Leftist Liberal bull?

I think we now know how the Democrats know that the War in Iraq is not won yet! They are talking to Iran to re-inflame the battle for Iraq so that Bush will be blamed and the Republicans will lose in the election. This is more logical than having a President order Muslims to fly planes into the financial center of the world! Having a Democrat-Iranian connection explains a lot of things. It is easy to believe...

Any takers on DISproving my point?

Iran Qods Force infiltrates Iraq - Middle East Times: "New information was brought to light Thursday revealing 'an overwhelming amount of intelligence indicating a political-military buildup by Tehran's mullahs, targeting not just the south, but the heart of Iraq.'

This information, collected by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (also known as the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or the MeK), was made public by Alireza Jafarzadeh, president of Strategic Policy Consulting, Inc., an outfit based in Washington, D.C. with close ties to the MeK.

According to Jafarzadeh this latest move by Tehran 'can only be interpreted as indicating an aggressive buildup, by an aggressive regime with an aggressive agenda.'

Iran's plan, according to Jafarzadeh, is to expand its terrorist network in Iraq through the deployment of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' elite units – the Qods Force."

Nicolas Sarkozy offers French troops to join Canadians in fighting the Taleban in Kandahar

Wow. I AM in shock! I might have to stop the French jokes for real! Darn.

Nicolas Sarkozy offers French troops to join Canadians in fighting the Taleban in Kandahar - Times Online: "French and Canadian officials are discussing the logistics of operating a combined force. A delegation was sent to Paris from Ottawa yesterday.

The move by the French was being seen as further evidence of President Sarkozy’s willingness to draw closer to the alliance, with the possibility of France rejoining Nato’s integrated military stucture, from which President de Gaulle withdrew in 1967.

Canada wants 1,000 extra soldiers to fight in Kandahar, but the indications so far are that Paris has a smaller-sized force in mind. A French diplomatic source said that decisions would not be made public until the Nato summit in Bucharest in April."
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Well, one last hurrah: (click the link for more)
The Canonical List of French Jokes
Q. How many Frenchmen does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A. One, because he holds the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him

Q: How do you confuse a French Soldier?
A: Give him a rifle and ask him to shoot it.

Q: What's the motto of the US Marine Corps?
A: Semper Fi (Always Faithful)
Q: What's the motto of the French Army?
A: Stop, drop, and run!

Q. Why don't Master Card and Visa work well in France? A. They do not know how to say "CHARGE!"

Q: What do women who are snipers in the French military use as camouflage?
A: Their armpits.

Q: What’s the difference between a Frenchman and a bucket of crap?
A: The bucket

The recent tremors felt throughout France have been attributed to the fifty six thousand+ WWI & WWII U.S. soldiers spinning in their graves.

Q: Why do the French people seem so hell bent on kissing Jacques Chirac's ass?
A: Because the French, in general are less sensitive to bad smells and certainly more tolerant of bitter flavors!!

Q: What do you call a French man killed defending his country?
A: I don't know either, its never happened!

Q: What Does "Maginot Line" mean in French?
A: "Speed bump ahead"

Q: What’s the new French flag look like?
A: A white cross emblazoned on a white background!

Q: Why did the Post Office have to recall its series of stamps depicting famous Frenchmen?
A: People were confused about which side to spit on.

Q: How many Frenchmen does it take to shingle a roof?
A: 3 if you slice them thin enough.

Famous quotes about the French: "I just love the French. They taste like chicken!" ---- Hannibal Lecter "France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." ---Mark Twain "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." --- General George S. Patton "The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know." --- P.J O'Rourke (1989)

Q: What is the difference between American fries and French fries?
A: Courage!!

Member nations of the UN gathered for an annual Meeting of technological advancement reports. The United States ambassador stood and proudly announced, "We have developed a space craft that can fly directly into the sun!" The crowd was shocked murmurs and exclamations of "How could this be!" were heard. His assistant quickly handed him a sheet of paper, he coughed and then addressed the audience, "I'm sorry, actually, our new space craft can only fly 3 centimeters below the sun." The Japanese ambassador stood next and told the gathering, "Our Japanese scientists have invented a midget submarine that can touch the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean." Again, shock and disbelief rang through the great meeting hall. An assistant jumped up and whispered in the Japanese Ambassador's ear. He bowed deeply and said, "My deepest apologies, forgive my mistake. Our new submarine can only reach 3 centimeters above the deepest part of the ocean." It was now the French ambassador's turn to make announcement of France's contribution. He stood and looked around, "We in France have been able to develop people that can eat with their noses!" Now the UN meeting as in shock and visible horror that France would play with genetic engineering. "Actually, they eat only 3 centimeters below their noses."

