Obama Disavows Statements of Controversial Junkman

Another funny from the ever funnier Iowahawk! Go read the full thing after you empty your bladder.

iowahawk: "Obama Disavows Statements of Controversial Junkman

Chicago - After days of trying to distance himself from a growing hate speech controversy that threatens to envelop his presidential campaign, Senator Barack Obama issued a statement this morning condemning 'in the strongest way I can' the controversial pronouncements of advisor and Los Angeles salvage yard owner Fred G. Sanford.

'The central message of my campaign is about unity and hope, and I will not let that message be diminished by these kinds of mean spirited and hateful remarks,' said Obama. 'I repudiate them and I apologize to anyone who was offended, including Senator Clinton, Lamont, Grady, Rollo, Julio, and particularly Aunt Esther.'

Obama said that Sanford would no longer play an official role in his presidential campaign operation, but said he remained an admirer of the controversial figure.

'Mr. Sanford has long been a valued mentor to me, and I will alway cherish his friendship if not his counsel,' said Obama.'I'm saddened that his cherry picked, out-of-context words have overshadowed the many good things he has done for the community and the junk industry.'"

Al-Qaida blamed in failed US site attack

Was it the embassy or the girl that were the target? Al Qaida has a habit of attacking schools, particularly girls schools. But blaming it on the Americans gets the Yemeni government more anti-terror dollars than an attack on the girls would.

Al-Qaida blamed in failed US site attack - Yahoo! News: "An Al-Qaida terror cell was behind a mortar strike against the U.S. embassy in Yemen that missed its target but killed a security guard and wounded 13 students at a nearby school, an Interior Ministry official said Saturday.

The official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said al-Qaida militant Hamza al-Dayan launched three mortars at the embassy Tuesday before fleeing the scene in a vehicle with three accomplices. The mortar shells crashed into the school in the downtown Sawan district of San'a, killing the security guard and wounding 13 schoolgirls, three grievously.

On Thursday, the police arrested five suspects in the attack. It was not clear if they have any connection to al-Dayan and his men, who remain at large.

U.S. officials did not immediately respond to request for comment on Saturday. The embassy has informed its nonessential staff they are permitted to leave Yemen if they want to."

Recently Freed Ex-SLA Member in Custody

I do wonder about the why of this arrest. But good riddance to a terrorist scumbag.

Recently Freed Ex-SLA Member in Custody: "Just days after her release from prison on parole, Sara Jane Olson, a former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive who hid for years by posing as an ordinary housewife, was taken back into custody, authorities said Saturday.

Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections, would give no details as to why Olson was detained, but said there have been 'a lot of developments' in the case.

Olson, 61, formerly known as Kathleen Soliah, spent six years in prison for trying to bomb Los Angeles police cars in the 1970s and was released from the state prison in Chowchilla on Monday.

She was detained Friday night shortly before midnight at Los Angeles International Airport, airport spokeswoman Treva Miller told the Sacramento Bee. A corrections official had said earlier that Olson was granted interstate parole and that she was on her way to Minnesota."

Pope baptises former Muslim during Easter vigil

This poor guy is in for some serious danger now that he has very publicly abandoned the Religion of Peace. I hope the Pope is going to allow this guy to hide in the Vatican because Muslims tend to butcher those who dare to leave Islam. Look at how they handle the Insult of a cartoon! With Allah ordering them to behead those who have the nerve to leave Islam, this guy will have millions of Peaceful Muslims trying to butcher him.

God bless you and happy Easter. Welcome to Christianity.

Pope baptises former Muslim during Easter vigil: "Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday baptised a former Muslim among seven converts to Roman Catholicism during an Easter vigil mass at St Peter's Basilica.

Magdi Allam, a 55-year-old Italian journalist of Egyptian origin, is an editorial writer and deputy publisher of the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

He was long described as a moderate Muslim before he decided to convert to Catholicism.

'People who are baptised and believers are never strangers to each other,' the pope said in his homily. 'Continents, cultures, social structures and historical distances cannot separate us.

'But we meet each other, we know each other by the same Lord, the same faith, the same hope, and the same love that shapes us.'

