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LGF Archives: June 2002

Sunday, June 30, 2002

terror alliances

Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 5:04:17 pm PDT

Not good: intelligence sources see signs that Hezbollah is cooperating with Al Qaeda, defying the conventional wisdom that Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims hate each other too much to form alliances: Terror Alliance Has U.S. Worried.

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final exam

Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 4:13:48 pm PDT

Egypt, a country that’s always waiting in line with its hand out when the United States is giving away free money, is backing Yasser Arafat and accusing Israel of obstructing Mideast peace. This is going to be the test of George Bush’s proposal. Both Saudi Arabia and Egypt are backing away ...

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new! improved! shiny! previews!

Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 3:20:31 pm PDT

Yes, one of our most-requested features is now a reality: comment previewing. You can now see exactly what your comment will look like before posting it, and edit it if something is awry. Enjoy!

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got one

Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 12:20:37 pm PDT

Good news (via Meryl Yourish): IDF soldiers have taken out the commander of the Hamas military wing in Hebron, an experienced mass murderer known as “the Engineer-4.” Muhaned Taher, who is considered the most senior West Bank militant wanted by Israel, was assassinated Sunday evening by IDF troops in Nablus. ...

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ambulance abuse

Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 11:33:44 am PDT

Somebody tried to blow up a train today in Israel. It might have been Palestinians. JERUSALEM - A bomb exploded on a railroad in central Israel as a passenger train passed over it Sunday, damaging one of the carriages, but causing no serious injuries, police said.The explosion took place just ...

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one drop

Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 8:34:54 am PDT

A courageous group of Muslims in the Galilee is standing up against extremism and violence. Calling themselves The Prophetic Tradition Helpers Association (PTHA), the goals of the 10-member group founded this month include providing a platform for moderation and nonviolence, and educating Muslims about how extremists are misinterpreting Orthodox Islam. ...

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ignorant and brainwashed

Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 8:07:19 am PDT

If you read the European press, it’s impossible to miss the hostility toward Israel oozing from almost every story. A disturbing survey commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League shows that 30% of Europeans harbor “traditional” anti-Semitic feelings. Of the Europeans surveyed: * 30% harbor traditional anti-Semitic stereotypes.* 45% believe Jews are more loyal ...

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Saturday, June 29, 2002

it’s war

Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 12:51:44 pm PDT

Jonathan Gurwitz says we should declare war on the United Nations. I think he’s serious.

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the meaning of peace

Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 12:29:12 pm PDT

Reader Randall Parker pointed out this UPI story about the leader of a “small” Muslim reform movement (if there’s a “large” reform movement I haven’t heard about it), who warns the West about the true goals of Islam. "The dialogue is not proceeding well because of the two-facedness of most ...

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tinfoil in the rain

Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 10:08:27 am PDT

Bill Herbert smacks a certain “tinfoil pundit” known for his forays into schtoopidity.

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a fool for a client

Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 9:43:46 am PDT

Wacky Zacky Moussaoui is getting some hard lessons in American jurisprudence from Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. Brinkema, 58, a former graduate student in philosophy who later graduated from Cornell law school, worked for almost a decade as a Justice Department lawyer at headquarters and in a U.S. attorney's office before ...

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a broken record

Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 9:28:52 am PDT

You can take this to the bank; whenever you see an article titled Setting the Record Straight on Islam, it’s guaranteed to be a soft-ball, no-hard-questions, Islam-is-a-religion-of-peace shmooze fest. When about two dozen Muslim leaders from around the world came to Westbury's Islamic Center of Long Island Friday, Rev. Mark ...

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more fun than a rocket launcher

Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 8:46:04 am PDT

So the Palestinians think it’s a great party joke to dress babies as suicide bombers? Well, I guess the Israeli Army has quite a sense of humor too. What a laff riot!

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Friday, June 28, 2002

fbi meets amc

Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 11:48:49 am PDT

Howard Fienberg airs the dirty laundry (and man, is it ripe) of the American Muslim Council, the terror-linked group meeting in Washington DC. FBI director Robert Mueller was supposed to give a lunch talk today, but I haven’t found anything on the wires about it.

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two different planets

Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 10:49:19 am PDT

Charles Krauthammer has it right: Peace Through Democracy. The president's proposal for democratizing Palestine is a fundamental rejection of the Oslo conceit that you could impose upon Palestinian society a PLO thugocracy led by the inventors of modern terrorism and then be surprised that seven years later it exploded in ...

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vacation from terror

Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 10:05:44 am PDT

Stefan Sharkansky translates an article from Die Welt about those 13 Palestinian murderers and thugs who occupied the Church of the Nativity before being exiled—and who are now enjoying all-expenses-paid vacations courtesy of the European Union.

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a kind of phenomenon

Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 9:44:38 am PDT

The family of the baby suicide bomber has confirmed that the photo is genuine. “It was a joke. A JOKE. What are all you Westerners so upset about?” A Palestinian journalist in the Hebron area said she did not believe the picture was a fake and expressed surprise at the ...

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yassin attends a party

Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 8:46:21 am PDT

Proving once again that the word of the Palestinian Authority is utterly worthless, the “spiritual leader” of Hamas attended an anti-US, anti-Israel, guns-firing-in-the-air rally in Gaza today, even though he’s supposed to be under house arrest. Another scene from a peaceful religion:

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a strange heroism

Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 7:57:47 am PDT

Here’s what the always-loathsome Hanan Ashrawi had to say about the baby bomber photo: "To me it is a... strange heroism," she told the BBC. "But at the same time it is part of the distortion that results from ongoing victimisation, incursions, targeting civilians, a whole captive Palestinian population." ...

