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Sunday, February 29, 2004

Leni Riefenstahl Honored

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 7:58:17 pm PST

Wow. Did the Academy Awards show really just honor Hitler’s filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl in the “In Memoriam” section, or am I hallucinating? Wow. UPDATE: this inclusion of a highly controversial Nazi propagandist in the Academy Awards has gone completely unnoticed by media, radio talk shows, and pundits of all stripes. Not a creature ...

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John Kerry's Record

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 7:50:26 pm PST

Setting Straight Kerry’s War Record. No one denies Mr. Kerry’s four bemedaled months in “Swiftboats” or his seven-months’ service as an electrical officer on board the USS Gridley, during its cruises back and forth to California, or even his months as an admiral’s aide in Brooklyn, before he was able get ...

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Iraqi Constitution: Still Too Much Islam

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 7:46:20 pm PST

The Iraqis have approved a draft constitution—and I hope someone is going over it very thoroughly, because this does not sound encouraging: Iraqis Said to OK Interim Constitution. Qanbar said the draft charter will recognize Islam as “a source of legislation” — rather than “the” source as some officials had sought ...

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Venezuelan Epithets

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 6:16:26 pm PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, trying like crazy to get noticed, today called President Bush (avert your eyes, sensitive readers) an “asshole.” I don’t know if that’s the smartest thing to say, Hugo. CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush an “asshole” on Sunday for meddling, and vowed ...

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Cycling Diary

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 5:57:37 pm PST

Haven’t put up a diary entry for a while, but I’ve been riding! Today I met friend Dave and we went south on the bike path down into Palos Verdes, climbed about halfway up Via Del Monte then took a cutoff down to Palos Verdes Drive, and dropped down Paseo ...

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A Palestinian Rashomon

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 5:06:03 pm PST

Two photos of the same man carrying the same Palestinian boy into a hospital, with a very conspicuous head bandage and red smears on his hands, but no apparent obvious injuries. And two different names and ages for the boy. (Hat tip: Nancy.) Ten-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Faqih is brought into Rafidiyeh hospital ...

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Fatah: We're All About Peace

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 4:42:06 pm PST

Oh, please. Why don’t they just knock it off with the phony denunciations of “terrorism?” I am completely, 100%, down to the very roots sick and tired of their obvious lies. Fatah opposes attacks on Israeli civilians, favors ‘peaceful struggle’. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement opposes ...

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A Biological Bombshell?

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 4:32:36 pm PST

The Mars rovers are doing ground-breaking science on the Red Planet, and it may well be leading to a huge announcement. PASADENA, California — Evidence that suggests Mars was once a water-rich world is mounting as scientists scrutinize data from the Mars Exploration rover, Opportunity, busily at work in a small crater ...

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Death Cult Family Photos

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 2:54:55 pm PST

All the wire stories about the 13-year old Palestinian boys arrested for planning a suicide attack are focusing on how upset their families are, and how they had no idea their innocent young children were plotting mass murder. Uh huh. Right. Palestinian Qadar Dababaat, 38, mother of Jaffar, 12, who was arrested ...

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The Coming RSS Revolution

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 8:51:16 am PST

Forbes has an interesting piece about The Coming RSS Revolution, which we are well-positioned here at LGF to co-opt and exploit for our own evil purposes.

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 8:43:13 am PST

Israel has arrested three Palestinian boys for plotting a suicide attack. And when I say “boys,” I mean 13-year old boys. NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli security forces arrested three Palestinian youths who planned to carry out a suicide attack out of anger over Israel’s West Bank barrier, relatives said Sunday. The ...

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Abu Sayyaf Claims Ferry Blast

Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 8:15:45 am PST

Islamic terror gang Abu Sayyaf has claimed responsibility for an explosion and fire aboard a ferry in the Philippines: Abu Sayyaf Claims Philippines Ferry Fire. The Radio Mindanao Network said Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sulaiman claimed Friday’s explosion was revenge for government attacks in the southern Mindanao area. Abu Sayyaf has ...

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Saturday, February 28, 2004

Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 6:32:55 pm PST

Angry Palestinians crowd around the remains of a car hit by two Israeli missiles in Gaza City February 28, 2004. Israeli helicopters fired two missiles at a car in Gaza City, killing two Palestinians and wounded five others, Palestinian medics said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem Let’s give them a state, as soon ...

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New RSS Feeds for Comments

Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 5:43:07 pm PST

Announcing another new feature for you RSS jockeys out there: we now have an RSS feed for each comments page, so you can browse our erudite readers’ musings with your RSS-enabled PDA or with a stand-alone RSS news reader application. The link to the feed is located just above the ...

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Iran Threatens Israel

Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 2:03:20 pm PST

Iranian defense minister Ali Shamkhani warned Israel today against attacking Iran’s secret nuclear program: Iran warns Israel against attacking its facilities. “I completely rule out that Israel would dare direct any military strike at any Iranian facilities,” Ali Shamkhani said. “But if Israel one day commits such military folly against Iran, I ...

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A Family Destroyed

Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 1:52:45 pm PST

Israeli couple slain in shooting attack. The couple murdered in the terrorist shooting attack on the Hebron-Beersheba road near Eshkolot in the south Hebron Hills and close to the Green Line on Friday night are Eitan Kukoi, 30, and his wife Rima Noviko, 25, residents of the Shani Livne community. Both the ...

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Oil-For-Food Scam Detailed

Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 1:26:17 pm PST

The New York Times can still deliver the goods sometimes, and here is an excellent, detailed report on the waste, mismanagement, and downright fraud known as the United Nations Oil-for-Food program, which the Saddam regime exploited to live in luxury while the people of Iraq starved and suffered: Hussein’s Regime ...

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Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 11:29:30 am PST

Israel put an end to three Islamic Jihad murderers today, as they drove in Gaza City. And you know what that means; the usual savage mob swarming over the smoldering vehicle, pulling out chunks, dancing, posing for the cameras (won’t Mom be proud!), and chanting for revenge. Palestinians chant slogans as they ...

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No Osama Here

Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 8:19:53 am PST

I got several emails during the night about a report from Iran that Osama bin Laden had been captured; apparently this was Iranian disinformation. I don’t rush to cover every Osama sighting and capture rumor, because, well, because he’s dead. (And if they ever do catch the evil bastard alive, I’ll ...

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Aussie Muslim Leader: 9/11 "God's Work"

Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 7:43:19 am PST

The highest Islamic spiritual leader in Australia, Sheik Taj el-Din Al Hilaly, went to Lebanon and gave a sermon—and apparently forgot he was being watched: September 11 is God’s work: Mufti. (Hat tip: Baldy.) The powerful leader of Australia’s 300,000 Muslims, Sheik Taj el-Din Al Hilaly, has praised the September 11 ...

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Friday, February 27, 2004

The Q-Man

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 9:15:06 pm PST

Joe Bob Briggs has a terrifically informative (and funny) piece in the National Interest about everyone’s favorite homicidal dictator with the warped sense of style: The Q-man. Of course, Qaddafi has always been the most mysterious of all pariahs. He has homes all over Libya, but chances are you’ll find no ...

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Islamic Right of Ownership

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 8:31:48 pm PST

Mufti Ebrahim Desai answers a young Muslim’s pressing question: when is it OK to rape a jihad slave woman? A question on the status of women taken as prisoners during Jihad. (Hat tip: Seppo.) In the “Jihads” (Islamic wars) that took place, women were also, at times, taken as prisoners of ...

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When, Not If

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 8:01:14 pm PST

British Home Secretary David Blunkett told the BBC that a terror attack in Britain is inevitable. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) Security measures alone were not sufficient to stop the threat, he said. Asked if such an attack was a question of “when, not if”, Blunkett told BBC television: “Yes, it’s the ...

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Surrealism vs Reality

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 7:31:09 pm PST

Go ye and read Caroline Glick’s new column: Surrealism vs Reality. How is it that after three and a half years of absorbing massacre after massacre that Israel now finds itself on trial? The answer to this question is found in part in the latest State Department Human Rights Report. Released Wednesday, ...

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Barrier For Peace

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 6:04:08 pm PST

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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Bush Country Book Event

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 4:50:20 pm PST

John Podhoretz asked me to let the lizardoid hordes know that this Sunday morning at 10:30 am, there will be an event for his new book Bush Country, in Los Angeles (Studio City, to be precise). If you’d like to attend, call Bruce Bialosky at (323) 658-3662.

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John Kerry's Record

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 4:45:12 pm PST

According to National Journal’s vote ratings, in 2003 John Kerry was the most liberal senator in the United States: Kerry rated most liberal member of Senate. The results of the vote ratings show that Kerry was the most liberal senator in 2003, with a composite liberal score of 96.5. But Edwards ...

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Heinz Kerry: No Blood for Oil!

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 3:01:19 pm PST

Heinz Kerry accepts husband’s endorsement by environmental group. Saying environmentalists are “at least offended if not mad as hell” at the Bush administration, Teresa Heinz Kerry accepted an endorsement of her husband Thursday by the California League of Conservation Voters. She also said energy conservation is necessary because “no American, boy or ...

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John R. Bradley Writes for TNR

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 1:59:07 pm PST

It’s surprising (to say the least) to see the New Republic employing former Arab News editor John R. Bradley—Bad Fences—when, back in August 2002, Bradley wrote this about the New Republic, as part of a sleazy antisemitic attack piece on highly acclaimed Israeli author Michael B. Oren: Another quotation is from ...

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Got Two in Paris

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 1:38:45 pm PST

Two Detained in Paris for Terror Ties. PARIS - Anti-terrorism judges placed two Paris pizzeria workers under investigation Friday in a probe into radical Islamic training camps set up in France during the 1990s, judicial officials said. Mustapha Boussaffa of Tunisia and Hazdine Sayeh, a French-Algerian, were being investigated for “criminal association ...

