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LGF Archives: April 2006

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Jihad Watch Answers the Nuthouse

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 9:31:20 pm PDT

Here’s a must-read at Jihad Watch, as Robert Spencer goes on the record with answers to some of the absurd, libelous, and knowingly false charges his attackers fling at him: A trip to the nuthouse.

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Sunday Night Beach

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 6:47:16 pm PDT

And always on the horizon, the supertankers:

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad apparently has a web site: President News. (Hat tip: Wisenheimer.) (Whois lookups on all the usual suspects did not reveal the owner of this domain.) UPDATE at 4/30/06 6:37:00 pm: Using Mac OS X Terminal, the ‘dig’ command reveals that the ‘A’ record for this domain is indeed located ...

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Tags: Iran, Internet, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Islamic Snuff Movies Top Pakistan Charts

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 5:13:19 pm PDT

Islamic snuff films are big sellers in Pakistan, and the radical Islamic propaganda factories are churning them out as fast as they can: Pakistani jihadi videos thrive on execution scenes. ISLAMABAD, April 30 (Reuters) - The movie salesman was selling jihad to the converted. The buyers thronging his stall on the sidelines ...

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Tags: Islam, Pakistan, RoP, Beheading, Snuff Film

AP Confuses Iran with Israel

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 4:55:09 pm PDT

Looks like the Associated Press Acme Headline Generator® is on the fritz again: Bahrain Sees Ties With Iran Eventually. PALM BEACH, Fla. - Though Bahrain has no diplomatic relationship with Israel, such ties could be possible after Israel and the Palestinians work out a final peace agreement, the Persian Gulf country’s ...

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Tags: Israel, Iran, MSM, Bahrain

Of a Fire in a Field

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 4:27:18 pm PDT

Here’s a beautiful piece by Gerard Vanderleun on the film United 93: Of a Fire in a Field.

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Tags: 9/11, American Digest, United 93

RoP Leader Attacks 6-Year Old

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 3:13:03 pm PDT

In a story that has outraged Morocco, a six-year old girl at an Islamic school accidentally stepped on the imam’s prayer rug—who then finished his prayer, stood up, and savagely beat the little girl. Here’s a translation of the story: Tetouan: a imam attacks a young girl. (Hat tip: TheReligionofPeace.com.) ...

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Tags: Islam, Child Abuse, Morocco

Swedish Muslims Present Long List of Demands

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 9:16:59 am PDT

On Friday we had a post about the largest Muslim group in Sweden and their demands that the Swedish government institute shari’a law. But the article we quoted only scratched the surface of this story; the full list of demands has been translated from Swedish and posted here, and it’s ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Shari'a, Sweden

White House Correspondents Dinner

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 9:08:07 am PDT

Hot Air has clips from last night’s White House correspondents dinner; Allahpundit says Stephen Colbert bombed. (Angry lefties think he was brilliant, of course.)

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Tags: President Bush, White House, Media Elites

Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Neighbors Have Her Evicted

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 8:39:58 am PDT

Peaktalk reports that courageous Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who lives under an Islamic death sentence, will be evicted from her apartment after her neighbors sued the Dutch government to have her removed. They’re scared of the Religion of Peace™. Hirsi Ali, the hunted. The plaintiffs are quite happy with the ruling: “We ...

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Tags: RoP, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Netherlands

No Welfare for Burqas

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 8:32:21 am PDT

A Dutch citizen of Moroccan descent has more common sense than most multiculturally self-blinded Dutch officials: Amsterdam Mulls Axing Dole for Women in Burqas. An official in Holland’s biggest city wants to introduce legislation that would ban unemployed women who wear a burqa from receiving welfare payments if it prevents them ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Shari'a, Burqa, Netherlands, Leftist, Dole, Welfare

Newsweek Deferentially Interviews Muqtada Al-Sadr

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 8:18:51 am PDT

Newsweek shows their impartiality again, by interviewing Shi’ite nutjob Muqtada al-Sadr, and treating him with the same respect they would show to, say, someone like Kofi Annan: Interview: Iraqi’s al-Sadr on the Occupation. (Hat tip: Uncle Bubba.) (Instead of “Kofi Annan,” I was going to write “someone like President Bush,” but ...

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Tags: Muqtada Al-Sadr, MSM, Newsweek

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Saturday Night Fence

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 8:43:19 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Fence

John McCain Said What

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 7:00:44 pm PDT

If you can believe this, the EU and the US strike different tones on Iran. Kinda like B flat and E. As different as tones can be. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union struck different tones on Saturday on how to respond to Iran’s nuclear defiance while insisting ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, US, EU, John McCain, Brussels

Steyn: Celebrate Tolerance, or You're Dead

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 6:47:19 pm PDT

Mark Steyn on “globalism,” as practiced by the RoP: Celebrate tolerance, or you’re dead. Over in Sweden, they’ve been investigating the Grand Mosque of Stockholm. Apparently, it’s the one-stop shop for all your jihad needs: you can buy audio cassettes at the mosque encouraging you to become a martyr and sally ...

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Tags: Dhimmitude, Mark Steyn, Multiculturalism

Moronic Convergence Draws Thousands of Moonbats

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 5:13:40 pm PDT

The angry left threw another big tantrum in Manhattan today, just a few miles away from Ground Zero: Iraq Protest Draws Tens Of Thousands. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) The usual clowns performed. Organizers claimed 300,000 people turned out for the protest, but the New York Police Department told CBSNews.com the actual number was ...

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Tags: Anti-war, Demonstration, Moonbat, Manhattan

VDH: Our Orphaned Middle East Policy

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 3:23:51 pm PDT

Victor Davis Hanson takes stock of Our Orphaned Middle East Policy. It is common now to hear of an American Middle East policy in shambles. And why not, given the daily mayhem that is televised from the West Bank, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and the overt threats of Iranian President Ahmadinej(ih)ad? Somewhere in ...

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Tags: Iraq, Victor Davis Hanson, VDH

Iran's Terror Plan: "Judgment Day"

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 9:37:49 am PDT

From Arab daily Asharq Alawsat: Iran’s Secret Plan if Attacked by US Codenamed “Judgement Day”. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Eight fundamentalist Islamist organizations have received large sums of money in the last month from the Iranian intelligence services, as part of a project to strike U.S military and ...

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Tags: Iran, Terrorism, Judgment Day

Socially Conscious and Seminude

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 8:39:49 am PDT

LGF operative zombie’s latest photo essay from the wilds of UC Berkeley uncovers the ‘Naked’ Anti-Sweatshop Protest. But sadly, it’s totally work-safe.

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Tags: UC Berkeley, Zombie

Oakland Muslim Leader Jailed for Attempted Murder

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 8:27:40 am PDT

Meanwhile in local RoP news (Nation of Islam branch), an Oakland Black Muslim leader, free on bail after smashing up “immoral” liquor stores, has been arrested for running down a bouncer who threw him out of a strip club: Black Muslim leader held in strip club dustup. (Hat tip: Chicken ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Nation Of Islam, Yusuf Bey, Oakland

"Everything Could Explode at Any Moment"

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 8:14:37 am PDT

Michael J. Totten visits the Lebanon-Israel border, where everything could explode at any moment as Iran has set up a sophisticated surveillance network to identify targets in Israel.

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Tags: Iran, Michael J. Totten, Hizballah, Lebanon

Too Much Hate is Bad for Your Mental Health

Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 8:02:49 am PDT

Over at the British radical Islamic forum ummah.com, we find Juan Cole posting under a pseudonym: Our Forum Is Invaded By Criminal Zionistisraeli Propagandists Now. worldp Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Religion: islam Posts: 96 Points: 147 Rep Power: 2 Our Forum Is Invaded By Criminal Zionistisraeli Propagandists Now Enough Is Enough Our Muslim Forum Is Full Of ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Ummah.com

Friday, April 28, 2006

Blue in Green

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 8:10:29 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Water

United 93, Topic One

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 7:50:04 pm PDT

Did you see United 93 today? I haven’t seen it yet, but here’s a topic to discuss the film...

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Tags: 9/11, United 93

Hosting Matters Attacked, Round Two

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 6:00:12 pm PDT

Another DoS attack on Hosting Matters: Round Two - Hosting Matters Emergency Support Forum. We are seeing another round of attacks after changing the IPs on the target server. This is an indication that the target from earlier either was not the primary target or was a byproduct of the original ...

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Tags: Internet, Hosting Matters, DoS Attack

PJ Media: Blog Week in Review

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 5:24:36 pm PDT

The new edition of Blog Week in Review features Tammy Bruce, Michael Ledeen, and Eric Umansky riffing on the week’s hot topics in a lively discussion moderated by Austin Bay and produced by Ed Driscoll. [Audio]

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Tags: Pajamas Media, Podcast, Blog Week In Review

Iran Reveals Details of Nuclear Enrichment Plans

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 4:48:14 pm PDT

From MEMRI TV, Iranian Nuclear Energy Organization chief Gholam-Reza Aghazadeh reveals details about Iran’s Manhattan Project, on Iranian state-controlled television. [Video] Aghazadeh: In the early stages of our work we realized that our centrifuges had many malfunctions. We could not determine the reason, because there were no references or books we could ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, MEMRI TV, Manhattan Project

Our Friends in Bahrain

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 4:36:03 pm PDT

An unidentified Bahraini youth holds up a picture of Osama bin Laden during a rally Friday, April 28, 2006, in Muharraq, Bahrain. About 200 people, including many children, turned out for the demonstration demanding U.S. troops leave Iraq, showing support for bin Laden and for the new Hamas government in ...

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Tags: Hamas, Osama Bin Laden, Bahrain, Sunni

Nuclear Watchdog Barks, Doesn't Bite

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:23:16 am PDT

After who knows how many millions of dollars, and who knows how much wasted time, the UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog agency has released their report on Iran, telling us what any human being with at least one functioning synapse has known for years: Iran ‘fails to heed nuclear call’. Iran ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, ElBaradei

Muslim Groups Will March with Illegals

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 9:57:42 am PDT

Joining illegal immigrants in their march on May 1: radical Islamic front groups the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), the Muslim Students Association (MSA), the Muslim American Society (MAS), and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): CAIR are now in the mix- will march with illegals. (Hat tip: Fjordman.) Los Angeles, ...

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Tags: MSA, Radical Islam, CAIR, MPAC, MAS, International Worker's Day Immigration March

Hosting Matters Attacked

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 8:38:39 am PDT

I’ve received quite a few emails this morning from people having trouble getting to blogs like Power Line and Captain’s Quarters. The reason for the problem: Hosting Matters is experiencing a Denial of Service attack. They’re working to block it now. More info on DoS attacks: Wikipedia: Denial-of-service attack. UPDATE at 4/28/06 8:43:47 ...

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Tags: Denial Of Service, Hosting Matters, Attack

Swedish Muslims Demand Shari'a

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 8:13:13 am PDT

The largest Muslim front group in Sweden has demanded that Sweden institute shari’a law. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Sweden’s largest Muslim organisation has demanded that Sweden introduce separate laws for Muslims, according to Swedish television. Sweden’s equality minister Jens Orback called the proposals “completely unacceptable”. The Swedish Muslim Association, which represents around ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Shari'a, Sweden

Chirac Urges World Bank to Pay Hamas

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 7:58:41 am PDT

The only real question about Europe funding Hamas was who would blink first; would Hamas issue a token denunciation of violence in order to get the cash flowing, or would the Europeans simply cave in and start paying again without any concessions from Hamas? The answer: the latter. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) France ...

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Tags: France, Hamas, Terrorism, Chirac, World Bank

Iran Elected to UN Disarmament Commission, Denounces Israel

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 7:47:21 am PDT

In another act of outrageous UN hypocrisy, Iran has been elected as a vice-chair to the United Nations Disarmament Commission, the organization that is supposed to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. (We originally reported this on April 14.) Today, even as they continued to mock and defy the IAEA, Iran ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, UN Commission On Disarmament

Ahmadinejad: "Useless Resolutions"

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 7:39:16 am PDT

Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a very accurate view of the United Nations: Iran ‘Won’t Give a Damn’ About Resolution. VIENNA, Austria - Iran “won’t give a damn” about any U.N. resolutions concerning its nuclear program, its president said Friday, hours before an expected finding that Tehran has failed to meet ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, UN Commission On Disarmament

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Aussie Terror Suspect Threatens to "Chop Up" PM

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 8:37:44 pm PDT

I’d chop up PM, claims ‘terrorist’. AUSTRALIA’S most wanted terror suspect, Saleh Jamal, has pledged loyalty to Osama bin Laden and threatened to “chop up” John Howard as Lebanese authorities prepare to deport him as early as May 8. Jamal’s firebrand comments come before his imminent rearrest by Australian police, who will ...

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Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Australia, Saleh Jamal, Lakemba

Thursday Night Fence

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 8:04:25 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Fence

Death Cult Exhibit in Beirut

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 6:26:27 pm PDT

I thought the previous post showed some pretty loathsome abuse of children. But then, for some reason, I thought about browsing Getty Images (where you can often find those photos that media has decided you don’t need to see) for pictures of the exhibits in Beirut around the “Qana Massacre” festival. Again, ...

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Tags: Israel, Terrorism, Hizballah, Child Abuse, Lebanon, Qana

Hizballah Child Abuse

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 5:53:03 pm PDT

A Lebanese Muslim Shiite child carries an effigy of the Star of David with the head of the skeleton of an Israeli soldier where a Lebanese flag and a Hezbollah flag were inserted during a rally marking the 10th anniversary of what is known in Lebanon as the ‘Qana massacre,’ ...

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Tags: Israel, Terrorism, Hizballah, Child Abuse, Lebanon, Qana

Wacademic Petition to Support "The Israel Lobby"

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 5:44:05 pm PDT

Anti-Israel wacademic Juan Cole (lgf: search) has put up a petition to support the Walt-Mearsheimer paper The Israel Lobby. He’s a big fan of the paper, if you hadn’t already guessed. Here’s where you can read the signatures, and even leave a note of your own to show how much you ...

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Juan Cole, Wacademia, Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer

Iran Threatens to Attack Worldwide US Interests

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 2:31:11 pm PDT

Demonstrating once again their commitment to developing nuclear power only for peaceful uses, the mullahs threaten US targets ‘in every possible part of the world’. Iran intensified its war of words with America yesterday, threatening to retaliate against US interests across the world if attacked over its controversial nuclear programme. Iran’s supreme ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Protocols of the Elders of the Independent

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 10:58:36 am PDT

The Independent features an article by the always incoherent Robert Fisk, with a cover illustration straight out of Der Stuermer: Harry’s Place: “I’m not a racist, but...” (Follow the link to Harry’s Place for examples of similar illustrations, showing the image’s long antisemitic pedigree.)

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Tags: Antisemitism, Robert Fisk, The Independent

United 93: The Filmmakers Got It Right

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 10:09:11 am PDT

David Beamer, whose son Todd was one of the courageous passengers who tried to wrest control of Flight 93 from its Islamic hijackers, has an eloquent piece in today’s OpinionJournal: United 93: The filmmakers got it right. There are those who question the timing of this project and the painful memories ...

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Tags: 9/11, United 93, David Beamer, Todd Beamer

Sweden Cozies Up to Hamas

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 9:27:57 am PDT

Sweden has issued visas to Hamas. Swedish Ambassador to Israel, Robert Rydberg was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday to explain his government’s decision to give visas to Hamas members to enter Sweden. Director-General of the Foreign Ministry Ron Prossor said that Stockholm’s decision effectively legitimizes terrorism, and that one cannot ...

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Tags: Hamas, Dhimmitude, Sweden

Penn State Reverses Censorship

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 9:14:24 am PDT

Penn State University’s president has reversed the decision of the School of Visual Arts director Charles Garoian to censor an art exhibit criticizing Palestinian terrorism: Penn State President Blocks Art Censorship. (Hat tip: Doss.) And I’m quite certain the only reason they did so was because of the harsh light ...

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Tags: MSA, Terrorism, Art, Wacademia, Penn State University

Outrage of the Day: Universal's "Root Causes"

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 8:47:08 am PDT

Universal Studios has put up a companion site to the homepage for United 93 that you are not going to believe: Why Do They Hate America? (Hat tip: Hot Air.) Over the decades, with no clear identification with an empire, fundamentalism grew up within Islam with jihad as a focal point. ...

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Tags: 9/11, Moonbats, Multiculturalism, United 93

Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 8:40:40 am PDT

It’s lights out for two cars full of terrorists and rockets in Gaza: Palestinian Killed in Israeli Airstrike. DEIR EL-BALAH, Gaza Strip - Israeli aircraft fired missiles at two cars in Gaza packed with rockets on Thursday, killing one Islamic Jihad militant and critically wounding another, the Israeli army and Palestinian ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Islamic Jihad, Car Swarm, Gaza

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Wednesday Night Beach

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 9:08:33 pm PDT

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Coast Guard Allows Islamic Headgear

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 7:10:57 pm PDT

According to this AP report, the Coast Guard is now going to allow Islamic head coverings in identification photographs: Coast Guard drops ban on religious headgear in photos. (Hat tip: Sugiero.) NEW YORK—Plaintiffs’ lawyers say the Coast Guard has abandoned a rule requiring anyone seeking a merchant marine license to submit ...

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Tags: Islam, Hijab, ACLU, Coast Guard

AP: Always Look on the Bright Side

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 6:16:26 pm PDT

Associated Press writer Lauren Frayer says the latest Al Qaeda video shows the lighter, non-decapitating side of Zarqawi. CAIRO, Egypt - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s new video marks a shift by the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq toward a less radical image, one that might appeal to the Iraqi insurgency more than ...

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Tags: Iraq, Al Qaeda, AP, Bias, Zarqawi

Photos from Anti-Israel Demo in Milan

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 2:20:51 pm PDT

Enzo at hiddentruths has photographs from the anarcho-communist demonstration in Milan, April 25, 2006: hiddentruths: Le Due Italie Del 25 Aprile.

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Italy, Romano Prodi

Hamas Foreign Minister 'Loses' $450K

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 1:22:32 pm PDT

A cool $450,000 in cash, “stolen” from Mahmoud al-Zahar’s hotel room in Kuwait. Uh huh. What? You mean, all foreign ministers don’t travel around with a half million bucks in their baggage? $450,000 said stolen from PA foreign minister during visit to Kuwait. Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar has had $450,000 stolen from ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, Theft

Swedish Dhimmitude Watch

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 1:05:09 pm PDT

What can you even say any more? Sweden Pulls Out of Military Exercises Because of Israel. (Hat tip: Pooh.) Sweden has withdrawn from European military exercises due to be held next month in Italy because of Israel’s participation, Swedish foreign ministry and military officials said on April 26. The Spring Flag air ...

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Sweden, Spring Flag

Anti-Israel Demonstration at Milan Liberation Day

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:32:14 am PDT

The Jerusalem Post has a very sketchy AP report on anti-Israel demonstrations in Milan, Italy, at a march commemorating Italy’s liberation from fascism. (Hat tip: Bloodthirsty Liberal.) The Vatican newspaper on Wednesday called the trampling and burning of Israeli flags during a march in Milan a “disgusting” offense to all Jews. The ...

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Italy, Romano Prodi

Abu Mazen Says...

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:45:34 am PDT

Abbas: Hamas No Obstacle to Conference. OSLO, Norway - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday proposed an international conference to jump-start stalled peace talks with Israel, and he said the election of a Hamas government, sworn to Israel’s destruction, was no obstacle.

