Russia: The War With China

Good to see we are keeping ahead of the Communists and they know it. The Americans tend to be the best, even if we are losing our edge in our failing schools.

Russia: The War With China: "The recent American shoot down of a failing spy satellite, using a SM-3 anti-missile missiles fired from an Aegis cruiser, upset Russia. U.S. military technology has been the bane of Russian military planning since World War II. Back then, billions of dollars worth of U.S. military equipment was shipped to Russia, and a generation of Russian officers came away impressed at the casual (technical) competence of the Americans. During the Cold War, Russian planners were constantly in fear of new U.S. technology breakthroughs. These happened frequently enough to remain real to the Russian generals. Now this satellite shoot down just reinforces the feeling of technological inferiority. The Russians passed this attitude on to the Chinese, who tend to see the U.S. lead as more of an opportunity than as an obstacle."

An Email from Jennifer Griffin in Afghanistan!!! « GretaWire

This is a very cool story about a guy with one leg who loves the Marines so much that he refuses to leave. Go read the full story, you won't regret it.

An Email from Jennifer Griffin in Afghanistan!!! « GretaWire: "Dear Greta,

No blackberry service yet in Iraq so I grab some internet space anytime we get close to some marines. Just landed in Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base via Kuwait. A surreal landing into a frozen air base (Bagram) at 1 am in the morning. We woke this morning in Fallujah and formed a convoy of uparmored humvees and a large MRAP (Mine Resistent Ambush Protected Vehicle) for a slow journey by road to Baghdad. The Headquarters for the marines 1MEF in Fallujah is in an old palace like building that Saddam had built for the Mujahideen e-Khalq - the Iranian defectors who wanted to overthrow the Ayatollahs in the 1980s during the war between Iraq and Iran in which more than a million people were killed. The Khalq were the ones who got the intell from Iran a few years ago that uncovered for the IAEA the Iranian nuclear program. The Khalq seemed a bit like a cult when we first met them in Baghdad and were taken to desert training with tanks and women gunners talking of retaking Iran. It was so strange to be back at their base under such different circumstances - the last time I was there was 1996."

Cynthia McKinney Dons the Hijab and Goes to War Against the Traditional Enemy

The Green Party has always been kind of crazy, but this is a new low. What a waste of sperm.

Solomonia: Cynthia McKinney Dons the Hijab and Goes to War Against the Traditional Enemy: "Cynthia McKinney Dons the Hijab and Goes to War Against the Traditional Enemy

With the names Obama, Clinton and McCain sucking up all the oxygen in the room, I thought it only fair to give one of the smaller parties a little attention. Let's take a look at Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney, whose campaign web site shows an endorsement from convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal, in one of her campaign appearances, as posted at the United for Peace and Justice web site. She begins by applauding the Holy Land Foundation defendants before moving on to excoriating the 'traditional enemy.' From the video intro:

On 02/02/08, Cynthia McKinney, the 2008 Green Party presidential nominee, speaks at a fund raiser of the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA).

She describes the hostile takeover of American politics by pro-Israeli groups, aided by congress on both sides of the aisle.

She details the resulting corrosion of American society, a corrosion that represents a particular threat to Muslims and their civil liberties."

Judge holds reporter in contempt in anthrax case

The government needs to crack down on leaks! I am so tired of intelligence and legal leaks that the Media can blow out of proportion because they only have part of the picture and that part, taken out of context, looks bad. If I took a picture of your family at random times, what are the odds that at some point during the week I would find one that made you look bad? Would you want to have to explain that picture in a newspaper article?

I want to know who leaked this information as bad as Mr Hatfill does. I hope these reporters start to realize that having a confidential source is fine, as long as you can produce them if your story turns into a criminal case. Maybe we should make a special court to interview the confidential sources to prove they exist and to make the legal determination about forcing them into the open.

Judge holds reporter in contempt in anthrax case - USATODAY.com: "'Toni Locy is being punished for doing what reporters are supposed to do: making sure important information gets to the public about whether the government had the investigation into a major public health threat under control,' she said.

Dalglish also urged Congress to take up proposed legislation that would shield reporters from being forced to identify confidential sources.

'Toni Locy faces possible financial ruin for doing her job and doing it well,' Dalglish said.

Locy is one of five reporters Hatfill has subpoenaed to disclose government sources who identified him as a possible suspect.

Now a journalism professor at West Virginia University, Locy has argued that she spoke to a number of officials regarding the anthrax inquiry, but she cannot remember which sources provided information linking Hatfill to the government's inquiry during her reporting for USA TODAY."

Denmark: Honor crime count

I thought honor killings were a Middle Eastern anomoly? It has nothing to do with Islam. So, why are good honorable Muslims leaving the Middle East to get away from the horrible things they see there and bringing these horrible practices with them? This is as stupid as one can get! Leave the stupidity at the border.

Islam in Europe: Denmark: Honor crime count: "Denmark: Honor crime count

The Danish police have been following up on reports of 'honor' crime for the past year and a half.

The Danish police say that about every 3 days, a woman comes in to lodge a complaint about 'honor' crime. From the numbers advertised it looks as though reports aren't evenly spread throughout the year. It is hard to fully figure this out, since every newspaper report presents the dates slightly differently, but I tried to make some sense of it.

June, 2006 - August, 2006: 50

August 2006 - July 2007: 154 (154 cases in 10 months -> 15.4 cases a month for Sep-Jun)

August 2006 - December 2007: 170 (+16 cases in 5 months -> 3.2 cases a month for Jul-Nov)

August 2006 - February 2008: 210 ( +40 cases in 2 months -> 20 cases a month for Dec-Jan)"

Meanwhile, in the Negev...