Allam, who has been outspoken about the conflict in the Middle East, in 2006 organised a demonstration in Rome in support of Christians in the Muslim world."

Saddam, the terrorist's friend

I thought that Saddam was a peaceful guy who the Left loved?

Well, of course, the Left did love Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, Che... I guess he fits the Leftist model well! Congrats!

Saddam, the terrorist's friend | The Australian: "THE fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq should lead us to focus on two inescapable but unfashionable truths: that Israel is marginal to most conflict in the Middle East and certainly not the cause of Islamist hostility to the West; and that Saddam Hussein was not only the most bloodthirsty tyrant of his day but an inveterate supporter of terror.

The sincere belief by US, British and Australian policymakers that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction, a belief we now know was wrong or at least greatly exaggerated, combined with Saddam's deep involvement in terrorism, facts we have just had confirmed from translated internal Iraqi documents, provided one powerful reason for taking military action against Saddam.

(These documents also incidentally show that one of Saddam's projects resulted in the killing, by his terrorists, of an Australian aid worker in Kurdistan in 1993.)"

Climate facts to warm to

Oh no! Science trumps the hype of the Left. What will happen now? I have this horrible image of little Leftist brains exploding as word of this gets out. The survivors of that will, of course, claim that the Earth and Sun are part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to make the Left look like morons. Like it takes a conspiracy to do that!

Climate facts to warm to | The Australian: "CATASTROPHIC predictions of global warming usually conjure with the notion of a tipping point, a point of no return.
Last Monday - on ABC Radio National, of all places - there was a tipping point of a different kind in the debate on climate change. It was a remarkable interview involving the co-host of Counterpoint, Michael Duffy and Jennifer Marohasy, a biologist and senior fellow of Melbourne-based think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Anyone in public life who takes a position on the greenhouse gas hypothesis will ignore it at their peril.

Duffy asked Marohasy: 'Is the Earth stillwarming?'

She replied: 'No, actually, there has been cooling, if you take 1998 as your point of reference. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued. This is certainly not what you'd expect if carbon dioxide is driving temperature because carbon dioxide levels have been increasing but temperatures have actually been coming down over the last 10 years.'"

Observations of Prince Harry in the War Zone

I am so happy to see that the British Royals are not completely in collapse. I would be honored to have served with him. Unfortunately, I have already been retired.

StrategyPage.com - Measure of respect- Observations of Prince Harry in the War Zone: "I first met Prince Harry on Christmas Eve 2007 on a forward outpost facing Taliban lines in southern Helmand. This outpost was manned by Gurkha soldiers operating out of a tiny base about 400 meters to our rear (note: I had been warned the day before that Harry would be serving at that small base. A British officer had asked that we Americans not disclose this “secret” until after his return to the United Kingdom scheduled in March or April). Harry had arrived at the small base on Christmas Eve and immediately decided to visit some of his men serving on the forward outpost. I was at the position with two other Americans getting a feel for what would be required when we deployed Afghan troops. Harry was in his full “battle rattle” which consisted on body armor, helmet, weapon, and ammunition and I could tell that Harry wanted to be treated as any other junior officer and not a Prince. Harry was nice when soldiers asked to take a picture with him, but made it clear pictures could not be released until he was home. Unlike almost every other day at this outpost, the enemy made no attempt to attack it with direct or indirect fire. Harry went back to the small base and we spent the night on the outpost."

Petrol bomb attack leads to Brussels bus strike - Expatica

Those crazy European 'youths'! Anyone want to bet that the 'youths' are not native to Belgium? Or Europe?

Petrol bomb attack leads to Brussels bus strike - Expatica: "Public transport in Brussels is severely disrupted as a result of industrial action by the capital's bus drivers.

Public transport in Brussels is severely disrupted as a result of industrial action by the capital's bus drivers. The drivers downed tools in protest against an attack on one of their number by several members of the public.

On Tuesday a group of youngsters hurled a Molotov cocktail at a number 46 in the Brussels borough of Anderlecht.

In protest against this incident drivers of the Brussels local transport company MIVB at the Jacques Brel bus station in Anderlecht decided to take strike action on Wednesday morning."