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just for fun

Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 7:35:03 am PDT

Of course, Palestinians are claiming that this photo is a forgery. Palestinian officials dismissed it as a propaganda trick. "This is cheap Israeli propaganda. They are using this photo to justify Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people and to go on with their occupation of the Palestinian territories," Information Minister ...

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Thursday, June 27, 2002

network of thugs

Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 7:33:26 pm PDT

Here’s a very revealing Social Network Analysis of a Terrorist Network by Valdis Krebs. Correlating this graphical map with Fred Pruitt’s Thugburg could be interesting.

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RIP john entwistle

Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 7:01:06 pm PDT

John Entwistle was a naturally innovative, idiosyncratic musician, like all the members of The Who. He will be greatly missed. Rest in peace, Boris the Spider.

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data dump

Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 6:22:42 pm PDT

So I go play guitar on a friend’s demo this afternoon, and when I get home ... hey! Almost 200 new comments! Almost 100 emails! Consider me officially swamped. Some great links were suggested; I’m just going to dump them out here without much comment, because they all deserve to be ...

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security - what's that?

Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 9:27:23 am PDT

News: Windows Media Player hole called severe yes, it's yet another serious exploitable security flaw in a Microsoft product. Sorry, Eric, but isn't this getting a little ridiculous? From a print article by the AP in this morning's SF Chronicle - "In addition, Microsoft said it found four security flaws ...

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baby steps

Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 8:54:29 am PDT

A photograph found by IDF soldiers in Hebron earlier today:

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slip slidin’ away

Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 8:31:24 am PDT

If the Palestinians are going to reform their society, they sure are starting off on the wrong foot: Palestinians Reject Bush Threat on U.S. Aid. GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian officials on Thursday brushed aside President Bush's threat to withhold financial aid and said Palestinians would defy U.S. pressure to replace ...

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palestine’s deliverance

Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 7:38:24 am PDT

Fouad Ajami outlines the stark choices that now face the Palestinian people: Palestine's Deliverance. For all the fury of the satellite channels of the Arab world, for all those drums and false rumors of war, there is no pan-Arab rescue for the Palestinians. Small treasure may come from the dictator ...

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Wednesday, June 26, 2002

unrwa in the spotlight

Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 8:18:42 pm PDT

What a brilliantly deadpan headline: Israel Seeks UN Agency's Help to Stop Bombings. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a clear bid to embarrass an institution Israel has long seen as biased, Israel mounted a campaign Wednesday to get U.N. officials who aid Palestinians in refugee camps to help stop suicide bombings. ...

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jihad in north carolina

Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 6:22:46 pm PDT

In Greensboro North Carolina, Muslim immigrants are trying to organize a boycott of “Jewish” products, lying about history, and praising jihad. The Arab News slaps one of their trademark anti-Semitic fantasy headlines on the story: “Tide turning against Zionist Jews.” [Dr. Kaukab Siddique, Ameer of Jamaat al-Muslimeen, gave the Juma' ...

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a potential target

Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 3:46:51 pm PDT

Dr. Nathan Cherny cares for Israeli and Palestinian cancer patients in Jerusalem. He’s also a potential target. Jerusalem is small and the circle of my patients, colleagues and their families is wide. In this week alone, I have shared one degree of separation from four miserable tragedies. Dr. Eisenman is ...

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caught red-handed

Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 8:41:13 am PDT

The NYT reports that the reason President Bush decided to call for Arafat’s removal was an intelligence report that Arafat had personally authorized a $20,000 payment to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, even as he publicly condemned their actions. Looks like Yasser has finally encountered an American president who won’t ...

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seven signs

Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 8:13:25 am PDT

Here’s a very interesting post by Joe Katzman on the 7 signs of a “loser state.” [1] Restrictions on the free flow of information. [2] The subjugation of women. [3] Inability to accept responsibility for individual or collective failure. [4] The extended family or clan as the basic unit of ...

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inadmissable

Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 7:15:51 am PDT

The Belgian court has thrown out the war crimes case against Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2002

libyan pm urges reform

Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 5:19:25 pm PDT

The former prime minister of Libya is one of the very few prominent Arabs calling on the Arab world to take a hard look at itself. "Have we not been quarrelling with Israel for 50 years or more, with burning tongues and throats of fire? [We do this] without considering ...

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kindergarten of hate

Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 2:25:02 pm PDT

Middle East Realities has more photos from that horrifically debased kindergarten graduation ceremony, and even a link to the web site of the organization that funds these schools, where you can find a whole page of these photos proudly displayed. In this photo the little boy is dressed as secretary-general of ...

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psychological warfare

Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 1:10:06 pm PDT

The CIA must be putting LSD in the coffee at the Arab News: Psychological warfare. JEDDAH, 25 June — A number of Western cells are presently operating in Saudi Arabia, both overtly and covertly, and have launched periodic assaults on the youth of the Kingdom in the months since the ...

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more about the speech

Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:56:26 pm PDT

Steven Den Beste makes the best argument I’ve seen that Bush’s speech represents a major turning point in our policy. Much food for thought. But I’m not jumping on the “Bush is our guy again!” bandwagon just yet. I want to see what happens. One thing everyone seems to agree on: ...

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a rare animal

Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 9:51:35 am PDT

President Bush called for a democratic transformation of the Palestinian Authority. But the Washington Post shows how extraordinary this would be, and how unlikely it actually is: Bush-Style Democracy Rare Among Arabs.