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen, Oslo

Outrage of the Day

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:22:18 am PDT

Just when you think the UN has hit bottom they break out the serious excavation equipment, as Anne Bayefsky points out the recipient of the United Nations’ “Champion of the Earth” award—the spokesperson for the Iranian hostage-takers during the 1979 US embassy crisis: What a Champ! The United Nations Environment Programme ...

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Tags: Iran, United Nations, Anne Bayefsky, Massoumeh Ebtekar

Daily Kos Nutroots Manifesto Stiffs

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 9:10:57 am PDT

According to Drudge Report (based on Nielsen Bookscan figures) Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga’s magnum opus, the turgid, unreadable work of progressive sci-fi Crashing the Gate, has sold a whopping 3,630 copies. (Hat tip: Chris.) Left-leaning new media has hit turbulence at the marketplace, newly released stats show. A book hyped by ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Crashing The Gate, Netroots, Markos, Air America, Nutroots

More RoP Bombings in Egypt

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 8:52:29 am PDT

When they rounded up the usual suspects, Egyptian security forces must have missed a few of the terrorists responsible for the attack at Dahab—because today there’s been another string of bombings: Sinai hit by fresh bomb attacks. Two suicide bombers attacked security personnel and foreign peacekeepers in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, but ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Egypt, Dahab

U of C Shows Cartoons, Muslim Students Show Suicide Bomb Film

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 8:38:20 am PDT

The Objectivist Club at the University of Chicago held another event to show and discuss the Danish Mohammed cartoons last night: U.S. media response to cartoons skewered. (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) The Chicago Tribune informs us that Muslim students who were invited to the event decided not to attend, and watched ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Danish Cartoons, Cartoon Jihad, University Of Chicago, Paradise Now

Conspiracy Theorist Reviews "United 93"

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 8:24:06 am PDT

Here’s the first review of United 93 by a conspiracy lunatic, apparently a fairly well-known film critic with more than a few screws loose: reviews: United 93. (Hat tip: world b. free.) “United 93” is an odd film by any standard. Filmmaker Paul Greengrass (notable for his terrific 2002 docudrama “Bloody ...

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Tags: Moonbats, United 93, Film Review

MSU Professor Prompts MSA Seething

Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 7:42:46 am PDT

A professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University has gotten on the hit lists of radical Islamic front group CAIR and Wahhabi front group MSA, after sending a ham-fisted email in disgust at MSA Cartoon Jihad demonstrations: MSU prof’s e-mail outrages Muslims. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) An Islamic student group ...

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Tags: MSA, Islam, CAIR, Cartoon Jihad, MSU

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

The Headscarf Jihad

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 8:56:57 pm PDT

The Islamic headscarf is a powerful symbol to radical Islamic front groups; witness the lengths to which CAIR will go to push the envelope on this issue: Scarf pulled off by cops, Muslims say. Dozens of area Muslims have placed protest calls to Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder demanding that charges ...

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The San Diego Reconquista Gathering

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 8:51:20 pm PDT

At Free Republic, photos from the San Diego Reconquista Gathering.

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Tags: San Diego, Reconquista

Iranian Official with a Green Card

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 8:34:59 pm PDT

From the “Asleep at the Wheel” files: Rice vows ‘action’ on Tehran aide with green card. (Hat tip: Ethel.) ATHENS — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed concern yesterday about the case of a high-ranking Iranian official who arrived last month in the United States on a green card and said ...

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Tuesday Night Beach

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 7:57:36 pm PDT

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Murderers Condemn Other Murderers

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 7:19:08 pm PDT

Tonight we have signs that the terror gangs are starting to wise up, issuing relatively quick condemnations of the Dahab atrocity: 30 Arrests Made in Egypt Resort Attack. Egypt must really need that tourism money. DAHAB, Egypt - Egyptian authorities, already struggling with elusive terror cells in the rugged Sinai Peninsula, moved ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Egypt, Dahar

Hamid Hayat Stuck in Lodi

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 6:39:35 pm PDT

Hamid Hayat, who lived in the agricultural town of Lodi in Central California, has been convicted of providing material support to terrorists by attending a jihad training camp in Pakistan, but the case against his father has deadlocked. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Lodi, Hamid Hayat

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 6:10:13 pm PDT

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, I thought of the potential of all those murdered people, many of them incredibly talented and intelligent, and what Europe—indeed, the whole world—might have been if the dark hatred had not washed over the continent and destroyed the futures of so many.

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Tags: Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Atom of Islam

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 6:02:07 pm PDT

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani speaks during an international conference on Iran’s Nuclear Policies and Prospects in Tehran. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Rafsanjani

Socialist Simian Silliness

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 5:00:47 pm PDT

Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero’s Socialist Party is working hard at advancing Spanish society to a state of true egalitarian utopia, by granting human rights to apes. Yes, really. (Hat tip: Barcepundit.) The Spanish Socialist Party will introduce a bill in the Congress of Deputies calling for “the immediate inclusion of (simians) ...

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Tags: Spain, Human Rights, Zapatero, Socialist Party, Apes

ICRC: Gitmo Not Too Bad

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 3:06:30 pm PDT

The International Committee of the Red Cross admits that the terrorists at Guantanamo Bay are not being brutally tortured by sadistic guards: Guantanamo conditions ‘improved’. (Hat tip: Aussiemagpie.) DETAINEES are being better treated at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, and the Red Cross is satisfied with its access to ...

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Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Al Qaeda, Gitmo, ICRC, Detainees

US Approves Second Dubai Deal

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 2:53:58 pm PDT

Dubai is about to take over a British firm that makes parts for US military aircraft and tanks, but oddly, this deal is going almost unnoticed. Tammy Bruce has the details: US Approves Second Dubai Deal.

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Tags: Dubai, Tammy Bruce, Doncasters

Frum: The Truth About Hamas - and Its Followers

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 2:48:00 pm PDT

Here’s an interesting piece by David Frum on the recent legal losses suffered by radical Islamic front group CAIR: The truth about Hamas - and its followers. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) Over the past two years, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Canadian affiliate, CAIR-Canada, have filed a series of ...

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Tags: Hamas, CAIR, David Frum

Zarqman's New Podcast

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 2:31:35 pm PDT

The Jawa Report has a good roundup of the blog buzz on the new video released by the Zarqman: New Video of Abu Musab al Zarqawi (Images/Video). You can watch the video, with the usual annoying jihad singing (nasheed), psychedelic visual effects, and explosion noises, at Bareknucklepolitics.com: Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Appears ...

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Tags: Iraq, Jihad, Video, Zarqawi

Tuesday Open Thread

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 9:29:37 am PDT

Here’s an open thread for a cloudy Tuesday...

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Egypt Arrests 10 Usual Suspects

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 8:45:54 am PDT

Acting with curious swiftness, Egyptian police have already arrested 10 people in connection with yesterday’s mass murder in the resort town of Dahab. And they assure the world that the attacks had no connection to Al Qaeda. Just some random Bedouins. You know, from the desert. With computer skills. DAHAB, Egypt ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Egypt, Dahar

The Incredibly Strange Training Session of the Palestinian Preventive Security Forces

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 8:31:27 am PDT

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Tags: Palestinian, Police, Weird, Training, Ring Of Fire

Palestinian Atrocity Thwarted

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 8:12:15 am PDT

Palestinians were apparently planning a mass murder for Holocaust Day: Officials: Holocaust Day attack foiled. (Hat tip: Ethel.) IDF soldiers detained Monday a terrorist planning to carry out a suicide bombing in Israel. The would-be bomber was nabbed near the community of Adam, north of Jerusalem, without his explosive belt, which ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Palestinian, Suicide Bomber, Foiled Attack

Iranian Hyperproliferation Threat

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 8:05:09 am PDT

Iran says they’re going to be the Islamic world’s one-stop nuclear shopping mart: Iran Ready to Transfer Nuclear Know-How. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s supreme leader said Tuesday that the country is ready to transfer its nuclear technology to other countries. Meanwhile, Tehran threatened to halt all cooperation with the U.N. atomic ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, ElBaradei

Reviewer: United 93 Should Have Included Terrorists' Relatives

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 7:56:29 am PDT

The multicultural mindset reaches its absurd dead end, unable to recognize either true heroism or true evil, in this unbelievably sick review of “United 93”. (Hat tip: fry.) All evidence suggests that the terrorists’ relatives were left entirely out of the creative process, an action which goes a way toward revealing ...

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Tags: 9/11, Moonbats, Multiculturalism, United 93

Abu Mazen Says...

Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 7:41:40 am PDT

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen, Civil War

Monday, April 24, 2006

Monday Night Red Tide

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 8:08:12 pm PDT

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

"We, the Palestinian People, Are in Favor of Iran Having a Nuclear Bomb"

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 6:53:31 pm PDT

From MEMRI TV, Palestinian terror gang representatives attend a rally in Damascus to show their support for Iran’s Manhattan Project: [Video] Anwar Raja, PFLP representative in Lebanon: The Muslim, Iranian, fighting people now possess nuclear capabilities. My brother, the Iranian representative sitting here, let me tell you that we, the Palestinian people, ...

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Tags: Islam, Iran, Palestinian, Nuclear Weapons

"Should Muslims Subscribe to Australian Values?"

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 6:10:52 pm PDT

The Sydney Morning Herald has an unusually frank piece on the efforts of Islamic supremacist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (lgf: search) to infiltrate and radicalize the Australian Islamic community, by Miranda Devine: Wolves in sheep’s clothing on an extremist Islamic mission. There is a new wave of sophisticated, articulate Islamic fundamentalists trying ...

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Tags: Hizb Ut-Tahrir, Australia

A Neo-Nazi Reverts

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 5:57:42 pm PDT

Here’s the story of David Myatt, a British former neo-Nazi who found his calling in Islam: What the neo-Nazi fanatic did next: switched to Islam. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) A NEO-NAZI whose ideas were said to be the inspiration for the man who let off a nail bomb in Central London ...

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Tags: Islam, Britain, Nazi

Islamic Intimidation Works in Cologne

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 5:01:53 pm PDT

As almost anyone could have predicted, the submission of the West to Islamic demands over the Danish Mohammed cartoons is prompting more aggressive behavior: German brothel made to remove S.Arabia, Iran flags. BERLIN (Reuters) - A brothel in Cologne was forced to black out the flags of Saudi Arabia and Iran ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Germany, Cologne

Egyptian Analyst: "It's the Mossad"

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 2:39:44 pm PDT

The rubble is still smoking, and the Egyptian “analysts” are already starting up with the conspiracy theories—on Al Jazeera, of course: Egyptian analyst: Can’t rule out that Mossad was involved in attack. Retired General Salah al-Din Salim, an Egyptian researcher at the Strategic Studies Institute in Cairo, said that it could ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Egypt, Dahar, Conspiracy Theories

Islamic Thinkers Society at Israeli Embassy

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 1:46:18 pm PDT

From The NEFA Foundation, here’s video of the Islamic Thinkers Society demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Manhattan on April 20, 2006 (following the horrific suicide bombing in Tel Aviv on April 17), chanting, “Israeli Zionists You shall pay! The Wrath of Allah is on its way! The mushroom cloud ...

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Tags: Hate Speech, Islamic Thinkers, NEFA

Egyptian Resort Attack Update

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 12:54:49 pm PDT

Blasts Kill 18 in Egyptian Resort City. CAIRO, Egypt - Three explosions rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab at the height of the tourist season Monday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 150 at just one hotel, according to the doctor in charge of the Sinai peninsula ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Egypt, Dahar

Breaking: Explosions in Egyptian Resort Town

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 10:58:58 am PDT

Blasts Strike Egypt Resort Town. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Three explosions have been heard in the Egyptian resort town of Dahab, according to the Reuters news agency. A witness said he heard the blasts and saw smoke in a tourist bazaar area. “There is smoke coming from the area and there are ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Egypt, Dahar

Congress Seeks to Expand DMCA

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 10:24:46 am PDT

LGF reader Mike P. draws my attention to this article on a Congressional attempt to greatly expand the powers of the already highly invasive, Big Brother-like Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Congress readies broad new digital copyright bill. The 24-page bill is a far-reaching medley of different proposals cobbled together. One would, ...

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Tags: DMCA, Congress, Big Brother

MSM Downgrades Osama from Terrorist to 'Dissident'

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 9:28:20 am PDT

George Orwell had nothing on today’s mainstream media, who now routinely refer to Osama bin Laden as a “Saudi dissident.” Here are two examples: Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden in an undisclosed place inside Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called on Muslim fighters to go to Sudan to wage war against ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Media Bias, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, MSM, Dissident

'Hot Air' Debuts

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 9:15:44 am PDT

Here’s a new podcasting network featuring Michelle Malkin, Allahpundit, and Junkyard Blog: Hot Air.

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'The Lobby' and 'The Protocols'

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 9:03:36 am PDT

At InContext, Lynn B compares the Stephen Walt-John Mearsheimer paper The Israel Lobby with infamous antisemitic forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and finds more than a few striking similarities: ‘The Lobby’ & ‘The Protocols’.

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, Protocols

Malaysia Demolishes Hindu Temple

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 8:40:59 am PDT

Islamic supremacism at work in “moderate” Malaysia: Malaysia demolishes century-old Hindu temple. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Malaysian authorities have demolished a century-old Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, bulldozing the building as devotees cried and begged them to stop, Hindu groups said today. The Malaimel Sri Selva Kaliamman Temple was reduced to rubble ...

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Tags: Islam, Malaysia, Hindu

Yale May Hire Juan Cole

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 8:26:22 am PDT

John Fund reports that Yale may be about to ditch former Taliban ambassador Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi—but in another almost unbelievable move, they’re considering hiring notorious anti-Israel wacademic Juan Cole: Cole Fire. In the next few days the university may hire Juan Cole, a history professor at the University of Michigan, to ...

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Tags: Juan Cole, Yale, Taliban, Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi

Editor & Publisher: Media Must Prevent Action Against Iran

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 8:07:38 am PDT

In the previous post, I wrote: A cynic might conclude that the media are shying away from reporting Ahmadinejad’s insanity because they want to avoid creating support for a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Once again we see that you can’t go wrong with an attitude of extreme cynicism about ...

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Tags: Israel, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Mainstream Media, Greg Mitchell

Ahmadinejad Raves, MSM Yawns

Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 7:34:49 am PDT

The mainstream media are at it again, concealing the true extent of another hate-filled speech by Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This AP story mentions his genocidal threats, but quotes only three sentences from a very long rant: Iran President: Israel Is a ‘Fake Regime’. And to the AP’s Nasser Karimi, threatening to ...

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Tags: Israel, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Belgium Awakening?

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 8:47:43 pm PDT

There were huge demonstrations tonight in Belgium, for a teenager stabbed to death by Muslim immigrants: Thousands march in Brussels in memory of teen. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More than 80,000 people marched in silence through Brussels on Sunday in memory of a teenager stabbed to death by two suspects of North ...

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Tags: Islam, Crime, Belgium, Immigrants

Ummah.com: The Bin Laden Fan Club

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 8:32:57 pm PDT

Osama bin Laden’s latest audio release has greatly excited the inmates of UK radical Islamic forum ummah.com: Osama Bin Laden! SomeAAChHH 04-23-2006 07:59 PM Osama Bin Laden Salam! Let’s talk about this man! —————————- slaveofalmajeed 04-23-2006 09:10 PM Re: Osama Bin Laden He is muslim, and he is a great man for challenging the kuffar when other muslims ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Ummah.com

Dershowitz: Face It - Iran Will Get the Bomb

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 6:34:24 pm PDT

You may disagree with Alan Dershowitz that the Iraq War was a mistake (I do), but his coldly realistic analysis of the Iran situation is convincing and disturbing: We can’t attack Iran. (Free registration required. Hat tip: Allah.) Face it. Iran will get the bomb. It has already test-fired rockets capable ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Alan Dershowitz, Spectator

Cycle of Violence: Blanket of Smug

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 5:26:19 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 41.04 miles, bringing the total for the weekend to 95.24 miles. It rained a bit last night and the weather today was excellent, with air about as fresh and clean as Los Angeles ever gets. But this was the Day of the Oblivious, with an amazing number of ...

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Tags: Cycle Of Violence, Cycling, Exercise, Fitness

Penn State's MSA Invited Neo-Nazi

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 5:07:33 pm PDT

As we noted yesterday, Pennsylvania State University has shut down Jewish student Joshua Stulman’s art exhibit about the effects of Palestinian terrorism, saying it “did not promote cultural diversity or opportunities for democratic dialogue.” It should be pointed out that in 2003, Penn State paid for the Muslim Student Association (MSA) ...

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Tags: MSA, Terrorism, Art, Wacademia, Penn State University

AP Notices "Protocols"

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 3:46:14 pm PDT

The Associated Press actually has a story about antisemitic forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, although they don’t point out that the book is most popular in Islamic countries: Century-Old Nazi Propaganda Still in Use. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) WASHINGTON - A century-old forgery used to justify ill-treatment of Jews ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Associated Press, Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion

Sunday Open Thread

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 9:53:53 am PDT

Here we have an open thread for a Sunday morning...

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Palestinian Civil War Watch

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 9:45:34 am PDT

Hamas guards open fire on Fatah supporters in Gaza. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three people were wounded after guards loyal to the governing Hamas movement opened fire on supporters of the former ruling Fatah faction at the Palestinian health ministry, police said. One of the victims was critically hurt after being shot ...

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Tags: Hamas, Palestinian, Fatah, Civil War

Kerry's Glad McCarthy Leaked

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 9:43:48 am PDT

Are we ever lucky that this fool isn’t our President: “I’m glad she told the truth.” "I’m glad she told the truth but she’s going to obviously — if she did it, if she did it, suffer the consequences of breaking the law,’ John F. Kerry explained to ABC THIS WEEK. ...

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Tags: Moonbats, John F. Kerry

Ahmadinejad Plotting with Mugniyeh

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 9:26:50 am PDT

The Times of London reports that Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has joined forces with one of the world’s most accomplished terrorists, Imad Mugniyeh: Plot for revenge attacks on West. (Hat tip: Allah.) IRAN’S president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, attended a meeting in Syria earlier this year with one of the world’s most ...

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Tags: Iran, Terrorism, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Imad Mugniyeh

Abu Mazen Says...

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 9:05:58 am PDT

Maybe “the people” should have considered this before they voted overwhelmingly to install a terrorist government.

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen

Bin Laden Joins the Cartoon Jihad

Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 8:48:20 am PDT

Bin Laden (or an Osama sock puppet) is back on Al Jazeera (their motto: always first with press releases from the global jihad!), and he’s still completely misunderstanding the peaceful nature of Islam: Bin Laden says West waging war on Islam. And yes, the [Popup] make a special appearance. DUBAI (Reuters) - ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Cartoon Jihad, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Saturday Night Masts

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 9:03:13 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Mast

We Got Mail!

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 7:39:05 pm PDT

Tonight’s email message of love and peace is from Hyderabad, India. Using a Hotmail address (of course), an admirer going by the name of “Yasrab” sent the following note, about our [Popup]: plz remove these cartoons. ALLAH will never forget u Yes. Well. When you go to the great beyond, Yasrab, Allah ...

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Tags: Hate Mail, We Got Mail

Cycle of Violence: Winds of Gramsci

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 7:00:57 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 54.20 miles, on a day that started out threatening to rain but got over it and turned into a great day for riding—partly cloudy, not too warm, not too cold. A bit windy, but not quite in the fascist zone; you might call it a Gramscian wind instead, ...

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Tags: Cycle Of Violence, Cycling, Exercise, Fitness

Let's Play Connect the Dots

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 5:55:41 pm PDT

Let’s connect some dots in the Mary McCarthy CIA leak tale, shall we? (Hat tip: WordWarp). Mary McCarthy leaks the secret CIA prisons story to Dana Priest, in what may have been a sting operation. Mary McCarthy and Joe Wilson served at the NSC together at the same time, both with African ...