Q: You are approached by three men while walking down a dark city street. One British, one American, one French. They all seem intent on mugging you. However, you have a gun, but alas, only two bullets. What do you do?
A: Shoot the Frenchman twice. Good day!

Why don't the French really want the US to attack Iraq? Don't want their record for surrender broken.

Why did the French send Lady Liberty to America? A. They had no use for her anyway B. They didn't want the tired, poor, huddled masses to come to France for God's sake. C. She wouldn't put out D. To be a constant reminder of the help they gave to defeat the British. As if WE'RE the ones with the short memory. E. They wanted to remind future generations that they once had the balls to do what is right. F. All of the above

Q: Why do French people always wear yellow?
A: To match the color of their blood!

Q: What's the easiest way to get lung cancer?
A: Breath the air in Paris!

Q: Why does every army (except the U.S., England and Israel) have to have a French flag?
A: In case they want to surrender!

Q: Why did the Statue of Liberty take karate?
A: She wanted to be the first French person to be able to defend herself!

Also some sickening but true information came my way about the French. In French text books the U.S. in WWII is only 1 paragraph of information and worst of all D-day isn't mentioned at all!!!

This is a true story: I was up at a collage campus and this girl from France is working at the desk of the bookstore and I asked her if she lived in the French domitories she said "no I came to the U.S. to get away from them". Then I said "well then I guess your not going back after your done". Then she said "do you think I'm stupid, I'd never go back there it smells."

During one of the many wars that the French and the British fought and the French usually lost, the French just happened to capture a British Major. An officer brought the Major to the French general for interrogation. The French general began ridiculing the Major for wearing "that stupid red tunic." The French general said, "Why to you wear that red uniform, it makes it easy for us to shoot you." The British major replied, "If I do get wounded, the blood will not show, and my soldiers will not get scared." The French general said, "That is a very good idea," The Frenchy turned to his orderly and said, "From now on all French officers will wear brown pants."

Jihad Sheilas (1 of 7)

Nutty sheilas! Shows that anyone can go nuts, it is not just the Europeans. Even the normally intelligent Aussies can go nuts. Oh well.





YouTube - Jihad Sheilas (1 of 7)

Al Qaeda Plays Nicer

HA! It is nice to have AQ on the defense and admitting it. Will the Media finally start admitting this? Or are these successes all another Bush Plot to steal the election?

Counter-Terrorism: Al Qaeda Plays Nicer: "Al Qaeda Plays Nicer

February 11, 2008: An example of how grim things are for al Qaeda, and other Sunni Arab Islamic terrorist groups in Iraq, they have radically changed their tactics. The only area where the Islamic terrorists still have any strength is in northern Iraq, just below the Kurdish controlled region. There, and in western Iraq, the terrorists have begun to issue warning to civilians before a bomb goes off. These attacks are usually directed at the security forces or foreign troops. It's a big inconvenience to warn local civilians, because that makes it clear to the people being attacked that something is coming. The Islamic terrorists are also making fewer attacks on the Iraqi police, who tend to be Sunni Arabs in this part of the country. Attacks have been shifted to the Army (which is largely Kurdish and Shia) and the Americans. The Islamic radicals have also stopped killing or abusing civilians who do not adopt a sufficiently conservative Islamic lifestyle. This is painful for the Islamic terrorists, because the main reason for their violence is to establish a conservative Islamic lifestyle, and enforce it."

Mexico: Drug Gangs Fight Back

Wow! The cartels are getting more serious in this War! Maybe some of the intel guys from Iraq can help get this situation under control in Mexico?

Mexico: Drug Gangs Fight Back: "Drug Gangs Fight Back
February 10, 2008: The Army had a big week in its war on the cartelistas (drug gangs). The army conducted an operation in Tamaulipas state that led to the capture of five men and a large weapons cache. The cache was found on a ranch and included plastic explosive, hand grenades, bullet-proof protective vests, 80 sets of military uniforms, 89 rifles and 83,000 rounds of ammunition. The army also found nine tons of marijuana on the ranch and several vehicles, one equipped with bullet-proof glass. The troops found what amounts to a supply dump for a company-sized unit capable of launching limited mobile operations. A police station in a small town would be quickly overrun by a force of this size and this well-armed."

