Al Dura - What Really Happened

I know that the Media will bury the truth because it does not match their Truth. The Left always has to ignore truth when it contradicts the Truth of the Media world. As part of the Truth, the Left is firmly commited to the Fact that the 'Palestinians' are poor refugees who are being slaughtered by the Israelis and are therefore they are innocent of any atrocities that it seems they might commit. Like killing a kid just to be able to blame their enemies.



Collactive: GIYUS.org - Al Dura - What Really Happened

Dutch institute conducting biological warfare research

Wow! The Media is burying this and the Left will be going nuts. Sounds like the Euros are starting to realize the threat exists. At least in the rational parts of society.

Dutch institute conducting biological warfare research - Radio Netherlands Worldwide - English: "TNO's research into chemical warfare compounds continues until today. Answers are sought to questions such as 'Which substances might be used by opponents against the Dutch military or population, and which protection can be given against those?' TNO itself is also producing chemical warfare compounds, like nerve gases, although that involves very small quantities (a few millilitres per experiment - that's about a teaspoonful) and it's done in high-security labs. TNO spokesperson Maarten Lörtzer says:

'In principle we know how it works, yet new varieties can be thought up all the time. Based on an analysis of threats we continue to scan the possibilities of such new variants. New means of protection developed by manufacturers also have to be tested, such as gas masks, suits, tents. And we are trying to find ever more sensitive detectors, allowing us to raise the alarm at the earliest.'"

Gazans stage mass protest against Israeli blockade

Amazing! Reuters has a BALANCED story? If the Leftists at Reuters admit to this much reality, I wonder how many more Israelis were wounded and/or died. It seems possible that the terrorists might have killed many more, since dead or injured Israelis almost never make the news.

Gazans stage mass protest against Israeli blockade - Yahoo! News: "Israel had put troops on alert along the frontier and threatened to open fire if protesters tried to surge across the border. Organizers had forecast 40,000 to 50,000 participants but only about 4,500 people turned out in inclement weather.

Although the event, promoted by Hamas Islamists and allied activists, was peaceful, militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at southern Israel while the protest was under way, wounding a child.

After the human chain broke up, Palestinian youngsters hurled rocks at Israeli soldiers at Gaza's Erez border crossing. The Israeli army said it detained 50 stone-throwers."

ElBaradei's Real Agenda

Wonderful! Someone in the Media is finally willing to confront the worthless UN's IAEA. Not that it is less worthless than the other parts of the UN, but it does rank near the bottom of the worthless pile.

ElBaradei's Real Agenda - WSJ.com: "The IAEA director seems intent on undercutting Security Council diplomacy. Just weeks after President George Bush toured the Middle East to build Arab support for pressure on Tehran, Mr. ElBaradei appeared on Egyptian television on Feb. 5 to urge Arabs in the opposite direction, insisting Iran was cooperating and should not be pressured. And as he grows more and more isolated from Western powers intent on disarming Iran, Mr. ElBaradei has found champions in the developing and Arab world. They cheer his self-imposed mission -- to hamstring U.S. efforts to constrain Iran's program, whether or not the regime is violating its non-proliferation obligations or pursuing nuclear weapons.

In working to undermine sanctions, however, Mr. ElBaradei demeans the purpose of his agency and undercuts its non-proliferation mission. He also makes military action all the more likely."

American Professor, Ousted From DePaul University, Declares Support for Hezbollah in Lebanon

If this moron loves the terrorists so much let him stay! Revoke his passport. Now.

FOXNews.com - American Professor, Ousted From DePaul University, Declares Support for Hezbollah in Lebanon - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "An ousted American political science professor who believes some Jews have exploited the legacy of the Holocaust recently expressed his support for the terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Norman Finkelstein, who resigned from DePaul University last fall amid criticism of his opinions on the Holocaust, told Lebanese television that his view of Hezbollah is 'rarely heard' in the United States.