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pipes on bush

Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 9:28:58 am PDT

A quick run around the blogs on our anti-idiotarians page shows that I don’t have much company in my lack of enthusiasm for the Bush Mideast speech. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t a fan of Bush before September 11, and maybe it’s because I haven’t forgotten Prince Abdullah at Bush’s ...

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death cult celebrity

Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 8:35:55 am PDT

Mariam Farahat is a star in the Arab world, because her son murdered 5 high school students. GAZA CITY -- Mariam Farahat interrupted the somber greetings offered by a visitor. "I don't want condolences, I want congratulations," she said. "I encouraged my son to sacrifice himself. It is a victory." ...

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Monday, June 24, 2002

ain’t no cycle

Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 7:02:48 pm PDT

Reading over the transcript of Dubya’s Middle East speech, I’m very encouraged to find not a single mention of a “cycle of violence.” Will the media follow suit?

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last chance again

Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 4:27:17 pm PDT

OK, so the ball is now squarely in the Palestinians’ court. How long before the terror gangs respond with another suicide bombing?

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here it comes

Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:47:17 pm PDT

Bush Readies for Mideast Speech. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush prepared to go ahead Monday with a blueprint for a Palestinian state and to send Secretary of State Colin Powell to try to sell the plan to Israel and the Arabs.

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victims of terror

Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:39:47 pm PDT

CNN seems to have taken the criticism to heart. They now have a special series of pages online devoted to Israeli Victims of Terror. A very moving and wrenchingly sad presentation, with photos of the victims accompanied by the stories of how they were murdered.

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negotiation impossible

Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 10:49:20 am PDT

Last week Voice of Palestine radio carried a Friday sermon by Dr. Ikrimah Sabri, Arafat-appointed Mufti of Jerusalem and “Palestine,” chairman of the Higher Islamic Council and a passel of other honorifics. The message, stated very unequivocally: the destruction of Israel is non-negotiable. The mufti says: "The refugee issue was ...

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tackling hamas

Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 8:53:44 am PDT

The Israeli army is preparing for “massive activity” against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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wake up, europe

Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 8:14:40 am PDT

Here’s an excellent article by British journalist Melanie Philipps about Arab anti-Semitism: Wake up, Europe. A common misconception (promoted heavily in Arab propaganda) is that the conflict between Arabs and Jews is rooted in the Zionist state of Israel and their so-called “oppression” of the Palestinians. But anyone who’s really ...

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Sunday, June 23, 2002

another arab obscenity

Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 6:32:36 pm PDT

Just when you thought Arab propaganda couldn’t get any more loathsome: The Anne Franks of Palestine.

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translation available

Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 6:00:35 pm PDT

Tal G now has the full text of the Maariv article mentioned below, translated by “Ester”—thank you, Ester and Tal. This is important information.

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comment promotion

Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 3:34:06 pm PDT

I liked Bjørn Stærk’s nifty new comments feature so much that I ripped it off was inspired to hack out a similar feature today. You may have noticed weblogs (like Daily Pundit) where the comments are included directly on the main page beneath the entry to which they belong. The ...

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palestinian child abuse

Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 10:17:08 am PDT

This little girl, the same age as Gal Aizenman, is taking part in a “graduation exercise” at a kindergarten run by the “Islamic Charitable Association” in Gaza. She is commemorating the ghastly lynching of two Israeli reservists in Ramallah. More than anything, this is what has turned me against the Palestinian ...

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arabs call on international media

Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 9:04:58 am PDT

Sometimes it seems the Arab world is afflicted with a variation of Tourette’s Syndrome that causes them to suddenly emit stupidly anti-Semitic remarks, even when they should be trying to present a reasonable, tolerant face to the infidels. At the NYT, Arab Jew-obsession surfaces again in this story about that ...

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Saturday, June 22, 2002

a smashing idea

Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 1:20:57 pm PDT

Arab “information ministers” meeting in Cairo have pledged to spend more than $20 million dollars on a media campaign in English and Hebrew, targeting guess who. The money will fund services in English and Hebrew on Arab public and private satellite TV channels to address international and Israeli public opinion, ...

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egypt wants to join the club

Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 1:03:03 pm PDT

According to Ha'aretz, German daily Die Welt is reporting that Egypt is trying to obtain nuclear weapons. Western intelligence agencies have reached the conclusion that Egypt is taking steps to obtain nuclear weapons, the German daily Die Welt reported Saturday. According to the report, Egypt intends to mine natural uranium ...

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the honeymoon is off

Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 12:31:06 pm PDT

You know how the jihadis love to fire weapons in the air to show their peaceful nature, at funerals and other parties? Well, today’s Darwin Award goes to this group of dumbshits in Peshawar. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A mortar shell meant to be fired in celebration of a wedding ...

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waste not

Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 10:55:36 am PDT

Sol Ezekiel has a great idea on how Israel could make use of failed suicide bomber Arin Ahmed. The Israeli justice system will decide what is to become of her, but I think she should be offered a deal: a reduced sentence in exchange for becoming a spokeswoman. She should ...

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iraq’s tortured children

Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 8:41:19 am PDT

Our “allies” the Saudis continue to strengthen ties with Iraq. The Arar crossing point on Saudi Arabia's northeastern border with Iraq will open within several weeks and allow Saudi companies to ship humanitarian supplies to Iraq under the U.N.-administered oil-for-food program, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said.The program was created in ...

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the horrifying lie

Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 8:16:16 am PDT

French crackpot Thierry Meyssan’s eponymous work of fiction “The Horrifying Fraud” has been at the top of the bestseller lists in France for several weeks, selling over 200,000 copies. Not everyone is convinced, of course, and there’s even a book titled “The Horrifying Lie” that contains a point-by-point refutation. Mr. ...