Why can't the Israelis stop these senseless shellings of the poor refugees?



Elder of Ziyon: Meanwhile, in the Negev...: "Meanwhile, in the Negev...

At least 16 Qassam rockets were shot at Israeli civilians by Arab terrorists on Monday, as well as at least 5 mortars. 10 people suffered shock and there was one injury in the evening when a rocket hit Sderot, and earlier 4 kibbutz residents suffered from shock from a rocket landing near a medical clinic.

This is the worst day for Qassams since February 8. Of course, for many people, this is considered a cause for celebration and glory."

Violations of 'Islamic teachings' take deadly toll on Iraqi women

Islam is Perfect and Respects Women. As long as they wrap their bodies in bedsheets and stay in the home.

I think the only reason that so many women stay in the Mosque is that Allah kills anyone who tries to leave. Allah is big on killing. The poor children born and indoctrinated in the Religion of Submission to Allah are so tribal and insecure that one can only pity them. Unfortunately, one also needs to fear them like wild pigs. They are raised in a violent part of the world that they are required, on pain of death, to Submit to. Pity them, yet watch them carefully before they return to their religious training and kill you for the kafir you are.

Violations of 'Islamic teachings' take deadly toll on Iraqi women - CNN.com: "The attacks on the women of Basra have intensified since British forces withdrew to their base at the airport back in September, police say. Iraqi security forces took over after British troops pulled back, but are heavily infiltrated by militias.

And tracking the perpetrators of these crimes is nearly impossible, Khalaf says, adding that he doesn't have control of the thousands of policemen and officers.

'We're trying to trace crimes carried out by an anonymous enemy,' he says.

Amnesty International has raised concern about the increasing violence toward women in Iraq, saying abductions, rapes and 'honor killings' are on the rise.

'Politically active women, those who did not follow a strict dress code, and women [who are] human rights defenders were increasingly at risk of abuses, including by armed groups and religious extremists,' Amnesty said in a 2007 report.

Sometimes, it's just the color of a woman's headscarf that can draw unwanted attention.

'One time, one of my female colleagues commented on the color of my headscarf,' Safana says. 'She said it would draw attention ... [and I should] avoid it and stick to colors like gray, brown and black.'

This extremist ideology enrages many secular Muslim women, who say it's a misrepresentation of Islam.

Sawsan, another woman who works at a university, says the message from the radicals to women is simple: "They seem to be sending us a message to stay at home and keep your mouth shut.""

Suicide bomber, 12, at UK school

I can understand the worries of the locals! Can this kid be trusted?

It all depends upon how deep his martyr training is. Which is hard to say. I have to admit that I might never be able to trust him. Would you?

Daily Express: The World's Greatest Newspaper :: News / Showbiz :: Suicide bomber, 12, at UK school: "SUICIDE BOMBER, 12, AT UK SCHOOL

Sunday February 10,2008
By James Murray

FURY erupted last night after it emerged that a boy of 12 who trained to be a suicide bomber is being allowed to attend school in Britain.

Parents of his classmates are unaware of the Afghan child’s terrifying past. MP Philip Davies said the youngster should be removed from school immediately so a proper investigation can take place into any potential danger he poses.

The Tory MP for Shipley, West Yorks, said: “This boy has had a tragic upbringing through no fault of his own. But there should be a detailed and thorough look at his past and the threat he could pose in the future. I am sure that the parents in the school would be concerned if they were told about it.”

Extremists recruited the boy shortly after his father, a Taliban fighter, was shot dead by British soldiers in a gun battle. One elder told him: “You must avenge his death by becoming a martyr.” During intensive mountain training the youngster learned how to handle explosives and sophisticated detonators. He even went on dummy missions with bags taped to"

Egypt shocked by 'foul-mouthed' Gaza cousins

This is only a shock to people who have bought into the lies of the Media, Left and Pallys.

At least this article gets the part about Gaza belonging to Egypt and Egypt not wanting it back correct. Not that anyone seems to believe it. The Left still tries to point out that Palestine was a real country, even though it had no leader, no currency, no laws, no territory. There was Trans-Jordan as a British territory after the Ottoman Empire fell apart. If Israel is built on the bones of Palestine, someone needs to prove what the local currency was.

Egypt shocked by 'foul-mouthed' Gaza cousins - Telegraph: "Until June 2007, when Hamas took control, the Rafah crossing was operated by the Egyptians and the Palestinian Authority. Gaza's only method of bypassing Israel to get to the outside world has been closed ever since amid accusations from Israel and America that it would become a conduit for weapons.

Hamas control has led to severe economic sanctions against the strip, leaving stores bare and creating power cuts that have aroused sympathy in Egypt. But there are great risks for Egypt in re-opening the border and increasing its assistance to Gaza. Too much co-operation with Hamas will hand the Muslim Brotherhood more credibility. But disobeying US orders to keep the border closed would put at risk billions of dollars in aid.

Egypt's foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, warned last week that 'anyone who breaches the border will have their legs broken'."

Israel Busts Freelancers

Good for the Israelis!

Too bad none of the opposing groups assume the same responsibility for the actions of their members. Thank the Lord for the honorable actions of the Israelis.