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Saudis: No Jews Allowed

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 12:40:02 pm PST

Visit beautiful Saudi Arabia! Enjoy the unique customs and time-honored traditions of the desert kingdom and its warm, friendly, hospitable people! Unless, of course, you’re a Jew. In which case, may Allah destroy you. WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Anthony Weiner, a frequent critic of United States policy toward Saudi Arabia, said Thursday that ...

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Arafish Says...

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 11:55:00 am PST

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Palestinians Riot at Temple Mount

Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 8:18:59 am PST

Hundreds of Palestinian Muslims poured out of the mosque on Temple Mount in Jerusalem this morning, full of the peaceful teachings of Islam, and began rioting and hurling rocks down on Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall: Flashpoint Jerusalem Shrine Is Scene of New Clashes. Police spokesman Gil Kleiman said officers ...

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Thursday, February 26, 2004

Religion of Ignorance

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 8:20:14 pm PST

Pakistani schools destroyed in the ‘Valley of Beards’. Charred blackboards, splintered desks and chairs crushed beneath concrete rubble are all that remain of the Geyal girls’ school. One night last week a group of radical Islamists stole into the remote Darel valley and blew up the three-room schoolhouse and tried to burn ...

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Moving Story of the Day

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 6:26:00 pm PST

I dare you to read this story about a Labrador retriever found alive in an isolated cove without tearing up: Prized Lab found long after owner given up for dead. (Hat tip: Right Wing Conspirator.)

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Foggy Bottom Promotes "Palestinian People"

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 5:41:02 pm PST

The US Department of State is in the business of promoting the “Palestinian people,” with something called Asalah Magazine. And the bibliography page of their Muslim Life in America site includes links to several Islamic organizations currently under investigation for links to terrorism. (Hat tip: Daniel Pipes.)

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Krugman Sics FBI on Blogger

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 5:29:31 pm PST

LGF reader zee reports that when people write nasty (“profane, but non-threatening”) letters to New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, he calls the FBI and forces them to waste time.

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Muslim FBI Agent Reinstated

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 5:13:55 pm PST

Gamal Abdel-Hafiz, the Egyptian-born FBI agent fired for (among other things) refusing to eavesdrop on fellow Muslims, has been reinstated. (Thanks to all who emailed about this.) Abdel-Hafiz’s career turned sour in the fall of 2002, when a fellow FBI agent in Chicago, Robert Wright, accused him of refusing to cooperate ...

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The Verbosity of the Long Distance Lizard

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 11:47:59 am PST

Some folks were curious about the total number of comments at LGF, so I whipped up a little PHP script to count the number of open entries and posted comments. And the grand totals, as of 11:46 am, are: 9,787 Entries 574,317 Comments

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The Oil For Food Scam

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 11:05:13 am PST

Don’t miss Claudia Rosett’s piece from yesterday’s OpinionJournal on the monumental corruption of the United Nations’ Oil For Food scam: A New Job for Kay. When David Kay recovers from his weapons hunt, there’s another Iraq-related quest I’d like to send him on. It’s time a top intelligence team went scavenging ...

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Passion: A Slasher Flick?

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:41:24 am PST

Many heated words have already been exchanged here at LGF about Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. I was withholding judgment until seeing it, but Roger L. Simon’s review doesn’t exactly make me want to rush out to the theater.

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"Every Muslim Wants To Be a Martyr"

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:20:47 am PST

Obeida Khalil is getting out of Israeli prison soon, and this young female monster is looking forward to committing mass murder as soon as she gets the chance: ‘I wanted to be a martyr and kill Israeli soldiers’. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) She says “kill Israeli soldiers,” but her definition of ...

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Clare Short Betrays Britain

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 9:52:56 am PST

In an act of shocking disloyalty that might even be classified as treason (except that in the 21st century, we’re too timid to call anything treason), British MP Clare Short told an interviewer that Britain had been spying on Kofi Annan: Source: Britain Spied on U.N.’s Annan. In her interview, Short ...

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StandWithUs Reporting From The Hague

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 9:07:05 am PST

Roz Rothstein of standwithus.com reports on the pro-Israel demonstrations at the International Kangaroo Court. (Hat tip: Amy.) The non-profit volunteer group ZAKA made arrangements to deliver the skeletal remains of Bus number 19 to The Hague, to park it in front of the Peace Palace. Viewing this bus took our breath ...

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The UN and the Jews

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 8:57:29 am PST

At Commentary, Anne Bayefsky has a good piece on the antisemitism of the United Nations: The UN and the Jews. (Hat tip: The Viking.) Just months after Durban, Vladimir Petrovsky, director-general of the UN office in Geneva, declared the conference “the most extensive and momentous expression of the global resolve to ...

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Like Garlic to a Vampire

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 8:40:10 am PST

Need some factual ammunition to refute a Chomsky fan’s rote recitals of the great man’s “wisdom?” A good place to start is this entry at Iberian Notes. (Hat tip: Joe Katzman, who has more links to Noam-piercing ammo.) And don’t forget David Horowitz’s article, The Sick Mind of Noam Chomsky: Part ...

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Yahoo Gives Jihadis a Base

Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 7:44:15 am PST

A jihad group at Yahoo is trying to recruit “Muslim hackers” to launch a DDoS attack on Internet Haganah: jehad-op Messages : Message 7 of 7. (Hat tip: Beth.) This page includes complete instructions for setting up scripts for an attack. Why the hell does Yahoo allow their service to be ...

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Wednesday, February 25, 2004

John Kerry's Record

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 6:02:20 pm PST

John Kerry traveled to the Middle East and met with Yasser Arafat. (Hat tip: J. Lichty.) After September 11. After this. KERRY: David, thank you for your comments on the speech. Look. Jimmy Carter, President Clinton, President George Herbert Walker Bush, Jim Baker. I think Jim Baker made 14 trips there. I know he ...

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Iran Moves Into "Cheat" Phase

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 11:45:16 am PST

Having bought more time with their “retreat”—grudging partial disclosures of nuclear information—Iran moves back into the “cheat” phase of their very predictable cheat-and-retreat game: Iran Digs in Heels Over Nuclear Secrets. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said Wednesday it had told the United Nations enough about its nuclear program and had no ...

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LA Times Profiles VDH

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 11:21:02 am PST

Here’s an excellent profile piece about one of our favorite writers, Victor Davis Hanson: Right Way to Farm the Classics. (Hat tip: mal.) “In the list of 10 reasons to go to Iraq,” Hanson said, “I think WMD was about the 10th. I’ve told the administration that they made a mistake ...

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Mickey's Taliban Adventures

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:55:16 am PST

One of the exhibits in the Royal Scottish Academy’s student exhibition in Edinburgh is this obscenity: Mickey’s Taliban Adventures. (Hat tip: Bull.) The Twin Towers work — based on the attack on New York by al-Qaeda hijackers on September 11, 2001 in which 2,752 people died — was made by Alan ...

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Al Qaeda's European Army

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:18:17 am PST

DEBKAfile reports that things are even worse in Europe than most people suspect: Al Qaeda Builds a Euro Army. According to French counter-intelligence, al Qaeda has recruited in France alone between 35,000 and 45,000 men and is organizing them into military-style units. They meet regularly for training in the use of ...

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The Zogby Proof

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:14:10 am PST

The Jerusalem Post catches John Kerry in a stunning political backflip (hat tip: Tim Blair, via drdrake); here’s Kerry’s statement today on Israel’s security fence: “It is ironic that this act of terror takes place on the eve of consideration by the International Court of Justice of Israel’s security fence. The ...

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Nuclear Families

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 9:33:25 am PST

Are you reading Iowahawk every ding dang doodly day? If not, why not? If not now, when? Omaha Vaporized; Impact on Gay Marriage Debated Omaha, NE - Washington political observers remain divided over how the terrorist nuclear attack that leveled Omaha, Nebraska yesterday would impact the national debate over Gay marriage. “If the ...

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Jakarta Declaration

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 9:05:04 am PST

Why didn’t someone tell me there was an Islamic Scholars Conference going on in Jakarta, Indonesia? Look at this important announcement; they issued a condemnation of terrorism! International Islamic scholars conference ends on critical note. JAKARTA (DPA): The three-day international Islamic scholars conference ended here on Wednesday by issuing “Jakarta declaration”. The ...

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Life Among the Bombs

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 7:59:05 am PST

Michael B. Oren, author of the highly recommended book Six Days of War, has a thoughtful op-ed in the New York Times on the line between steadfastness and indifference: Life Among the Bombs. (Hat tip: davesax.) Israel’s resilience seems to suggest that terror, like conventional military power, has its limits. If ...

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Raimondo Sends Us Some Traffic

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 7:30:32 am PST

Whacked out antisemite Justin Raimondo takes a feeble slap at LGF today, in the latest installment of his obsessive series of delusional conspiracy pieces: The Anthrax Mystery. The Ft. Detrick bio-warfare facility in the early 1990s seems to have been a bizarre place: imagine a workplace dominated by denizens of Little ...

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Did Kerry Cover Up MIA Evidence?

Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 7:09:57 am PST

In the Village Voice, Sydney Schanberg (who’s no friend of George W. Bush) alleges that John Kerry covered up evidence of American prisoners being held in Vietnam after the end of the war: When John Kerry’s Courage Went M.I.A. (Hat tip: scaramouche.) Senator John Kerry, a decorated battle veteran, was courageous ...