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Friday, June 21, 2002

we c u

Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 7:42:23 pm PDT

Everyone who’s not in Mumbai, please ignore this. If you are in Mumbai, and you’ve been sucking down our entire web site for the past few days with Wget 1.7 ... I see you.

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palestinian moderates

Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 2:32:55 pm PDT

Stefan Sharkansky parses that “classically duplicitous” Palestinian ad (paid for by the European Union) asking for a “reconsideration” of suicide bombing, signed by a list of so-called Palestinian moderates like Sari Nusseibeh and Hanan Ashrawi.

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near-death experience

Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 1:43:17 pm PDT

Here’s a fascinating article about Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer’s meetings with two failed suicide bombers: A near-death experience.

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our allies the saudis

Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 1:28:20 pm PDT

Saudi Arabia continues to demonstrate just what kind of friends they are: Boycotting US goods: No faltering please. A recent report that airline reservations from the Kingdom to the United States were 40 percent of what they were last year shocked me. I had hoped that the number of Saudis ...

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for the screed-deprived

Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 12:32:43 pm PDT

James Lileks on a disturbing poll of college students; a significant number seem to be completely devoid of the ability to make reasoned judgments. I was going to write about this too, but Lileks says it all.

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arab propaganda swallowed whole

Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 10:51:38 am PDT

British politician Lynne Jones recently published on her web site an ugly bit of Arab propaganda alleging torture, rape, and indiscriminate murder by the IDF in Bethlehem. When she was criticized for giving credence to this obvious lie (does she really think IDF soldiers could rape “more than 86” women ...

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arafat accepts camp david

Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 9:36:21 am PDT

Wow. I had to look twice at the date on this article at the Washington Post. Let’s do the time-warp, people, because Arafat is now ready to accept the Clinton peace plan. But as bizarre as this is, I predict things are going to get even weirder—because people are going to ...

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the new bombers

Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 7:51:53 am PDT

A reader forwarded this article from the NYT about a female suicide bomber who had a last minute change of heart: The New Suicide Bombers: Larger and More Varied Pool. Our reader commented that it could be seen as a hopeful sign, that this one Palestinian woman regained at least ...

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Thursday, June 20, 2002

cell phone intercept

Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:04:53 pm PDT

A Lebanese man claims his cell phone picked up 90 seconds of a conversation in Arabic threatening an attack on Las Vegas on July 4th. The FBI is apparently taking it seriously enough to launch a full-scale investigation.

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what a pity

Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 6:59:42 pm PDT

Here I am trying to feel more charitable towards Europe. I really love Europe. I’ve spent a lot of time there, had many memorable experiences (are you out there somewhere, Karin?), and seriously considered moving to Germany at one time. But then I followed a link posted in Tal G’s comments, ...

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rest in peace, gal

Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 4:38:26 pm PDT

This is Gal Aizenman. She was 5 years old when a Palestinian suicide bomber murdered her and her grandmother yesterday at a bus station in Jerusalem.

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better off=dead

Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 4:14:20 pm PDT

Thanks to Rand Simberg I think I’ve found the raving lunatic center of the Islamic Nutbin Galaxy: a “think tank” (yes, really! that’s what they call it!) in Abu Dhabi funded by the Arab League, with the ominously Orwellian name “The Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-Up,” last seen at ...

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a close shave

Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 2:34:38 pm PDT

God fires another warning shot across our bow. They’re getting closer. An asteroid the size of a soccer field narrowly missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (120,000 kms) last week, in the closest known approach by objects of this size in decades, scientists said Thursday."In the unlikely event the asteroid ...

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and again

Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 2:21:30 pm PDT

Two Palestinians snuck into a West Bank Israeli settlement today, took over a house and killed two children and their mother. The PFLP has confessed to the crime. This uncredited AP story doesn’t even mention that children were slaughtered. It’s headlined “Four Israeli Settlers Killed.” And in case you don’t get ...

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the state mistake

Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 8:32:27 am PDT

In the Weekly Standard, Fred Barnes writes about The Palestinian State Mistake. THE BLOODY TERRORIST ATTACKS on Israel this week, one killing 20 people, the other 7, should be a signal to President Bush. The State Department recently persuaded him that Palestinian conduct would improve and terrorism would cease if ...

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the mirage of moderate islam

Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 8:22:01 am PDT

Eric Raymond is doing some excellent work on the truth about Islam.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2002

say no to provisional statehood

Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 10:30:15 pm PDT

Charles Krauthammer has it exactly right: Provisional statehood is folly. For the United States to offer it constitutes a moral and strategic collapse. It is a way to give the Palestinians their goals without even the pretense of asking them to put down the gun.

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CNN petition

Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 10:24:57 pm PDT

Israel Insider has an online petition you can sign to let CNN and Ted Turner know how you feel about their coddling of terrorists.

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false hopes

Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 5:46:42 pm PDT

Victor Davis Hanson makes a huge amount of sense in this article about the need to see our foes clearly and judge them accurately.

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a new low for the EU

Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 11:32:39 am PDT

There are some stories that make me feel like my head is about to explode with outrage. This is one. I can’t even begin to express my overwhelming disgust at Chris Patten and his anti-Semitic, terror-supporting toady friends in the European Union, who have unblocked financial aid to the Palestinian ...

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and again

Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 9:24:17 am PDT

Another explosion in Jerusalem, just minutes ago. First reports say more than 20 people are injured. This is how the Palestinians prepare to inaugurate their shiny new sovereign state, baptizing it with the blood of innocent women and children.