'I have no problem saying that I do want to express solidarity with them, and I'm not going to be a coward and a hypocrite about it,' Finkelstein told Future TV. 'I don't care about Hezbollah as a political organization. I don't know much about their politics and anyhow, it's irrelevant.'"

Muslims want unis to fit prayer time

Religious freedoms get tossed out the windows once the Muslims get in town. Not that the Left, that bastion of Freedom, cares.

Muslims want unis to fit prayer time: "MUSLIM university students want lectures to be rescheduled to fit in with prayer timetables and separate male and female eating and recreational areas established on Australian campuses.

International Muslim students, predominantly from Saudi Arabia, have asked universities in Melbourne to change class times so they can attend congregational prayers. They also want a female-only area for Muslim students to eat and relax.

But at least one institution has rejected their demands, arguing that the university is secular and it does not want to set a precedent for requests granted in the name of religious beliefs."

Wolf Howling: The Barbary Wars, Islam in American History & Churchill on Wahhabism

Wolf seems to have found a bunch of great articles lately, not that he misses much normally.

Wolf Howling: The Barbary Wars, Islam in American History & Churchill on Wahhabism: "One historical perspective of Islam concerns the very first war America fought after its Independence from Britain. It was a 32 year war against the Muslim Barbary pirates who believed their religion justified attacks on the shipping of non-believers and enslaving all Christians they could take prisoner. A second perspective that we get is through the eyes of Winston Churchill, who wrote of his observations of Islam in the Sudan and Afghanistan, and warned against the Wahhabi Islam of the Sauds. Had we but listened to Churchill, our world would be very different today.

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There are a couple of fascinating posts that I have stumbled across today. The first, with a hat tip to Red Alerts, is a very good article on the history of Islam in our nation and the first war that our nation ever fought against the Muslm pirates of the Barbary Coast. This from Wallbuilders:"

Wolf Howling: Fjordman's Essay on the Muslim Brotherhood

Excellent!

Wolf Howling: Fjordman's Essay on the Muslim Brotherhood: "The Muslim Brotherhood is an organization that has combined with Wahhabi / Salafi teachings and Saudi petrodollars to become the vanguard of radical Islam in the West. The Brotherhood's presence in the West is extensive, with two of of its offshoots being the highly influential Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and the Muslim American Society (MAS). Just recently in the US, a person with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Hesham Islam, was exposed and has been forced to resign from his very sensitive position as an advisor in the Pentagon. This from Fjordman:"

$1.2B B-2 Stealth Bomber Crashes in Guam

Ouch! Only 20 of them left, now. Well, it is the first crash ever, and the pilots survived, so thus could be a lot worse.

$1.2B B-2 Stealth Bomber Crashes in Guam: "A B-2 stealth bomber plunged to the ground shortly after taking off from an air base in Guam on Saturday, the first time one crashed, but both pilots ejected safely, Air Force officials said.

The aircraft was taking off with three others on their last flight out of Guam after a four-month deployment, part of a continuous U.S. bomber presence in the western Pacific. After the crash, the other three bombers were being kept on Guam, said Maj. Eric Hilliard at Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii.

At least one B-2 bomber had taken off safely from Andersen Air Force Base but was brought back when another aircraft plunged to the ground.

There were no injuries on the ground or damage to buildings, and no munitions were on board. Each B-2 bomber costs about $1.2 billion to build."

Will Smith Gets U.S. Military 'Academy' Award - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment

Congrats to a great actor and a cool character! I think I would have voted for King Leonidas, myself, but that is personal preference.

FOXNews.com - Will Smith Gets U.S. Military 'Academy' Award - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment: "Will Smith wasn't nominated for an Oscar this year, but his role in 'I Am Legend' has earned a different 'academy' award — from the cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.

Smith was named the first winner of the Cadet Choice Movie Award, which was designed to honor the fictional character that best personifies West Point leadership qualities on the silver screen."

'Israel's disappearance inevitable' | Jerusalem Post

Nope, they are not a terrorist group threatening to wipe out the Jews. Not at all!