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Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Zawahri Raves, Seethes, Threatens

Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 5:22:11 pm PST

Arab television is once again eagerly promoting the global jihad, by airing new audiotapes purportedly from Al Qaeda freakazoid Ayman al-Zawahri: Purported al-Qaida Audiotape Taunts Bush. In Al-Jazeera’s tape, the voice believed to be al-Zawahri challenges Bush’s claim to have liberated Iraq and indicates al-Qaida — the group blamed for the ...

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Saudi Reform Watch

Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 4:26:07 pm PST

Looks like those Saudi social reforms are really charging along, if this article about Regulations for Girls’ Behavior in Schools is any indicator. The majority of the code deals with students’ behavior at school and the deductions for each violation. It details desirable behavior for girls, including praying on time, wearing ...

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Libyan Puppet Denies Lockerbie Guilt

Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 3:40:20 pm PST

Libyan Prime Minister Shokri Ghanem (a powerless figurehead if ever there was) inadvertently told the truth to the BBC today about Libya’s “admission of guilt” for the Lockerbie atrocity: Libyan PM Denies Tripoli Guilty Over Lockerbie. Ghanem said Libya had no need to apologize for the explosion which ripped through Pan ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead

Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 1:19:14 pm PST

As President Bush strongly denounces Iran’s sham elections... “I am very disappointed in the recently disputed parliamentary elections in Iran,” Bush said in a statement read by his spokesman, Scott McClellan. The United States is locked in a test of wills over Iran’s nuclear program, which Tehran says is for energy production ...

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Kerry's Voting Record

Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 8:18:47 am PST

John Kerry isn’t just weak on national security; from the evidence of 30 years of voting, he’s opposed to it: Kerry’s Inner Dove. (Hat tip: Colt.) When he won election to the Senate in 1984, Kerry said that the “issue of war and peace” remained his “passion.” As a first major ...

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Monday, February 23, 2004

Geek Alert!

Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 4:20:52 pm PST

I’m pretty clueless when it comes to regular expressions, although I’m finally beginning to learn how to use them effectively. Here’s my latest problem, for which any suggestions from regex experts would be greatly appreciated. Occasionally someone will post a comment containing a very long string of unbroken characters, which causes ...

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By Stone or By Knife

Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:26:24 pm PST

Official Palestinian radio has been referring to the suicide bomber who attacked a bus full of children yesterday as a “shahid:” Voice of Palestine Honors Rather Than Condemns Bus Bomber. Shahid is an honorary term given to someone who dies in battle. It is not conferred to a criminal. If the ...

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Palestinians Enjoy Day of Rage

Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 11:44:39 am PST

What they lack in artistic talent, they make up for in sheer bloody-mindedness, in a lovely little demonstration for Arafat’s “Day of Rage.” (And that differs from every other Palestinian day ... how?) Palestinian demonstrators burn a model of Israel’s West Bank security wall during a protest in Gaza City, February ...

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Excerpts from "Rumsfeld's War"

Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 9:26:25 am PST

The Washington Times is publishing excerpts from Rowan Scarborough’s fascinating new book, Rumsfeld’s War. Donald H. Rumsfeld sat in a vault-like room studded with video screens and talked with President Bush as the Pentagon burned. “This is not a criminal action,” the secretary of defense told Bush over a secure line. “This ...

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International Lynch Mob Underway

Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 8:57:17 am PST

The International Kangaroo Court is in session, and the rhetoric coming from Arab groups is unusually twisted, arguing that Israel is “wrecking chances of peace” by building a protective barrier to stop Arab murderers from doing things like this. The European Union is spineless as always, preferring to wash their hands ...

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Sunday, February 22, 2004

New York Times Hits New Low

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 8:40:25 pm PST

Words fail me. Noam Chomsky is now a New York Times op-ed columnist, with a rabid anti-Israel screed that the Times publishes one day after Palestinians murder a bus full of children. A Wall as a Weapon. (Hat tip: Mark J.)

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From Saturday to Sunday

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 6:45:02 pm PST

This is how terrorists work themselves up to commit atrocities: from a Saturday afternoon hate party in Nablus to a Sunday morning bus bombing in Jerusalem. Palestinian militants, some armed and some wearing fake explosive belts, from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a militia linked with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah ...

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Jihad and the Amir

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 5:38:24 pm PST

Here’s a tremendously revealing article by a Pakistani writer named M.A. Niazi, on the subject of Pervez Musharraf’s recent attempt to argue against the spread of jihad from Pakistan: Jihad and the Amir. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) For those still laboring under the delusion that jihad is an inner struggle to ...

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Nader Throws His Tinfoil Hat In

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 1:37:21 pm PST

Hey, cool! It looks like we’re going to have Ralph Nader to kick around.

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Jenny Tonge Debates Israeli Doctor

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:45:52 am PST

Disgusting British MP Jenny Tonge is confronted by a doctor at Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital, in a BBC radio clip available here: Today Programme International Report. Look in the right sidebar for the link titled “The extended interview with Dr David Sangan, from the Hadassah Hospital,” or click here. (Real Player ...

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Crude Propaganda on Both Sides of the Lens

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:00:45 am PST

The Associated Press says these are Palestinian students “studying English.” Or maybe they’re getting a “lesson” about the security fence. Palestinian students study English at a school near a section of the separation fence Israel is building between Rafat village south of Ramallah and Jerusalem in the West Bank town of ...

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Welcome to the Dark Ages

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 9:01:07 am PST

If it means accepting help from the Great Satan, Islamic leaders in Nigeria prefer to see their people crippled or killed by polio: Nigeria Boycotts Polio Vaccination Drive. KADUNA, Nigeria - An Islamic state in Nigeria that is at the heart of a spreading Africa polio outbreak declared Sunday it would ...

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Palestinians Gloat at the Hague

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 8:31:41 am PST

Despite today’s mass murder of children by Palestinian Arabs, the World Court is going ahead with its anti-Israel session, and Palestinians are gloating that one more little suicide bombing won’t affect their case: The battle over Israel’s West Bank barrier moves to The Hague. THE HAGUE (AFP) - Palestinians insisted that ...

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And Again

Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 8:11:30 am PST

The filthy Palestinian Arab terrorist murderers struck again in Jerusalem early this morning: Jerusalem Suicide Bomber Kills Seven. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian suicide bomber killed seven people on a crowded Jerusalem bus Sunday on the eve of World Court hearings into a controversial barrier Israel says will ensure its security ...

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Saturday, February 21, 2004

CAIR Wins in Alabama

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 6:38:21 pm PST

There’s absolutely nothing out there on the wires yet, but the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is crowing about their success in getting the hijab accepted for driver’s license photographs in the state of Alabama. (Hat tip: Baldy.) Which means that a primary method of identification (hair type and color) has ...

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The "Change" Mantra

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 5:37:55 pm PST

Does anybody know what the hell these politicians are talking about when they say they’re “fighting for change?” Edwards Sees Fight for Change in Campaign. “I want primary voters to know that what I offer is somebody who is an outsider, somebody who has new ideas about how to change this ...

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Pretty Boy or Long Face?

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 5:03:07 pm PST

Mark Steyn turns the Scathe Factor up to eleven in this one: So which would America rather have: Pretty Boy or Long Face? So the race has come down to a weak default candidate v a glamorous insurgent who is not quite glamorous to insurge sufficiently. Other than that, there is ...

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DUmmies Eating Their Own

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 4:26:21 pm PST

I hate to link to Democratic Underground twice in one day—it’s probably bad luck—but they’re just on fire over there today. In this thread they try to figure out whether Ralph Nader == Josef Stalin. Or maybe he’s Hitler. Stay tuned for a very interesting election year. (Hat tip: Jheka.) ...

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Is Paul Bremer "Unclean?"

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 4:02:09 pm PST

Is the influential Iraqi Shi’ite cleric, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, refusing to meet with Ambassador L. Paul Bremer because he fears coming into contact with an “unclean” infidel? At al-Sistani’s website, the Grand Ayatollah summarizes his views on “najas,” or sources of “pollution.” These items would pollute Muslims simply ...

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Nuclear Conspiracy Insider Talks

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 12:31:37 pm PST

The Washington Post has new details in the deeply disturbing Islamic nuclear conspiracy story; the middleman in the conspiracy, a Sri Lankan businessman named Buhary Syed Abu Tahir, is talking about how the schemes were set up around the world: Insider Tells Of Nuclear Deals, Cash. His name surfaced earlier this ...

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DUmmies Raving Again

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 10:17:51 am PST

The Democratic Underground Message Board (DUMB) thread about the possible Bin Laden sighting we reported below is absolutely hilarious: Bin Laden ‘surrounded’. (Hat tip: drunkenwookiee.) My only fear in this election...AND it’s my only fear,,, is that they catch or magically make appear Bin Laden is handcuffs. ... He was propped up as ...

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ICJ Rejects Terror Victims' Families

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 9:50:36 am PST

The International Kangaroo Court in The Hague is organizing a lynch mob of Arab countries and Euro-dhimmis, at the behest of Kofi Annan and his gang of thugs, to seethe and rage about Israel’s security fence. To be concluded with a pre-ordained condemnation. Today these paragons of Eurabian antisemitism found a ...

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Dead Man Surrounded

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 9:36:44 am PST

I still believe he’s pushin’ up poppies, but Britain’s Sunday Express says the mujahedead leader is surrounded. A BRITISH Sunday newspaper is claiming Osama bin Laden has been found and is surrounded by US special forces in an area of land bordering north-west Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Sunday Express, known for its ...

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ICRC Visits Homeless Dictator

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 8:56:45 am PST

The International Committee of the Red Cross visited Saddam Hussein earlier today, to make sure the United States wasn’t yanking out his fingernails or subjecting him to Helen Reddy songs at 120dB: Red Cross Visits U.S.-Held Saddam in Iraq. I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore!