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Tags: CIA, Mary McCarthy, Leak, Joe Wilson

Penn State Shuts Down Art Exhibit on Palestinian Terrorism

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 4:27:09 pm PDT

Here’s another outrageous example of one-sided campus censorship, at Penn State University, where a student’s art show focusing on Palestinian terrorism and indoctrination of children has been shut down by the school: PSU censors exhibit. (Hat tip: Terp Mole.) For Penn State student Josh Stulman, years of hard work ended in ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Art, Wacademia, Penn State University

Palestinian Civil War Watch

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 3:18:36 pm PDT

Fatah, Hamas members throw firebombs at each other. Groups of Fatah and Hamas members shot at and hurled firebombs at each other on Saturday after Hamas’s political leader abroad Khaled Mashaal accused Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of being a “traitor.” Three people were wounded in the clashes, which began with stone ...

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Tags: Hamas, Palestinian, Fatah, Civil War

Saturday Morning Open

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 9:55:14 am PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Bay

A Pulitzer for a False Story

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 8:53:39 am PDT

Washington Post journalist Dana Priest won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the “CIA secret prisons” story; in this interview the “prisons” are described as “gulags” and Priest seems to have no problem with it: Dana Priest on secret gulags, CIA and war. (Hat tip: Doss.) Now that an EU ...

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Tags: CIA, Dana Priest, Pulitzer, Secret Prisons

EU Not Concerned Money Goes to Palestinian Terrorism

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 8:48:41 am PDT

Former European Union MP Ilka Schroeder gives us an insider’s view on the EU’s support for Palestinian terrorism: Georgetown visiting prof starting center on anti-Semitism in Germany. (Hat tip: Moi Aussi.) In the ensuing months, after published reports revealed that the P.A. was directing E.U. financial aid toward the financing of ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Palestinian, European Union, Ilka Schroeder

LA Times Infested with Sock Puppets

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 8:16:32 am PDT

Patterico busts another LA Times sock puppet: On Commenter Masha, Commenting from . . . You’ll Never Guess! This is getting ridiculous. UPDATE at 4/22/06 8:24:54 am: Also see Cathy Seipp’s piece at NRO about disgraced LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik: Blog Buffoonery.

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Tags: Los Angeles Times, Hitzik, Patterico, Sock Puppet

Playing Politics with National Security

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 8:14:03 am PDT

Flopping Aces has a great round-up of what’s known so far about the CIA leaker fired yesterday, and her numerous connections to Sandy Berger, Richard Clarke, Anthony Zinni, Wesley Clark, and a host of other anti-Bush folks: The Democrat Mole In The CIA Fired.

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Moonbats Suddenly Concerned About US Copyright

Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 8:04:08 am PDT

One of the moonbats who participated in the disgraceful demonstration at UC Santa Cruz (whose friends are now engaged in other lovely pursuits, such as publishing personal information about “right-wing” bloggers in an attempt to intimidate them) contacted me this morning, demanding that I remove one of his photos from ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Indymedia, Copyright, Photo

Friday, April 21, 2006

Friday Night Beach

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 8:01:51 pm PDT

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

FBI Says Two Georgia Muslims Plotted Terrorism

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 6:27:40 pm PDT

Details are emerging about the Georgia Tech student and an associate arrested by the FBI in March: FBI Says 2 in Ga. Plotted Terrorism. ATLANTA - A 21-year-old Georgia Tech student and another man traveled to Canada to meet with Islamic extremists to discuss “strategic locations in the United States suitable ...

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Tags: Islam, Georgia, FBI, Terror Plot

Iowahawk: I Hate Email

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 6:13:47 pm PDT

The Zarkman is back, he’s getting too much email (I can sympathize), and he’s seething at his acolytes again: I Hate Email. Iowahawk Guest Commentary by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Senior VP, Al-Qaeda In Iraq Word up whitebread, how you livin’? Yeah, I been gettin’ all your email haterade. All y’all infidels be texting and emailing, ...

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Tags: Parody, Iowahawk, Zarqawi

RoP: "The Mushroom Cloud is On Its Way!"

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 4:00:36 pm PDT

Demonstrating outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan to gloat over the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, the Queens-based radical group calling itself the Islamic Thinkers Society (lgf: search) chanted genocidal slogans and threats of nuclear holocaust: Islamists’ message to Israel at New York City rally: “The mushroom cloud is on ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Israel, RoP, Religion Of Peace, Manhattan, Islamic Thinkers Society, Al Muhajiroun

Shackle-Breaking in the UK

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 2:59:38 pm PDT

Scott Burgess brings to light another appalling incident of heinous racism in the UK. All those involved in this sorry mess have apologized, of course, but the story stands as a warning to any other racists contemplating similar atrocities: Bristol Result: Empowered Shackle-Breaking Community 1, Racism 0. Another victory in the ...

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Tags: Daily Ablution, Scott Burgess, Multiculturalism

EU Finds No Evidence of Illegal CIA Action

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 2:08:47 pm PDT

Remember those secret renditions of terror suspects and secret CIA prisons that concerned the European Union so much that they launched investigations? Well, they apparently don’t exist. EU official: No evidence of illegal CIA action. (Hat tip: efuseakay.) BRUSSELS — Investigations into reports that US agents shipped prisoners through European airports to ...

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Tags: European Union, CIA, Covert

Apartheid Hamas

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 1:55:05 pm PDT

The Hamas charter is quite clear about their intent to establish an Islamic state ruled by shari’a law, and one of the steps toward this goal is the eradication of Christian organizations—like the YMCA: Hamas seeks closure of Kalkilya YMCA. Islamic religious leaders in this city have signed a petition calling ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Hamas, YMCA, Islamism

A Fifth Column in the Prisons?

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 1:46:38 pm PDT

At City Journal, Paul Howard looks at the disturbing presence of radical Islamic ideology in US prisons: A Fifth Column in the Prisons? Last April, according to the New York Post, Gotham’s top jails chaplain, Imam Umar Abdul Jalil, told a Muslim student conference in Tucson that Muslims were undergoing torture ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Prison, Chaplain

ABC Plays Along with Hamas

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:42:57 am PDT

ABC News warns that if we don’t give Hamas money, they might get violent: Does Hamas Face Collapse? (Hat tip: Allah.) Subtitled: “Lack of Funds and Support May Force Hamas to Return to Violent Ways.”

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Tags: Moonbats, Hamas, ABC News, Funding

Islamic Terrorists Targeting Private Planes

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:20:19 am PDT

The TSA has issued a warning to owners of private aircraft: Extremists may target private US planes: TSA. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Transportation Security Administration has warned aircraft owners and airport managers that Muslim extremists may be targeting private American jets and urged them to boost security. “On April 13, 2006, a ...

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Tags: Islam, Terrorism, TSA, Warning, Aircraft

Tony Judt Defends Walt/Mearsheimer

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 10:07:37 am PDT

The New York Times does it again, and this one’s a doozy. To reassure the world that the Stephen Walt/John Mearsheimer article The Israel Lobby is not antisemitic, the New York Times calls on New York University history professor Tony Judt—last seen at LGF when he published an article calling for ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, New York Times, Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, Tony Judt

Pipes: CAIR Backs Down from Anti-CAIR

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 9:13:10 am PDT

As we noted in March, Islamist front group the Council on American-Islamic Relations has withdrawn their lawsuit against Anti-CAIR, after Anti-CAIR’s lawyers filed a request for discovery that would have forced CAIR to reveal things they obviously didn’t want to reveal. Daniel Pipes has more details on the suit and ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, CAIR, Propaganda, Lawsuit, Anti-CAIR, Whitehead

Palestinian Puppet President Confronts Hamas

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 8:58:34 am PDT

In the world’s most inept, transparent game of good cop/bad cop, Abu Mazen issues a statement canceling the Hamas appointment of a terrorist murderer as head of a new “security force:” Abbas Nixes Hamas Security-Force Plans. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - In their sharpest power dispute yet, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen

PJ Media: Blog Week in Review

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 8:39:10 am PDT

It’s Blog Week in Review, a new podcast exclusively at Pajamas Media, featuring Glenn Reynolds, Tammy Bruce, and Eric Umansky, moderated by Austin Bay and produced by Ed Driscoll.

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Tags: Pajamas Media, Podcast, Blog Week In Review

Arab Hate Rap

Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 8:35:17 am PDT

Brimming over with hatred, antisemitism, and support for mass murder of innocents, the new “Arab rap” is number one in the Middle East—with a bullet: Yo, Word Up, Arabz. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Washington Post, in a patronizing article, seems to think it’s ... cute. Check out this raging rhyme tossed ...

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Tags: Suicide Bombing, Arab Rap

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Big Pharaoh: One Nation for All

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 8:41:13 pm PDT

Signs of hope and sanity in Egypt, at The Big Pharaoh’s blog: One Nation for All.

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Egypt, Copt, Alexandria

Thursday Night Stairs

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 7:34:06 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Stairs

British Multicultural Insanity Watch

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 7:22:02 pm PDT

From the LGF “You Have Got To Be Kidding” file: Jail toilets face away from Mecca. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Facilities in a prison are being built so Muslim inmates do not have to face Mecca while sitting on the toilet. The Home Office said two new toilet blocks are being installed ...

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Tags: Islam, Dhimmitude, Britain, Mecca

Georgia Tech Student Arrested

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 7:12:22 pm PDT

A 21-year old Pakistani student at Georgia Tech has been arrested for giving “material support” to a terrorist organization. (Hat tip: Buzz Brockway.) The student, Syed Haris Ahmed, a mechanical engineering major who had become increasingly religious in his Islamic faith, was arrested March 23 by the FBI. “This is the first ...

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Moonbats Pony Up

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 6:49:13 pm PDT

Russ Feingold (Moonbat-WI) reaps the benefits of pandering to the angry left, who seem to have plenty of disposable income: Feingold Gets Big Spike in PAC Donations. (Hat tip: Allah.) WASHINGTON - Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record)’s call for censuring President Bush appears to have paid dividends for the ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Feingold, DNC

Daily Kos: 9/11: So Over It

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 6:08:07 pm PDT

The progressive Kos Kidz have like, progressed way past 9/11: Daily Kos: 9/11: So Over It. (Hat tip: Proud Kaffir.) Remember, please, that this was an act of a bunch of punks. Punks that got lucky. Not the larger Islamo-Fascist monolith that some have conjurred; that may exist as a useful ...

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Tags: 9/11, Moonbats, Daily Kos, Netroots, Markos, Nutroots

LA Times Suspends Columnist for Sock Puppet Abuse

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 5:23:32 pm PDT

The Los Angeles Times has suspended columnist Michael Hiltzik’s Golden State blog: Golden State: Notice from the Editors. (Here’s why.) Note: they haven’t suspended Hiltzik himself. Just his blog.

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Tags: Los Angeles Times, Hitzik, Patterico, Sock Puppet

Islam in Orbit

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 3:28:33 pm PDT

Coming soon to a space station near you: Islam in orbit. (Hat tip: TS.) KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - How do Muslim astronauts pray in space? Malaysia’s National Space Agency is holding a conference to consider such questions as the country prepares to send its first citizen into orbit. A nationwide competition in ...

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Tags: Islam, Russia, Malaysia, Space Travel

Arabs Want Iran to Have Nukes

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 1:33:14 pm PDT

Many Arabs favor a nuclear Iran. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Most in the Arab world see the U.S. and European campaign against Iran as hypocritical, while Israel refuses to allow international nuclear inspections and is thought to have some 200 nuclear warheads. “I want the whole region free of all nuclear weapons ...

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Tags: Israel, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Arab

Thursday Open Thread

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 9:15:24 am PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Flags

Something's Rotten in the State Department

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 8:40:16 am PDT

At the Counterterrorism Blog, Lorenzo Vidino looks at the State Department’s cozy relationships with representatives of the global jihad: State Department’s flirting with the Muslim Brotherhood. Over the last weeks there have been numerous signs of a new attitude at Foggy Bottom in relation to the international movement of the Muslim ...

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Tags: CAIR, State Department, Foggy Bottom, Islamist, WAMY

Terror Supporter on a Fulbright Fellowship

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 8:22:49 am PDT

Congressman Jim McDermott (Moonbat-WA), who traveled to Baghdad to support Saddam Hussein just before the Iraq War, will have his own jihadi on staff—Mustafa Khalfi, editor-in-chief of the Moroccan newspaper At-Tajdid, who has received a prestigious Fulbright fellowship to take a course at Johns Hopkins University, and a scholarship at ...

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Tags: Islam, Hamas, Fulbright, At-Tajdid, Morocco

Security, Palestinian Style

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 8:11:13 am PDT

Militants on New Palestinian Security Wing. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The new Palestinian interior minister named a renowned militant as his top aide on Thursday and announced the formation of a new security branch to be composed of militants. The moves were part of an ongoing power struggle between the new ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Palestinian, PRC, Security

Pravda West Columnist Caught Lying

Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 7:56:17 am PDT

Patterico has caught LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik using “sock puppet” identities on blogs, posting under at least two different pseudonyms to attack his detractors and defend the LA Times: Three in One: Michael Hiltzik, Mikekoshi, and Nofanofcablecos. As long-time LGF readers know, if I find people doing that here it’s ...

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Tags: Los Angeles Times, Hitzik, Patterico, Sock Puppet

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Florida College Invites Rushdie, Muslim Students Seethe

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 8:40:34 pm PDT

At Florida’s Nova Southeastern University, Islamic students are seething about the school’s choice of the dreaded blasphemer Salman Rushdie as a graduation speaker: Students object to Rushdie invitation. DAVIE, Fla. - Some students at Nova Southeastern University say the school’s move to invite author Salman Rushdie to speak at graduation is ...

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What Muslims Hear at Friday Prayers

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 7:47:01 pm PDT

Spiegel Online seems very reluctant to look directly at the results of their investigative report: The Voices of Islam: What Muslims Hear at Friday Prayers. We’ve been following the khutba (Friday sermons) of the Arab world for years, until all the translation sources suddenly dried up: lgf: Peaceful Religion Watch.

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Tags: Islam, Hate Speech, Khutba, Friday Prayers

South Park Goes to Araby

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 7:36:37 pm PDT

South Park, Arabian style. (Hat tip: Rick.)

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Tags: Mohammed, South Park, Air Arabia

UN Puts Fox in Charge of Henhouse

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 7:32:10 pm PDT

We reported this story last Friday, and it’s just showing up at the Jerusalem Post today: UN disarmament board chooses Iranian. As the international community looks into ways of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons, an Iranian representative was elected to be the vice chair of the UN’s disarmament commission. The commission, ...

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Tags: Iran, United Nations, Disarmament

Wednesday Night Beach

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 6:40:37 pm PDT

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Hiding the Truth About Islamic Apostasy

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 6:21:02 pm PDT

Robert Spencer rips apart another deceptive article from Islamic dissembler Stephen Schwartz: Jihad Watch: Disingenuousness about apostasy law. Islamic apologist Stephen Schwartz, who has responded with intemperate hostility in the past to my attempts to open a serious dialogue, has misrepresented Islamic apostasy law, specifically that of the Shafi’i school of ...

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Tags: Islam, Apostasy, Death Penalty, Robert Spencer, Stephen Schwartz

Prodi Talks to Hamas

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 5:54:47 pm PDT

The first European country leader to talk to the Hamas terrorist regime: newly elected left wing Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. (Hat tip: Avner.) GAZA, April 19 (Xinhua) — Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya Wednesday held phone talks with former leader of the European Union Romano Prodi, who won the Italian ...

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Tags: Hamas, Italy, Berlusconi, Romano Prodi

Saudi Cleric: Why Can't We Say Anything Good About Hitler?

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 5:08:21 pm PDT

From the indispensible MEMRI TV, here is Saudi cleric Dr. (another doctor) Sa’d Al-Breik, expressing the incredibly warped view of “freedom of speech” that seems to be almost universal in the Islamic world. [Video] (LGF is not responsible for psychic damage incurred by attempting to follow Dr. Sa’d’s alleged logic.)

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, MEMRI TV, Jihad, Hitler, Nazi

Islamic Hate Speech at London Madrassa

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 4:55:22 pm PDT

Muslim students training to be imams at an Islamic school in Britain are being taught to despise unbelievers as filth. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Times has obtained extracts from medieval texts taught to the students in which unbelievers are likened to pigs and dogs. The texts are taught at the ...

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Tags: Islam, Iran, Britain, Islamic Supremacy

Meaningless Diplomatic Statement of the Day

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 4:28:37 pm PDT

Blair urges Hamas to denounce ‘wicked’ Tel Aviv bombing. LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged the Hamas-led Palestinian government to denounce the “wicked and irresponsible” suicide bombing that killed nine people in Tel Aviv. “I hope very much that Hamas realises that those who kill innocent people in this ...

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Tags: Israel, Hamas, Tony Blair

Death Cult Recruitment Fair

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 2:56:53 pm PDT

An Iranian terrorist group is recruiting British Muslims for suicide bombings against Israel, the US, Britain—and Salman Rushdie: Iranian group seeks British suicide bombers. The Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign, which claims to be independent but has the backing of the regime, said it is ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, Suicide Bombing

The Lies of a Peace Mom

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 10:44:33 am PDT

“Peace mom” Cindy Sheehan apparently told despicable lies about the return of her son Casey’s body from Iraq. Last week Cindy wrote on why her son’s grave is left unmarked. World Net Daily reported Cindy’s response: I will tell the world why Casey has no marker yet. In the first place, ...

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Tags: Anti-war, Cindy Sheehan, Mother Sheehan, Grief Pimp

McClellan Resigns

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 8:59:45 am PDT

Scot McClellan is stepping down as White House Press Secretary: Remarks by President Bush and Scot McClellan in Announcing His Resignation.

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Tags: Scot McClellan, White House

Mother of Mass Murderer: "My Son Was a Hero"

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 8:42:31 am PDT

The mother of the vile mass murderer who slaughtered 9 people in Tel Aviv on Monday told Western reporters after the attack that she had no idea her son was planning such a thing. But in this article at The Times, she says she’s proud of him: “Even though I am ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Suicide Bombers, Islamic Jihad, Death Cult

American Embassy to Host Tariq Ramadan

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 8:31:20 am PDT

Unbelievable. The American embassy in Rome is sponsoring a conference on Islam, and one of the invited speakers is Tariq Ramadan (lgf: search): When in Rome. (Hat tip: Ilan.) Tariq Ramadan, who is barred from the U.S., is invited to speak at a conference on May 4-5, 2006, sponsored by the ...

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Tags: Tariq Ramadan, State Department, Rome

Iraq the Model: Death in the Family

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 8:26:20 am PDT

Our hearts go out to Mohammed and Omar at Iraq the Model, who lost a brother-in-law last week, assassinated at the opening of his medical center that will offer essential services to poor Iraqis.

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Religion of Beheading

Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 8:02:14 am PDT

Cindy Sheehan’s “freedom fighters” committed another brave act of resistance to the occupation today in Baghdad: Teachers beheaded in Baghdad in front of students. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Separate groups of gunmen entered two primary schools in Baghdad on Wednesday and beheaded two teachers in front of their students, the Ministry of ...

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Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Iraq

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Tuesday Night Bay

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:02:38 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Bay

Bawer: Crisis in Europe

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 9:37:37 pm PDT

Here’s Bruce Bawer on the Crisis in Europe. My learning curve was steep. When I look back, it’s as if one day the whole business wasn’t even on my radar screen, and the next day I understood that it was the most important issue of our time. It happened in Amsterdam, a ...