Leadership: Israel Busts Freelancers: "The Israeli army has prosecuted one of its lieutenants (Yaakov Gigi) for undertaking an unauthorized intelligence mission into the West Bank last year, and shooting a Palestinian civilian along the way. The lieutenant was busted down to private and sentenced to 15 months in jail. Last July, Gigi, whose unit patrolled part of the West Bank around the town of Hebron, decided to carry out an undercover reconnaissance mission, in search of Palestinian terrorists, without asking permission. He, and five of his soldiers, changed into civilian clothes and commandeered a Palestinian cab. When they encountered a Palestinian man who 'looked suspicious', one of the soldiers shot him, and left the man bleeding in the street. Considering their mission compromised, the Israelis went back to their base. When Israeli commanders heard about the shooting, they went looking for who did it. They eventually found Gigi and his five troops, who at first denied everything.



The Israelis do a lot of undercover work in the West Bank, but use specially trained police and commandos for it, and carefully plan every move. The speed with which Gigis team was identified and prosecuted was meant to make it clear that this kind of freelancing will not be tolerated."

iowahawk: Heere Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Hatte.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Iowahawk is the bomb!

iowahawk: Heere Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Hatte.: "An Archbishop of Canterbury Tale

With apologies to Geoffrey Chaucer


assehatte

1 Whan in Februar, withe hise global warmynge

2 Midst unseasonabyl rain and stormynge

3 Gaia in hyr heat encourages

4 Englande folke to goon pilgrimages.

5 Frome everiches farme and shire

6 Frome London Towne and Lancanshire

7 The pilgryms toward Canterbury wended

8 Wyth fyve weke holiday leave extended

9 In hybryd Prius and Subaru"

Egypt Steps Up HIV Arrests

Not a bad idea, though horribly politically incorrect! Putting people with this sad, yet very deadly, disease into special clinics is a good way to help them to get cured and to stop the spread.

My Way News - Egypt Steps Up HIV Arrests: "Egyptian police have stepped up arrests of persons suspected of having HIV, detaining four men this month in a crackdown that violates basic human rights, two international rights groups said Friday.

New York-based Human Rights Watch and London-based Amnesty International warned in a joint statement that the arrests could undermine HIV/AIDS prevention effort as people in Egypt become increasingly afraid to seek information on the subject.

Police denied making any HIV-related arrests but one police official speaking on condition of anonymity said there is a campaign to get persons registered in hospital records as HIV-positive into treatment in 'special clinics.' The official said he was not authorized to speak to the media."

Christian youth centre's library blown up

Peace in the Middle East! Religion of Peace and Tolerance.

Letting Christians take care of Muslim children is a sin? I need to double check my Koran.

AKI - Adnkronos international Middle East: Christian youth centre's library blown up: "Unknown assailants blew up a local Christian youth organisation's library in central Gaza City early on Friday, the Palestinian news agency Maan reported.

One of the library's security guards told Maan that 10 armed men had broken into into the library, overpowering and abducting the guards. They then returned and detonated explosives that razed the building, the guard said.

The Christian Youth Organization provides many activities for young people in Gaza, as well as a kindergarten for Muslim children."

Nasrallah: If Israel wants open war, so be it

No one even knows who did this, yet. Naturally, the Muslim hate machine will blame the 'evil Joos' and declare war. Now that Hizballah has redeclared war on Israel, will the UN pull its 'peacekeepers' out of the way? Or will they protect the terrorists that are known to be in the southern parts of Lebanon from the counter strikes from Israel?

If the terrorists have now formally declared war, then it makes sense that Israel should be able to strike now, before the terrorist pigs can mass their forces and get them into place. This sounds like common sense - not something that diplomats have much of.

DEBKAfile - Nasrallah: If Israel wants open war, so be it: "'The blood of our slain commander will lead to Israel's demise,' said the Hizballah leader, Hassan Nasrallah in a diatribe broadcast at the funeral of the group’s military commander Imad Mughniyeh Thursday, Feb. 18. “I say for the whole world to hear that our war will extend everywhere without restraints. The Lebanon War is not over; there is no ceasefire.”

Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki flew in especially to pay his government’s respects to the dead commander twenty-four hours after a bomb killed the man high on America’s wanted list in Damascus. Thousands of chanting supporters carried the coffin through the streets of Beirut’s southern Shiite stronghold in pouring rain."

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."
"

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."

Mayor kicks Marines out of Toledo

Marines don't need practice, it would scare people who have seen it before! No scaring the poor liberals or terrorists! That would be unfair.

Mayor kicks Marines out of Toledo : News : WNWO NBC24: "Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Friday ordered some 200 members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines from Grand Rapids, Michigan, out of Toledo just before the unit was suppose to start a weekend of urban warfare training downtown.

The mayor’s spokesperson Brian Schwartz said, “the mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people. He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area.'

Toledo police said they knew about the training and had approved the unit’s use of the Madison Building and the Promenade Park area. The training was scheduled to start Friday afternoon and last until Sunday. Police said the unit’s presence would have a minimal impact on the city. Police issued a press release earlier in the week saying the marines would be wearing green camouflage uniforms, operate military vehicles, carry rifles, perform foot patrols, and fire blank ammunitiion during the exercise.

Schwartz said there was a breakdown in communication between police and the Finkbeiner administration that led to the mayor’s action."

Chronic pain seen altering how brain works - Yahoo! News

Just an interesting item. Thought provoking.

Chronic pain seen altering how brain works - Yahoo! News: "Brain scans of people in chronic pain show a state of constant activity in areas that should be at rest, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, a finding that could help explain why pain patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety and other disorders.

They said chronic pain seems to alter the way people process information that is unrelated to pain.