Abbas Goes on the Warpath, Tries to Steal the Show from Hamas

Peace? 84% of the "Palestinians" want to kill Jews, and now those same want-to-be murderers are going to line up and assault Israel? Is it safe to assume that the women and children will go first, while the men with guns will follow them firing over their heads? And when the Israelis return fire, the Media will attack the Jews for atrocities? Can I put money on this scenario?

DEBKAfile - Abbas Goes on the Warpath, Tries to Steal the Show from Hamas: "The Palestinian leader has circulated guidelines for three million Palestinians to leave their homes on the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon on May 14 and march on Israel’s borders, including the Green Line. The march is to take place a week after Israel’s Independence Day on May 8, 2008. If Israel obstructs their passage, they will strike camp and live in tents until Israel surrenders and lets them through.

This stunt will be accompanied by pressure from the Palestinian Authority on international organizations to force Israel to implement UN Resolution 194, passed by the General Assembly on Dec. 11, 1948.

DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources report that Abbas commissioned the “2008 Return” project from a special Fatah forum headed by Ziyad Abu Ain from Ramallah, deputy minister for Palestinian prisoners in the Salam Fayyad government and close associate of Marwan Barghouti, who is serving life for five terrorist murders.

Operation “2008 Return” is described in its introduction as a decision by the Palestinian people “to implement UN resolution (194), declare themselves holders of the UN blue banner, and return to their homeland, from which they were forcefully expelled [Jaffa, Haifa, Acre, Ramla, Lod, Ashkelon etc]… in order to live in peace and security..."

Vegas Cop in Ricin Case Tests Positive for Castor Bean Derivative

I will pray for this guy. You know he is wondering when he will start to show symptoms and will it kill him.

FOXNews.com - Vegas Cop in Ricin Case Tests Positive for Castor Bean Derivative - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "A police officer who went to a motel room where a large quantity of ricin was later found has tested positive for trace amounts of a substance that can be derived from the poison's source, authorities said Thursday.

'We did have one sample that had trace detectible levels of ricinine,' said Pat Armour, manager of the Southern Nevada Public Health Laboratory, the local coordinator of sampling in the ricin case.

The male officer has shown no signs of illness or symptoms of ricin poisoning, officials familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the ongoing investigation into the discovery of the vials of ricin and the raw material, castor beans, in the motel room

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Authorities have refused to say whether they plan to charge Bergendorff with state or federal crimes.

Ricin is categorized as a biological agent under the federal Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, which provides for the possibility of life in prison and unspecified fines for production, acquisition or possession of it."

Poll Shows 85% of PA Arabs Support Terror

The Religion of Peace.

What is there to negotiate with in this poll? Israel keeps trying, but the terrorists keep insisting on killing all Jews. It is silly that when the talks fail that it is the Israelis who get blamed. Too bad that the Left and Media just don't understand. Even worse, they think they do understand! Idiots.

Poll Shows 85% of PA Arabs Support Terror - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Arutz Sheva: "Two recent polls find a vast majority of Arabs supporting terror attacks and a growing Israeli majority opposed to further withdrawals.

A recent Palestinian Authority poll shows that 84 percent of PA Arabs approve of the massacre at Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where eight students were gunned down and ten wounded.

The poll, carried out by Ramallah-based pollster Khalil Shikaki, interviewed 1,270 PA Arabs. 64 percent support the rocket attacks on Israeli cities and towns such as Sderot and Ashkelon launched from Hamas-controlled Gaza. Those who oppose the attacks don’t necessarily do so on moral grounds, but rather strategic considerations.

A slim majority of PA Arabs support Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas for president over Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas.

In February of last year, a Near East Consulting (NEC) poll found that 75 percent of PA Arabs do not think that Israel has a right to exist."

Taking Down The Gangs of Iraq

Iraq: Taking Down The Gangs of Iraq: "The misfortunes of the Sunni Arab tough guys has provided more opportunities for the Shia gangs. Many of these began as religious fanatics, but are now in it for the money and power. Police are cracking down, and more frequently resulting in gun battles and major raids. It's a beginning, for there are hundreds of gangs. The U.S. intelligence efforts of the last five years have found that all the data collected on terrorists also picked up lots of useful stuff on the gangsters of Iraq."