Police Story - Iraq style

I like to see my friends come back from Iraq now. They all are amazed by the contrast of the Media reports and the reality that they see and live with while they are in Iraq. This story helps to explain why.

I really loved reading this after listening to the Democrats renewing the 'failure' mantra this weekend. HA! Who to believe? My brothers in the service, or the proven liars in the Congress?

Leadership: Police Story: "Police Story

February 9, 2008: U.S. Army chat rooms, message board and listservs are filling up with stories of troops returning for their second or third tour in Iraq and being amazed at how quiet and peaceful the place has become. Those outside the wire (working among Iraqis) a lot notice this most, and they quickly pick up on the main reason; the cops seem more confident and sure of themselves. Those who were around in 2004 and 2005 saw the first new Iraqi police units, and it was not a pretty sight. With few experienced police commanders, and most cops newly recruited (the Saddam era police could not be trusted, and most were corrupt as well), there were, in effect, no police. Except in the Kurdish north (where an effective local police force had existed since the 1990s), most of Iraq depended on tribal leaders, gang bosses or militia commanders for protection from the growing Sunni Arab terrorism, and crime in general.



Year by year, however, more cops, and police commanders, were turned out by police schools in Iraq and overseas. The Jordanians were particularly useful. Jordan has one of the most efficient police forces in the Arab world, and were eager to see law and order return to the Iraqi side of their mutual border. A Jordanian police academy for Iraqi recruits was set up early on."

Senior Taliban Member, Mansoor Dadullah, Captured and Critically Wounded in Pakistan Raid

Another poor, misunderstood member of the Religion of Peace is gunned down for no crime other than being Muslim. Why does Bush do this???

Oh, wait! He was killed or captured by the Pakistanis for inciting terrorism and leading a terrorist group. Well, I am sure that the Leftists in the Media will still spin this so that President Bush is the evil wrong doer instead of the terrorist who loves killing innocent women and children.

FOXNews.com - Senior Taliban Member, Mansoor Dadullah, Captured and Critically Wounded in Pakistan Raid - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "Pakistani security forces critically wounded a top figure in the Taliban militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, one of six militants captured after a clash near the border Monday, the army said.

Mansoor Dadullah, brother of slain Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah, and the five others were challenged by security forces as they crossed from Afghanistan into Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan. They refused to stop and opened fire, said army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas.

'Security personnel returned fire. As a result, all of them sustained injuries and all of them were captured,' Abbas said. 'Dadullah was arrested alive but he is critically wounded.'

Earlier, a senior military official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists, said Dadullah died of his wounds while being flown to a hospital with the other injured men.

Two Pakistani intelligence officials, who declined to be named for the same reason, gave a different account of Dadullah's capture, saying he was nabbed during a raid on a religious seminary in a neighboring district. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the differing accounts."

U.S. Charges 6 Guantanamo Prisoners With Sept. 11 Ties, Seeks Death Penalty

Great! Get these scum out of the prison by killing them.

The sad part is that all the Leftists will be crying about the 'torture' used to find out information bout other terrorist attacks. I think that the next time one of these terrorists is captured, we allow the Leftists to question them. Actually, we can give the Leftists spouse and children to the terrorist's group so that the Leftist has something of potential value to a Leftist to recover. Because we know that the US is not something the Left cares about! They tell us that every day. Over and over again, ad nauseum. Stupid gits.

FOXNews.com - U.S. Charges 6 Guantanamo Prisoners With Sept. 11 Ties, Seeks Death Penalty - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "The military will recommend that the six men be tried together before a military tribunal. But the cases may be clouded because of recent revelations that Mohammmed was subject to a harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding — which critics call torture.

Asked what impact that will have on the case, Hartmann said it will be up to the military judge to determine what evidence is allowed.

Prosecutors have been working for years to assemble the case against suspects in the attacks that prompted the Bush administration to launch its global war on terror.

The other five men being charged are: Mohammed al-Qahtani, the man officials have labeled the 20th hijacker; Ramzi Binalshibh, said to have been the main intermediary between the hijackers and leaders of Al Qaeda; Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, known as Ammar al-Baluchi, a nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been identified as Mohammed's lieutenant for the 2001 operation; al-Baluchi's assistant, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi; and Waleed bin Attash, a detainee known as Khallad, who investigators say selected and trained some of the hijackers."

Mysterious Illness Forces Girl to Survive on a Diet of Mints

I am not sure I could live on this diet! But I think I could try it for a while and lose some weight. I need to!