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yasser, forlorn

Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 8:24:53 am PDT

Abu Amar sits by the phone, waiting for it to ring. But they don’t write. They don’t call. Don’t they love him any more?

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is CNN getting a clue?

Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 7:49:29 am PDT

How did this one get past CNN’s editors? A story about yesterday’s mass murder actually refers to it as a terror attack. Without scare quotes. And even more surprisingly, the story is credited to Sheila MacVicar, one of the very worst of CNN’s pro-Palestinian apologists. It must have been some kind ...

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must-see tv

Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 7:14:07 am PDT

On Egyptian TV, grand high Islamic Wizard Dr. Ahmad Umar Hashim, the head of al-Azhar University, supreme head of the world Muslim youth, and member of the Egyptian higher Sufi council, calls for the “defeat” of Jews and infidels: Concluding his sermon, Dr. Hashim prays to God: "O Lord, make ...

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Tuesday, June 18, 2002

what the?

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 6:13:29 pm PDT

Nineteen people slaughtered. No problem for European Union envoy to the Middle East Miguel Moratinos, who met with the murderer Arafat today. I’m sure they had a very congenial conversation. But here’s a little detail that’s beginning to creep me out. Why does the old terrorist always have baby wipes within ...

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peaceful religion watch

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 5:14:07 pm PDT

Two things struck me as I read this account of the suicide note left by Mohammed al-Ghoul, the homicidal freak who perpetrated today’s atrocity in Jerusalem. First: this was not someone without hope. He had both a mother and a father. He lived in a “tidy, relatively well-off home.” He was ...

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faces

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 4:45:23 pm PDT

Laurence Simon brings the terror of suicide bombing home, with a poignant thought experiment.

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playing with fire

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 2:01:17 pm PDT

Joe Katzman lays out a chilling scenario for what might happen if terrorist groups succeed in launching bio/chem attacks against Israel.

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mainstream muslims?

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 10:23:29 am PDT

Daniel Pipes on FBI Director Robert Mueller’s puzzling decision to give a speech to the American Muslim Council—an organization linked to Hamas and other terrorist groups. In 2000, Abdurahman Alamoudi, the group's longtime executive director, exhorted a rally outside the White House with "We are ALL supporters of Hamas. Allahu ...

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al qaeda sanctuary

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 10:10:23 am PDT

A disturbing report in the Washington Times about Pakistan: Al Qaeda’s privileged sanctuary.

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palestinian gloating

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 8:40:59 am PDT

The murderer Arafat and his evil propaganda machine are winking at the Jerusalem bus bombing aimed at kids on their way to school, implying they were legitimate targets: At least another 40 people were wounded aboard the number 32-A bus from the southern neighborhood of Gilo which is just north ...

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brainwashing children

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 7:54:56 am PDT

Last night on MSNBC, Alan Keyes showed horrific video clips of Palestinian children being brainwashed to hate Jews and dedicate themselves to the anti-human death cult that claimed another 20 lives early this morning. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made several videos available online that contain the scenes from ...

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and again

Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 1:25:58 am PDT

Another filthy barbarian has blown himself up on a crowded bus in Jerusalem.

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Monday, June 17, 2002

e-bribes

Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 6:35:55 pm PDT

Here’s another lame whine about being unable to keep up with all the email I’m getting, and please understand, etc., you know the drill. It’s true, though. It really is getting difficult to answer everything. If you’ve sent me email without receiving a reply, please don’t take it personally. I still ...

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peaceful egyptians

Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 9:54:42 am PDT

Egypt’s foreign minister Ahmed Maher (no relation to Bill) lectured Israel today to build peace, not fences, shortly after another Palestinian loser blew himself up at the West Bank border, killing only himself. It would be a little easier to swallow the idea of Egyptians as peacemakers if their “academics” and ...

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condi vs. yasser

Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 8:20:10 am PDT

Speaking of Condi Rice, now Yasser’s mad at her. All she did was call him a corrupt terrorist. Is that so wrong? Rice, in an interview with The Mercury News of San Jose, Calif., said a Palestinian state should not be based on Arafat's Palestinian Authority, which she said was ...

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the dangerous anaconda

Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 8:03:04 am PDT

Steven Den Beste notices a report in Britain’s Telegraph that he says indicates Colin Powell is considering resigning. Actually, the story isn’t quite that encouraging; it’s only “speculation” by “some American diplomats.” But I second his nomination of Condoleeza Rice for the job, if by some miracle Powell does step down. ...

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Sunday, June 16, 2002

pipes on dobbs

Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 6:33:01 pm PDT

Here’s a transcript of a Lou Dobbs show discussing his use of the term “war against Islamism,” featuring Fawaz Gerges, Mary Jane Deeb, and Daniel Pipes.

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chemical threats

Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 11:25:51 am PDT

As Colin Powell and the Foggy Bottom Boys blither on about an “interim” Palestinian state, Hamas is threatening attacks with chemical weapons. The group has taken a strategic decision to incorporate chemical weaponry along with conventional bombs and other munitions, according to analyst Ehud Ya'ari."When we reach that stage [of ...

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message of peace and harmony

Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 10:56:36 am PDT

Arab News reports that these guys: held a meeting in Dubai recently to discuss Islam’s message of peace and harmony. Dr. Abdul Rahman Jarrar, director of the technical committee of the Department of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, thanked the LIT founder for advising the association to light up the world with ...

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the shadow war

Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 10:15:17 am PDT

Here’s an interesting article at Newsweek about the surveillance and arrest of dirty bomb suspect Jose Padilla: Odyssey Into the Shadows. It was the usual transatlantic flight: nine hours of fidgeting to get the pillow right, first-run movies flickering mutely on small screens, an indigestible flow of starchy food and ...