'It seems that enduring pain for a long time affects brain function in response to even minimally demanding attention tasks completely unrelated to pain,' the researchers wrote in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Dante Chialvo, a researcher at Northwestern University in Chicago who worked on the study, said: 'People with chronic pain -- meaning pain that lasts more than six months after their injury -- have many other issues that affect their quality of life as much as pain. It is not known where they come from.'"

Arrested and strip searched for talking to a man

The joys of living in a totalitarian state. Why do Americans think that just because they were there for a little while and were treated special, that is the real way of life? How ignorant does one have to be to think that Islam does not rule in the Islamic Kingdom?

lgf: moving every zig for great justice: "Yara, who does not want her last name revealed because of safety concerns, is a managing partner at a Saudi financial company. She went to hear Bush speak, and she said she invited him later to tour her company’s offices, to give him a sense of what life was really like for women living in the capital.

“I was boasting about Riyadh, telling him it doesn’t deserve its bad reputation,” she said. “I told him I never experienced any harassment. I’d had no trouble as a woman. It was business as usual.”

But on Monday, Yara learned that she had been wrong. She was thrown in jail, strip-searched, threatened and forced to sign false confessions by the kingdom’s “Mutaween” police. “When I was arrested, it was like going through an avalanche,” she said. “All of my beliefs were completely destroyed.”"

Egypt braces for border showdown with Hamas, Israel sustains 30-missile pounding from Gaza

More missiles fired to kill random innocents. The UN and world yawn.

However, the good news is that the Egyptians and even Saudis are more afraid of allowing the Pallys freedom than the Free World is! Of course they fear these murderous animals. The Pallys have been indoctrinated in murder and hate for decades. It is all they know! Only the older ones can remember a life without hate - and when they are honest they remember that it is the Arabs who used them to embarrass the Jews fleeing from the concentration camps.

But who cares? It is only World Peace! The best way to achieve World Peace, according to the Left, is to impeach Bush and kill the Jews! There were never any wars that did not involve Bush and the Jews trying to conquer the world! It is easy to rewrite history, it is harder to remember it once your brain has been told lies over and over for decades.


DEBKAfile - DEBKAfile: Egypt braces for border showdown with Hamas, Israel sustains 30-missile pounding from Gaza: "Egypt braces for border showdown with Hamas, Israel sustains 30-missile pounding from Gaza

February 8, 2008, 9:05 PM (GMT+02:00)

Friday, Feb. 8, Egyptian troops manning the Gaza-Sinai border were given extra security after Hamas threatened to attack them and stage kidnappings, if 15 of their gunmen were not released. The Egyptians were told to stay together in armed groups of three and posted snipers on the rooftops on their side of the divided Gazan town of Rafah.

The escalation of Palestinian violence from Gaza has created an explosive situation on its Israel and Egyptian borders. Friday, terrorist groups fired 30 missiles at Israeli civilians, targeting Ashkelon as well as Sderot and its neighbors. At least 10 people suffered shock and minor injuries. The damage was heavy. Terrorist spokesmen advised Israeli civilians to leave town as more intensive barrages were ahead. Israel and its emergency services are on high weekend alert.

An intelligence source told DEBKAfile that if the situation veers out of control, Egyptian troops may be ordered to cross into the Gaza Strip to capture Palestinian terrorists. Hamas threatens to retaliate against Egyptian forces in Sinai.

The 15 armed Palestinians arrested in the Egyptian peninsula crossed from Gaza after Hamas blew up the wall separating Gaza from Sinai 12 days ago and set off a general exodus. More armed bands are suspected at large on the Egyptian-Israeli border poised for incursions.

DEBKA-Net-Weekly disclosed Friday that President Hosni Mubarak decided to crack down on the Hamas-led mass Palestinian invasion of Sinai after Saudi King Abdullah, a former Hamas patron, warned him that the Palestinian fundamentalists were on a rampage which unchecked could provoke destabilizing radical violence against Arab regimes.

DEBKA-Net-Weekly published the details of the exchange of messages between the two Arab rulers in its latest issue.

Thursday, Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit warned anyone crossing the border would have their legs broken. He mocked Hamas for firing rockets into Israel - thereby provoking the Israel blockade of Gaza - as “a laughable caricature.” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum advised the Egyptian minister to stop making threats.

In Cairo, defense minister Mohammed Tantawi backed Abu Gheit by saying no one was allowed to violate national security and Egypt has an arsenal “that conforms with the most modern technology in the world.""

Nurses may be banned from wearing uniforms home 'to ease public superbug fears' | the Daily Mail

No more sexy nurses? What a crime! Whose afraid of a little bug anyway?

Nurses may be banned from wearing uniforms home 'to ease public superbug fears' | the Daily Mail: "Nurses could be banned from wearing their uniforms off hospital premises - because the public are afraid they could spread superbugs.

Hospital chiefs in Lancashire have revealed that nurses could be forced to get changed before and after work on site if they decide to alter their existing uniform policy."

MRSA found on 15% of hospital's curtains

I am getting more and more afraid of visiting my doctor! The odds of surviving a hospital visit are getting smaller and smaller. What should be the safest and cleanest place in the world is going to kill us all!

MRSA found on 15% of hospital's curtains: "MRSA found on 15% of hospital's curtains

Study finds some material less likely to carry bug

Hospital care

The super-bug MRSA has been discovered on 15% of a hospital's curtains, a new medical study has found.

During the research 200 curtains were randomly selected from wards and departments across the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham and tested for MRSA. Of those, 31 tested positive for the bug.