May the Peace of Allah visit more of these guys. Soon. (Boom! )

'Israel's disappearance inevitable' | Jerusalem Post: "Hizbullah head Hassan Nasrallah on Friday said Israel's 'disappearance' is an inevitable fact.

'If Israel's attacks Lebanon again, we will wage war without any preconditions,' Nasrallah said during a speech in Beirut in honor of Hizbullah arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated last week in Damascus.

'The disappearance of Israel is an inevitable fact. It is an historical process in the region which will come to an end in several years,' he said.

Nasrallah said Mughniyeh's death in a car bombing earlier this month in Syria was a 'pre-emptive' strike meant to set the stage for the assassination of more of Hizbullah's top leaders."

Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide

Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide - Jeffrey Ressner - Politico.com: "'My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before,' the future Mrs. Obama wrote in her thesis introduction. 'I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong. Regardless of the circumstances underwhich I interact with whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, I will always be black first and a student second.'

The thesis, titled 'Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community' and written under her maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, in 1985, has been the subject of much conjecture on the blogosphere and elsewhere in recent weeks, as it has been 'temporarily withdrawn' from Princeton's library until after this year's presidential election in November. Some of the material has been written about previously, however, including a story last year in the Newark Star Ledger."

RedPlanetCartoons » “Total Collapse”

Great cartoon with good links. Enjoy!

RedPlanetCartoons » “Total Collapse”

Exiled Iraqi clowns cheer refugees

Targeting clowns? Where is that in the Koran?

Since my Koran does not fear clowns, I have to wonder if the BBC is leaving out something that the clowns did to insult someone. Killing for an insult is covered in my Koran. Encouraged even!

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Exiled Iraqi clowns cheer refugees: "Rahman, Ali and Safi are members of Happy Family Clowns group, established in 2004 to put smiles on the faces of Iraqi children.

A few months ago the group started receiving death threats warning them against continuing their show, entitled A Child is as Scared as a Country.

But the clowns kept going, until two members of the troupe were murdered.

This was enough to drive the surviving three to leave Iraq.

'We don't know why they targeted us. We were entertaining children,' says Rahman.

Like many thousands of fearful Iraqis, Rahman and his fellow clowns left their home and fled to Syria."

Muslim cleric protests new Indian visa for Bangladeshi writer

Joy, love, Peace and assassination - the Religion of Submission.



Muslim cleric protests new Indian visa for Bangladeshi writer - Yahoo! Canada News: "India on Thursday extended Nasreen's visa, set to expire this weekend, but warned the writer not to 'hurt the sentiments' of India's religious communities, a reference to the nation's 140 million Muslims.

The violent protests over her writing led to the army's deployment in Kolkata, and she now lives under federal protection at an undisclosed location in New Delhi.

Nasreen has said she is very depressed in hiding, describing her condition as virtual house arrest.

The 45-year-old author was forced to leave Bangladesh in 1994 after extremist Muslims accused her of blasphemy over her novel 'Lajja' or 'Shame', which depicts the life of a Hindu family persecuted by Muslims in Bangladesh.

She has been seeking permanent residence in India, where she moved after spending time in Europe and the United States, but so far the government has only granted her six-month visas."

ISLAM 'PIG' CLAIM

Why shouldn't Islamic texts claim this? It has been part of Islam almost from the beginning. Anyone who is surprised must not have read the Koran and the Hadiths. In todays world that is stupid.

ISLAM 'PIG' CLAIM - Mirror.co.uk: "ISLAM 'PIG' CLAIM
21/02/2008

A teacher yesterday claimed he was sacked from an Islamic school after complaining about books in which Christians were called 'pigs'.

Colin Cook, 58, alleged five-year-olds were taught from the texts that Jews were 'monkeys'.

The head of King Fahad Academy denied the claims but shredded the 2,000 books. Mr Cook told the jobs tribunal yesterday that pupils at the school in Acton, West London, praised 9/11.