FOXNews.com - Mysterious Illness Forces Girl to Survive on a Diet of Mints - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News: "A U.K. teen eats only Tic Tac mints after a mysterious illness has left her unable to tolerate any other food, it is being reported.

According to a report on NewKerala.com, at one time, doctors believed Natalie Cooper, 17, suffered from bulimia because she would vomit after eating any type of solid food. But they soon realized the illness, which remains a mystery, was out of her control.

The girl, from Maidstone, Kent in the U.K., was diagnosed with the condition four years ago. She now receives all her nutrients from a specially formulated feed given to her in through a tube, it was reported.

She eats Tic Tacs, which do not make her vomit, to help her believe she isn't hungry, the Mail reported.

'I went from Trebor Extra Strong Mints to Polos and ended up with Tic Tacs,' she is quoted as saying.

The feed tube has helped the teen go from a lean 70 pounds to a healthier 98 pounds, according to the report."

2 Espionage Cases Involving China Unfolding; 4 Arrested Including DoD Official

China is the biggest threat of any nation on this planet. They are aligning to take over once the US folds up its policy of trying to help democracy grow around the world. What is funny is all the hippies who 'love freedom' who align with the communists who think freedom only exists for the Party Leaders. Stupid hippies.

FOXNews.com - 2 Espionage Cases Involving China Unfolding; 4 Arrested Including DoD Official - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum: "A Defense Department analyst and a former engineer for Boeing Co. were charged Monday in separate spy cases for allegedly selling military secrets to the Chinese government, the Justice Department said.

Additionally, two Chinese immigrants accused of working with the defense analyst were arrested after an FBI raid Monday morning on a New Orleans home where one of them lived.

The two cases — based in Alexandria, Va., and Los Angeles — have no connection, and investigators said it was merely a coincidence that charges would be brought against both on the same day.

The cases show 'that foreign spying remains a serious threat in the post-Cold War world,' Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein said in a prepared statement."

Reference to Gaza Strip as OPT

The UN admits to not being current on current affairs. I know this will shock everyone! The UN is usually so fair when it comes to the lives of the Israelis and biased against the Pallys.

Why do I doubt that the UN will fix this anytime soon?

Reference to Gaza Strip as OPT - SecGen spokesperson's noon briefing (excerpts) (30 January 2007): "Question: You read a statement about the situation in Gaza before and I know it's difficult to change terminology, but we have a new Secretary-General now, so let me try it again. A year and half after the last Israeli withdrew from Gaza, the UN system still refers to Gaza as an Occupied Palestinian Territory. The only people who are not Palestinian in Gaza currently are UN people. Do you mean that Gaza is occupied by the UN?

Spokesperson: Definitely not.

Question: So who is it occupied by?

Spokesperson: Well…

Correspondent: I think there are some Israeli soldiers on the border…

Question: Not borders, who is Gaza occupied by?

Spokesperson: Traditionally, this is the terminology we have used. Yes?

Question: But the situation on the ground changed since Israel withdrew from Gaza.

Spokesperson: I will look into this.

Correspondent: Thank you."

The dhimmi of the C of E

What else can be said? This guy is selling out to be Politically Correct. What a weenie. If anyone can be partisan for England, you would think it is the head of the Church of England! Instead, he wants to surrender and uses a false analogy for it. Wanker.

Melanie Phillips Blog | Daily News Commentary for the Spectator: " Dr Williams says he has been misunderstood. Tellingly, his website statement makes no defence at all of this devastating renunciation of the doctrine of equality before the law. This omission suggests that at least someone at Lambeth Palace understands what Dr Williams actually said only too well.

The lecture and radio interview were bad enough, heaven knows. But this statement on his website raises yet further concerns. How can the Archbishop of Canterbury put out such a seriously misleading and, in parts, demonstrably false statement? It moves this affair on from questions about judgment — which are serious enough — to questions about integrity. Either Dr Williams really does not understand what he himself said — in which case he is a fool; or he understands exactly what he said and is trying to pretend that he didn’t say it — in which case he is a knave.

Either way, he has done great harm to his church and is a danger to his country (although through this furore he has also, unwittingly and ironically, set back the agenda of Islamisation by stealth which had been making such headway; hence the very carefully modulated support for him by such Islamist strategists as the Muslim Council of Britain). He should stand down and the courageous and sharp Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali — a man whose life is now in danger for having spoken the truth about Islam in a Britain whose religious and cultural identity he actually defends, but about whom Dr Williams has said not one word in support — should take his place.

Now that really would be a statement in defence of Britain and western civilisation."