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still angry

Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 9:44:01 am PDT

Despite the talk of tensions easing between India and Pakistan, the New York Times reports: For Indian Troops on Line of Control, Anger Hasn't Subsided. The event that precipitated the current crisis shadowed everything the generals said. A month ago, three men with assault rifles stormed into the family quarters ...

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arafat and the myth of legitimacy

Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 8:52:04 am PDT

Isaac Meyers emailed us this morning with a link to a must-read essay in the Israeli journal Azure: an exhaustively researched and thoroughly damning piece by Daniel Polisar titled Yasser Arafat and the Myth of Legitimacy. Here’s the description Isaac sent: The P.A. constantly speaks in the name of the ...

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martyr medals

Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 7:54:27 am PDT

Young Palestinians aren’t interested in Pokemon any more; instead they idolize mass murderers. Saleh has six of the passport-sized medallions engraved with images of the local heroes -- gunmen and suicide bombers killed in attacks on Israelis. Some boys have many more. If you're a teen boy in Balata without ...

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Saturday, June 15, 2002

the best laid plans

Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:06:58 pm PDT

If this story is true, George W. Bush has completely swallowed the Arab/State Department line of bullshit. And we’re speeding down the rails toward disaster in the Middle East, signalling to the Arab world and to extremists everywhere that terrorism works so well, you can even end up with your ...

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i hope you’re sitting down

Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:29:13 am PDT

This seems to be a day for shocking, I say shocking, news. MEMRI translates a report from Kuwait’s Al-Watan accusing Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yasser Arafat of corruption and embezzlement. Gasp. "Yesterday, Al-Watan received documents from private sources in the Cairo branch of an Arab bank showing that Yasser Arafat ...

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with us or against us

Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 9:34:34 am PDT

Speaking in Vienna, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa warned the US not to get any big ideas about Iraq. His advice: just focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict instead. That’s so much more important. VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The United States and its allies should not pursue “hidden agendas” in ...

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ki-yi-yippee

Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 9:08:14 am PDT

The pirate Corsair is riding an anti-Islamic hobbyhorse.

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Friday, June 14, 2002

fox gets it

Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 12:47:37 pm PDT

The Fox News site is acting kind of wonky today, but I’m very glad to see them pick up on that report from MEMRI about the 3-year old toddler on Saudi TV who calls Jews “apes and pigs:” Saudi Broadcasts Promote Anti-Semitism, Martyrdom. Most people in the US still have ...

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the ambassador of death

Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:58:03 am PDT

It’s been a banner week for the Islam Is A Religion Of Peace Sweepstakes; I think I may have jumped the gun when I declared a winner on Tuesday. Because the Saudi Arabian ambassador to London, last seen at LGF when he wrote a poem glorifying suicide bombers, is raving ...

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hardball with terrorists

Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 8:07:27 am PDT

Heather Mac Donald says we’re right to play hardball with terrorists, and that journalists and bleeding heart advocates seem to be having a lot of trouble understanding that we’re at war. ...now we know why the U.S. is holding suspects—mostly illegal aliens—in secret detention: to get as much information as ...

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no more militias

Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 7:37:44 am PDT

The new Palestinian security chief has announced he wants to “put an end” to terrorist groups. (AP refers to them as “militias.”) Everybody say it with me! “Wow! Maybe they really mean it this time!” They couldn’t be transparently manipulating Western sensibilities, telling us what we want to hear to keep ...

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amnesty loves terrorists

Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 7:12:24 am PDT

Amnesty International once again comes down squarely on the side of the terrorist. Following the decision of the Palestinian High Court of Justice in Gaza ordering that Ahmad Sa'adat be released immediately, Amnesty International is calling on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to respect this decision and free him from detention ...

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Thursday, June 13, 2002

distinctive barbarism

Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 5:59:25 pm PDT

Professor Louis Rene Beres writes about The Distinctive Barbarism of Palestinian Terrorism. Terrorism has brought pain and suffering throughout the world, but Palestinian terrorism remains fiendishly unique. In Latin America, groups such as MRTA and Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) have resorted to bloodshed in a class-based fight for social, economic ...

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krauthammer transcript

Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 10:58:22 am PDT

The transcript of Charles Krauthammer’s extraordinary speech is now online.

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anniversary 20th happy!

Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 10:42:28 am PDT

In Bizarro World people talk backwards, effect precedes cause, cats bark, dogs meow, and liars tell the truth. Glenn “Mac” Frazier has recently returned from a trip to Bizarro World, and he reprints their version of the Saudi Arabian announcement of the 20th anniversary of the coronation of King Fahd: ...

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a sandstorm is coming

Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 9:56:42 am PDT

Daniel Pipes testified yesterday to the Committee on Government Reform in the House of Representatives, about our government’s long history of disgraceful obsequiousness to the autocratic, repressive House of Saud. One finds over and over again that Americans in position of authority are acquiescing or even preemptively acquiescing to what ...

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a is for anti-america

Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 8:32:25 am PDT

Vice President Cheney’s wife Lynne wrote a children’s book titled America: A Patriotic Primer. It’s one of those ABC things; an excerpt: A is for America, the land that we love, B is for the Birthday of this country of ours, C is for the Constitution that binds us together, D is for the ...

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jihad java

Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 2:08:03 am PDT

Lileks does some investigative bleating today, with a report on Caribou Coffee’s Islamic owners.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2002

worlds apart

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 12:52:32 pm PDT

Two headlines on the same page at the Jerusalem Post; one fantasy, one reality: Powell: Bush considering "temporary" Palestinian state. Palestinian poll: Majority seek Israel's destruction.