And Mr Cook, of Feltham, said he finally got the push after 18 years at the school when he revealed cheating in GCSE exams.
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He claims racial discrimination. The hearing continues."

Mohammed "Cartoon Crisis" Goes Global

Good stuff! Can't top this with my comments, so go read it your self.

Family Security Matters: "For a week, beginning on Sunday February 10, teenage youths rioted in Danish cities. The riots began in Aarhus before the controversial cartoon of Mohammed, founder of Islam, were reproduced in Danish newspapers. On Tuesday February 12, five individuals were arrested and three were detained. Danish intelligence agency PET (Politiets Efterretningstjeneste) announced that the three detained individuals had been arrested in connection with a plot to murder 73-year old illustrator Kurt Westergaard.



Westergaard's image of Mohammed with his turban as a bomb was among 12 which had been published on September 30, 2005, by Aarhus-based newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The drawings had been commissioned by the newspaper after author Kare Blultgen said he could find no artist willing to illustrate his children's book on the life of Mohammed.



The publication of the 12 images led to rioting and protests around the world. These protests grew to a peak during February 2006, and by the end of that month at least 50 people had been killed. The anger had initially been stoked by Palestinian-born preacher Abu Laban of the Waqfs mosque in Noerrebro, Copenhagen. He sent a delegation to the Middle Eastern religious leaders. This delegation carried three extra images which had not been printed by Jyllands-Posten."

Palestinians more than double missile attacks from Gaza in 2008

The world's ignoring of this constant barrage is criminal. When will the world, especially the government of Israel that is supposed to be protecting its citizens, finally protect the people under attack? What a crock! Stop the attacks and then negotiate from power. End this crazy one sided war!

DEBKAfile - Palestinians more than double missile attacks from Gaza in 2008: "HomelandHomeland FrontFront commander Maj.Maj. GenGen. YairYair GolanGolan reported to a Knesset panel Feb.19 that 400 Qassam missiles were fired at Israeli civilian locations bordering on the GazaGaza StripStrip in the first six weeks of 2008. This brings the monthly rate of fire to roughly 265 - more than double that of the last two years. If this rate is sustained, Sderot and its environs will be assaulted by more than 2,500 Palestinian missiles by the end of this year, compared a total of 1,500 missiles in 2006 and 1,150 in 2007. Already the average has risen. Monday, 16 Qassam missiles exploded on the Israeli side of the Gaza border causing heavy damage and tens of shock victims.

Golan presented the partial missile-shelter plan the ministerial committee had just approved for the targeted locations: a total of 3.180 fortified areas at a cost of app. $100 m, of which 2,080 will be installed in Sderot homes.

Sderot protesters again accused the government of systematic negligence in face of their long ordeal under missile fire. The allocation covers no more than one-third of the homes under threat. The parliamentary panel chairman reported that the director general of the prime minister’s office routinely absented himself from committee deliberations on this issue and had failed to show up again Tuesday."

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."
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U.S. Navy Intercepts Russian Bombers Flying Near Ships

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

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

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

Plot to kill cartoonist broken up

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

Find more! There are plenty out there!

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

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

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

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

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

Berkeley City Council Rescinds Anti-Marine Vote

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Hezbollah Militant Killed

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iran Qods Force infiltrates Iraq

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

Or was all that just Leftist Liberal bull?

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

Any takers on DISproving my point?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jihad Sheilas (1 of 7)

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





YouTube - Jihad Sheilas (1 of 7)

Al Qaeda Plays Nicer

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

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

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

Mexico: Drug Gangs Fight Back

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

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

Police Story - Iraq style

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

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

Leadership: Police Story: "Police Story

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mysterious Illness Forces Girl to Survive on a Diet of Mints

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reference to Gaza Strip as OPT

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

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

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

Spokesperson: Definitely not.

Question: So who is it occupied by?

Spokesperson: Well…

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

Question: Not borders, who is Gaza occupied by?

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

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

Spokesperson: I will look into this.

Correspondent: Thank you."

The dhimmi of the C of E

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

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

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

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

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

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."