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Tags: Eurabia, Bruce Bawer

Death Cult Calls for Murder

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 9:09:59 pm PDT

Palestinian terrorists called today for attacks on Jews around the world. GAZA, April 17 (Reuters) - Palestinian militants linked to President Mahmoud Abbas’s increasingly fractured Fatah movement threatened on Monday to attack Jews overseas to force Israel to release Palestinian prisoners from its jails. Two other main Palestinian militant groups, Hamas and ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Suicide Bombers, Islamic Jihad, Death Cult

Bush Keeps Nuclear Option on Table

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 8:40:49 pm PDT

Chimpy McHalliburton declines to exclude a nuclear strike on Iran. Are the moonbats barking yet? TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Bush refused on Tuesday to rule out nuclear strikes against Iran if diplomacy fails to curb the Islamic Republic’s atomic ambitions. Iran, which says its nuclear program is purely peaceful, told world powers ...

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Tags: Iran, Bush Derangement Syndrome, Nuclear Weapons

Palestinians Worship Mass Murderer

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 8:37:17 pm PDT

Palestinian men put up posters proclaiming 18-year-old suicide bomber Sami Salim Hamad as a martyr outside Hamad’s family’s house in the West Bank village of Arakah near Jenin April 18, 2006. Hamad killed nine people and wounded 60 others in a suicide attack in Tel Aviv, Israel on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Suicide Bombers, Islamic Jihad, Death Cult

Useful Celebrity Idiot Watch

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 7:52:19 pm PDT

U.S. singer Lionel Richie sings in front of the ruined home of Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi in Tripoli, Libya April 14, 2006. With Muammar Gaddafi’s home as a backdrop, U.S. singer Lionel Richie jived and rocked for an adoring Libyan audience on Saturday in a concert to mark the 20th ...

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Tags: Useful Idiot, Libya, Lionel Richie

Army Told Not to Use Israeli Bullets in Iraq

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 7:25:23 pm PDT

You have. Got to be. Kidding me. Army Told Not to Use Israeli Bullets in Iraq. (Hat tip: Model4.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers told ...

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Tags: Israel, Iraq, Neil Abercrombie

Arab Media Praises Tel Aviv Bombing

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 7:20:21 pm PDT

Wow. Only a really determined propagandist could take an article like this, showing the reactions of Arab newspapers to yesterday’s terrorist atrocity in Tel Aviv, and give it the headline: Some Arab Papers Condemn Tel Aviv Bombing. BEIRUT, Lebanon - The bombing of an Israeli fast-food shop that killed nine people ...

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Tags: Suicide Bombing, Arab Media

Pipes: Telephoning the Enemy

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 6:28:41 pm PDT

Daniel Pipes says some government agencies are a bit less clueless than others about Islamist front group CAIR: Telephoning the Enemy. North America’s leading Islamist organization, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, enjoyed a seeming endorsement last week when it hosted the FBI on a television show. But if America’s top law ...

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Tags: Terrorism, CAIR, Daniel Pipes, GETS

Jordan Accuses Hamas of Smuggling Weapons

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 4:13:51 pm PDT

Jordan has accused Hamas of smuggling missiles and other weapons into the country, and scouting potential targets. Notice how the Associated Press applies the word “activists” to the smugglers. That’s pretty darn “active,” all right, smuggling missiles and casing targets. The wire services have been slowly getting us accustomed to it, working ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, Jordan

Open Season on Swedish Jews

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 3:09:23 pm PDT

The Swedish Chancellor of Justice recently shut down an investigation into the Grand Mosque of Stockholm, and his reason has to be read to be believed: Open season on Swedish Jews. Earlier this year Swedish Chancellor of Justice Mr Göran Lambertz decided to discontinue his department’s pre-trial investigation into the Grand ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Sweden, Grand Mosque Of Stockholm

Norway Believes in Dialog with Terrorists

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 9:03:38 am PDT

More contemptible behavior from the Norwegian government, where they’re planning to hold meetings with the brother of Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, the Pediatrician of Death (lgf: search): Norway ready to meet Hamas representatives. OSLO (AFP) - The Norwegian government says it is considering meeting representatives of the radical Islamic group Hamas during ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Norway, Eurabia

No Apologies for Mass Murder

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 8:20:03 am PDT

The foul creatures who launched yesterday’s suicide bombing are demanding an apology from “moderate” (hah!) Abu Mazen. Palestinian militant groups demanded an apology Tuesday from Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for condemning Monday’s deadly suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, in their harshest criticism yet of the moderate leader over his stand ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen

Islamic Jihad: 70 More Attacks Planned

Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 8:11:46 am PDT

Following yesterday’s Palestinian atrocity in Tel Aviv, Islamic Jihad boasts that they are preparing 70 more attacks. IDF troops raided a West Bank village near Jenin early Tuesday and arrested the father of a suicide bomber who killed nine people and wounded near 70 others in a terror attack at the ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Palestinian, Islamic Jihad

Monday, April 17, 2006

Iranian Domestic Terrorist Politics

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 9:22:28 pm PDT

The mullahs have publicly promised $50 million to the destruction of Israel, but the Iranian public isn’t happy about it: Iran’s Hamas largesse gets mixed reaction at home. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran may win Arab friends by pledging $50 million to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, but at home the Islamic Republic’s ...

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Israel Hosts Islamic Movement

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 7:58:52 pm PDT

Bookworm Room notes a telling example of the difference between a free society (flaws included at no extra charge) and a genocidally xenophobic ideological system: A freedom reality check. It is illegal to be Jewish (or Christian, or anything but Muslim) in Saudi Arabia. It is deadly to be a ...

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Egyptian Paper Gloats Over Tel Aviv Attack

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 7:29:50 pm PDT

This is what we get for more than $2 billion a year in foreign aid: Egyptian newspaper lauds suicide bomb. (Hat tip: Allah.) An Egyptian state-controlled newspaper praised Monday’s suicide attack in Tel Aviv, which killed nine people and wounded dozens, calling it an act of sacrifice and martyrdom. Egypt has always ...

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Tags: Islam, Palestinian, RoP, Egypt, Suicide Bomb

Terrorists Recruiting 'White Muslims'

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 7:00:57 pm PDT

Islamic terror gangs with the guts to attack the West, united in a common purpose, quickly figured out after 9/11 that despite the official pronouncements, operatives who fit the “Middle Eastern profile” would have a more difficult time carrying out attacks. So this report from the Associated Press doesn’t exactly ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Terror

The Cult of the Hidden Imam

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 4:20:21 pm PDT

Amir Taheri: The frightening truth of why Iran wants a bomb. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Last Monday, just before he announced that Iran had gatecrashed “the nuclear club”, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad disappeared for several hours. He was having a khalvat (tete-a-tete) with the Hidden Imam, the 12th and last of the ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, World News, Nuclear Proliferation

Al-Arian Pleads Guilty

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 3:13:11 pm PDT

As part of his deal to avoid further prosecution in return for deportation, Sami al-Arian has pleaded guilty to aiding Islamic Jihad. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Former university professor Sami al-Arian has pleaded guilty to aiding the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad and agreed to be deported, according ...

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Tags: Islamic Jihad, Sami Al-Arian

RoP Child Abuse

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 2:44:15 pm PDT

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt maintains a web site for children, to teach Arab kids the basics of jihad against infidels and America, hatred for Jews, and the need to re-conquer Spain. Among the postings for children on www.awladnaa.net are articles praising jihad. On the page titled “General Knowledge” appears an ...

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Tags: RoP, Muslim Brotherhood

Savagery in Tel Aviv

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 2:28:10 pm PDT

Getty Images has graphic pictures from the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that are not being carried by most other sources. But there’s no problem finding photos of the murderer, handed out by his family and Islamic Jihad.

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Tags: Palestinian, Suicide Bombers, Islamic Jihad, Child Abuse

Jihad? What Jihad?

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 1:54:32 pm PDT

Here’s what Yahoo’s “Buzz Log” thinks is the important part of the South Park “Cartoon Wars” episodes: “South Park” recently aired a two-part episode making clear its disdain for Fox’s “Family Guy.” South Park resident Eric Cartman called out the “Family Guy” writing staff and their inability to craft jokes which ...

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Tags: Dhimmitude, Cartoon Jihad, South Park

Daily Kos: Palestinian Child Abuse

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 1:15:36 pm PDT

Don’t look now, but today’s Palestinian terrorist attack apparently caused a tiny light bulb to switch on above a Kos Kid’s head: Daily Kos: Child Abuse in Palestine. (Hat tip: Sarge_62.) In the comments, however, a serious beatdown is in progress, by “progressive” death cult sympathizers. For further photographic evidence of Palestinian ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Daily Kos

Crasher

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 11:09:58 am PDT

From the inimitable Cox & Forkum.

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Tags: Iran, Cox And Forkum, Cartoon

Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 8:57:16 am PDT

The experts who predict Iran is 10 years away from a nuclear weapon don’t have a very good track record for atomic prognostication; they were wrong about North Korea, wrong about Iraq, wrong about Libya, wrong about Pakistan, and wrong about India. In fact, I can’t recall a time when ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, World News, Nuclear Proliferation

Qatar Rewards Palestinian Terrorism

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 8:43:11 am PDT

Following today’s Palestinian atrocity in Tel Aviv, the Arab state of Qatar rewards them with 50 million dollars. They’ll need the money, of course. It’s difficult and expensive to train children to commit murder by blowing themselves up. DOHA, Qatar - Qatar said Monday it would give the Palestinian government $50 ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Funding, Qatar

Open Antisemitism at New York Times

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 8:37:22 am PDT

Several LGF readers emailed about this one; the New York Times ran an openly antisemitic advertisement in Sunday’s Week in Review section, from a group trying to capitalize on the Walt-Mearsheimer paper “The Israel Lobby,” featuring this lovely cartoon: This is the group responsible for the advertisement, founded by former Illinois ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, New York Times, CNI, Paul Findley

And Again

Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 8:06:01 am PDT

Another evil act of mass murder by the Palestinian death cult: Palestinian suicide bomber kills eight in Tel Aviv. Hamas is defending this cowardly attack, and Islamic Jihad is claiming responsibility to give Hamas some measure of obviously false deniability. TEL AVIV (AFP) - Eight people were killed and dozens wounded in ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Suicide Bombing, Tel Aviv

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Iran: "Britain's Demise is On Our Agenda"

Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 10:13:48 pm PDT

The mullahs are threatening the US again, and this time they specifically include Britain: Iran suicide bombers ‘ready to hit Britain’. IRAN has formed battalions of suicide bombers to strike at British and American targets if the nation’s nuclear sites are attacked. According to Iranian officials, 40,000 trained suicide bombers are ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, World News, Nuclear Proliferation

Steyn: Let's Play "Ahmadinejad!"

Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 9:59:48 pm PDT

Once again Mark Steyn perfectly describes the toxic mix of denial and muddy mulitculturalism in which the West is mired: Policy on Iran nukes seems to be off-target. You know what’s great fun to do if you’re on, say, a flight from Chicago to New York and you’re getting a little ...

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CNN Thinks Iran Should Have Nukes

Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 9:20:43 pm PDT

Here’s a CNN video that sets a new record for vile anti-American bias, as they actually argue that the West is “hypocritical” for not wanting the Islamofascist Republic of Iran to have nuclear weapons: Nuclear Hypocrisy? It’s the suicidal dead end of the touchy-feely, mustn’t-offend-anyone mindset. Because after all, it’s better ...

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The Pretty American

Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 12:48:34 pm PDT

At the New England Republican, here are some helpful tips for avoiding an international incident when traveling in Europe: The Pretty American. * Foreigners have a great sense of humor. In the spirit of inclusiveness, try to tell as many American jokes as you can about their particular ethnic or national ...

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Tags: Europe, Humor

Easter Open Thread

Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 6:00:37 am PDT

Here’s an open thread for Easter Sunday morning...

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Tags: Open Thread, Easter

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Easter Beach

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 9:20:01 pm PDT

Happy Easter to all LGF readers! Posting may be infrequent tomorrow, because of various and sundry Easter celebrations. In the meantime, I leave you with this picture from today’s bicycle ride:

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread

Moonbat Passover

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 7:25:02 pm PDT

In a “web exclusive” commentary for Newsweek, Patti Davis reflects on the meaning of Passover: Patti Davis: Taking Stock During Holy Week. The day’s headlines were about Iran and the possibility of that country developing nuclear weapons, the possibility that the Bush administration will attack sites in Iran. We live daily ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 6:41:59 pm PDT

Israel’s partners in peace are abusing their children again:

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Tags: Palestinian, Suicide Bombers, Islamic Jihad, Child Abuse

US to Release Pollard for Barghouti?

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 5:27:47 pm PDT

Wow. I can’t vouch for the credibility of this report at the Jerusalem Post, but they say the US may free convicted Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard (serving a life sentence for espionage) in exchange for Israel freeing convicted Fatah kingpin Marwan Barghouti (serving several consecutive life sentences for several terror ...

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Tags: Israel, Palestinian, Fatah, Jonathan Pollard, Marwan Barghouti

Iran's Manhattan Project

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 5:07:14 pm PDT

Here are two pieces about the Iran crisis that are worth reading: Time to Fight the Real War by Robert Tracinski at The Intellectual Activist, and Target: Iran by Thomas McInerney at the Weekly Standard.

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, World News, Nuclear Proliferation

Pacifist Gobbledygook at Toronto Star

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 5:00:07 pm PDT

James Loney, one of the Christian Peacemaker Teams ex-hostages, has a piece of empty-headed pacifism about his kidnapping in the Toronto Star that has to be read to be believed. He describes his captivity as like being in a “tomb.” And then he describes the cramped US Army personnel carrier that took ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Anti-war, Christian Peacemaker Teams, Hostage

LGF Troll Hits the Big Time

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 3:15:39 pm PDT

Looks like 9/11 revisionism is a hit at Google Video; currently number 9 and climbing is the moronic “Loose Change:” Top 100 - Google Video. (Hat tip: Allah.) One of the idiots responsible for this piece of poorly made disinformation will be very familiar to long-time LGF readers: Dylan Avery, a ...

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Tags: 9/11, Moonbats, Troll, Loose Change

Christians and Muslims Fight in Alexandria

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 2:18:23 pm PDT

Coptic Christians and Muslims fought in the streets of Alexandria, Egypt, after three Islamic terrorists attacked churchgoers: Christians, Muslims fight after Egypt stabbings. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, April 15 (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas on Saturday to stop clashes between Christians and Muslims which broke out during the funeral of an elderly ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Egypt, Copt, Alexandria

MSM Takes Down Blogger Bill Hobbs

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 1:38:12 pm PDT

Bill Hobbs has lost his job for posting a cartoon at his blog—after an incredibly nasty, politically motivated hit piece was published in the Nashville Scene. More info: Flank Two Position: The Strange Case of William Howard Hobbs The Monroe Doctrine: Gone for Good this Time KnoxNews: No Silence Here

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Tags: Bill Hobbs, Nashville Scene

EU Will Make Islamic Terrorism Disappear

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 9:17:59 am PDT

Last Tuesday we noted that the European Union is preparing to make Islamic terrorism vanish. No, not the actual thing, but the words “Islamic terrorism.” To avoid enraging Muslims, of course. Here’s a piece at Turkey’s Zaman Online, whose author is quite pleased with the EU’s willingness to blind itself to reality: ...

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Tags: Islam, Terrorism, European Union, Appeasement

Palestinian Civil War Watch

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 8:29:52 am PDT

Palestinian security men protest over salary crunch. Masked terrorists armed with automatic weapons storming a building is a “protest?” GAZA (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinian security men stormed a government building and blocked roads in the Gaza Strip on Saturday demanding the Hamas-led administration, hit by a U.S. and European Union aid ...

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Tags: Hamas, Palestinian, Fatah, Civil War

Palestinian Terror State Backs Iran

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 8:17:01 am PDT

Here’s a blow to those who continue to insist that Sunni and Shi’a terrorist groups will never work together, as Hamas (the Palestinian arm of the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood) expresses their solidarity with Shi’ite Iran and their tool Islamic Jihad: Palestinian militant leaders rally behind Iran. TEHRAN (AFP) - Palestinian militant ...

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Tags: Iran, Hamas, Palestinian, Islamic Jihad

The Islamic Center of Raleigh

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 8:10:30 am PDT

At FrontPage, Linda Keay has an article on another Islamic group that promotes a message of peace and tolerance when the cameras are rolling, but quite another message when the lights are pointed elsewhere: The Islamic Center of Raleigh. The Islamic Center of Raleigh held an open house last month, shortly ...

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Tags: Islam, FrontPage, Linda Keay, Islamic Center Of Raleigh

WaPo Profiles Loony Left Blogger

Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 7:46:34 am PDT

The Washington Post looks at the sick, raging, impotent world of the moonbat blogosphere, with a profile of a woman totally obsessed with hatred: The Left, Online and Outraged. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. — In the angry life of Maryscott O’Connor, the rage begins as soon as she ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Washington Post, Blogosphere

Friday, April 14, 2006

Friday Night Ocean

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 7:20:43 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread

South Park Censorship: A Matter of Fear

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 6:26:22 pm PDT

Several readers emailed copies of Comedy Central’s form letter explaining their decision to censor South Park, and just as with Borders Books we see an honest, open acknowledgment that the root cause of their decision is fear of the Religion of Peace™: Dear Viewer, Thank you for your correspondence regarding the “South ...

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Tags: Mohammed, South Park, Censored

Ignore The Man Behind Those Popular Misconceptions

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 6:00:37 pm PDT

As part of Islam Awareness Week (lgf: search), a female representative for the Muslim Public Affairs Council (lgf: search) gave a speech at the University of Texas at Austin, sponsored by the Muslim Students Association (lgf: search), and told the audience that women are treated exceptionally well under Islam: Expert ...

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Tags: MSA, Islam, Misogyny, MPAC

Hilarious Hyperventilation of the Day

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 4:55:15 pm PDT

Those Kooky Kos Kidz are winding themselves up again, this time over President Bush’s “plan” to nuke Iran—a plan they all simply accept as fact, in the depths of their Bush Derangement Syndrome, with a sort of childlike blind faith based on irrational hatred. They’re going to take over the government. ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Daily Kos, Netroots, Markos, Nutroots

Al-Arian to Be Deported

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 3:50:15 pm PDT

Islamic Jihad operative Sami Al-Arian is going to be deported: Ex-Professor in Terror Case to Be Deported. The Associated Press has decided to call him a “Palestinian rights activist.” WASHINGTON - Federal authorities have decided to deport a former Florida professor and longtime Palestinian rights activist after failing to convict him on ...

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Tags: Islamic Jihad, Sami Al-Arian

Friday Afternoon Sport Pigs

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 1:20:58 pm PDT

From the Moscow Pig Olympics:

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Tags: Pig Olympics, Moscow

Explosions at New Delhi Mosque

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 12:02:57 pm PDT

It could be the work of Hindu extremists, or sectarian Muslim violence; details are sketchy at the moment: Anger runs high after Delhi blasts. As the twin blasts set off utter chaos and a near-stampede situation in the historic Jama Masjid complex in New Delhi on Friday, what emerged unmistakably from ...

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Tags: Mosque, New Delhi, India, Hindu

Glick: The Fateful Hour Has Arrived

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:21:34 am PDT

Caroline Glick: The fateful hour has arrived. After the September 11 attacks, George W. Bush was revered by Americans and lovers of liberty around the world. His soaring rhetoric and stated determination to fight for all that is good and sacred in this world won the hearts of millions and instilled ...