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Friday, February 20, 2004

Rumsfeld Fighting Technique

Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 5:52:04 pm PST

You may have defeated the Southern Hook Palm technique, but can you defeat the 1000 styles of Rumsfeld? (Hat tip: Right Wing Conspirator.)

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The Human Cost of Terrorism

Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 12:46:46 pm PST

Let’s spread this one far and wide: a searing photo essay on The Human Cost of Terrorism, produced by The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. (Hat tip: Solomon X.)

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Tools of the Trade

Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 12:38:22 pm PST

We can seem a bit jaded sometimes, with darkly humorous terms like “splodeydopes.” But it’s truly chilling to see the level of sophistication and cunning use of ordinary materials that goes into the latest generation of bomb vests and briefcase devices used by suicide bombers in Israel. (Hat tip: T. ...

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Are There Good Terrorists?

Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 12:04:42 pm PST

Caroline Glick makes some excellent points in this new column, which asks, “Are There Good Terrorists?” Men like Musharraf and Dahlan are not secular counter-forces to Islamic jihad. They are secular fig leafs which serve to cover a larger reality of Islamic terror. What differentiates the PLO from Hamas is not ...

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Plutonium in Libya

Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:46:35 am PST

Libya produced plutonium. (Hat tip: Michael S.) The UN’s nuclear watchdog has said Libya managed to produce a small amount of plutonium using technology acquired on the black market. The International Atomic Energy Agency report did not specify the amount, but said it was not enough to make a nuclear bomb, diplomats ...

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Dems: Iraq Is On Mars

Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:34:52 am PST

Daniel Henninger looks at the increasingly bizarre and dangerous disconnect between Democratic political rhetoric and reality: Why Do Dems Call Bush a Liar? The stories the past fortnight about Khan have revealed that the nations identified as having participated between about 1970 and a moment ago in the global Get-A-Bomb market ...

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The Coming of Nemesis

Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 9:28:28 am PST

It’s Friday, and that means (cue dramatic sting) ... VDH: The Coming of Nemesis. Irony, paradox, hubris, and nemesis are all Greek words. They reflect an early Western fascination with natural, immutable laws of destiny, perhaps akin to something like the eastern idea of karma — that excess and haughtiness can ...

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Palestinians Rally for Murder Suspects

Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 9:22:43 am PST

The most amazing thing about the Palestinian Arabs is that the world doesn’t see right through every single one of their transparent schemes. I didn’t even bother noting that the PA had put four random idiots (one of whom is actually named “Abu Fool”) on trial for the murders of three ...

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Thursday, February 19, 2004

Suicidal Nuclear Fantasies

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 7:30:19 pm PST

An op-ed by a starry-eyed one-worlder in USA Today says the best way to deal with the threat of nuclear proliferation is to immediately disarm ourselves, then depend on the good will of the rest of the world to prevent Armageddon: Get rid of all nuclear arms. And the head ...

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The Saddam Oil Vouchers Affair

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 6:59:01 pm PST

MEMRI has published a mind-blowing list of the nations, corporations, and individuals who received quasi-legal “oil vouchers” from Iraq, given either as gifts or as payment for goods imported into Iraq in violation of the U.N. sanctions: The Saddam Oil Vouchers Affair.

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Stalinist Mullahs

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 4:40:24 pm PST

In Michael Ledeen’s latest piece about the Stalinist Mullahs of Iran he describes a very troubling incident of possible nuclear smuggling. The chief of staff of the armed forces has cancelled all leaves for all military personnel starting Tuesday for one week. All soldiers have been commanded to cast their ballots ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 4:32:01 pm PST

A Palestinian boy holds a toy gun and a painting of the Dome of the Rock mosque during an anti-Israeli demonstration held by the radical Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza City. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

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Gibson's Dad Rants, Raves

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 4:19:58 pm PST

I’m withholding my opinion on whether Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ” contains or encourages antisemitism until I actually see the film. There are people whose opinions I respect arguing for both sides of the issue. But it really doesn’t help Gibson’s case when his 85-year old father gives ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 3:49:13 pm PST

A new discovery of advanced centrifuge equipment in Iran, for enriching uranium to weapons grade, comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone except the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency: U.N. Finds Enrichment Supplies in Iran. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, called the latest find “the ...

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E-Jihadis Call for Holy Hack Attack

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 2:29:18 pm PST

The electronic mujahideen have declared another jihad against Aaron at Internet Haganah: Al Ansar declares Al Jihad against Al Haganah. The last time they launched a DDoS attack against Internet Haganah, these Islamic hackers succeeded in shutting down a large section of the blogosphere. But this time they’re going to have ...

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Jihad: The Real Terrorist Enemy

Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 8:19:55 am PST

A plea for clarity from Robert Spencer: Jihad: The Real Terrorist Enemy. A vote for Bush or Kerry will be a vote for or against the war on terror. Kerry, of course, has already famously said, “I think there has been an exaggeration” of the terror threat by the Bush White House. ...

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Kerry's "Winter Soldier" Testimony

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 9:09:02 pm PST

Here’s a PDF file containing John Kerry’s “Winter Soldier” testimony to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in 1971.

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Ujaama Sentenced

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 5:45:47 pm PST

Al Qaeda-linked terror suspect James Ujaama has received a two-year sentence in return for giving up information about some big terrorfish: Ujaama case comes to end. James Ujaama, the former Seattle man indicted in August 2002 on charges of conspiring to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, appears to ...

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Denmark Tries to Shut the Door

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 5:07:42 pm PST

Denmark is making it more difficult for Muslim clerics to enter the country: Denmark to get tough on Muslim clerics. (Hat tip: Colt.) Denmark’s 170,000 Muslims account for about 3 per cent of the population and are the second largest religious group after the Lutheran Protestant Church, which is followed by ...

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An End to Evil

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 3:36:03 pm PST

Richard Perle and David Frum are interviewed by Jamie Glazov about their new book An End to Evil, which I have just begun reading.

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Preparing for the End Game

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 1:34:27 pm PST

Here’s a very interesting analysis by Jonathan Ariel at Ma’ariv, arguing that the logic of the war on terror inevitably leads to a confrontation with Pakistan: Preparing for the end game. (Hat tip: Allah.) To his credit, George W Bush doesn’t ignore his problems. His lack of foreign policy expertise is ...

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Hizballah Nazis

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 1:21:11 pm PST

Emperor Misha forwarded this revealing photograph, showing the Hizballah gang sieg heiling away just like their jackbooted predecessors.

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Al Qaeda Maritime Threat

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 12:54:00 pm PST

At a conference in London, security experts warned that Al Qaeda may be planning a maritime “spectacular.” “We believe al Qaeda and its associates may be planning a maritime ‘spectacular’,” said Dominick Donald, a senior analyst with Aegis Defense Services, a leading London-based risk and security consultancy. “We think there are enough ...

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Europe Loves John Kerry

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 12:06:32 pm PST

Europe Eyes Kerry as Hope for Better Ties with US. (Hat tip: Yehudit.) BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Being more popular in Europe than George W. Bush is scarcely the hardest task facing his presidential challengers but John Kerry is off to a particularly good start among Europeans anxious to repair trans-Atlantic ties. ...

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Survival of the Heaviest

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 11:39:58 am PST

The orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured the first strong evidence of a star being ripped apart and gobbled up by the massive gravity of a black hole: Giant Black Hole Rips Star Apart. And don’t miss the computer animation of the event.

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Khan: Mad About Allah

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 11:11:19 am PST

A couple of days ago I wrote about Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of the Islamic bomb: With all this news about Khan’s financial motives for spreading nuclear secrets, we shouldn’t forget that as a hard-line Pakistani Islamist, he also had jihad in mind. Bernard Henri-Lévy makes a similar point in ...

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Arafish Says...

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:55:22 am PST

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French Muslims Seething With Rage

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:38:20 am PST

Yes, again. The BBC interviews some French Muslims who seem to be confused about the meaning of assimilation; they think France needs to adapt to them, not the other way around. And if France doesn’t, they’ll form their own state within a state. Already frustrated by poverty and what they perceive to ...

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Jenny Tonge Is a Disgusting Woman

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:23:29 am PST

British Liberal Democrat MP Jenny Tonge apparently never learned that when you’re in a hole, you need to stop digging—because her latest dispatch finds her not just sympathizing with suicide bombers, but hanging out with them. (Hat tip: Right Wing Conspirator.) And the BBC is happy to provide a podium ...

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The Shriek That Ended a Campaign

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 9:31:31 am PST

The golden boy of January is just a shriek away from being the angry, used-up dwarf of February: Dean to Leave Race, Mobilize Supporters. One more time.

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Musharraf Feels the Heat

Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 8:48:32 am PST

Musharraf Seeks Clerics’ Help Against Extremism. “A movement should be launched against terrorism and extremism,” he said at a conference of Islamic scholars. “Give people the message that Islam is not a religion of terrorism and extremism but is one of love and peace.” He said Pakistan could face international sanctions, an ...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Euro Antisemitism Watch

Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 6:09:04 pm PST

Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center has a horrifying article in the Chicago Sun-Times about the raging antisemitism in Europe, with tendrils now reaching even into the Anne Frank House: Widespread anti-Semitism going unchallenged in Europe. (Hat tip: sharona.) One would think that Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, the shrine ...

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Bush Country

Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 8:50:16 am PST

You’re invited to the launch of an LGF-designed web site for New York Post columnist John Podhoretz, to promote his new book Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane. You can read a lengthy excerpt, and also listen to a section of the audio book. ...

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New Arrest in Pearl Case

Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 8:28:31 am PST

Pakistani police have arrested two Islamozoids, one of whom is suspected of involvement with the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl: Pakistan Arrests Pearl Murder Suspect, Colleague. The two men, Sajid Jabbar and Mohammad Athar, were arrested in an overnight raid in the port city of Karachi and belong ...