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palestinians attack singer

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 12:26:18 pm PDT

A concert in London featuring Israeli singer Ahinoam Nini was disrupted by a group of Palestinian thugs: Four pro-Palestinian demonstrators burst onto the stage of London's Barbican Center Monday night and interrupted Israeli singer Ahinoam Nini's performance with calls of "Palestine, Palestine." Nini, better known to her fans around the ...

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peaceful religion watch

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 11:55:25 am PDT

The Weekly Standard’s David Tell attended a briefing in Washington DC held by MEMRI, and came away with yet another horrific tale of Arab anti-Semitism: The Baby Face of Hate. ...most harrowing of all, perhaps, especially if you have kids of your own, there is the May 7, 2002 edition ...

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a language of democratic confidence

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 11:33:30 am PDT

Nobody thunders from on high like Victor Davis Hanson, who just won the Breindel Award for excellence in journalism. He’s not too happy about the language of defeatism and political correctness coming out of our government: Far better for the national psyche it would be for our president or Cabinet ...

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al qaeda overcompensation

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 10:37:01 am PDT

Robert Crawford tipped us that MEMRI has a new translation of that statement from Al Qaeda spokesman Suleiman Abu Gheith that I wrote about a few days ago, where he claims the “right” to kill 4 million Americans with weapons of mass destruction. This is the enemy speaking. And it’s ...

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force 17 murder house

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 9:22:25 am PDT

IDF forces in Ramallah have discovered a bomb factory inside a building belonging to Yasser Arafat’s Force 17 security service, with 10 powerful explosives in various stages of assembly. (Via File13's Amish Tech Support.)

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more holes discovered in swiss cheese product

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 8:47:37 am PDT

The latest round of security flaws revealed in Microsoft products. Amazingly, "the flaw involves a piece of faulty code that can let an attacker access a user's computer to run various programs". Imagine that... Mozilla, anyone?

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cowboy nation

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 7:55:05 am PDT

In the months after 9/11, we were told (mostly by James Zogby, who seems to appear in every story) that “hate crimes” against Arabs were soaring to a “new and dangerous level of intensity.” Movie stars, the most enlightened beings in our society, solemnly lectured the brutes (the rest of ...

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palestinian propaganda party

Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 6:41:51 am PDT

A delegation of Palestinians is headed to France and Belgium, to see if they can hoodwink some more gullible Europeans into believing the “Jenin massacre” fairy tale. And they probably can.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2002

peaceful religion sweepstakes

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 5:26:35 pm PDT

Afficionados of Muslim extremist wackiness: you’re in for a treat. The spiritual head of Hizbullah was interviewed this past week by a reporter from the Lebanese Daily Star, and hooo doggies did he ever run off at the piehole. Definitely this week’s winner of the Islam Is A Religion Of ...

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arafat bombs, europe pays

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 2:26:39 pm PDT

Stefan Sharkansky has translated a mind-blowing article from Germany’s Die Zeit, showing the massive extent of European involvement in Palestinian terrorism. It’s so much worse than I ever imagined. This is a must-read: Arafat Bombs, Europe Pays. Pass this around, folks. This is hugely important information that needs to be ...

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take that, mellencamp

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 1:41:00 pm PDT

Lileks, James is great today. I’m glad he got that out of his system.

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bad chemistry

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 10:44:46 am PDT

The World Tribune reports that the summit meeting between Hosni Mubarak and George Bush was a total disaster. Arab and Western diplomatic sources said Bush and Mubarak failed to agree on how to end the Israeli-Palestinian war, the role of Israel in the Middle East, the need for Palestinian reform ...

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al qaeda’s big plans

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 10:30:49 am PDT

According to Rohan Gunaratna, author of "Inside al Qaeda," a team of Al Qaeda operatives was at Heathrow Airport on September 11, preparing to hijack a jet and crash it into Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Their plot was disrupted when all flights were immediately grounded after the ...

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and again

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 10:23:46 am PDT

Another noble Palestinian “martyr” has attacked a fearsome Israeli restaurant. First reports say 15 people are injured; only the would-be mass murderer was killed.

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testing a bookmarklet

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 9:39:41 am PDT

I’m with Meryl on the black text/white screen issue. I gotta have it. If I read low contrast light text against a colored background for more than a couple of minutes, I feel like I’ve been lifting weights with my eyes. And I have to admit that I, like Meryl, ...

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nice kitty

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 8:53:03 am PDT

It’s time for a photo of a big wet kitty cat!

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german morality

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 8:33:55 am PDT

I won’t forget the way our European “allies” are obstructing investigations into September 11: Germany Reluctant to Aid Prosecution of Moussaoui.

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palestinian fantasy land

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 8:27:43 am PDT

Mike Silverman tipped us to another new poll of Palestinians released today, in which more than half consider the eventual goal of the schtoopidfada to be the elimination of Israel. The poll by the Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC) highlighted a radicalization of views as 20 months of ...

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state dept complicit in saudi kidnapping

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 7:57:29 am PDT

OpinionJournal has the awful story of Pat Roush, whose two daughters were kidnapped and taken to Saudi Arabia by her divorced husband ... in 1986, and they’ve been there ever since: Saudi Arabia's American Captives. They have not seen their mother since, except for one heart-wrenching two-hour meeting in 1995 ...

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harvard loves jihad

Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 7:19:42 am PDT

Daniel Pipes on the “American Jihad” commencement speech: Harvard Loves Jihad. Imagine it's June 1942 - just a few months after Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States. At Harvard University, a faculty committee has chosen a German-American to give one of three student orations at the festive commencement ...