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Tags: Israel, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Caroline Glick

Ahmadinejad: Israel Will Soon Be Eliminated by One Storm

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:08:40 am PDT

Western media seem to be deliberately ignoring the most incendiary parts of the raving statements from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—like this one, reported by the Jerusalem Post: Ahmadinejad: Israel will soon be eliminated by one storm. Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...

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Tags: Israel, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad

Big Money and Communist Politics

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:02:41 am PDT

Fausta makes an excellent point about the machinations of Hugo Chavez: Caribbean oil, Caribbean drugs, and major players.

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Tags: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, China, Fidel Castro

Moussaoui Trial Exhibits

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 10:30:57 am PDT

Here are the documents and photo exhibits used by the government in their case against Islamic terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, including some photos of 9/11 never shown by mainstream media: Moussaoui trial exhibits and documents. (Hat tip: RaiderDan.) Warning: some disturbingly graphic pictures.

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Tags: 9/11, Islam, Zacarias Moussaoui, Exhibits

Palestinian Civil War Watch

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 10:22:04 am PDT

Terrorist training camps are sprouting up like noxious weeds all over Gaza. KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Militant squatters loyal to rivals Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are turning open lots in the Gaza Strip into ad hoc military bases, a development that some fear will lead to open warfare between ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Gaza, Disengagement, Terror Camps

Western Journalists Aiding the Global Jihad

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 10:19:10 am PDT

Pat Dollard ditched a lucrative career as a Hollywood agent to go to Iraq and make a documentary series from a pro-military viewpoint, and his observations about the Western journalists he’s encountered there are very illuminating: Pat Dollard Blogs (almost) Live from Iraq: Entry Two. (Hat tip: heather. Warning: some ...

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Tags: Iraq, Jihad, Pat Dollard, Journalism

Subverting the Koran

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 9:57:09 am PDT

There are no words: Muslim father enlisted wives’ help in raping daughters. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Singapore, April 14 (DPA) A Muslim father who enlisted the help of his multiple wives to rape five teenage daughters pleaded guilty in one of the most heinous cases of sexual abuse in Singapore, news ...

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Tags: Islam, Singapore

The Meaning of Moussaoui

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 9:52:22 am PDT

OpinionJournal on The Meaning of Moussaoui. The further we move away from 9/11 without another domestic attack, the more tempting it is to believe that awful day was an aberration, to think that we can return to normalcy if we merely leave Iraq and the other Middle Eastern regimes to their ...

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Tags: 9/11, Islam, Zacarias Moussaoui

Youths Destroying Oslo

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 9:10:46 am PDT

Here’s a translation of an article at Norway’s Aftenposten that says Youths are destroying Oslo . (Hat tip: Moi Aussi.) Criminal youths are in the process of destroying the social environment in Oslo, concludes the Oslo City Court. Small girls are raped and robbed. Schoolchildren’s are threatened with death, robbed and ...

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Tags: Islam, Norway, Crime, Youths, Oslo

German Honor Killer Gets Wrist Slap

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 8:47:05 am PDT

Ayhan Surucu, who murdered his sister in cold blood on a Berlin street with the approval of the Muslim community, has been sentenced in Germany to nine years. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) AYHAN SURUCU was so angry when his sister started to wear make-up and date German men that he put ...

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Tags: Germany, Honor Killing, Surucu

RoP Attacks at Churches in Alexandria

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 8:40:40 am PDT

On Friday, the Islamic day of worship and Good Friday to Christians, knife-wielding Muslims stormed churches in Alexandria, Egypt, stabbing one person to death and wounding 12: One killed in Islamist attacks on Alexandria churches. (Hat tip: Big Pharaoh.) ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AFP) - Three knife-wielding Muslims attacked worshippers at Coptic churches ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Egypt, Copt

UN Hits Bottom, Digs

Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 8:21:43 am PDT

On Tuesday, the same day Iran announced they had succeeded in enriching uranium, they were elected as deputy to Asian nations for the UN Commission on Disarmament. (Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.) Their first act was to call for existing nuclear states to demolish their arms. And of course, they singled out ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, UN Commission On Disarmament

Thursday, April 13, 2006

The Face of the Enemy

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 9:26:30 pm PDT

I’ve heard numerous TV and radio commentators say they thought Zacarias Moussaoui was psychotic, deranged, insane, and variations on that theme. But if you understand that he looks at the world through a filter of radical Islam and jihad, his evil mindset—the same mentality that drove the hijackers on 9/11—makes perfect ...

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Tags: 9/11, Trial, Zacarias Moussaoui, Death Sentence

Mild and Woolly

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 8:25:44 pm PDT

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons, where they point out Bill Scher at the Huffington Post, who helpfully explains the left’s talking points to avoid action on Iran: So far, the neoconservatives have done a good job of re-running their Iraq playbook and framing discussion on Iran, by laying out these ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Iran, Cox And Forkum, Cartoon

Catholic Church Waking Up?

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 7:37:27 pm PDT

The Roman Catholic Church seems to be slowly awakening to the scent of an ancient enemy: Oriana Fallaci Has Enrolled in the Society of Jesus. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ROMA, April 10, 2006 – One of the four topics considered by Benedict XVI and the cardinals during their day “of reflection ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Oriana Fallaci, Catholic, Jesuit

Bad Dog! Behave!

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 7:03:23 pm PDT

Iran smacks the UN’s blind, toothless atomic watchdog on the butt with a tube of enriched uranium: Iran rebuffs UN atomic chief, refuses to halt nuclear drive. TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran’s hardline regime dismissed appeals from UN’s atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei to freeze its controversial nuclear program and calm suspicions ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, ElBaradei

John Bolton vs. The Arab Bloc

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 6:58:38 pm PDT

To use the vernacular, John Bolton ROCKS! — in another bold confrontation with the anti-Israel Arab states and their tool, the United Nations: US blocks UN draft pressing Israel to end attacks. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday blocked a U.N. Security Council statement drafted by Arab nations ...

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Tags: United Nations, John Bolton

CBS Poll: Sinking Perceptions Of Islam

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 5:38:40 pm PDT

Get ready for mainstream media to start pushing the “Islamophobia” scam even harder, as another new poll from CBS shows Sinking Perceptions Of Islam. And CBS illustrates their article with this lovely image: (CBS) Although Americans believe they are better informed about Islam than they were five years ago, a new CBS News ...

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Tags: Islam, Poll, CBS News

Mohammed Uncensored (Fake)

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 4:21:39 pm PDT

Via Bareknucklepolitics, here is the censored part of the South Park episode featuring everybody’s favorite prophet: UPDATE at 4/13/06 5:01:42 pm: Brendan Loy says this is a fake, and he has a strong case. UPDATE at 4/13/06 5:03:20 pm: Michelle Malkin is running a new Comedy Central logo contest.

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Tags: Mohammed, South Park, Censored

The Media Cave-In is Complete

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 10:21:18 am PDT

NRO’s media blog reports that Comedy Central really did censor the Mohammed image on last night’s episode of South Park: Comedy Central Censored Mohammed. I just got off the phone with a Comedy Central spokesman. I asked him about last night’s episode of South Park in which, at a moment ...

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Tags: Dhimmitude, Cartoon Jihad, South Park

Moonbats Launch Preemptive Anti-War Petition

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 10:00:21 am PDT

The helpful lunatics at CODEPINK invite you to send a letter to Kofi Annan, to let him know that you want Iran to have the nukes they deserve. CODEPINK: HELP US PREVENT A WAR WITH IRAN! (Hat tip: Ringo.) (Illustration by David L.)

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Tags: Moonbats, Iran, CodePink

Ahmadinejad: "Be Angry at Us and Die of This Anger"

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 9:42:05 am PDT

More rabid ranting from Iran’s madman President, as the UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog slinks into Tehran: Iran Leader: ‘We Are a Nuclear Country’. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Thursday that Iran won’t back away from uranium enrichment and said the world must treat Iran as a ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, ElBaradei

Got 4 in Detroit

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 9:36:15 am PDT

4 held in plot to ship weapons. (Hat tip: Aviator.) Four Asian businessmen plotted to buy hundreds of handguns, machine guns, Sidewinder missiles and aviation radar equipment for export to Indonesia, creating a threat to national security, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The four men — who have been charged in Detroit and ...

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Tags: Indonesia, Weapons Smuggling, Detroit

Once, Twice, Three Times a Terrorist

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 9:18:37 am PDT

Libyan strongman/nutbar Muammar Gaddafi is holding a gala celebration to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Reagan’s bombing of Tripoli, and shilling for the dictator will be the fabulous Lionel Richie! Libya remembers US raid with big festival. (Hat tip: Beautiful Atrocities.) A film on the US raid entitled: “The Resistance to ...

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Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Libya, Lionel Richie

Indonesia Asks Playboy to Stop Publishing

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 8:37:39 am PDT

Indonesian officials have asked Playboy magazine to stop publishing, lest representatives of the Religion of Peace™ become angered. (Hat tip: Allah.) JAKARTA, Indonesia Apr 13, 2006 (AP)— Police asked Playboy magazine Thursday to stop publishing its Indonesian edition out of fears it could enrage Muslims, and officials of the publication said they were considering ...

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Tags: Islam, Indonesia, Playboy Jihad

Gaza Greenhouses Bought by Bill Gates

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 8:07:35 am PDT

High-tech greenhouses built by Jewish settlers in Gaza were purchased for the Palestinians by none other than Bill Gates of Microsoft—and the Palestinians repaid this generosity by stripping and looting the greenhouses: Bill Gates secretly paid for Gaza greenhouses. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) JERUSALEM – In a revelation that surprised many ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Gaza, Disengagement, Greenhouses

Troops in Support Of the War

Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 7:41:07 am PDT

The executive director of Vets for Freedom has an excellent op-ed in the Washington Post, criticizing media and anti-war groups for misrepresenting the state of our military’s morale: Troops in Support Of the War. (Hat tip: Allah.) In view of his distinguished military career, John Murtha has been the subject of ...

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Tags: Vet For Freedom, Wade Zirkle

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Wednesday Night Inlet

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 9:04:17 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread

AP Prize Winning Photographer Arrested?

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 8:17:00 pm PDT

Pulitzer Prize winning Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, who took the infamous pictures of a terrorist execution on Haifa Street in Baghdad, may be in coalition custody tonight: Michelle Malkin: Where is Bilal Hussein? UPDATE at 4/13/06 7:45:38 am: And this embedded enemy reporter has been pumping out a continuous stream of ...

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Tags: Iraq, AP, Bias, Pulitzer Prize, Bilal Hussein

North Korean Bodyguard Training

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 8:00:30 pm PDT

Bodyguards for North Korean freakazoid dictator Kim Jong-Il undergo rigorous training, preparing for an assault by sledgehammer-wielding shovel-tossing invaders from the West: [Video]

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Tags: North Korea, Kim Jong-Il, Bodyguards

Oxymoron of the Day: Arab Aid Promises

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 6:41:10 pm PDT

If you can believe this, Palestinians are still in a financial crisis despite Arab aid promises. CAIRO (AFP) - Arab countries have vowed to plug a gaping hole in the Palestinian budget after EU and US aid suspensions to the Hamas-led government, but analysts doubt such promises will come close to ...

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Tags: Hamas, Palestinian, Fatah, Amr Moussa, Arab League, PRC

Happy Passover

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 4:35:17 pm PDT

To all my Jewish friends and readers: have a happy and safe Pesach. And try not to eat too much noodle kugel; that stuff is lethal.

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Tags: Passover, LGF Greetings

Melanie Phillips: Saddam's Secrets

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 3:52:12 pm PDT

Melanie Phillips speaks with former Air Vice Marshal in Saddam’s Iraq, Georges Sada, about his claim that Saddam shipped biological and chemical weapons to Syria; much of it will be familiar to lizardoids who’ve been keeping up with this story, but Sada’s reaction to prevailing Western opinion is interesting: In April ...

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Tags: Iraq, WMD, Melanie Phillips, Sada

Orwellian Image of the Day

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 3:38:17 pm PDT

Iranian artists perform as they hold up samples of enriched uranium after Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s speeche in Mashad, April 11, 2006. (Stringer/Reuters)

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA

Flight 93 Voice Recorder Transcript

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 11:34:27 am PDT

The transcript of Flight 93’s voice recorder has been released by Findlaw in PDF form: United Airlines Flight #93 Cockpit Voice Recorder Transcript. It’s absolutely chilling, but also inspiring to finally see an unedited picture of what happened aboard that plane. The transcript leaves no doubt that there was a ...

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Tags: 9/11, Flight 93, Cockpit Voice Recorder

Germans: US a Greater Threat Than Iran

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:33:53 am PDT

A new poll shows that 45% of Germans believe the US is a greater threat to world peace than Iran, 28% think Iran is more dangerous, and 16% believe they’re exactly the same. Davids Medienkritik comments: Iran is economically extremely promising for Germany. And Iran has made it clear what it expects ...

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Tags: Iran, Europe, Germany

Moonbats Assault Military Recruiters at UCSC

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:05:53 am PDT

A group of “peace activists” forced military recruiters off the campus of UC Santa Cruz yesterday, and Michelle Malkin has details with photos and video: Seditious Santa Cruz vs. America. UPDATE at 4/12/06 10:10:11 am: They’re gloating over their achievement at Indymedia: Military Recruiters Evicted From UCSC Job Fair, Again! UPDATE at 4/22/06 ...

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Tags: Anti-war, Moonbat, UC Santa Cruz, Recruiting

ACLU Wants More Abu Ghraib

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 9:30:34 am PDT

The ACLU isn’t finished wringing the propaganda juices out of the Abu Ghraib scandal: ACLU Pursuing More Abu Ghraib Prisoner Photos. (Hat tip: LawHawk.) A civil liberties group on Tuesday demanded the release of more pictures of U.S. soldiers and detainees after the government acknowledged it had only one new ...

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Tags: Abu Ghraib, ACLU

Egypt Frees Hundreds of Terrorists

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 9:10:34 am PDT

Egypt has freed from prison nearly a thousand members of the Islamic supremacist group Gamaa Islamiya, infamous for slaughtering 58 Western tourists at Luxor in 1997: Egypt frees hundreds of militants. (Hat tip: Ringo.) Egypt has released about 900 members of the militant group Gamaa Islamiya, the interior ministry has said. It ...

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Tags: Islam, Egypt, Gamaa Islamiya, Luxor

The Struggle for Flight 93

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 9:03:21 am PDT

The cockpit voice recording of Flight 93 was played in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial today: Moussaoui Jurors Hear Flight 93 Tape. The judge sent the jury home for the day and the defense will begin its case on Thursday. Just after that, Moussaoui shouted, “God curse you all!” During the government’s playing ...

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Tags: 9/11, Flight 93, Cocpit Voice Recorder

Holy Land Christians Driven Out by RoP

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 8:47:09 am PDT

Amazingly, al-Reuters has a report on Christians being driven out of Palestinian areas by representatives of the Religion of Tolerance™: Holy Land’s Christians caught in midst of conflict. BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - A 76-year-old Greek Orthodox monk is beaten up by villagers, his carefully tended olive trees are uprooted and ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Palestinian Authority, Christian

Saudi Invention Watch

Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 8:20:02 am PDT

Who says Saudi Arabia never invents anything useful? Why, they’re actually supplying other countries with these fabulous new devices: Amputation Machines. One evening we met the Director of Kano’s Hisba. Our host, a Muslim scholar of some note, explained, together with the Director, that the Hisba is an organization, like the ...

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Tags: Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Amputation Machines

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Tuesday Night Sky

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 8:47:53 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Sky

Dark Ages Guidelines Enforced for World Cup

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 8:20:59 pm PDT

The German resort town of Bad Nauheim is doing everything they can to accommodate the wishes of their new overlords: Hotel cleans up for Saudis. (Hat tip: Kilgore Trout.) The pictures of naked women are being removed from the hotel’s health spa, the hard-core porn channels switched off and all the ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Germany, World Cup

Islamists Post Apostate Hit List

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 6:35:57 pm PDT

The Jawa Report has details on an appalling list posted on the Internet today by RoP representatives in Egypt, consisting of the people they would most like to see murdered: Islamists Post Hit List of ‘Apostates’. An Egyptian group calling itself the “al-Jama’ah Consultative Council” posted a hit list of Muslim ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Egypt, Hit List

World Cup Antisemitism Watch

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 6:04:35 pm PDT

At NRO, Tom Gross reports that FIFA, the supposedly apolitical organization in charge of world soccer, seems to have a sudden concern about the condition of soccer fields in the Gaza Strip—soccer fields used to launch rockets into Israel: Football Killing Fields. FIFA has condemned Israel for an air strike on ...

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Tags: World Cup, FIFA, Tom Gross

World Bank on Horns of a Dilemma

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 5:56:47 pm PDT

Western institutions face new challenges in an era when terrorist gangs are voted into power by a brainwashed populace: World Bank faces dilemma on Hamas contacts. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A push by the United States and its European allies to isolate the Hamas-led government posed an awkward dilemma for the World ...

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Walt-Mearsheimer Mattress Watch

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 5:10:05 pm PDT

Scot Silverstein says Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, authors of The Israel Lobby (lgf: search) have Gone to the Mattress.

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, Scot Silverstein

Dutch Think Tank: Netherlands Must Learn to Love Shari'a

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 4:30:13 pm PDT

The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), a think tank that advises the Dutch government on public policies, is about to issue a new report on Islam in Europe, and researcher Jan Schoonenboom gave an interview about the report that may cause massive droppage of jaws among LGF ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Shari'a, Netherlands, Leftist, Jan Schoonenboom

Another Legal Defeat for CAIR

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 3:57:18 pm PDT

Radical Islamic front group CAIR’s harassment lawsuit against former Rep. Cass Ballenger has been dismissed. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of an American Muslim civil rights group’s defamation lawsuit against former U.S. Rep. Cass Ballenger, who linked the group to terrorists ...

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Tags: CAIR, Lawsuit, Cass Ballenger

Google Promoting Terrorist Propaganda

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 3:36:30 pm PDT

At The Counterterrorism Blog, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross looks at Google’s indefensible inclusion of Hizballah terrorist propaganda channel Al-Manar as a legitimate news source: Google and the Problem with al-Manar. Last Thursday, my colleague Olivier Guitta noted that Google carries the Hizballah-run al-Manar as one of the sources in its news section. (See ...

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Tags: Google, Al-Manar

Bali Bomber Wants to Die

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 2:29:51 pm PDT

The Associated Press will not even use the word “terrorist” to describe a convicted mass murderer who attacked night clubs full of innocent tourists: Bali Bomber’s Family Says He Wants to Die. “Martyr,” on the other hand, is not a problem. JAKARTA, Indonesia - Relatives of a militant on death row for ...

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Tags: Indonesia, Terrorist, AP, Bias, Bali Bombing

Kuwaiti Reformer to Muslims: Check Yourselves

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 2:13:22 pm PDT

Dr. Ahmad Al-Baghdadi, a political science lecturer at Kuwait University, says Muslims themselves are to blame for the West’s distrust. It’s an amazingly clear-sighted piece—but also amazingly rare, because expressing opinions like this can be hazardous in the Islamic world. “Osama bin Laden didn’t force anyone to go to Iraq, murder ...

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Tags: Islam, MEMRI, Kuwait

Tuesday Open Thread

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 9:46:03 am PDT

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” — Euripides

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Tags: Open Thread

Saudi Author: Women in the West Marry Dogs and Donkeys

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 9:23:47 am PDT

Instead of the bogus scare word “Islamophobia,” perhaps we need to start talking about “Infidelophobia.” Case in point, Saudi author “Dr.” Muhammad Al-’Arifi (they’re always “doctors” for some reason) in a completely unhinged interview on Saudi Arabia’s Al-Risala TV. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Dr. Muhammad Al-’Arifi: One of the most important ...