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Monday, February 16, 2004

Like Stepping on an Escalator

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 7:27:05 pm PST

Well, here’s a nice surprise: my Innernut service provider (Comcast, if you must know) has just doubled the speed of their cable connection. Suddenly I’m seeing download rates as fast as 3500 Kbps. The best part: no extra charge. And yes, you notice the difference. Big time. I haven’t seen anything about ...

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French Perfidy Watch

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 3:32:21 pm PST

The truth about France’s dirty back room dealing with Iraq is finally coming out: Suspect Oil Deals Were Norm Under Saddam. (Hat tip: Free Speech...) It reads like a “Who’s Who” of the Friends of Saddam club. It’s a list of 271 companies, politicians and organizations that allegedly benefited from the ...

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New Stuff

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 2:40:14 pm PST

I’ve been making some improvements to the Little Green Footballs RSS feed; the entire text of each LGF entry is now included with its HTML code (in a CDATA content block, for the geeks). This means that you can plug the feed into a PDA-type thingie, or a decent news ...

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Khan Bought Loyalty

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 1:55:51 pm PST

Here are some interesting details about Abdul Qadeer Khan’s lavish lifestyle and the Pakistani government corruption that let him get away with his proliferation schemes: AP: Pakistan Nuke Scientist Bought Loyalty. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Abdul Qadeer Khan spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy loyalty — writing checks for anything ...

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Genocidal Hamas Banner

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:48:11 am PST

The militant Islamic group Hamas vowed February 16, 2004 to exact revenge against Israel over the collapse of a stone embankment abutting Judaism’s Western Wall and leading to Islam’s third holiest shrine. Supporters of Hamas carry Hamas flags and banners during a protest in Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza Strip ...

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Bremer Threatens Veto of Shari'a

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:35:56 am PST

L. Paul Bremer says he may veto the Iraqi constitution if it tries to impose shari’a law: US administrator threatens veto of Iraqi Islamic law measure. L. Paul Bremer said the current draft of the constitution would make Islam the state religion of Iraq and “a source of inspiration for the ...

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Khan Heart Attack

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:12:41 am PST

Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of the “Islamic bomb” and the figure at the center of the international nuclear conspiracy, has suffered a “heart attack.” (Hat tip: Baldy.)

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Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:09:19 am PST

Blast in Gaza Building Kills Teen. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A Palestinian teenager was killed in an explosion inside a Gaza City apartment Monday, witnesses and hospital officials said. The blast in the 12-story building was apparently caused by either the premature detonation of a bomb or the accidental explosion ...

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A Very Sticky Headline

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 9:22:34 am PST

For the past five days, I’ve been watching one story as it lingers on and on in our “World News” section in the left sidebar, which is generated from Yahoo’s RSS news feed. For some reason, with everything that’s happening in this kooky world, the story headlined “Most Think Truth ...

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PC Blindness at the National Guard?

Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 8:44:41 am PST

Joel Mowbray is uneasy about official statements that make it seem like the National Guard is wearing “Islam can do no wrong” blinders in the case of Ryan Anderson, aka Amir Talhah: National Guardsman’s Islamic conversion. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) When asked if recently “detained” National Guard soldier Ryan Anderson—who allegedly ...

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Sunday, February 15, 2004

The Road to Beijing

Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 6:13:45 pm PST

On the world-threatening nuclear conspiracy front, today’s big news is that the designs for Armageddon found in Libya trace back to China. Investigators have discovered that the nuclear weapons designs obtained by Libya through a Pakistani smuggling network originated in China, exposing yet another link in a chain of proliferation that ...

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"By God, This is Suffocation!"

Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 5:03:24 pm PST

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s letter to al Qaeda operatives is a very revealing look into the mind of the Islamic fanatic, and has proven to be authentic in terms of the last-ditch strategic objectives it describes—inflicting murderous casualties on the Shi’a majority in Iraq to try to cause a civil breakdown: ...

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Noam Chomsky, Superstar of America-Hating Academia

Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 3:46:34 pm PST

America-hating professor Noam Chomsky is now on C-SPAN2. He just said that if George W. Bush remains President for another 4 years, it could mean the destruction of the human species. What’s so striking about Chomsky is how he says the most outrageous things with a deadpan, laconic delivery, almost convincing you ...

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Moonbat Joins Kerry

Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:20:40 am PST

Look who’s signed on to a prominent position in John Kerry’s campaign—Joseph Wilson, the wacko far left husband of CIA officer Valerie Plame, whose unsubstantiated charge that the Bush administration “outed” his wife led to a short-lived political brouhaha last year. The career diplomat and senior director for Africa policy for ...

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MSA Fifth Column Watch

Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 9:05:28 am PST

In his weblog entry about his lecture at UC Berkeley, Daniel Pipes mentions that the Berkeley Muslim Student Association is holding a conference this weekend titled Liberation Through Islam—and one of the featured speakers, live from his prison cell, is convicted cop killer Imam Jamil Al-Amin (aka H. Rap Brown). ...

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Saturday, February 14, 2004

BBC at the Crossroads

Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 7:13:07 pm PST

British government considering dismantling BBC. (Hat tip: Targetpractice.) LONDON (AFP) - Britain’s government is considering a plan to break up the BBC and remove its independent status in the wake of a bitter row with the state-funded broadcaster over the Iraq war, a report said. Government papers detailing possible changes to ...

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Top PA Official Spews Hatred

Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 6:32:27 pm PST

Ahmad Nasser, Secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council, retched out one of the most insane rants I’ve read for quite a while (and that’s sayin’ somethin’) live on official Palestinian television: “Israel is Satanic offspring” and follows the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Ahmad Nasser, Secretary of the Palestinian Legislative ...

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Pantani Dead at 34

Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 5:51:03 pm PST

Italian cyclist Marco Pantani, who won both the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in 1998 and was one of the greatest climbers the sport of cycling ever saw—although not the most gracious competitor—has been found dead in a hotel room in Rimini. UPDATE: VeloNews has more information: Pantani found ...

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British Islamic Scholar Seethes

Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 5:03:10 pm PST

Dr. Ghada Karmi is a research fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, England, and she’s published a “post-Zionist” screed (in other words, promoting the destruction of Israel) at an anti-Israel web site registered in Jerusalem. Dr. Karmi’s hatred for Israel just drips from every ...

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Dhimmitude at the ABC

Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 2:48:17 pm PST

Even though Hizballah is listed as a terrorist group by the Australian government, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has told staff not to refer to them as “terrorists”—because they aren’t included in the United Nations terrorist list: Broadcaster Can’t Call Hamas or Hizballah ‘Terrorist Groups’. An internal memo to ABC staff reportedly ...

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Jihad Survival Kit

Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 2:41:53 pm PST

Anwar Iqbal of UPI describes a new terrorist survival information kit being circulated among the jihad zombies: Terrorists prepped for a long conflict. A manual begins with a general warning: “Every member will take all necessary precautions in his personal and social life to protect the group and its leadership ... ...

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Saudis Crack Down

Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 8:47:04 am PST

The ruling oil ticks of the House of Saud, in the world center of the Religion of Peace and Tolerance, are cracking down hard on any Saudis caught celebrating St. Valentine’s Day: People Warned Against Celebrating Valentine’s Day. (Hat tip: Norwegian kafir.) BURAIDAH, 14 February 2004 — Saudi religious authorities have ...

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Friday, February 13, 2004

Get Ready For 20 WTC Bombings

Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 6:32:14 pm PST

An unidentified senior LFG lizardoid emailed the link to this interview with Steven Emerson from June 1997, worth reading again today as most of the US slips back into a narcoleptic dream world where Janet Jackson’s nipple brooch is the big news: Get Ready for Twenty World Trade Center Bombings. MEQ: ...

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Iran Gets Another Month

Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 6:15:52 pm PST

U.S. May Give Iran More Time on Nukes. WASHINGTON - Despite serious misgivings about Iran’s nuclear activities, the State Department said Friday it is prepared to give the country more time to meet its commitments to end these programs. Spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States is giving Iran until a ...

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Krauthammer: Democratic Realism

Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 3:29:24 pm PST

Here’s a terrific, deeply thought-provoking speech by Charles Krauthammer at the American Enterprise Institute: Democratic Realism. Very highly recommended. (Hat tip: Saul Singer.) Americans have an healthy aversion to foreign policy. It stems from a sense of thrift: Who needs it? We’re protected by two great oceans, we have this continent ...

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Berkeley Terror Supporters Go Nuclear

Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 9:47:02 am PST

The Muslim Student Association and their kaffiyeh wearing enablers at UC Berkeley were so upset about Daniel Pipes’ lecture that they broke out the doomsday weapon of the left, usually reserved only for the biggest International ANSWER rallies—the dreaded giant papier mache Palestinian puppet heads! (Thanks to LGF reader zombie, who ...

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Bag Lady for the Radical Left

Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 8:55:52 am PST

Here’s a very interesting report on the financial activities of John Kerry’s wealthy wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, who has given millions of dollars to the secretive Tides Foundation—a far left group that funds, among other “anti-war” efforts, MoveOn.org and Indymedia: Bag Lady for the Radical Left. Senator John F. Kerry ...

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Trailing Attempted Espionage

Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 8:42:56 am PST

Michelle Malkin did some digging through Usenet messages, and discovered more than a hundred posts by Ryan Anderson, aka Amir Talhah, the National Guardsman arrested and charged with trying to pass information to Al Qaeda: Trailing Attempted Espionage. Washington State University confirms that he graduated from the school in 2002 with ...

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Just Imagine...

Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 8:36:13 am PST

Victor Davis Hanson hits bullseye after bullseye in this new column, about the starry-eyed fantasies promoted by the wacky left: Just Imagine... After listening to a variety of American, Middle Eastern, and European pundits, I wish that their understanding of the way the world works were true — or at least ...

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Head Weasel Complains

Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 8:24:55 am PST

Head weasel Jacques Chirac says France is getting a bad rap for antisemitism: Chirac: France unfairly seen in Israel as anti-Semitic. “France works relentlessly to combat the scourge of anti-Semitism,” he told Yedioth Aharonoth in an interview days before a visit by Israeli President Moshe Katsav. “Israeli criticism of anti-Semitism in Europe ...

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Thursday, February 12, 2004

Microsoft: Trying to Be "Even-Handed?"

Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 8:09:52 pm PST

Microsoft’s latest update removes some “unacceptable symbols” from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font included with Microsoft Office 2003. The “unacceptable symbols” include the Nazi swastika—and the Star of David. (Hat tip: kosher bozo.)

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French Antisemitism Watch

Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 8:01:35 pm PST

Antisemitism in France—it’s everywhere, it’s like oxygen. An unusually clear-eyed piece in the International Herald Tribune shows how nightmarish life has become for French Jewish schoolchildren: Anti-Semitism infuses French debate on scarves. (Hat tip: Merde in France.) While the public discussion focuses on France’s vaunted secularism, on women’s rights and the ...

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Daniel Pipes at UC Berkeley

Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 5:48:53 pm PST

Berkeley’s Daily Californian has a shamefully biased and whitewashed account of Daniel Pipes’ speech earlier this week at UC Berkeley: Staunch Israel Backer Attacks ‘Militant’ Islam. (Hat tip: Brenda Walker.) But to see how bad it really was in that zoo, let’s turn to this report from ChronWatch’s Cinnamon Stillwell: Fascism ...

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Kerry's Skeletons Step Out

Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 4:49:04 pm PST

John Kerry is on the cover of National Enquirer tomorrow: JOHN KERRY’S SECRET LIFE EXPOSED.

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Another Soldier Arrested for Aiding the Enemy

Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 4:40:49 pm PST

A US Army National Guardsman has been arrested in Fort Lewis, Washington, for trying to give information to Al Qaeda: Soldier accused of trying to aid al-Qaida. (Hat tip: NC.) Spc. Ryan G. Anderson has been charged with “aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to communicate and give intelligence to the ...

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Iranian Terror Caucus

Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 4:30:17 pm PST

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead

Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 9:19:36 am PST

Imagine how flabbergasted, how dumbfounded, how discombobulated I was to read that Iran has been continuing their nuclear weapons program in secret: UN Uncovers New Iranian Atomic Secrets. VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has uncovered designs for machines in Iran that can be used to make bomb-grade material, ...

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Israel Shuns World Court

Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 8:16:37 am PST

Israel will not take part in the International Kangaroo Court of Arab Justice hearings on the legality of the security fence: Israel Opts Out of World Court Hearings. Israel has challenged the world court’s authority to rule on the barrier, arguing that the issue is being manipulated for political ends. A Sharon ...

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Palestinian War Crimes

Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 2:09:06 pm PST

Two photos just posted of today’s battle in the Gaza Strip again reveal the cynical use of children and young unarmed human shields by murderous Hamas cowards: A masked Hamas militant sets up a makeshift mortar launcher against Israeli forces, unseen, as Palestinian youths try to cover him from the ...

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Hijab Ban Craze Sweeps Europe

Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 9:40:12 am PST

Now the Germans are jumping on the banned wagon. Christian Democrats in western Germany are proposing legislation to ban civil servants from wearing the Muslim head scarf (hijab)—and they’re much more blunt about their reasons than the French: German State Proposes New Headscarf Ban. (Hat tip: Ethel Carol.) WIESBADEN, Germany ...

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Kerry's Record

Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 9:17:51 am PST

In an interview with the Harvard Crimson in 1970, John Kerry called for the United Nations to control the US military: Old Crimson Interview Reveals A More Radical John Kerry. “I’m an internationalist,” Kerry told The Crimson in 1970. “I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world ...

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John Kerry's Suppressed Book

Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 8:28:50 am PST

From Sgt Grit’s Marine Forum. (Hat tip: Unmutual.)

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Weaseliest Dwarf Bails

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 8:20:38 pm PST

Clark Drops Out of Presidential Race.

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Hawash's Profile

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 7:17:10 pm PST

Maher “Mike” Hawash’s profile page at the Software Contractor’s Guild (his contractor’s home page has been disappeared) has some rather intriguing information. Note his “Availability Date:” Sep 10 2001. (Hat tip: swede.)

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Kerry to Mullahs: I'll Repair Bush's Damage

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 6:28:29 pm PST

Here’s a real jaw-dropper. Democratic candidate John Kerry has appealed to the mullahs of Iran for support, saying he will repair the damage done by George W. Bush if elected. (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch.) The full text of the Tehran Times article follows: WASHINGTON (Mehr News Agency) — The office of Senator John ...

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Hawash Sentenced

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 6:02:32 pm PST

Maher “Mike” Hawash, the Palestinian-born software engineer for Intel who fell into the jihad ideology despite a successful career and Western lifestyle, has been sentenced to seven years in prison: 3 Members of Terrorist Cell Sentenced. Hawash — a former software engineer — was the first of the group to plead ...

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Huge Vulnerability in Windows Revealed

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 5:37:40 pm PST

Microsoft: Oops! We Did It Again. “This is one of the most serious Microsoft vulnerabilities ever released,” said Marc Maiffret of eEye Digital Security of Aliso Viejo, California, which discovered the new Windows flaws. “The breadth of systems affected is probably the largest ever. This is something that will let you ...

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Islamic Extremist Sleeper Cells

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 4:00:56 pm PST

Scary report of the day, from the Washington Times: Islamic extremists invade U.S., join sleeper cells. (Several people emailed this one; thanks to all.) Islamic radicals are being trained at terrorist camps in Pakistan and Kashmir as part of a conspiracy to send hundreds of operatives to “sleeper cells” in the ...

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German Intel: Al Qaeda Pressured to Strike

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 3:50:32 pm PST

A top German intelligence official warns that Al Qaeda is feeling pressure for another big strike against the West: Al Qaeda Under Pressure for New Strike -Spy Chief. “A substantial decline in activities in the next couple of years is highly improbable,” Rudolf Adam, deputy head of German’s BND foreign intelligence ...

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Suicide Bomber Attacks Iraqis

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 3:26:20 pm PST

I don’t blog about every suicide bombing attack that happens in Iraq, because the news is already saturated with these events; my time is better spent finding the less well-covered items, I think. But the atrocity perpetrated today against Iraqis lined up to apply for work is certainly one of the ...

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Belgian Shari'a Watch

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 3:11:02 pm PST

Live from Brussels notes a report in a Belgian paper that children attending a Jewish school are no longer allowed to use the nearby subway station—because of “frequent attacks by Muslim youths.” A teacher from the school said that attacks against Jews are linked to the Palestinian stupidfada. And he’s sure the ...

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France Sticks to the Ban

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 9:14:04 am PST

French Lawmakers Overwhelmingly Back Veil Ban. Deputies voted 494 to 36 to ban Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and large Christian crosses from state schools and threaten pupils who insisted on wearing them with expulsion. The government insists the ban does not single out any religion, but cabinet ministers admit its main targets ...

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Kerry: Not Scary

Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 8:52:51 am PST

Mark Steyn says John Kerry isn’t fooling anyone by raising his anus: Kerry won’t scare any of the big beasts. Among my Christmas presents was a copy of Survive, a recent collection by Sports Afield magazine of helpful tips for the great outdoors. Most of the stuff was familiar - rub ...

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Monday, February 09, 2004

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Mon, Feb 9, 2004 at 2:42:53 pm PST

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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Religion of Subway Bombing

Mon, Feb 9, 2004 at 2:12:17 pm PST

Last week’s bomb attack on the Moscow metro was apparently the work of Abu-al-Walid al-Ghamidi, another member of the infamously homicidal al-Ghamdi family: Saudi warlord leads Russian bombers. Abu-al-Walid al-Ghamidi, 36, has been identified by the FSB, the Russian intelligence service, as one of the most powerful figures in the ...

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MSA Fifth Column Watch

Mon, Feb 9, 2004 at 11:25:24 am PST

A site called Accuracy in Academia has a report on the Muslim Student Association, and their ties to radical Islamic figures: The Muslim Student Association: Coming In Peace? (Hat tip: WriterMom.) Last February, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents arrested Sami Omar al-Hussayen, a computer science major from the University ...

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Philosophy, Not Policy

Mon, Feb 9, 2004 at 9:12:30 am PST

The George Bush interview yesterday with Tim Russert was rather lackluster. He seemed tired—not really “there.” Peggy Noonan has an explanation: Philosophy, Not Policy. Mr. Bush will have a few bad days of bad reviews ahead of him. But I am thinking there are two kinds of minds in politics. There ...

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Al Gore: Bush "Betrayed" America

Mon, Feb 9, 2004 at 8:40:38 am PST

Al Gore, who was a featured speaker at the Arab League’s lunatic “think tank” known as the Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-up, continues the downward slide of Democratic political rhetoric: Gore Says America ‘Betrayed’ by Bush. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Al Gore, who lost the presidency to George W. Bush ...

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Sunday, February 08, 2004

Musharraf Squirms

Sun, Feb 8, 2004 at 7:32:03 pm PST

Musharraf squirms under the pressure: Musharraf Vows No More Leaks of Nuclear Secrets. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Pervez Musharraf, in an interview broadcast on Sunday, pledged that Pakistan had put a stop to the covert export of nuclear weapons know-how. “Please let it not be thought that the same proliferation activity ...