Getting Inside al Qaeda

It is wonderful to see the fine efforts of the many professionals finally coming to fruition. And it might finally get some public acknowledgment, though I am not going to hold my breath for it. I have always praised these guys and gals for their excellent work. Now root out the rest of the terrorists and make us all happy!

Counter-Terrorism: Getting Inside al Qaeda: "Getting Inside al Qaeda
March 17, 2008: After seven years of intense effort, Western counter-terror organizations appear to have developed a growing network of spies within al Qaeda, and other Islamic terrorist organizations. There are two primary reasons for this (aside from persistence). First, there was the defeat of al Qaeda in Iraq. The 2004 al Qaeda decision to undertake a massive terror campaign in Iraq did much to reduce al Qaeda's stature throughout the Arab world. Many al Qaeda members, and supporters became demoralized at the slaughter of so many Moslems, and the inability to kill many infidels (non-Moslems). Opinion surveys throughout the Moslem world clearly show al Qaeda popularity declining as the number of Moslem terror victims in Iraq increased. The same pattern could be seen on pro-al Qaeda web sites. Much of this chatter never got much exposure in the West, because most of it was in Arabic, and rarely monitored and translated by news organizations. But the number of Islamic radicals, unhappy with how Islamic terrorists have been operating, just keeps growing. This provided opportunities for Western intel agencies to get inside the terror networks."

Rachel Corrie was a fascist supporting fool

How about that, the IDF has finally released the videos of Rachel Corrie's death and show plainly that she was NOT protecting a house. She was NOT protecting innocents. She WAS protecting an arms cache. What a fool.

The stupid hippies who raised this poor fool allowed their daughter to be used as a tool of the terrorists. I am not sure what can be done to them except scorn for their ignorance. I actually pity them for the loss of their daughter. I wish they had been better parents, however.

Think-Israel: "'Contrary to Smith's report, IDF Capt. Jacob Dallal of the IDF Spokeswoman's Office said Corrie's death was an accident. The US State Department had no immediate comment.

In a series of three videos, each running approximately nine minutes, Becky Johnson and Lee Kaplan debunk the myth that Corrie was protecting a house. In fact, as Smooth Stone[3] points out and as you will see in the video below, Corrie was standing in a trench where she could not be seen, protecting an entrance to a weapons tunnel.

Actual video footage from the Israeli Defense Forces show the real circumstances under which the terrorist-loving anarchist died: knee-deep in a trench in the middle of dirt in an open dirt field. The left arrow on the photo below points to the tractor, the right arrow shows the kneeling Rachel Corrie. To see the live action footage moments before Rachel Corrie's accidental death, go to the Part 2 video 49 seconds into the video:"

Paris book fair evacuated after bomb threat

I called this! So did everyone else, however. What a shock that the Muslims would get outraged and use bombs and terror. Shocking. They are the Religion of Submission and Peace! I wonder if the common people really know what they are upset about?

Paris book fair evacuated after bomb threat: "A bomb threat on Sunday targeted the Paris book fair, forcing organisers to evacuate visitors to the literary event, which this year is honouring Israeli writers despite a Muslim boycott, police said.

Visitors were told to leave the Paris exhibition hall shortly before 5 pm (1600 GMT) for a security check and they were allowed to return an hour later, according to an AFP journalist at the site.

Several Arab and Muslim countries and writers groups are boycotting the book fair because Israeli writers have been invited to mark the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Jewish state.

Amos Oz, David Grossman and Avraham B. Yehoshua are among the 39 Israeli authors invited to the book fest that opened on Friday.

Mine-clearance experts were dispatched to the venue and a large police presence was deployed in the area.

The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization last month called on its 50 member states to stay away, arguing Israel's 'crimes against humanity' in the Palestinian territories make it 'unworthy' of such an honour."

Illegal Construction in Jerusalem

More of the Pally Propaganda blown out of the water by honest truth.

Illegal Construction in Jerusalem by Justus Reid Weiner: "In the Jewish neighborhoods, illegal construction typically takes the form of additions to existing legal structures - such as closing a balcony or hollowing out under a building to create an extra room. In the Arab sector, however, illegal construction often takes the form of entire multi-floor buildings with 4 to 25 living units, built with the financial assistance of the Palestinian Authority on land that is not owned by the builder.