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Tags: Saudi Arabia, Al-Risala TV, Hate Speech

Celebrating Mohammed's Birthday

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 9:00:25 am PDT

Death Toll Up to 40 in Pakistan Bombing. KARACHI, Pakistan - A bomb exploded during evening prayers at a park in this southern Pakistani city Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens. An angry mob burned cars and threw stones at police, who fired into the air to disperse ...

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Tags: Islam, Mohammed, Terrorism

Steyn: Facing Down Iran

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 8:56:06 am PDT

Mark Steyn’s first piece for City Journal is a must-read, to cleanse your mental palate after Cindy Sheehan’s mud-headed drivel: Facing Down Iran. Anyone who spends half an hour looking at Iranian foreign policy over the last 27 years sees five things: 1. contempt for the most basic international conventions; 2. long-reach extraterritoriality; 3. ...

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Tags: Iran, Mark Steyn, Jihad

Mama Moonbat: Let Iran Get Nukes

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 8:49:23 am PDT

At loony left site Buzzflash, here’s another addle-brained rant from the “progressive” poster girl for deranged idiocy, Mother Sheehan, who wants Iran to have nuclear weapons: Cindy Sheehan: Don’t Attack Iran. (Hat tip: Brian.) Over 2000 thousand dead soldiers, billions of wasted dollars, thousands of maimed young people, innocent Iraqis dead ...

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Tags: Iran, Cindy Sheehan, Mother Sheehan, Grief Pimp

Ahmadinejad: Expect Good Nuclear News

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 8:21:47 am PDT

Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is promising some “good nuclear news” later today: Iran: expect ‘good nuclear news’ on Tuesday night. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Nice going, IAEA! TEHRAN - Iranians will hear “good news” on their country‘s nuclear program on Tuesday night, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the official ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA

EU Ostriches

Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 8:12:47 am PDT

According to the European Union, there is no such thing as Islamic terrorism. (Hat tip: Hugo.) BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union, tiptoeing through a minefield of religious and cultural sensitivities, is discreetly reviewing the language it uses to describe terrorists who claim to act in the name of Islam. EU officials ...

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Tags: Islam, Terrorism, European Union, Appeasement

Monday, April 10, 2006

Humans at Play

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 9:04:44 pm PDT

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

AP Shilling for Terrorists (Again)

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 7:56:10 pm PDT

The Associated Press would like us to believe this preposterous headline: Hamas Working to End Rise in Gaza Violence. JERUSALEM - The new Hamas-led Palestinian government is quietly working to end a surge in violence, urging rival militant groups in the Gaza Strip to refrain from launching rockets at Israel without ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Associated Press, Islamic Jihad

We Got Mail!

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 7:18:02 pm PDT

Today at 12:27 am, LGF was visited by a seeker from Karachi, Pakistan, who searched the .pk franchise of Google for Rachel Corrie and discovered this LGF post from May 2004 among the results, prompting the following email from a HotMail address (as usual - it’s free, relatively anonymous, and ...

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Tags: Hate Mail, We Got Mail

Target: Moon

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 6:29:47 pm PDT

NASA to Crash Space Probe Into Moon. LOS ANGELES - NASA plans to crash a space probe into the moon in 2009 — a collision so violent it will be visible on Earth through a telescope, the space agency said Monday. Excellent.

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Indymedia: Dear Muslim Terrorist, Please Nuke DC

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 5:47:44 pm PDT

At first I thought this one had to be a hoax, a right-wing moby yanking the Indymidiots’ chains. I mean, come on. But if it’s a moby, he’s good. Damned good. Because all the other articles by “Hogeye Bill” are just as whacked out as this masterpiece of moonbat appeasemania: Arkansas ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Indymedia, Loony Left, Useful Idiots

Hate Like a Saudi Intellectual

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 3:48:25 pm PDT

On Saudi Arabian government television, “intellectual” Awadh Al-Qarni spews venomous antisemitism. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Awadh Al-Qarni: The real causes for the American invasion of Iraq are: First, the Zionist gang that has colonized America and the American people. Interviewer: What proof do you have? Awadh Al-Qarni: Look at the number of Jews ...

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Tags: Antisemitism, Saudi Arabia, Iqra TV

AP Scare Quote Generator Goes Haywire

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 3:33:18 pm PDT

Every once in a while the Associated Press’s Acme Scare Quote Generator goes on the fritz and forgets to put quotes around the word “terrorist:” Lebanese Army Says It’s Foiled Death Plot. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Military intelligence has arrested a group of terrorists who planned to assassinate the leader of the ...

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Tags: AP, Bias, Hizballah, Nasrallah

Open the Borders, Close the Pentagon

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 2:35:04 pm PDT

Chuck Simmins has pictures from the immigration protest in Rochester, New York.

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Tags: Immigration, Protests, Rochester

Ummah.com Interested in Security Leak

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 2:24:54 pm PDT

Look who’s paying close attention to a leak of classified information about the defenses of Air Force One: Ummah.com - For all the ‘Juba ’s’ in this world: Web site exposes Air Force One defenses. abdulhakeem Live 4 Allah Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: in my cave - amrikkan free zone Religion: muslim Posts: 15,839 Points: 645 Rep ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Ummah.com

Chirac Stays True to Form

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 9:26:03 am PDT

France surrenders: France scraps youth job law. (Hat tip: Joel.) (Do I need to say “again?”) PARIS (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac scrapped a youth job law on Monday after weeks of angry unrest, in a climbdown that undermined his prime minister and handed protesters victory.

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Tags: France, Riots, Socialists, Youths, Herald Tribune, Chirac, Surrender

Monday Morning Bay

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 9:15:30 am PDT

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Captain's Quarters: Case Closed

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 8:51:35 am PDT

Captain’s Quarters has a translation of an Iraqi document showing that Saddam Hussein recruited suicide bombers to attack American interests. Prediction: this will have no effect on the “Bush lied, millions died!” crowd, who are in the grip of a derangement so severe that no facts or documents will ever have ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Iraq, Documents, Captain's Quarters

Berlusconi on the Skids

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 8:46:13 am PDT

This is not good news, as Italy seems to be taking a big step toward appeasement and Communism: 2 Exit Polls Show Berlusconi Losing.

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Tags: Italy, Berlusconi, Prodi

ISM Supports Terrorists in Print

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 8:22:16 am PDT

The International Solidarity Movement continually denies that they support Palestinian terrorism, even though it’s blazingly obvious to most people that they do. Well, maybe this will convince those gullible enough to give the ISM the benefit of the doubt—as they post a press release from the murderous terror gang known as ...

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Tags: Moonbats, Palestinian, International Solidarity Movement, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

Red Ken Compares Tiananmen Square to Trafalgar Square

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 8:00:59 am PDT

The moonbat mayor of London, “Red Ken” Livingstone, is at it again—in China this time: Livingstone compares poll tax riots to China massacre. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Ken Livingstone began a tour of China yesterday by comparing the Tiananmen Square massacre to London’s 1990 poll tax riot. Looking out over the Beijing ...

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Tags: China, Ken Livingstone, Tiananmen Square

Domestic Terrorist Group Behind Immigrant Rallies

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 7:41:28 am PDT

Sponsoring today’s mass immigration rallies: International ANSWER, the Stalinist group dedicated to overthrowing the United States. Here are some Facts About ANSWER. FACTS ABOUT ANSWER A.N.S.W.E.R. is a cover up for the Workers World Party, a Stalinist organization. According to Stephen Zunes, chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at the ...

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Tags: International ANSWER, Immigration

Danish Cartoons at USC

Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 7:34:43 am PDT

The University of Southern California Objectivist Club is planning an event to show the Danish Mohammed cartoons, and discuss the Muslim world’s rage and the West’s obligation (an obligation it has mostly shirked) to support the fundamental right of free speech: Unveiling the Danish Cartoons: A Discussion of Free Speech ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Danish Cartoons, Cartoon Jihad, USC

Sunday, April 09, 2006

The Homegrown UK Jihad

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 10:50:02 pm PDT

Peaktalk looks at the new report that the London bombers had no connection to Al Qaeda: It will forever debunk the notion that Europe’s homegrown jihadists are unemployed and impoverished youngsters with genuine economic and social grievances. One of the killers, Shehzad Tanweer worked in the fish and chips shop owned ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Al Qaeda, 7/7, London

Chavez Escalates the Rhetoric

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 10:44:09 pm PDT

Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez is now threatening to expel the US ambassador. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to expel the US ambassador to the country after accusing him of “provoking” a recent demonstration. Last week ambassador William Brownfield’s convoy was pelted with eggs, onions and tomatoes and chased by supporters of ...

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Tags: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, US Ambassador

The Cult of the Hidden Bob

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 9:50:27 pm PDT

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Tags: Iran, Photoshop, Open Thread

Another Day, Another Smear

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 9:17:49 pm PDT

The anti-LGF lefty smear machine is kicking into gear again. Firedoglake says I’m a racist, and all my readers are racists, and by extension all “conservatives” are racists too. “Racist,” in this case, being defined as “critical of Islam.” And they’ve found someone who has no life to cherry pick ...

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Tags: Lizardoid Nation

A Tale of Saudi Misogyny

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 8:31:31 pm PDT

It’s an ugly tale of child abuse that might happen in any country, but it’s also an illustration of the way shari’a supports and enables this anti-human behavior: Father Arrested for Brutal Murder of Nine-Year-Old Daughter in Makkah. JEDDAH, 10 April 2006 — A man and his wife are being held ...

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Tags: Islam, Saudi Arabia, Shari'a, Child Abuse

Saudis Worried About Returning Jihadis

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 8:12:32 pm PDT

The oil parasites who rule Saudi Arabia are considering building a wall, and they probably have enough money to do it: Saudis plan to fence off border with chaos. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.) Of course, these are the same people who scream “apartheid wall!” about Israel’s security fence, that defends against Palestinian ...

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Tags: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jihad, Wall

Michael Yon's Frontline Forum

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 7:29:52 pm PDT

Here’s a great new site making its official debut tomorrow, dedicated to stories from soldiers on the front lines: Michael Yon’s Frontline Forum. (Hat tip: reaganite.) The Frontline Forum is an alternative channel for compelling stories from those now wearing boots and carrying rifles and not comments or those endlessly forwarded ...

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The Dallas Immigration MegaMarch

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 7:13:56 pm PDT

LGF reader mjolnir910 has photos from the Dallas Immigration MegaMarch.

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Tags: Immigration, Protests, Dallas

National Day of Action Tomorrow

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 6:27:41 pm PDT

The illegal immigrant community is planning massive protests tomorrow, and I’d like to encourage LGF readers to visit with digital cameras in hand to record the proceedings. Send any photos and/or videos to charles (at) littlegreenfootballs (dot) com, and I’ll publish the most interesting. If you have a blog and ...

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Tags: Immigration

Apartheid Islamic State Wants Nukes

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 5:46:22 pm PDT

Our post from last month about Saudi Arabia’s secret nuclear program, being conducted with help from Pakistan, is now corroborated by a UPI release: Saudi Arabia may join nuclear club. (Hat tip: Allah.) Charles Krauthammer’s nightmare scenario of hyperproliferation may be coming true faster than he dreamed. DOHA, Qatar, April 9 (UPI) ...

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Tags: Nuclear Proliferation, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Nuclear Weapons

Ahmadinejad Will Visit Germany

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 3:06:01 pm PDT

You might think that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with his talk of “wiping Israel off the map” and his insane Holocaust denial, would not be welcome in Germany—of all places. But you’d be wrong, because in the interest of being “a good host,” Germany will welcome Ahmadinejad to the World Cup ...

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Tags: Iran, Ahmadinejad, Germany, Medienkritik

Steyn: The Immigration Conundrum

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 2:48:19 pm PDT

Mark Steyn has no easy answers on the immigration conundrum: In Michelle Malkin’s book Invasion, she recounts the tale of two fellows who in August 2001 pulled into a 7-Eleven parking lot in Falls Church, Va., in search of fake ID from the illegal-alien assistance network that hangs around there. Luis ...

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Sunday Open Thread

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 9:06:37 am PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Water

Death Threats at UK Islamic Forum

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 8:51:20 am PDT

At British Islamic supremacist site ummah.com, here’s a message from a Muslim who, for some unfathomable reason, seems to have missed the memo that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance: Death to the masons and illuminati. #1 T.H Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Religion: Posts: 88 Points: 10 Rep Power: 1 Death to the masons and ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Ummah.com

Muslim Prisoner Demands Oxen, Camel

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 8:36:05 am PDT

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court says that prisons should serve special meals to Muslim criminals—meals including oxen and camel: State hasn’t justified withholding Muslim feast-day meats. BOSTON - The state’s highest court has ruled that the state prison system has failed to justify denying a Muslim inmate special feast-day meats, such ...

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Tags: Islam, Camel, Massachusetts, Prisoner

Muzzled in Memphis

Sun, Apr 9, 2006 at 8:26:29 am PDT

At the University of Memphis (that’s Memphis, Tennessee, not Memphis, Egypt) Brigitte Gabriel encountered the much-heralded tolerance of Islam when she was invited to give a lecture: Muslims Muzzling Memphis. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) I was invited to give a lecture sponsored by Professor David Patterson of the Judaic Studies Program. ...

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Tags: Islam, Brigitte Gabriel, University Of Memphis

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Saturday Night Ocean

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 9:49:24 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Ocean

Seymour Hersh Identifies the Enemy

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 9:19:25 pm PDT

The left is starting the big push against taking action to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and as usual Seymour Hersh is in the vanguard—with a tone of breathless horror: Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb? UPDATE at 4/8/06 9:21:26 pm: Dr. Sanity puts ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Seymour Hersh, BDS

Soviet Nukes in Iran?

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 8:02:11 pm PDT

Writing about Iran’s Manhattan Project, Caroline Glick notes a report that Russia and Ukraine may have sent nuclear warheads to Iran: The rise of the Islamist axis. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) On Monday, Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported that part of Ukraine’s Soviet-era nuclear arsenal may well have found its way ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, Soviet Union, Ukraine

Lyric of the Week

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 7:11:23 pm PDT

From Chris Whitley’s Living with the Law: Phone Call from Leavenworth They hold me here much longer Probably go mad all by myself Now I really need somebody Said I really need somebody’s help Why does a man up in the judgement chair Got his ass and God’s right arm in some double pair - alright Walkin’ a ...

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Palestinian Aid Breakdown

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 6:53:51 pm PDT

Who’s paying for the Palestinian Authority’s “social programs?” Mostly, the United States. International Aid to Palestinians. UNITED STATES: $150 million goes to construction, training government officials and other projects, plus $84 million in humanitarian assistance paid through the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (lgf search: UNRWA). EUROPEAN COMMISSION: $148 million, ...

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Tags: Hamas, Financing, Palestinian Authority

Cycle of Violence: Scaling the Hills

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 6:27:56 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 55.64 miles, south into the wilds of primitive Palos Verdes, rolling at a medium-hard pace through that Southern Californ-eye-aye sunshine. Did a training climb around the PV Country Club on a semi-secret route that’s fairly difficult (you don’t make it without standing on the pedals), but worth it ...

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Tags: Cycle Of Violence, Cycling, Exercise, Fitness

Vermont Idiotarian Watch

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 5:06:33 pm PDT

Idiots on the loose in Vermont: Vermont Democrats call for Bush impeachment. RANDOLPH, Vermont (Reuters) - Democratic Party leaders in Vermont on Saturday passed a motion asking Congress to immediately begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush. The Democratic Party is so far off the rails, it’s going to take a generation ...

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Tags: Democrats, Impeachment, Vermont

Religion of AK-47s

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 4:23:46 pm PDT

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Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Fatah, RoP

Eight Terrorists Go to Allah

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 4:17:53 pm PDT

Israel seems determined to teach the Palestinians not to fire rockets from Gaza, with the only kind of tutoring they understand: Israeli Strikes Kill 8 Militants in Gaza. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Two Israeli air strikes killed eight Palestinian militants Saturday in the latest signs that Israel has stepped up ...

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Tags: Israel, Terrorism, Palestinian, Air Strikes

Odd Graphic of the Day

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 9:07:27 am PDT

Rachel Corrie sure does turn up in some strange places. (Hat tip: cp.)

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Tags: Rachel Corrie, Palestinian, Propaganda, ISM, Rafah, International Solidarity Movement, Soccer

Abu Mazen Says...

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 8:54:03 am PDT

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Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen

LGF 20G

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 8:30:00 am PDT

What? This is post number what? No way. Get outta here. (Although it is numbered 20,000, it’s not really the 20,000th post because some posts have been deleted for one reason or another, and those numbers are not reused. My little green admin tool informs me that this will actually be ...

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Tags: Open Thread, Post 20000

Brutal Torture Camp Turns Afghan Boys Pro-America

Sat, Apr 8, 2006 at 8:05:52 am PDT

Maybe instead of shutting down the Guantanamo Bay prison, it should be converted to a summer camp for Middle Eastern youths, where they could learn to love America: Cuba? It was great, say boys freed from US prison camp. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Asadullah strives to make his point, switching to ...

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Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, Gitmo, Cuba, Human Rights

Friday, April 07, 2006

Friday Night Glass

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 8:32:05 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Glass

Muslims Accused of Killing "Unclean" Dogs

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 7:17:10 pm PDT

Reality intrudes on a British journalist’s trip to Turkey, in a most unpleasant way: An undignified spectacle. (Hat tip: WordWarp.) When I visited Turkey last week on an inaugural London-to-Ankara flight, I decided the country was clearly ripe for membership of the European Union. Only a short walk from my hotel ...

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Tags: Islam, Turkey, Dogs

Totten: An Open Letter to Hezbollah

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 5:36:18 pm PDT

Michael J. Totten has an open letter to Hizballah’s Media Relations person, Hussein Naboulsi. I know you’re still monitoring my Web site. At least you kept monitoring me long after the two of us stopped talking – if “talking” is the right word. One of my colleagues said you told him ...

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Tags: Michael J. Totten, Hizballah

Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 4:08:43 pm PDT

A car carrying several Palestinian terrorists was hit by an Israeli missile as it left a training camp in Rafah—and you know what that means. Car swarm! (Pictures accompanied by the usual bizarre, out-of-sync MSM captions about “inspecting” the bombed car.)

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Tags: Hamas, Palestinian, Fatah, PRC, Car Swarm

Horowitz vs. Chutch

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 2:29:01 pm PDT

Expose the Left has video of David Horowitz and Ward “Chutch” Churchill on the Hannity and Colmes show: Hannity Demolishes Churchill, Makes Him Pretend Not To Hear.

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Tags: David Horowitz, Ward Churchill, Expose The Left

Iran Has Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 2:25:44 pm PDT

At the Telegraph, news of a serious development in Iran’s Manhattan Project: Iran has missiles to carry nuclear warheads. Iran has successfully developed ballistic missiles with the capability to carry nuclear warheads. Detailed analysis of recent test firings of the Shahab-3 ballistic missile by military experts has concluded that Iran has been ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA, Shahab 3 Missile

The Spaghetti-Burqa Convergence

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 1:43:40 pm PDT

Here’s your moment of Friday afternoon burqa zen. (Hat tip: The Religious Policeman, who also provides some tips on eating while veiled.) [Video]

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Tags: Video, Burqa, Spaghetti

Venezuelan Mob Attacks US Ambassador

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 12:21:42 pm PDT

The US ambassador to Venezuela was attacked by a mob today—and Venezuelan police did nothing to stop it: US Ambassador’s Car Pelted in Venezuela. Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pelted the U.S. ambassador’s car with fruit, vegetables, and eggs on Friday, and a group of motorcyclists chased his convoy for ...