But, as is standard practice, the hospital washes its curtains only four times a year unless they are known to have come in to contact with an infection."

'Mom,' 'dad,' banned; now 600,000 students could go

Only in the Liberal world of Free Speech is Speech banned. Why?

Stupid hippies.

'Mom,' 'dad,' banned; now 600,000 students could go: "'Mom,' 'dad,' banned; now 600,000 students could go
Alternatives offered to parents worried about 'repudiation' of Christian morals
Posted: February 07, 2008
12:46 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Only months after a new state law effectively banned 'mom' and 'dad' from California schools, 600,000 students soon could be following them out the door because of what has been described as the 'repudiation' of 2,000 years of Christian morality, according to leaders of a new campaign assembling education alternatives.

The campaign is called California Exodus and is being headed by Ron Gleason, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Yorba Linda, who said while the country excels in social, economic, scientific and political accomplishments, it 'gets low grades on the education of its children.'

The issue is the state legislature's adoption of Senate Bill 777, which requires only positive portrayals of homosexual, bisexual, transgender and other alternative lifestyle choices.

...
"Having 'mom' and 'dad' promotes a discriminatory bias. You have to either get rid of 'mom' and 'dad' or include everything when talking about [parental issues],"
..."

Pakistan: Injuries from blast killed Bhutto, British detectives claim

Well, I guess that the Pakistani government was not too far off the truth. Not bad for a first glance!

Does anyone think that the Left and their insane conspiracy theories will be able to handle the truth? I don't think so! This will live on and on as a Bush conspiracy until the end of time.

AKI - Adnkronos international Pakistan: Injuries from blast killed Bhutto, British detectives claim: "A bomb blast not gunfire killed late Pakistani opposition leader and ex-premier, Benazir Bhutto, British detectives probing her murder conclude in a report due to be delivered to Pakistan's authorities on Friday.

The report finds that Bhutto, died on 27 December last year after hitting her head as she was tossed by the force of a suicide blast, not from an assassin’s bullet, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

The British probe also determined that a lone gunman, whose image was captured in numerous photographs at the scene, also caused the explosion, the Associated Press of Pakistan said, quoting unnamed officials who have been briefed on the inquiry.

It is understood that the team of British detectives findings' support the Pakistan government’s claim that Bhutto died after hitting her head on the sunroof of her car as she was campaigning in the garrison town of Rawalpindi."

Bush vs Clinton

At least in this case, I do not think the President had a hardon while he is comforting the crying women.

The Sun Also Sets

Oh no! The Russians might be right? Time to break out the cold weather gear. I know Al Gore needs to every time he goes some place to give a speech about warming. It is now called the Gore Effect! HA!

Blame people or the sun? Hmmm. Well, I think it is safe to say that the Left will ignore this because it does not further their world view. Maybe we can put off the global cooling by allowing the terrorists to nuke a few cities. The fallout will help the world to cool before the sun can effect us. Then the global cooling from the sun will seem more mild. The dead bodies can be written off the way that Communist and Muslim atrocities always get written off. As long as Christians don't set off the bombs it can be Politically Correct.

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- The Sun Also Sets: "Kenneth Tapping, a solar researcher and project director for Canada's National Research Council, is among those looking at the sun for evidence of an increase in sunspot activity.

Solar activity fluctuates in an 11-year cycle. But so far in this cycle, the sun has been disturbingly quiet. The lack of increased activity could signal the beginning of what is known as a Maunder Minimum, an event which occurs every couple of centuries and can last as long as a century.

Such an event occurred in the 17th century. The observation of sunspots showed extraordinarily low levels of magnetism on the sun, with little or no 11-year cycle.

This solar hibernation corresponded with a period of bitter cold that began around 1650 and lasted, with intermittent spikes of warming, until 1715. Frigid winters and cold summers during that period led to massive crop failures, famine and death in Northern Europe."

Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas

What the ...??? We need to get control of our borders! These diseases should be picked up by proper screening of immigrants BEFORE they enter our communities and infect them.

Allowing this to happen is the fault of the President and Congress. I say it is time for change in Washington. Fire ALL the incumbents who have voted against securing the borders. Send them all home.

In the meantime, we need to get the fools currently there to get to work and actually do SOMETHING. Not that we can expect much from this current divided Congress. Seal the border for one year and see what happens. See if that can get the numbers of diseases and other horrors to at least slow down. I am willing to bet that it will! Who wants to try and take some of my money?

Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas: "The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.

Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.

Springdale MD Jennifer Bingham says, 'my initial response was: I am shocked. I am shocked we are seeing this. It's a true reason to be very worried.'

Medical specialists say the Marshall Islands have the most cases of leprosy, in the world. And the city with the largest number of Marshallese people, outside the Marshall islands, is Springdale. And Bingham says, it makes sense, then, that leprosy is spreading to the city. 'It's from the Marshall islands; that's why we're seeing it.'"

Archbishop of Canterbury's inept intervention - Telegraph

What a boob! I guess this is to be expected when the Crown is going to fall into the hands of a person who admires Islam more than Christianity. Yes, I am talking about the Crown Prince of England for those who are too dense to figure that out for themselves.

Archbishop of Canterbury's inept intervention - Telegraph: "Dr Rowan Williams's argument that there should be 'a constructive accommodation with some aspects of Muslim law' is, to a certain extent, recognition of a situation which already exists.
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The problem lies, rather, in the status of the messenger and the timing of his intervention. If there is a case for the creation of sharia courts, it would be better made by a joint group representing the three Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Coming from the senior bishop in the Church of England, it is vulnerable to interpretation as appeasement of Islamic extremism prompted by fear of social unrest."