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US Terror Expert: "They've got the will."

Sun, Feb 8, 2004 at 6:42:22 pm PST

As if we haven’t already covered enough nuclear harbingers today, here’s some scary pragmatism dispensed in Jakarta by Cofer Black, described here as “State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism with the rank of Ambassador at Large:” U.S. Terror Expert Warns of Dirty Bomb. Speaking at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Jakarta ...

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Nuclear Conspiracy Update

Sun, Feb 8, 2004 at 4:15:05 pm PST

More details are coming out about the story that may have a direct bearing on the future of life on planet Earth—the Pakistani nuclear proliferation conspiracy, which now involves at least seven nations. Three days after Khan confessed on television to selling his country’s nuclear secrets, Western diplomats and intelligence officials ...

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The Dirty Secret of the Madrassas

Sun, Feb 8, 2004 at 4:10:17 pm PST

This is certainly one of the most horrific stories I’ve read lately about the dark side of the Religion of Peace™: Acid attack on boy who ‘refused sex with Muslim cleric’. (Hat tip: Rand Simberg.) On his hospital bed last week, 16-year-old Abid Tanoli sat listless and alone, half of ...

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Trib Investigates Bridgeview Mosque

Sun, Feb 8, 2004 at 11:28:02 am PST

Here’s a must-read investigative piece at the Chicago Tribune on the radical takeover of the suburban Bridgeview Mosque: Hard-liners won battle for Bridgeview mosque. (Hat tip: Camel Prophet.) Among the leaders at the Bridgeview mosque are men who have condemned Western culture, praised Palestinian suicide bombers and encouraged members to view ...

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Al Qaeda Nukes

Sun, Feb 8, 2004 at 11:00:04 am PST

Pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat reports that Al Qaeda possesses an unspecified number of suitcase nuclear weapons, purchased from Ukrainian scientists in 1998: Arab Newspaper Says Al Qaeda Has Ukrainian Nukes. There was no independent corroboration of the report, which appeared in the newspaper al-Hayat under an Islamabad dateline and cited sources ...

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Religion of IEDs

Sun, Feb 8, 2004 at 9:46:30 am PST

A new concern for air travelers: Islamic terrorists have conducted “dry runs” of operations involving the assembly of bombs in mid-flight. (Hat tip: J.D.) Officials in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere are believed to have warned that at least 12 dry runs may have been completed and to have said that ...

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Germany Searches Mosques

Sun, Feb 8, 2004 at 8:57:51 am PST

It’s not getting a lot of publicity, but Germany has been conducting massive searches of mosques and Islamic organizations; the latest sweep took place last Friday: Germans Search Mosques in Terror Sweep. FRANKFURT, Germany - Police in Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate state searched dozens of mosques and Islamic organizations Friday, detaining one ...

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Saturday, February 07, 2004

Pakistan's Nukes Watched?

Sat, Feb 7, 2004 at 7:44:13 pm PST

An unidentified US official interviewed by NBC television says the US is deeply involved in safeguarding Pakistan’s nuclear weapons: U.S. Helps Pakistan Safeguard Nuclear Material. WASHINGTON: The United States has been working secretly with Pakistan to protect its nuclear weapons from falling in the hands of terrorists or rogue commanders, ...

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Arab League Senses Modernity Approaching

Sat, Feb 7, 2004 at 6:15:59 pm PST

The Sunni Muslims and Wahhabi money men who dominate the Arab League are beginning to get really scared: Arab League Decries U.S. Actions in Iraq. CAIRO, Egypt - The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq is threatening the Iraqi and regional stability by empowering Kurdish and Shiite Muslim groups, according to an ...

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Mexican Anti-Americanism Watch

Sat, Feb 7, 2004 at 5:58:31 pm PST

In playoffs for the Olympics in Mexico, the Mexican crowd chanted “Osama! Osama!” when the United States soccer team beat Canada: U.S. soccer team hears Osama chants in Mexico. (Hat tip: Doss.) ZAPOPAN, Mexico - The Mexican crowd hooted “The Star-Spangled Banner.” It booed U.S. goals. It chanted “Osama! Osama! ...

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The Nineteen Lions

Sat, Feb 7, 2004 at 4:14:35 pm PST

It’s been a while since we checked in over at ClearGuidance (aka “Islam on crack”), the web site for American Muslim youth with an openly pro-jihad agenda; and what do we find the kidz reading these days? An article from the Al Qaeda-linked Azzam Publications, idolizing the September 11 hijackers: ...

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Palestinian Civil War Watch

Sat, Feb 7, 2004 at 11:22:28 am PST

Hundreds Resign En-Masse from Arafat’s Fatah Group. RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - More than 300 members of President Yasser Arafat’s ruling Fatah movement resigned collectively from the Palestinian group on Saturday in protest against internal strife and a lack of reform, a statement said. There were no leading figures among ...

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Lights, Camera, Action!

Sat, Feb 7, 2004 at 8:54:50 am PST

You’ve probably seen dozens of pictures of Palestinian women crying. The wire services love ’em. But today another revealing photo slipped through the ideological filters, showing the scene as a Palestinian woman performs for a hungry battery of cameramen, staged carefully in front of a picturesque section of the security wall. ...

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Friday, February 06, 2004

Palestinian Olympic Fairy Tales

Fri, Feb 6, 2004 at 9:03:46 pm PST

Last month we noted a report in the Washington Post about Palestinians training for the Olympics; this report turned out to be only the first in a series of stories about Palestinian athletes, clearly being released as part of a purposeful public relations campaign, mainly focusing on a young swimmer ...

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Manufacturing Doomsday

Fri, Feb 6, 2004 at 7:50:56 pm PST

Here are some details about the Malaysian factory accused of manufacturing parts for nuclear weapons production; would you be surprised to learn that people associated with the factory are denying everything? Malaysia Is Caught in Nuclear Probe. Managers at the Malaysian factory owned by Scomi Precision Engineering, or SCOPE, opened ...

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Sharon's Folly

Fri, Feb 6, 2004 at 2:09:27 pm PST

According to our latest poll, more than three quarters of our visitors approve of Sharon’s decision to evacuate Jewish settlements in Gaza. Caroline Glick does not agree, for very pragmatic reasons: Sharon’s Folly. Opponents of the Jewish communities in Gaza often point to the large force structure deployed for their protection. ...

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Whitewashing the Hajj

Fri, Feb 6, 2004 at 9:39:58 am PST

At OpinionJournal, professor of Islamic Studies Eric Ormsby lectures us uncultured cow-tippers about the pilgrimage to Mecca (the hajj); the “stoning of Satan” ritual is a solemn, holy occasion, he writes: The stoning is an explicit rejection of evil in the most tactile way; it is a final stage of ...

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Suicide Bomb in Moscow

Fri, Feb 6, 2004 at 8:57:54 am PST

Suspected suicide bomb attack in Moscow subway kills 39, injures 130. MOSCOW (AFP) - A massive bomb tore through a crowded Moscow subway during morning rush hour, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 130 in a suspected suicide attack Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed on Chechen rebels. ...

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Who Does Hezbollah Worry About?

Fri, Feb 6, 2004 at 8:33:20 am PST

James Lileks looks forward to a Kerry candidacy with dread, and makes a terrific point about the appalling unseriousness of the Democratic campaign: I’m waiting for an ad that simply puts the matter plainly: who do you think Al Qaeda wants to win the election? Who do you think will ...

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President Mentions Blogger

Fri, Feb 6, 2004 at 8:12:28 am PST

Chief Wiggles is the first blogger to be mentioned in a Presidential speech. Good work, chief! (Hat tip: Chuck Simmins.)

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Thursday, February 05, 2004

Egyptian Gov't Daily Praises Suicide Bombing

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 at 5:50:00 pm PST

An editorial in the Egyptian government daily Al-Masaa delineates a huge difference between the Arab world and the West; while the West agonizes endlessly over every use of force, no matter how justified, the Arab world praises and lionizes the most despicable acts if they advance the cause of Islam—including ...

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Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 at 5:09:06 pm PST

Palestinian Militant Killed in Gaza Camp Blast. In a statement faxed to Reuters, Hamas said Israel had killed Abu Shuka, a militant leader for central Gaza, with a laser-guided missile. The group threatened revenge and said “the enemy will pay a dear price.” The Israeli army denied the military was involved ...

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Khan Men

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 at 12:30:15 pm PST

(From Cox & Forkum.)

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Outrage of the Day

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 at 8:15:51 am PST

Well, this didn’t take long; Pervez Musharraf has pardoned Abdul Qadeer Khan for his part in the worst case of nuclear proliferation in history. “I give him pardon,” President Pervez Musharraf told a news conference on Thursday, a day after Abdul Qadeer Khan’s dramatic televised confession. Khan admitted leaking secrets and ...

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Norwegian Dhimmitude

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 at 8:10:14 am PST

Norway’s Progress Party is proposing to ban the Muslim head scarf (hijab) from Norwegian elementary schools, but the Education Minister is scoffing at the idea: No plans to ban hijab in Norwegian schools. (Hat tip: Erik.) Education Minister Kristin Clemet said during question time in parliament on Wednesday that she ...

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Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Palestinians Whine: "Blackmail!"

Wed, Feb 4, 2004 at 5:08:01 pm PST

Palestinian Authority officials are becoming increasingly shrill and absurd as they scramble to avoid doing anything about terrorism; so much that even State Department functionary Richard Boucher can’t hide his disdain: Palestinians Accuse U.S. of Blackmail in Bomber Hunt. This time the Palestinians are whining about a US decision to ...