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Tags: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, US Ambassador

Krauthammer: First We Need a Wall

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 10:27:16 am PDT

Here’s Charles Krauthammer’s proposal to deal with the enormous problem of illegal immigration: First a Wall — Then Amnesty. My proposition is the following: a vast number of Americans who oppose legalization and fear new waves of immigration would change their minds if we could radically reduce new — i.e., future ...

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Tags: Krauthammer, Immigration

The Playboy Jihad

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 10:12:50 am PDT

A very toned-down version of Playboy magazine is going on sale in Indonesia, and representatives of the RoP are (surprise!) threatening violence: Tame Playboy sparks excitement in Muslim Indonesia. (Hat tip: Amy.) “I am afraid to sell the first edition because it has been reported that the Islamic organizations would ...

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Tags: Islam, Indonesia, Playboy

Immigration Bill Shelved

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 10:08:44 am PDT

The Senate immigration bill is dead in the water. The Senate sidetracked sweeping immigration legislation Friday, leaving in doubt prospects for passing a bill offering the hope of citizenship to millions of men, women and children living in the United States illegally. A carefully crafted compromise that supporters had claimed could win ...

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Tags: Immigration, Illegal Aliens, Amnesty

EU Spine Sighting

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 9:21:12 am PDT

It probably won’t be long before they open up the money faucets again, but for a brief shining moment the EU has actually (I hope you’re sitting down) taken a stand: EU freezes aid to Palestinian government. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had halted aid payments ...

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Tags: Hamas, European Union, Funding

VDH: Has Ahmadinejad Miscalculated?

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 9:10:51 am PDT

It’s Friday, and that means Victor Davis Hanson has another well-reasoned essay for us: Has Ahmadinejad Miscalculated? Ever since September 11, the subtext of this war could be summed up as something like, “Suburban Jason, with his iPod, godlessness, and earring, loves to live too much to die, while Ali, raised ...

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Tags: Iran, Victor Davis Hanson, VDH

NBC Anti-Muslim Sting Coming to Your Town

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 at 8:24:51 am PDT

They got caught trying to set up a phony “anti-Muslim” sting at NASCAR (with the eager help of a former Muslim Student Association “activist”), and now NBC News has offered an amazingly lame excuse: ‘Dateline’ segment not focusing on NASCAR. (Hat tip: Andrew.) NBC tried to dispel rumors that it was ...

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Tags: MSA, NBC News, Dateline, Sting

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Thursday Night Beach

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 9:58:37 pm PDT

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Tags: Beach, Photograph, Open Thread

Coulter vs. Baldwin Mismatch

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 8:16:47 pm PDT

Whatever you think of Ann Coulter (and I know we have the entire range of Coulter-related opinion here at LGF), you’ve got to admit she knows how to do the dozens: Alec and Ann both vote to abstain. “Would you rather sleep with Ann Coulter or Dianne Feinstein?” Elle magazine [asked ...

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Tags: Ann Coulter, Alec Baldwin

Fighting Over the Space Between

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 7:59:31 pm PDT

LawHawk has an excellent post about the ongoing political wrangling that has prevented the city of New York from creating something meaningful at Ground Zero in Manhattan: The Battle For Ground Zero, Part 116. You mean to tell me that the City can’t find a chunk of change to get all ...

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Tags: LawHawk, Yves Rathle, World Trade Center, Ground Zero

The Return of the Son of Plamegate

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 7:38:27 pm PDT

As usual when one of these stories comes out, my esteemed colleagues on the loony left email me gloating about how Bush is going DOWN this time, man! Usually a few obscenities thrown in for emotional impact. Wish I had a dollar for every pumped-up soon-debunked half-baked pseudo-scandal they’ve gloated over. Because ...

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Tags: Bush, Valerie Plame, CIA, Joseph C. Wilson

Iran's Nuclear Shell Game

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 7:19:38 pm PDT

If the IAEA found it, it’s probably pretty darned obvious: UN officials find evidence of secret uranium enrichment plant. United Nations officials investigating Iran’s nuclear programme say they have found convincing evidence that the Iranians are working on a secret uranium enrichment project that has not been officially declared. Suspicions were raised ...

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Tags: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, IAEA

Academic Lies About Killing Apostates

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 3:23:38 pm PDT

The case of Abdul Rahman has cast a sudden sharp light on the quaint Islamic practice of murdering those who leave the faith—and this, inevitably, has also led to a blizzard of misleading politically correct articles in mainstream media. Robert Spencer sets the record straight: Academic Lies About Killing Apostates. The ...

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Tags: Islam, Shari'a, Apostasy, Abdul Rahman, Robert Spencer

Prosecution Plays 9/11 Video for Jurors

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 2:47:45 pm PDT

Some of the video footage that’s been hidden from us by the media is apparently being played for the jury in Zacarias Moussaoui’s sentencing trial: Giuliani Tells Moussaoui Jury About 9/11. ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The stories and photos of three young girls, all of whom lost parents in the Sept. 11 ...

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Tags: 9/11, Trial, Zacarias Moussaoui, Death Sentence

A Message from a Gold Star Father

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 2:02:08 pm PDT

Over the next twenty-four hours, several bloggers will post messages from military families who strongly support America’s mission in Iraq, despite having lost loved ones in the conflict. LGF is honored to bring you this message from Gold Star Father John Ellsworth, whose son Justin made the ultimate sacrifice for ...

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Tags: Gold Star Family, Iraqi Liberation Day

Thursday Open Thread

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 9:08:55 am PDT

“You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” — Steven Wright

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Tags: Open Thread, Quote

Terror Attacks Stopped in Italy

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 8:53:01 am PDT

Italian authorities disrupted RoP plans to attack the Milan subway and a famous church in Bologna: Subway Terrorist Attack Thwarted. (Hat tip: Dodgeblogium.) Italian authorities have thwarted planned terrorist attacks on a Bologna church and the Milan subway, according to the ANSA news agency. Interior minister Giuseppe Pisanu reportedly revealed the ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Terrorism, RoP, Religion Of Peace, Italy

Horowitz Vs. Churchill

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 8:44:00 am PDT

This ought to be interesting, as David Horowitz faces off with Ward “Little Eichmanns” Churchill tonight at about 8 pm Eastern, on Rightalk.com. I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if Churchill ducks out of the debate. UPDATE at 4/6/06 2:43:22 pm: PirateBallerina will be liveblogging the debate.

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Tags: David Horowitz, Ward Churchill

Into the Lions Den

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 8:31:31 am PDT

Vital Perspective attends a meeting of the Stalinist “anti-war” group International ANSWER: Into the Lions Den, Vital Perspective Infiltrates A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition.

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Tags: International ANSWER, Vital Perspective

Hamas Hates Bellydancing

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 8:27:24 am PDT

New Hamastan culture minister Attallah Abu al-Sibbah is very concerned about immorality: Bellydancing out, cinema in, says Hamas. “Bellydancing is naked women. This is not Islamic. The Egyptians come here and do it. And there are a lot of Russian bellydancers in Egypt and they come here too,” said Mr Sibbah, ...

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Tags: Hamas, Culture Minister, Al-Sibbah, Bellydancing

Banks Refuse to Deal with Hamas

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 at 8:08:49 am PDT

Which will come first—civil war or total collapse of the Hamas terror state? Cash-strapped Hamas struggles to find bank willing to handle finances. The new Hamas-led Palestinian government is struggling to find a bank willing to handle its finances, casting doubt on whether it can pay staff or receive foreign aid, ...

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Tags: Hamas, Finance, Palestinian Authority

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

NASCAR to NBC: "Any Legitimate Journalist Should Be Ashamed"

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 8:23:13 pm PDT

Michelle Malkin reports that NASCAR is not pleased with NBC News’ attempt to stage an anti-Muslim news event: I spoke this afternoon with Ramsey Poston, managing director of corporate communications at NASCAR. He’s on his way down to Texas for the NASCAR race this weekend, and he responded to NBC Dateline’s ...

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Tags: Islam, Media Bias, NASCAR, NBC

Walt-Mearsheimer Vs. Dershowitz

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 8:09:25 pm PDT

Here’s a page at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government web site where you can find both the Walt-Mearsheimer anti-Israel paper The Israel Lobby and the devastating response from Alan Dershowitz: KSG Research - Harvard Faculty Responses to Working Papers.

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, Alan Dershowitz

The Islamist Challenge to the Constitution

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 7:41:21 pm PDT

Here’s a piece by David Kennedy Houck on Muslim organizations’ attempts to establish “separate but equal” enclaves in the United States: The Islamist Challenge to the U.S. Constitution. First in Europe and now in the United States, Muslim groups have petitioned to establish enclaves in which they can uphold and enforce ...

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Tags: Islam, Middle East Quarterly, David Kennedy Houck, Constitution

Iran Threatens to Close Strait of Hormuz

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 6:55:16 pm PDT

Iran is puffed up with success after their tests of so many amazing new weapons systems in the “Great Prophet” military exercises, and tonight they’re dropping hints about closing the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran, Iran, Apr. 05 – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Major General Yahya Rahim ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, World News, Nuclear Proliferation, Strait Of Hormuz

The New X Games

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 6:45:26 pm PDT

A wacademic at Britain’s University of Chester says the London subway bombings weren’t “terrorism.” Oh no, you silly plebeians! They were merely “extreme demonstrations:” London bombers not terrorists - professor. “Terrorism” is such a political word. Often used to demonize people, don’t you know. LONDON’S suicide bombings were not the acts of ...

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Tags: Wacademia, 7/7, London, Bombings

Dreaded Cartoons on Portland TV

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 5:17:52 pm PDT

Plus Ultra has video of a show featuring blogosphere coverage of the [Popup] on Portland’s KATU-TV, and amazingly the station allowed the heinous line drawings to be shown. Fatwas to follow.

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Tags: Radical Islam, Danish Cartoons, Cartoon Jihad, Portland, KATU-TV

"More Sacred to Me Than My Mother"

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 4:56:17 pm PDT

Kuwaiti cleric Sheik Tareq Al-Suweidan, Director-General of Al-Risala TV, rages and rants at the Copenhagen Dialogue on the Prophet Mohammed Cartoons, held on March 9 and 10 in cooperation with 42 prominent preachers and Islamic scholars. (From MEMRI TV.) [Video] Tareq Al-Suweidan: We are not angry because some of your cartoonists have ...

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Tags: Islam, Danish Cartoons, Saudi Arabia, Cartoon Jihad, MEMRI TV, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Al-Risala TV

McKinney Case Goes to Grand Jury

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 4:33:26 pm PDT

The cop-slapping case of Rep. Cynthia McKinney (Moonbat-Ga.) is heading to a grand jury. (CNN) — No more he-grabbed-she-slapped — whether U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney should be charged over a confrontation with Capitol Police last week will be decided by a grand jury, perhaps as soon as next week, said federal ...

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Tags: Moonbat, Cynthia McKinney

Hamas Sets the Record Straight

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 4:30:58 pm PDT

Apparently there’s been some confusion on the part of the news media about a statement by Hamas “foreign minister” Mahmoud al-Zahar, and he would like to clarify: he still wants to destroy Israel. GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar on Wednesday denied referring to a two-state solution to the ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, Liar

Simmons: Message from a Time Traveler

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 3:28:45 pm PDT

Here’s the must-read piece of the week, possibly of the year, by novelist Dan Simmons, as a visitor from the future imparts some terrible knowledge: Message from a Time Traveler. It’s a powerful, scary read, and gets the highest LGF recommendation. (Hat tip: Pierre Legrand.)

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Tags: Islam, Dan Simmons

Wednesday Open Thread

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 11:27:47 am PDT

“Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.” — H. L. Mencken

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Tags: Open Thread, Quote

Yes, It's Anti-Semitic

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 9:39:28 am PDT

Here’s an excellent piece on the Walt/Mearsheimer anti-Israel paper, by Eliot A. Cohen: Yes, It’s Anti-Semitic. Inept, even kooky academic work, then, but is it anti-Semitic? If by anti-Semitism one means obsessive and irrationally hostile beliefs about Jews; if one accuses them of disloyalty, subversion or treachery, of having occult powers ...

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Washington Post, Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer

Air America CEO Bails

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 9:13:08 am PDT

The slow motion collapse of “progressive” radio station Air America seems to be accelerating: Top Dog Jumping Ship.

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Tags: Progressive, Air America, Radio Equalizer

Fully Precedented Hamas Lying

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 9:07:44 am PDT

It’s absolutely outrageous to see one wire story after another trumpeting the “unprecedented peace overture” from Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Zahar (in a blatantly duplicitous letter to the United Nations) while totally ignoring what this creature said to China’s Xinhua only three days ago: “I dreams of hanging a huge map of ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, Liar

Sydney Gang Rapists Get More Jail Time

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 8:20:14 am PDT

Two Pakistani Muslims convicted in a series of horrific gang rapes in Sydney will be spending a bit more time in jail, after more rapes were discovered: Increased terms for gang rapists. (Hat tip: Terp Mole.) TWO convicted gang rapists have had their jail terms increased with fresh sentences over a ...

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Tags: Islam, Australia, Sydney, Gang Rape

Driving in Disguise

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 8:13:54 am PDT

New Zealand police are trying to find ways to be sensitive to the Dark Ages misogyny of fundamentalist Islam: New police policy on burkha-wearing drivers unveiled. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Police have announced new methods to identify Muslims driving in full burkha, but the union representing front-line police says the women ...

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Tags: Misogyny, New Zealand, Police, Burqa

RoP Hates Love

Wed, Apr 5, 2006 at 8:01:50 am PDT

Malaysia is going to put a couple on trial for kissing in public. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that two young people accused of kissing and hugging in a public park can be charged with indecent behaviour. The federal court in the mainly Muslim ...

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Tags: Islam, Free Expression, Malaysia, Indecency

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Tuesday Night Wheel

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 9:28:57 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread, Wheel

Hamas Lies, UN Tools Swoon

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 8:40:28 pm PDT

Terrorists who know how to work their audience: Hamas leader takes conciliatory note in UN letter. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians’ new Hamas foreign minister has written U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan referring to a “two-state solution” for the Middle East, a conciliatory phrase the world should take note of, a ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Al-Zahar

The League of the Vilified

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 8:31:26 pm PDT

Whew! I’m glad I’m not the only Islamophobic racist hatemonger Klansman bigot on the web! I’ve got your back, Mark.

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Tags: Mark Steyn, Hate Mail, Jihad

VDH: Assimilation Is the Real Debate

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 8:11:20 pm PDT

Here’s a dose of reality-based commentary from Victor Davis Hanson, on America’s immigration crisis: Assimilation Is the Real Debate. There is still a solution to the immigration problem: It involves supporting any practice that leads to the assimilation of legal Mexican immigrants into the American mainstream — and opposing everything that ...

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Tags: Victor Davis Hanson, VDH, Immigration

CBS News Hangs Out With Terrorist Thugs

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 7:26:57 pm PDT

In a very special exclusive report, CBS News has a cozy visit with the bloodthirsty Islamist spokesmen of Iraqi Shi’ite mullah Muqtada al-Sadr: A Rare Trip Into Baghdad’s Sadr City. Rare indeed, except when the terror masters need to get some propaganda out to the West—an endeavor that CBS is ...

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Tags: Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr, CBS News, Mujahideen

The Karter/Kos Konvergence

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 6:54:16 pm PDT

The worst former President hooks up with the worst moonbat blogger: Jimmy Carter writing for DailyKos. (Hat tip: Ethel.) Is there no depth low enough for the ex-Submariner? The Weekly Standard reports: On March 23, the leftist blog/nuthouse known as the Daily Kos upped its prestige factor to unprecedented levels, when ...

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Bush Was Right

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 6:13:30 pm PDT

[Used to be a video here...] UPDATE at 4/4/06 6:19:05 pm: Oops. Looks like YouTube has shut off the feed on this one. You’ll have to go to their site to see it: YouTube - Bush Was Right. UPDATE at 4/4/06 6:23:06 pm: Here’s the band’s web site: The Right Brothers.

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Tags: Video, Bush Was Right, Right Brothers

Herald Trib Hides French Rioters

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 5:28:31 pm PDT

Why is the International Herald Tribune pixelating the faces of the “youths” smashing and torching Peugeots in this slide show? (Hat tip: bti.)

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Tags: France, Riots, Socialists, Youths, Herald Tribune

Revenants' Strategy

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 3:44:00 pm PDT

Here’s some smart commentary on Israeli politics from Carl in Jerusalem: Israel Matzav: Revenants’ Strategy.

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Good Time to Be a Burglar in Britain

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 1:42:38 pm PDT

You know how sometimes you get stopped by a cop for a traffic violation, and for whatever reason—maybe you weren’t going too fast, maybe there are no other cars nearby, maybe the cop’s in a good mood—he lets you go with a warning? That’s what Britain will now be doing with ...

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Tags: Britain, Crime, Liberal

Shock of the Day

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 1:26:29 pm PDT

US says Saudi individuals still funding terrorism. Stuart Levey, the Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said Saudi Arabia had made significant strides in counterterrorism efforts in recent years and that the kingdom was “doing an excellent job” fighting operatives of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network at home. But ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Saudi Arabia, Financing

"No Terrorist-Free Zones in the UK"

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 1:12:55 pm PDT

The United Kingdom has a BIG problem: Bomb investigator says UK threat still high. BERLIN (Reuters) - Investigations into last July’s London suicide bombings are proceeding with no let-up but the terrorist threat to Britain has not declined, the country’s top anti-terrorism investigator said on Tuesday. “Since July, the pace of investigation, ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Al Qaeda, Britain, 7/7

Tuesday Open Thread

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 12:07:09 pm PDT

“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.” — Confucius

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NBC Setting Up a NASCAR Sting?

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 11:37:48 am PDT

Dateline NBC is apparently trying to set up a sting, asking “Muslim males” to go to sporting events such as NASCAR accompanied by NBC’s hidden cameras so they can film all the gawking “bigots.” Michelle Malkin has the story: NBC: Staging the News Again? Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:05:54 -0800 ...

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Tags: Michelle Malkin, Dateline NBC

Google News Includes Terrorist Organization

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 10:23:47 am PDT

I thought I was finished being surprised by the news sources officially chosen by Google News to include in their index. Then I learned that Google News is giving their stamp of legitimacy to none other than the propaganda wing of the terrorist group Hizballah, Al-Manar—recently named by the US Treasury ...

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Beware the Invisible Flying Boat of Allah

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 9:52:35 am PDT

I have given a name to my fear, and it is the Invisible Flying Boat! (Hat tip: efuseakay.) TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Tuesday it had tested what it called a “super-modern flying boat” capable of evading radar. State TV showed a brief clip of the boat’s launch. “Due to its advanced design, no ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, World News, Nuclear Proliferation, Flying Boat

National Geographic: Religion of Tolerance

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 9:35:10 am PDT

National Geographic looks at the Abdul Rahman case, and lays down a nice coat of whitewash on the subject of Islamic apostasy laws, asking the question: Does Islam Allow for Death Penalty for Converts? (Hat tip: Doss.) Of course it does, in nearly every Muslim nation. But don’t let that fool ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Afghanistan, RoP, Religion Of Peace, Apostasy, Abdul Rahman, Convert, National Geographic

Bush-Chimp-Hitler at Borders

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 8:50:47 am PDT

LGF reader Sheepdogess emailed this lovely photo, taken last May at the Borders Bookstore in Redmond, Washington, featuring an interesting arrangement of reading material:

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Tags: Bush Derangement Syndrome, Borders, Chimp, Hitler

Islam's Imperial Dreams

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 8:33:08 am PDT

Here’s an excellent piece by Efraim Karsh on Islam’s Imperial Dreams, pointing out the obvious fact that is usually lost in a sea of misrepresentation and misdirection—that Muslim political ambitions are not a reaction to Western encroachments. When satirical depictions of the prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper sparked a worldwide ...