UN rights chief reverses course on anti-Semitic Arab charter

The UN is finally forced to admit to having anti-Semitic legislation! Not that anyone cares, except for a few honest people that respect human life and dignity. Which the Israelis can't have while under constant bombardment from the murderous pigs that surround them.

If the Pallys stopped the killing and decided to get lives dedicated to peace and hard work, maybe they could be raised to a level above rodent on the humanity scale. However, they are dedicated to slaughter, and the UN and Euros and so many others support their blood lust to keep it busy in the Middle East and away from their countries. I see that plan worked! The terrorists are in Europe and ever place else that Islam goes. Is that a coincidence?

Dhimmi Watch: After UN Watch protest, UN rights chief reverses course on anti-Semitic Arab charter: "UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has backed off from her earlier endorsement of an Arab text calling for the “elimination” of Zionism"

Adding Up to Failure by Jay P. Greene, Catherine Shock, City Journal Winter 2008

Americans are making themselves dumber and dumber. Math is almost banned in the US education system to make room for all the Politically Correct Multicultural tripe that gets passed off as humanitarian and logical. But it is NOT!

Multiculturalism deals with feelings of guilt and pity for all the poor nations around. Why should I feel guilty for being born in the best nation on earth instead of some suck hole? This is not the way to make things equal between peoples. There will never be complete equality. It is impossible to achieve. To use some crazy Communist examples - Were Marx and the Czar equal? Were Stalin and the peasants equal? Nope! Even when they claimed to be? Nope!

Life is unfair. If you think otherwise just look at the crazies who live down the street. Any street. Life is unfair!

Prove that life is equal before you make society equal. Force the earth to be equal. Good luck!

Adding Up to Failure by Jay P. Greene, Catherine Shock, City Journal Winter 2008: "Ensuring quality math instruction is no minor matter. The Programme for International Student Assessment’s latest results paint a bleak picture: U.S. 15-year-olds ranked 24th out of 30 industrial countries in math literacy, tying Spain and surpassing only Greece, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, and Turkey, while trailing Iceland, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and all of our major economic competitors in Europe and Asia.

The issue isn’t whether we should be teaching cultural awareness in education colleges or in public schools; it’s about priorities. Besides, our students probably have great appreciation already for students from other cultures—who’re cleaning their clocks in math skills, and will do so economically, too, if we don’t wise up."

American al-Qaeda leader also killed?

This could be great news! However, until confirmed it must be a quiet rumor. Maybe we can celebrate soon!

Power Line Forum | American al-Qaeda leader also killed?: "Following unconfirmed reports of killing of a high-profile al-Qaeda commander Abu Laith al-Libi, there are now rumours that an American al-Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki, had been killed in the alleged Predator attack by the US on a house in Mirali, North Waziristan, a few days back.

32-year-old Adam Gadahn, who is American citizen belonging to southern California, has been accused by the US of praising the perpetrators of September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington and attending al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistani tribal areas.

According to sources, American officials who are yet to publicly confirm the killing of Abu Laith al-Libi, had reportedly sharing information with western media that most likely another most wanted figure, Adam Gadahn, has also been killed in the air strike by the CIA-operated unmanned drone on a house in Khushali Torikhel village near Mirali town.

According to sources, the American al-Qaeda militant, who has been reportedly spending much of his time in Afghanistan and Pakistani tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, had reached Mirali for an important meeting with other senior al-Qaeda commanders for planning the so-called spring offensive against US and Nato troops in Afghanistan."

Philharmonic says America is no better than North Korea

The Wall Street Journal Online - Best of the Web Today: "The Associated Press reports that some in the Philharmonic, including Korean-American violinist Lisa Kim, have misgivings about the trip. But Lorin Maazel, the Philharmonic's music director, waves away those concerns:

Maazel rejects such assertions, noting that he had conducted concerts in Brezhnev's Russia, Salazar's Portugal and Franco's Spain.

'I thought I was making music and stretching out a welcoming hand to the folks who might not have been believers of the regime under which they were living. I feel this way certainly about North Korea,' he said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Besides, he added, 'People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw bricks, should they? Is our standing as a country--the United States--is our reputation all that clean when it comes to prisoners and the way they are treated? Have we set an example that should be emulated all over the world? If we can answer that question honestly, I think we can then stop being judgmental about the errors made by others.'"

In a coordinated U-turn, US and Russia both treat Iran’s space launch as attesting to a nuclear weapons program

DEBKAfile - DEBKAfile Reports: In a coordinated U-turn, US and Russia both treat Iran’s space launch as attesting to a nuclear weapons program: "In a coordinated U-turn, US and Russia both treat Iran’s space launch as attesting to a nuclear weapons program

February 6, 2008, 3:55 PM (GMT+02:00)

Wednesday, Feb. 6, Moscow followed Washington in voicing concern that the launch of Iran’s Safir-1 space rocket Monday, Feb. 4, attested to the existence of a nuclear weapons program. This diametrically contradicts the US National Intelligence Estimate of last December, which concluded Iran had shelved its covert military nuclear program in 2003.

Moscow too has evidently abandoned its persistent denial of evidence that Tehran is developing a nuclear bomb.

The two comments from the WhiteWhite HouseHouse and the Kremlin also point to PresidentsPresidents GeorgeGeorge W.W. BushBush and VladimirVladimir PutinPutin having settled their dispute over harsh sanctions against Iran.