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Khan Asks Forgiveness on TV

Wed, Feb 4, 2004 at 9:59:29 am PST

Abdul Qadeer Khan has made a full confession on Pakistani state television: Pakistan Nuke Scientist Asks Forgiveness. The government said Abdul Qadeer Khan asked President Gen. Pervez Musharraf for forgiveness for selling atomic technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea. “I have chosen to appear before you to offer my deepest ...

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The Alternative to War: Defeat

Wed, Feb 4, 2004 at 8:42:17 am PST

A great point in another great column from Mark Steyn: The alternative to war was simple: defeat. (Hat tip: Occasional Reader.) So Saddam didn’t have WMD. Conversely, Colonel Gaddafi did. And hands up anyone who knew he did until he announced he was chucking it in. The only way you ...

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From PLO Terrorist to Lover of Zion

Wed, Feb 4, 2004 at 8:06:35 am PST

I get so many emails and tips to articles these days that it’s simply impossible to read everything; one of the things I missed last week (although it was discussed quite a bit in our comments) was the story of former PLO terrorist Walid Shoebat, now an apostate Muslim and ...

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The Universal DUMB Thread

Wed, Feb 4, 2004 at 7:36:24 am PST

Frank J. unearths The Universal Democratic Underground Thread.

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Tuesday, February 03, 2004

A Historian's Take on Islam

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 8:04:23 pm PST

Here’s a very interesting piece at the Wall Street Journal by Peter Waldman, about the influence of Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis on US foreign policy: A Historian’s Take on Islam. “The question people are asking is why they hate us. That’s the wrong question,” said Mr. Lewis on C-SPAN ...

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A Fondness for the Recumbent Position

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 6:40:38 pm PST

At a press conference for the US Postal cycling team, held in Solvang, California (site of the wonderful Solvang Century ride that I’ve done twice), Lance Armstrong faced some bizarre questioning from an “unidentified older gentleman” with a fondness for recumbent bikes: Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood: Who was that guy? (Hat ...

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Angriest Dwarf Slips 'Neath the Waves

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 5:21:34 pm PST

Kerry Wins Missouri, Delaware; Edwards Takes South Carolina. Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry rolled up big victories in Delaware and delegate-rich Missouri, but John Edwards countered by taking his native South Carolina in a dramatic seven-state contest Tuesday. The pair fought Wesley Clark over Oklahoma.

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Pilgrims Long for Death

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 1:47:58 pm PST

Here’s some more support for my contention that the carnage at the Islamic “stoning of Satan” ritual is a form of human sacrifice, tacitly condoned and even desired. Don’t take my word for it; read what the pilgrims themselves say: Pilgrims long to see Mecca and die. (Hat tip: TS.) ...

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Hizb'Allah's Victory

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 12:10:04 pm PST

Daniel Pipes thinks Israel’s prisoner swap with Hizb’Allah was a grave mistake: Hezbollah’s Victory, Israel’s Decline. * Some or many of those 429 will again engage in terrorism against Israel, perhaps sparking a whole new campaign of violence. That is what happened once before: In 1985, Reuters explains, the Israeli ...

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A Web of Evidence

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 10:28:51 am PST

Here’s an excellent, detailed piece on what’s known so far about Pakistan’s Khan Research Laboratories and their involvement in a multinational nuclear conspiracy: Pakistan Caught in a Web of Evidence.

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Khan: Musharraf Knew

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 10:22:57 am PST

Abdul Qadeer Khan says Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf knew about nuclear technology transfers to Iran, Libya, and North Korea. (Hat tip: NC.) Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistan’s top nuclear scientist, also told the leader of the country’s top Islamic party that he did not sign a confession about transfers of nuclear ...

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Jihad Rap

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 8:44:32 am PST

Steven Emerson’s Investigative Project has made available a rap video from Britain that was posted on an Islamozoid web site: Dirty Kuffar. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) The video you are about to watch is a rap video designed to inspire people to take up jihad against the West. Posted on ...

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DUmmies Raving Again

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 8:15:18 am PST

Of course, the loons at Democratic Underground have concluded that the ricin was planted by the Bushitler. (Hat tip: WBC.)

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Ricin Confirmed

Tue, Feb 3, 2004 at 7:58:35 am PST

Frist: Powder Found in Office Is Ricin. WASHINGTON - A white powder found in the office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist tested positive as ricin, a deadly poison, Frist said Tuesday. While the test confirmed “that this was ricin,” Frist told his colleagues as the Senate opened its session ...

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Monday, February 02, 2004

Settlement Evacuation Poll

Mon, Feb 2, 2004 at 8:45:21 pm PST

A new LGF poll: Do you approve or disapprove of Ariel Sharon’s plan to evacuate Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip?

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Ricin in DC?

Mon, Feb 2, 2004 at 6:10:23 pm PST

Early tests show deadly ricin in Senate mailroom. Preliminary tests on a white, powdery substance found in the mailroom of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist indicate the presence of the deadly substance ricin, a Homeland Security official said Monday. A U.S. Capitol police spokeswoman said the department is investigating the matter ...

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Geek Alert!

Mon, Feb 2, 2004 at 5:03:57 pm PST

I’m stuck on a problem involving regular expressions, and thought I’d appeal to our geekbase to see if anyone can provide a solution. In our comments, occasionally someone will post a link by typing in the “<a href=" tag manually, but they’ll forget to close the quote around the URL before ...

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A Multinational Nuclear Conspiracy

Mon, Feb 2, 2004 at 4:35:19 pm PST

Sometimes conspiracies are real. VIENNA, Austria - The nuclear black market that supplied Iran, Libya and North Korea is small, tight-knit and appears to have been badly hurt by the exposure of its reputed head, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program, diplomats and weapons experts told The Associated Press. They describe ...

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Subversive and Dangerous

Mon, Feb 2, 2004 at 3:52:17 pm PST

The Politburo Diktat has issued a deck of cards representing the most subversive and dangerous bloggers; and I’d say King of Hearts is pretty darned dangerous, wouldn’t you? DemCom Deck of Cards for Operation Bloggi Freedom.

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Quakes Continue at the Beeb

Mon, Feb 2, 2004 at 3:24:15 pm PST

Apparently the entire board of governors of the BBC offered to commit mass seppuku to atone for their sins: Entire BBC Board Considered Quitting. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) LONDON - The British Broadcasting Corp.’s entire board of governors considered quitting after a judge repudiated a BBC story that the government “sexed ...

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Sharon: "No Jews in Gaza"

Mon, Feb 2, 2004 at 8:58:22 am PST

Sharon Drops Bombshell: Gaza Settlements to Go. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday he planned to evacuate almost all of the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, dropping a political bombshell that stunned friends and foes alike. “I have given the order to plan for the ...

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Khan Admits Nuclear Proliferation

Mon, Feb 2, 2004 at 8:25:21 am PST

Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of the Islamic bomb, has admitted selling nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya, and North Korea: Top scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan was sacked as adviser to the prime minister Saturday and is the main suspect in a two-month investigation into allegations that individuals passed on Pakistan’s nuclear ...

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Sunday, February 01, 2004

Flight From DC to Houston Canceled

Sun, Feb 1, 2004 at 4:37:32 pm PST

A flight from Washington DC to Houston was canceled today, due to a specific threat: Airline Cancels Washington-Houston Flight. Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said Flight 1519 was canceled “due to security concerns and threat reporting about that particular flight.” He added that the federal agency and Continental “worked closely on the ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse, 1970

Sun, Feb 1, 2004 at 3:40:11 pm PST

The cover of the June 17, 1970 issue of LIFE magazine shows how long the Palestinians have been turning their children into mindless murderbots: (Hat tip: Aaron.)

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Handy Tips for Avoiding Stampedes

Sun, Feb 1, 2004 at 11:25:10 am PST

LGF reader Dar ul Harb points out a Training Manual for Indian Haj Pilgrims, which includes this cautionary description of the “stoning of Satan:” 79. Every year there is invariably a stampede or stampede condition at the site of stoning of the Jamarat. There are two levels from which ...

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In Memoriam

Sun, Feb 1, 2004 at 11:03:51 am PST

The Columbia space shuttle disaster happened one year ago today. LGF reader cba emailed about a moving parable (midrash) in Memory of Ilan Ramon.

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Fun For the Whole Family

Sun, Feb 1, 2004 at 10:28:22 am PST

A Palestinian boy laughs, backdropped by handprints made by youths from the blood of a freshly slaughtered sheep, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in east Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday Feb. 1, 2004. The four-day holiday, also known as the Feast of the Sacrifice, ...

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Why It's Islam vs Rest of the World

Sun, Feb 1, 2004 at 10:21:29 am PST

An excellent column from Tavleen Singh in India’s Sunday Express, on the pitiful whining and debilitating political correctness that marked discussions of Islam at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: Why it’s Islam vs rest of the world. (Hat tip: Camel Prophet.) There would be no problem with Islam, ...

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Religion of Deadly Stampedes

Sun, Feb 1, 2004 at 8:26:41 am PST

We saw this one coming; the annual stampede at the “stoning of Satan” ritual in Saudi Arabia has racked up one of the largest death counts ever: 244 Muslim Pilgrims Die in Hajj Stampede. MINA, Saudi Arabia - Nearly 250 Muslim worshipers died in a hajj stampede Sunday during the ...

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Saturday, January 31, 2004

French Shari'a Watch

Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 10:06:02 pm PST

This year the Paris suburb of Evry will televise the mass ritual sacrifice of sheep for the Muslim Eid festival: Paris Suburb to Televise Slaughter of Sheep. (Hat tip: Hulugu.) PARIS, 31 January 2004 — The Paris suburb of Evry, which has one of France’s largest Muslim populations, has decided ...

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