* Illegal construction has reached epidemic proportions. A senior Palestinian official boasted that they have built 6,000 homes without permits during the last 4 years, of which less than 200 were demolished by the city.
* This frantic pace of illegal construction continues despite the fact that the city has authorized more than 36,000 permits for new housing units in the Arab sector, more than enough to meet the needs of Arab residents through legal construction until 2020.
* Arab residents who wish to build legally may consult urban plans translated into Arabic for their convenience and receive individual assistance from Arabic-speaking city employees.
* Both Arabs and Jews typically wait 4-6 weeks for permit approval, enjoy a similar rate of application approvals, and pay an identical fee ($3,600) for water and sewage hook-ups on the same size living unit.
* The same procedure..."

The Saddam-Al Qaeda Links: In Photos and Video

Go and read this in depth article. It is amazing how many tenuous links there were that the Congress and the Media ignore. Even ABC News has forgotten the connections they have, themselves, posted!

The Pundit strikes yet again! He can find the news, even if/when the Media buries it. Thank the Lord we have him.

Gateway Pundit: The Saddam-Al Qaeda Links: In Photos and Video: "Unfortunately... There were no royal dinner parties between former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden greeting guests in one of his palace gardens. They never held a joint press conference either.

However, as much as today's corrupt media insists that there were no links between Saddam and Al-Qaeda or that Al-Qaeda is still not operating in Iraq there is much evidence to the contrary.

For starters, even the latest Pentagon report the media is referring to today explains links between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda. (Link meaning: a bond, or a connecting element or factor)

Obviously... ABC News must have forgotten about their previous reporting.
Today ABC insists no links could be found.
But, here ABC News explains the Saddam-Al Qaeda connections in full detail:"

Molotov cocktail thrown into home of Jewish Agency envoy

Just to be "fair and balanced":

Leftist: Kill the Jew! They are full of hate and everyone hates them! Kill them all!

Right-ist (?) : If, a very weak 'if', this is a hate crime, then it is a case of arson and attempted murder. Either way, this is a crime that needs to be handled. I wonder if it might b e a case of terrorism because it is an attack on an Israeli?

Moderates: Crime is getting out of hand!

US: Molotov cocktail thrown into home of Jewish Agency envoy - Israel News, Ynetnews: "A Molotov cocktail was thrown Saturday into the home of a Jewish Agency envoy residing in Rhode Island in the north-eastern United States. The envoy, who was home at the time, was immediately evacuated to a nearby hotel following the incident.

The incident took place at 2 am (local US time) when a Molotov cocktail was throw through the living room window of the envoy's apartment. He was in a different room at the time, and was therefore not injured. The Molotov cocktail set a nearby yard on fire, but firefighters dispatched to the scene easily extinguished the flames.

The FBI as well as local Rhode Island police personnel are investigating the incident. This is the first time that a Jewish Agency envoy is attacked in this fashion."

Scary Name Takers

Scary is right! With the previous information about the Black Bloc of anarchists, demonstrations are getting to scary to visit, even as a passerby. Hate to get involved even that much.

Counter-Terrorism: Scary Name Takers: "German police recently arrested a Sudanese man and accused him of spying for the Sudanese government. The accused spy was not looking to steal German secrets, but was trying to identify Sudanese exiles who were holding demonstrations against the Sudanese government. This kind of espionage is becoming increasingly common, as media coverage expands (mainly via the Internet and more TV news channels.) Once foreign governments identify who is organizing, or participating, in these embarrassing actions, there are several things that can be done to deal with it. One old tactic is to see if the demonstrators have kin back home. If so, those family members can be threatened, until their exiled kin quiet down. More extreme measures include threatening the demonstrators with violence, or even killing them.

Another use of this rather different form of espionage is for rebel movements to identify expatriates so they can be solicited (or sometimes just shaken down) for contributions to the cause. These donations often support terrorist operations. Expatriates can also be identified so they can be recruited, for espionage, or terrorism.

Counter-terror organizations are finding that this new form of espionage is growing much faster than the more traditional kind, and is also more dangerous to all involved."