The two leaders began pulling their acts on Iran together in December 2007, as DEBKAfile first revealed, when Bush suddenly withdrew his objections to Russian fuel shipments for Iran’s Bushehr reactor. Tuesday, Feb. 5, in answer to a question, the WhiteWhite HouseHouse spokeswoman DanaDana PerinoPerino said Iran’s “space” missile was cause for worry. Such technology, she said, is the same as that needed to deliver a nuclear bomb.

Wednesday, Feb. 6, Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Losyukov followed suit. He commented that Monday’s test launch of Iran’s “Safir-1 (Explorer-1) raises suspicions over Tehran’s claims of peaceful nuclear intentions and suggested its possible desire to create a nuclear weapon.

It was “of course a cause for concern.” Long-range missiles are components of a nuclear weapons system, the Russian official said - the first time any senior Russian official had admitted to suspecting Iran of underhand nuclear weapons activity.

DEBKAfile’s Washington and Moscow sources report: The statements from the two capitals indicate that Bush and Putin continue to cooperate on Iran and have decided to leave the controversial NIENIE behind them. The question is: Where does their collaboration go from here? Or, specifically, how does the WhiteWhite HouseHouse propose to reward the Kremlin for adopting its hard line on Iran?

The place to watch may be Poland and the CzechCzech RepublicRepublic, where the US president might be flexible in his push for missile interceptor bases in consideration of Moscow’s adamant resistance."

Jihadists, Islamists, and "Extremists" - what's in a name?

Why are the leaders so afraid of naming the people who are trying to kill us? I could kick all their butts for their cowardice. I dislike to call them that, because I know so many of the junior leaders know the score and know to call a terrorist a terrorist.

Counterterrorism Blog: Jihadists, Islamists, and "Extremists" - what's in a name?: "Jihadists and Islamists are also concerned about 'extremists', which illustrates the non-value of the term 'extremist' in referencing the enemy. For example, Osama Bin Laden is concerned about 'extremists' in Iraq. Bin Laden made this clear in his October 22, 2007 message calling for Jihadists in Iraq to unite. In that message, Bin Laden warns of the 'ta'assub' (fanatics, extremists), who would sow dissension among Jihadist mujahideen. Islamists have the same concern about 'extremists'. For example, in the documentary Islam versus Islamists, Tempe Wahhabist Imam Ahmad Al Shqeirat views anti-terror Muslims like Dr. Zuhdi Jasser as an 'extremist'. Moreover, in the eyes of Islamists, those accused of 'blasphemy', 'apostasy', and any other challenge to the Islamist ideology are 'extremists'. When developing a United States threat assessment, is defining the enemy as 'extremists' the best that the intelligence community has to offer?"

A deafening silence that betrays our values - Telegraph

A voice that believes in traditional values? Maybe they will have to be silenced for not toeing the socialist/multicultural line.

A deafening silence that betrays our values - Telegraph: "People who come from cultures where coercive behaviour towards women is the norm should be made to realise that it will not be tolerated in this country.

And yet what do we actually get from the Government? So far, a failure to tackle cultures that endorse the brutal oppression of women. As we also report today, the Government has just taken the dismally retrograde step of recognising polygamy: men with more than one wife will be able to claim benefits for each additional spouse. How this can be squared with the Government's rhetoric of commitment to women's rights is beyond us: it is a quite clear incitement to the humiliating and blatantly unjust practice of allowing men, but only men, to take more than one spouse.

'The issues are so sensitive that nobody has been prepared to talk about them,' says Shahien Taj, director of an organisation dedicated to trying to free women from the oppression of cultures which endorse their coercion. She laments the detrimental effect that silence has on her work. The Government has a duty to talk about the issues, and to do something about them. In failing to do so, it betrays our most fundamental values - and thousands of women in Britain."

Sudan's Lost Boys

This is a sad yet inspirational story that will make you think. Read it and think.

In other words - Leftists can ignore this. Bush is never mentioned so there is nothing that you might get outraged at. The killers are not Americans either! This story is about Christians being slaughtered by Muslims, not the kind of thing that inspires outrage in the Left. So, go back to Kos and laugh at how Bush looks like a chimp crossed with Hitler while Americans try to think of a way to help these kids.

Argus Leader Media - News: "Joseph Akol Makeer brought a story of horror and a mission of hope to Dell Rapids St. Mary gym Friday afternoon.

The 30-year-old Fargo man - one of the Lost Boys from the east African nation of Sudan - came to the school to accept a fundraising check of $124.66 for the orphanage he wants to build in his village of Duk Payuel in southern Sudan.

But he also came with a grim tale about survival in a land ripped apart by civil war - one that no child of Midwestern America could fathom."

Islamist preaching in American political offices

FrontPage Magazine: "The events cited above represent an encroachment of Islam into our society for which there is no reciprocity. Christians and Jews are not permitted to pray publicly in most of the Muslim world, let alone open a government session with a prayer. In Saudi Arabia, Bibles and non-Muslim religious symbols are confiscated from tourists at the airport upon arrival. Non-Muslims are not allowed to travel to certain parts of the country. If non-Muslims are caught practicing their religion, they can face deportation, imprisonment or worse. In much of the Muslim world, converts from Islam are sentenced to death for apostasy.

Americans would be wise to heed the words uttered by Muslim Brotherhood founder, Sheik Yusuf Qaradawi in 1995, “America will not be conquered by the sword, but by da’wa.” This Muslim proselytizing is already well underway to a significant extent in the United States with the assistance of our very own “unbeliever” politicians, who fail to recognize that the true agenda of radical Islam is worldwide domination and the subjugation of non-Muslims."