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Tags: Islam, History, Caliphate, Efraim Karsh

Yale Student Defends Taliban

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 at 8:25:49 am PDT

I was going to mock this ridiculous example of mushy multiculturalist backwardsthink in the Yale Daily News, but it really isn’t funny to see college students so utterly bereft of critical thinking skills that they’re unable to recognize real evil when it’s staring them in the face: University should be ...

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Tags: Yale, Taliban, Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi

Monday, April 03, 2006

Monday Night Palms

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 9:26:00 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread

Ignorance is Blix Redux

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 8:41:20 pm PDT

Hans Blix says we have plenty of time to take a nice long nap: ‘Iran at least 5 years away from bomb’. Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix on Monday said Iran is a least five years away from developing a nuclear bomb, leaving time to peacefully negotiate a settlement. Blix, ...

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Tags: Iran, Hans Blix, Feckless

Chinese Bikini Models

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 7:16:46 pm PDT

Here’s something you don’t see every day: Chinese bikini models proudly featuring the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Hat tip: The Pool Bar.) If I were a mullah, I’d be very confused.

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Tags: China, Fashion, WTF

NYT Redesigns

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 6:49:21 pm PDT

The New York Times has redesigned their web site. Looks like they spent a lot of money. Good luck with that.

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Iranian Torpedo Watch

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 6:27:56 pm PDT

Step right up and see the latest super destructomatic Iranian torpedo, able to break a heavy warship in two! The infidels do not have a chance. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran successfully tested its second new torpedo in as many days Monday, the latest weapon to be unveiled during war games in the ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, World News, Nuclear Proliferation, Torpedo

DiManno: Staying Awake in Afghanistan

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 5:49:43 pm PDT

Rosie DiManno, the Toronto Star’s resident sane person (most newspapers keep one or two on staff), has an excellent piece on Canadian soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan: Westward Ho! Staying awake in Afghanistan. (Hat tip: James.) Twenty-three hours after launching from Kandahar Airfield, this Canadian soldiers-to-the-reinforcement operation humps into the ...

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Tags: Taliban, Afghanistan, Canada, Combat

French Shari'a Watch

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 5:28:52 pm PDT

German exchange students visiting the French town of Seine-Saint-Denis got a warm shari’a welcome from the local youths: Sharia in Seine-Saint-Denis. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) German schoolgirls came for a scholar exchange to Seine-Saint-Denis. But to the eyes of the “jeunes” of the neighborhood (“young people”, another expression to designate people ...

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Tags: Islam, France, Shari'a, Misogyny

The Attack of the Incredibly Strange Mine-Planting Iranian Frogmen

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 5:19:59 pm PDT

From Iranian state television, complete with dramatic suspense movie soundtrack, courtesy of MEMRI TV: [Video]

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Tags: Iran, MEMRI TV, Scuba Divers

The Borders Top Shelf Policy

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 4:16:45 pm PDT

Since some readers have questioned whether Borders really does have a policy about stocking Korans only on the top shelf, here’s a post at “What Would Charles Martel Do?” that confirms this is no myth: Why I’m Boycotting Borders. Enter issue number two: the policy on stocking the Koran. The issue ...

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Appeasement, Borders, Waldenbooks

RoP in Philippines

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 3:57:23 pm PDT

The Philippines branch of the international jihad (Abu Sayyaf, whose leaders pick the best code names of any terror gang) has been busy hatching plots to hijack passenger ships: Troops capture Abu Sayyaf member in Basilan Island. ZAMBOANGA CITY: Police and military forces on Sa turday captured in the island of ...

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Tags: RoP, Philippines, Abu Sayyaf, Commander Robot

The Kinship of Ideas

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 3:27:08 pm PDT

The Stephen Walt/John Mearsheimer paper The Israel Lobby gained the endorsements of David Duke and Juan Cole, who clearly recognized its kinship with their ideas. Duke actually said he felt “vindicated” by the study. Now Walt and Mearsheimer can add Jihad el Khazen at Dar Al Hayat to their list of ...

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Tags: Israel, Antisemitism, Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, Dar Al Hayat

Fort Benning Unveils Statue of Rick Rescorla

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 2:57:15 pm PDT

Fort Benning, Georgia, has unveiled a statue of a true American hero, Rick Rescorla—who survived the battle of Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam, then sacrificed his life on 9/11 helping people escape the doomed towers: Fort Benning unveils statue of Sept. 11, Vietnam hero. (Hat tip: TS.) COLUMBUS, Ga. - More ...

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Tags: 9/11, Vietnam, Rick Rescorla, Fort Benning

Euro Koran Desecrator Takes It On the Lam

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 2:26:59 pm PDT

In Bahrain, an arrest warrant has been issued for a European restaurant manager who mistakenly threw away translations from the Koran, and as a result the manager has fled the country. Smart move. (Hat tip: Tongue Tied.) Now Bahrain is demanding that Interpol help enforce their medieval laws. A EUROPEAN manager at ...

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Tags: Islam, Shari'a, Bahrain, Koran, Quran

Moussaoui Verdict

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 12:58:19 pm PDT

In a few minutes, the jury will announce their verdict in the death-sentence trial of confessed Islamic terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui... UPDATE at 4/3/06 1:08:18 pm: Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty.

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Tags: 9/11, Trial, Zacarias Moussaoui, Death Sentence

The German Intifada

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 12:33:42 pm PDT

Youths are rioting in Berlin: Police brought in as teachers lose control at Berlin school. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) BERLIN - Violence at a Berlin school dominated by Arab and Turkish youths and the nearby slaying of police officer, shot in the head while trying to arrest muggers, has fuelled alarm that ...

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Tags: Islam, Europe, Riots, Berlin, Immigration

McKinney Case Goes to US Attorney

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 11:45:56 am PDT

Looks like Rep. Cynthia McKinney (Moonbat-Ga.) may end up facing charges for striking a police officer: McKinney incident referred to U.S. Attorney’s Office. (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.) Capitol Hill police have referred a scuffle between one of their officers and U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, ...

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Tags: Moonbat, Cynthia McKinney

Monday Open Thread

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 11:10:19 am PDT

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NYU’s Cartoonish Quarantine

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 10:44:50 am PDT

Here’s Andrew Bostom on New York University’s cowardly surrender to Islamist intimidation: NYU’s Cartoonish Quarantine. This past Wednesday evening, March 29, 2006, I participated in a panel discussion of the Danish cartoon jihad where life imitated art as depressing farce through the actions of the New York University Administration. The NYU ...

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Free Expression, Andrew Bostom, New York University

Egyptian Mufti Hates Sculpture

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 9:59:55 am PDT

The most senior Islamic jurist in Egypt, Grand High Mufti Shaikh Ali Gomaa, has issued a fatwa forbidding statues of any kind. (Hat tip: Dave.) A fatwa issued by Egypt’s religious authority forbidding the display of statues has raised fears that it could be used as an excuse to destroy the ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Egypt

Afghan Clerics Issuing Threats

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 9:44:13 am PDT

Afghan spokesmen for the Religion of Peace™ are threatening violence unless they get to kill Christian convert Abdul Rahman. (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.) MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan clerics and their followers threatened violence against the government on Sunday over the release of a Christian convert, saying he had to be ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Afghanistan, RoP, Religion Of Peace, Apostasy, Abdul Rahman, Convert

Loophole Discovered in Shari'a

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 9:26:58 am PDT

Saudi women are exploiting a legal loophole to escape the misogynistic shari’a law of Saudi Arabia: Tired of male domination, 5 Saudi women change sex. (Hat tip: Allah.) Apparently, Allah did not foresee this possibility. RIYADH (Reuters) - Tired of playing second fiddle to men in conservative Saudi Arabia, five women decided ...

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Tags: Saudi Arabia, Shari'a, Misogyny

France is Talking with Hamas

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 9:06:28 am PDT

It’s time to start the countdown to the day the feckless, appeasoid international community knuckles under and grants official recognition to an Islamofascist pseudo-government openly, unapologetically dedicated to the destruction of its neighbor. The charge toward surrender is being led by France, of course. (Hat tip: EE.) A Hamas official confirmed on ...

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Tags: Israel, France, Hamas, Terrorism, Palestinian

Ivory Tower Stonewall

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 8:17:29 am PDT

The elitist attitude of wacademia is on fine display in this article at Inside Higher Ed, about Yale’s admission of a Taliban ambassador: The Elite Ex-Taliban. “The outsiders are largely right-wing commentators,” says Zachariah Victor, a member of Yale’s Graduate and Professional Student Senate. “They don’t have reason, science or history ...

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Tags: Yale, Taliban, John Fund, Hashemi

Steyn: Don't Deny the Jihad

Mon, Apr 3, 2006 at 8:11:54 am PDT

Another well-written, totally on-target column from Mark Steyn, on the West’s refusal to pull its head out of the sand: Don’t deny that some Muslims are hot for jihad. To win a war, you don’t spin a war. Millions of ordinary citizens are not going to stick with a “long war” ...

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Tags: Mark Steyn, Jihad

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Sunday Night Ship

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 8:28:56 pm PDT

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Tags: Photograph, Open Thread

Seller Beware

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 7:40:16 pm PDT

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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Tags: Cox And Forkum, Borders, Cartoon

Tammy's On the Web

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 7:30:11 pm PDT

This is very cool; one of my favorite radio hosts, Tammy Bruce, now has free web streaming.

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Tags: Radio, Tammy Bruce, Internet

What Media Bias?

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 7:18:14 pm PDT

Absolutely stunning bias in this uncredited (read: Palestinian stringer) Agence France Presse article on a protest against what the loony left is now calling “Israel’s unilateral frontier:” Jews and Arabs unite to protest Israel’s unilateral frontier. “Jews and Arabs unite?” We’re talking about 300 people, some of whom are “foreign peace ...

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Tags: Israel, Palestinian, Media Bias, Security Fence

A Thought About the Borders Statement

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 6:15:32 pm PDT

Borders spokeswoman Beth Bingham, explaining their decision not to carry Free Inquiry magazine because it contained the Danish Mohammed cartoons, said, “For us, the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority, and we believe that carrying this issue could challenge that priority.” Although their decision to ...

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Appeasement, Borders, Waldenbooks

Irony, Thy Name is Borders

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 5:27:00 pm PDT

In an advertisement for a book festival called Wordstock, sponsored in part by Borders Books, here’s your moment of exquisitely timed irony: Ad sponsored by Borders Books: “Never met a banned author I didn’t like.”

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Appeasement, Borders, Waldenbooks, Wordstock

Possible Suicide Bomber in Toronto

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 3:21:08 pm PDT

Man dies in explosion at Toronto Tim Hortons. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Toronto — The heart of Toronto’s trendy Yorkville shopping district was shocked to a standstill Sunday after an explosion killed one man at a Tim Horton’s outlet. Police would not confirm early reports that a man had entered the washroom ...

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Tags: Terrorism, Toronto, Suicide Bomber

Sunday Open Thread

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 10:45:25 am PDT

It’s a daylight savings time open thread, featuring some pulley wheels by the beach...

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Tags: Open Thread

Iran's Manhattan Project: High Speed Torpedo Tested

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 10:10:32 am PDT

Iran has announced another new weapons system: Iran Claims to Have Test-Fired Missile That Can Destroy Warships. TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced its second major new missile test within days, saying Sunday it has successfully fired a high-speed torpedo capable of destroying huge warships and submarines. The tests came during war games ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, Iran, World News, Nuclear Proliferation, Torpedo

The Genocidal Dreams of Hamas

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 9:52:20 am PDT

In an interview with China’s Xinhua news wire, Palestinian “Minister of Foreign Affairs” Mahmoud al-Zahar shares his dream: the destruction of Israel. (Hat tip: Blogspirator.) The senior official also defended Hamas’ ultimate goal of destroying Israel and founding an Islamic state. “I dreams of hanging a huge map of the world on ...

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Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Mahmoud Al-Zahar

The Revenge of the Egyptian Cartoonists

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 9:43:43 am PDT

The Egyptian Sandmonkey has posted the latest round in the cartoon jihad: a batch of weird, paranoid, antisemitic, anti-Denmark excrescences from the Syndicate of Egyptian Cartoonists: Egyptian cartoonists strike back at Denmark. Pigs, rats, toilets, and pens stabbing Arabs are some of the popular themes.

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Tags: Radical Islam, Danish Cartoons, Cartoon Jihad, Egypt

The Big Carnival: MSM Exploitation of Freelancers

Sun, Apr 2, 2006 at 9:33:18 am PDT

David Paulin looks at the Jill Carroll hostage story from a different angle—the mainstream media’s collective role in her kidnapping and the murder of her translator, due to the use (and misuse) of freelance reporters: A black eye for the mainstream media’s use of freelancers. Carroll freelanced for The Christian ...

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Tags: Hostage, Iraq, Interview, Jill Carroll, Freelance Reporters

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Cartoon Madness Spreading

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 7:51:17 pm PST

Who could have foreseen that the clash of civilizations would be fought with line drawings? Cartoon in poor taste: Indonesia. INDONESIA today described as “tasteless” a caricature in The Weekend Australian newspaper depicting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as a dog. The publication of the cartoon followed a similar drawing in an Indonesian ...

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Tags: Cartoon Jihad, Indonesia, Australia

The Left Intersects with Islamism

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 7:06:10 pm PST

Borders isn’t the only bookseller to cave in to Islamist intimidation. Last month Cathy Seipp reported another preemptive surrender, motivated by leftist ideology, at one of the birthplaces of the free speech movement: The fascists of free speech. A FRIEND OF MINE took his young daughter to visit the famous City ...

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Tags: Cathy Seipp, City Lights, Fallaci

Some Portland Bookstores to Carry Dreaded Magazine

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 4:37:52 pm PST

Borders and Waldenbooks may not be carrying the latest “[Popup]” edition of Free Inquiry magazine featuring the Danish Motoons, but readers in Portland Oregon will be able to find it at Powell’s Books: Borders bans controversial magazine. (Hat tip: Trumanite.) And according to this report, “some outlets” of Barnes & Noble. Several ...

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Appeasement, Borders, Waldenbooks, Free Inquiry

Jill Carroll's Statement

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 1:59:28 pm PST

I’m happy to report that Jill Carroll has repudiated the anti-American statements she made in that video released by the Iraqi mujahideen: Jill Carroll’s Statement. During my last night of captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video. They told me they [sic] would be released if I ...

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Tags: Hostage, Iraq, Interview, Jill Carroll

Dark Ages Via Satellite

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 12:55:30 pm PST

From MEMRI TV, here’s a mind-altering show from Kuwait’s Al-Rai TV, featuring an Egyptian Islamic expert discussing the finer points of female genital mutilation. [Video] Interviewer: So what about the girl’s opinion? Dr. Muhammad Wahdan: What do you mean? Interviewer: What if she says: I don’t want to be circumcised. What happens then? Dr. Muhammad ...

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Tags: Egypt, FGM, Female Circumcision, MEMRI

Photos from the Great March

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 12:06:29 pm PST

Here’s an eye-opener—the Mexica Movement’s proud photo summary of what they’re calling “The Great March:” Gran Marcha, Los Angeles, March 25, 2006. (Hat tip: Bookworm Room.) One of the more negative parts of the march was when American flags were passed out to make sure the marchers were looked on as ...

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Tags: Los Angeles, Mexica Movement, Photos

OpinionJournal Piece Cites Muzammil Siddiqi As "Liberal"

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 11:42:00 am PST

Here’s an interesting piece in yesterday’s OpinionJournal by Masood Farivar, on the Muslim practice of takfir—accusing other Muslims of heresy: Holier Than Thou. The international uproar over the case of Abdul Rahman, the Afghan convert to Christianity charged with apostasy, has drawn attention away from a far more common and nefarious ...

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Tags: Radical Islam, OpinionJournal, Muzammil Siddiqi, Takfir, Taqqiya

Got 3 in Australia

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 11:09:39 am PST

Arrests ‘disrupt terror group’. (Hat tip: Aussiemagpie.) THE arrest of three men in Melbourne had significantly disrupted the activities of a terrorist group allegedly plotting an attack in Australia, police said. ... A 21-year-old Coburg man, a 25-year-old from Brunswick and a 26-year-old from Hadfield arrested last night are believed to be ...

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Tags: Islam, RoP, Australia, Bomb Plot

Clinton to Hamas: Whisper Sweet Nothings to Me

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 9:53:30 am PST

Bill Clinton says he would shake hands with Hamas, if only they would give him the same sweet, empty promises that Yasser Arafat did. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Asked if he would shake hands with Hamas in the name of negotiation as he did with Arafat in 1993, Clinton said: “If ...

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Tags: Hamas, Clinton, Arafat

CBS Blog Disappears LGF

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 9:16:31 am PST

I was a bit surprised when CBS News launched their Public Eye “blog,” to find that LGF was listed on their blogroll: CBSNews.com: Blog. From Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo to Little Green Footballs and Powerline, many different voices are represented here. Well, that didn’t last long. Guess who is ...

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Tags: CBS, Public Eye, Blog

Radio Equalizer: Cranky Franken

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 9:09:10 am PST

Brian Maloney has a report on wacky Al Franken’s latest very grumpy appearance on the Today Show, in which Franken got possessed by the spirit of Daily Kos and said “screw you” to guest Michael Smerconish: The Radio Equalizer: Cranky Al Franken.

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Tags: Al Franken, Air America, Idiotarian

AP Picks Up Borders CEO Letter

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 8:55:06 am PST

In today’s faux New York Times: Borders Blasts Back On Controversial Cartoons. (Hat tip: American Digest.) New York, Mar. 31 - Gregory Josefowicz, the combative chairman of Borders Books, blasted back at his on-line critics today in a scathing on-line letter singling out right-wing blogger Charles Johnson of “Little Green Footballs”. Borders ...

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Tags: Danish Cartoons, Appeasement, Borders, Waldenbooks, April 1

Palestinian Civil War Watch

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 8:25:03 am PST

Fatah gunmen fire guns, defying Hamas PM. GAZA (Reuters) - Gunmen from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement fired off guns in a show of force in Gaza on Saturday, defying orders from Prime Minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to stay off the streets. The militants demanded Haniyeh arrest members of ...

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Tags: Hamas, Palestinian, Fatah, Civil War

Palestinians Refuse Bird Flu Cull

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 8:21:17 am PST

Palestinian farmers in the Gaza Strip are refusing to cull chickens infected with bird flu unless they get paid. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Farmers in the Gaza Strip where poultry have been hit by a bird flu outbreak are refusing to cull their chickens before receiving financial compensation. “The farmers are not ...

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Tags: Palestinian, Bird Flu

Peace Creep Claims Rescue Was Staged

Sat, Apr 1, 2006 at 7:58:09 am PST

Canadian Harmeet Sooden, one of the Christian Peacemaker Teams ingrates freed by coalition troops, is now claiming that the entire rescue mission was staged to give the “occupation forces” some good PR. The National Post has a suggestion for the next time the mujahideen kidnap leftist useful idiots like Sooden: Peacemaker ...

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