Hamas steps up attacks: 20 missiles Tuesday, including 3 Grad rockets at Ashkelon

What a wonderful day in Israel. I guess the UN and the Left will claim that it is Israeli aggression. Because Joos are always shooting at the poor innocent Pallys.

DEBKAfile - Hamas steps up attacks: 20 missiles Tuesday, including 3 Grad rockets at Ashkelon: "Hamas steps up attacks: 20 missiles Tuesday, including 3 Grad rockets at Ashkelon

February 6, 2008, 8:18 AM (GMT+02:00)

Six people were injured by the second Palestinian missile salvo of the day from Gaza. The school building and houses were damaged and electricity was cut off in parts of Sderot. No casualties in Ashkelon.

Earlier, an Israeli air strike killed seven Hamas members at a base near Khan Younes in southern Gaza Strip the day after a pair of suicide bombers killed a 73-year old woman, injured 48, in the southern Israeli town of Dimona Monday. Hamas operatives have been ordered to go to ground.

During the day, four Palestinian missiles damaged two factories in Sderot and Palestinian sharpshooters fired at farmers in the fields of Kibbutz Nir Oz, where a volunteer was shot dead three weeks ago. Another two Qassams were fired south at the Kerem Shalom crossing, one falling on the Egyptian side of the border.

Monday, a leader of the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees was killed in an Israeli air attack targeting his car in Beit Lahiya.

The two suicide bombers who attacked Dimona Monday, Feb. 4, were identified at a Fatah-al Aqsa Brigades news conference in Gaza as Mussa Mahmoud Arafat, 22, from Absan, Gaza Strip, a member of the Popular Fr"

AP confirms secret camp inside Gitmo

I think these freaks should be set free in Berkley. The locals can give them heroes welcomes and then the terrorists can kill the hippies for all the rest of us.

AP confirms secret camp inside Gitmo - Yahoo! News: "For the first time, the top commander of detention operations at Guantanamo has confirmed the existence of the mysterious Camp 7. In an interview with The Associated Press, Rear Adm. Mark Buzby also provided a few details about the maximum-security lockup.

Guantanamo commanders said Camp 7 is for key alleged al-Qaida members, who must be kept apart from other prisoners to prevent them from retaliating against long-term detainees who have talked to interrogators. They also want the location kept secret for fear of terrorist attack."

Study alleges 'honour killings' conspiracy

Islam is Peace and Islam respects women. Honest!

Study alleges 'honour killings' conspiracy - Telegraph: "Following the murder of Banaz Mahmod, a Kurdish woman who had pleaded with police to protect her against her family in south London, Mr Afzal said that 'substantial numbers of the community actually did not assist and support prosecutors. Instead they supported the family members who were responsible for the killing'.

He said: 'In some northern towns there are real horror stories - from places like Blackburn where people say that you might as well be in rural Kashmir for all the way that women are seen and treated.'

One woman every month is the victim of an 'honour' killing, the CPS says.

'This has been a silent and invisible practice for too long,' says Shahien Taj, the director of the Henna Foundation, a women's group based in Cardiff."

Makaniak

Iowahawk just gets better and better!

iowahawk: "TV Classics: 'Makaniak'

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The TV police drama genre saw a major overhaul in 1970's, taking on a darker, grittier tone that reflected urban realities of the time. Spurred by the success of programs like 'Torino Squad' (starring Lash La Douche of the hit western 'Johnny Nuance') and the campus drama 'Chutch,' NBC debuted the hard-hitting undercover cop series 'Makaniak' in October 1975. The short-lived program starred Tony Arizona as maverick police detective Leo Makaniak, a tough-as-nails, disillusioned Vietnam vet who gains access to the city's seamy drug and prostitution underworld through tough street talk, a burly fu manchu, and skilled car hood-sliding.

'Makaniak' earned critical praise for its portrayal of a conflicted, tough-but-sensitive undercover cop who played both sides of the law, but it struggled in the ratings and was cancelled midway through its second season.

'I'm not sure what what went wrong,' says former star Arizona. 'Maybe it would have been more popular if Makaniak actually arrested a bad guy.'

EPISODE 1-07: 'THE FIRST ONE'S FREE'

OPENING CREDITS

Split screen montage: Makaniak running down sidewalks, combing mustache, sliding across car hoods

Theme: 'Remember Which Side You're On' (performed by Luther Van Peoples)

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Elderly Burned Convert Dies In Bangladesh

No tolerance in the Religion of Peace.

NEWS ALERT: Elderly Burned Convert Dies In Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Asia/Pacific: "Christian villagers in a Muslim-majority area of Bangladesh on Tuesday, February 5, mourned the death of a 70-year-old woman who died from burns she suffered when a mob reportedly set her home ablaze as a punishment for converting from Islam to Christianity.

Rahima Beoa, who was planning to be baptized on February 13 in Cinatuly village in Rangpur district, 248 kilometers (154 miles) northwest of the capital Dhaka, suffered burns on at least 70 percent of her body, local villagers said. Suspected Muslim extremists set their home, made from bamboo and wood, ablaze on January 7, while she and her 9-year-old grand child were sleeping, reported Compass Direct News, a Christian news agency."

Who is cutting the undersea cables?

albawaba.com middle east news information::Who cuts undersea cables in the Middle East?: "A total of five cables being operated by two submarine cable operators have been damaged with a fault in each."