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Monday, June 10, 2002

oslo messianism

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 6:23:46 pm PDT

Charles Krauthammer gave a speech last night in Jerusalem, sponsored by Bar-Ilan University: Israel has abandoned Oslo messianism. UPDATE: Thanks to the mysterious E. Nough, here’s a page where you can listen to Krauthammer’s speech, in Windows Media Format. It’s about 30 minutes. I’m halfway through, and I’m utterly blown ...

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a true anti-idiotarian

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 1:59:43 pm PDT

Reader Randall Parker alerted us to this terrific editorial by David Tell: The Specter of Terrorism. Three thousand people are dead, the movement that killed them fully intends to do it again, and the president and his Justice Department have proposed or undertaken myriad steps to deter such a renewed ...

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the biggest landmine ever

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 12:08:32 pm PDT

The BBC says that mysterious explosion in the Jebaliya refugee camp was caused by a landmine. Earlier, at least 30 Palestinians were injured in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, in a blast apparently caused by a landmine which exploded in a house. Right. All I have ...

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EU shuts off the money

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 11:20:13 am PDT

The European Union has suspended funding to the Palestinian Authority, following a civil lawsuit filed against them by a paralyzed terror victim. Steven Blumberg, the law suit's plaintiff, was grievously injured in a terror attack on August 5th 2001. Palestinian police officers from the town of Kalkilya opened fire on ...

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SFSU update

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:51:52 am PDT

Joe Katzman follows up on the SFSU anti-Semitic near-riot. It looks like SFSU is trying to sweep this under the rug. So let’s keep the pressure on.

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the leading provider of moral equivalence

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:38:09 am PDT

Let’s see. Osama Bin Laden has called for the death of Jews and Americans, and said it was his duty to acquire nuclear weapons for a holy war against the West. His organization is responsible for numerous terror attacks. He turned Afghanistan into an unprecedented training ground for international terrorism. ...

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torture island for sale

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 9:41:07 am PDT

Got a spare half million dollars to spend on a vacation getaway spot? You might want to consider purchasing Uganda’s scenic Mukusu Island, also known as Idi Amin’s Torture Island. The island, surrounded by the crocodile-infested waters of Lake Victoria, is being marketed as a perfect site for a luxury ...

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huge explosion in gaza

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 9:17:11 am PDT

The Palestinians are planning something big. Amidst talk of Arab plans for a mega-attack, a suspicious blast in downtown Jebalya, an Arab slum in northern Gaza, wounded 40 people, including 8 seriously, destroyed a three-story building, and damaged eight others. One of the buildings that was heavily hit belongs to ...

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this is a new beginning?

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 8:54:48 am PDT

The Arab News says it’s time for a new beginning. Here’s the author’s conclusion: Words used to rally one side against the other in simple villain-hero caricatures will simply move us back to ground zero, destined to repeat the past, heighten the sense of hurt and delay the realization of ...

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dirty bomb plot disrupted

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 8:37:21 am PDT

An alleged Al Qaeda terrorist plotting an attack with a radiological “dirty bomb” has been arrested as he flew from Pakistan to Chicago O’Hare Airport: U.S. Arrests Alleged Bomb Terrorist. WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government has arrested an alleged al Qaida terrorist who plotted to build and detonate a ...

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palestinians support suicide attacks

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 8:21:19 am PDT

In the most recent poll of Palestinians: 63.6% oppose the Saudi initiative unless it includes the right of return to the Palestinian refugees. (Which means, as I’ve been saying from day one, the Saudi peace scam is a complete non-starter—since Israel will never accept the “right of return.” A fact of ...

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an idiotfest

Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 7:31:42 am PDT

John Hawkins exposes some “white power” idiots, ranting away in their little corner of the Internet. Freedom of speech really is a marvelous thing. It springs from an inherent trust in the intelligence and decency of the common man, and this is a great example of how well it works. In ...

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Sunday, June 09, 2002

more threats from al qaeda

Sun, Jun 9, 2002 at 2:42:06 pm PDT

A website linked to Al Qaeda has published more threats of an imminent attack against the US, supposedly from master freakazoid Sulaiman Bu Ghaith: "We are still at the beginning of the road," Bu Ghaith said in the statement. "The Americans have not yet suffered from us what we have ...

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british muslims funding terror

Sun, Jun 9, 2002 at 10:39:26 am PDT

Britain’s Telegraph reports that British Muslims are funding terrorist groups in Kashmir, including Jaish-e-Mohammed—the Islamofascist group that butchered Daniel Pearl in front of a video camera.

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america’s last chance

Sun, Jun 9, 2002 at 10:25:07 am PDT

At Sulekha.com, an article by Rajiv Malhotra raises the frightening spectre of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal falling into the hands of jihadi freakazoids: America's Last Chance. ...it is urgent that the US State Department should re-educate its staff about the nature of Pan-Islamic thinking today. This should be done free ...

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the way forward

Sun, Jun 9, 2002 at 7:15:03 am PDT

The Arab world likes to portray Ariel Sharon as a bloody war criminal. Arab editorial cartoons often show him carving up Palestinians and eating them. (They’re not known for subtlety.) But compare the tone of Ariel Sharon’s op-ed in the New York Times with almost any similar column in an Arab ...

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arafat threatens

Sun, Jun 9, 2002 at 6:54:09 am PDT

Is this typical Arafat hyperbole, or is he really threatening Israel with a nuclear attack? In a speech broadcast today, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat threatened that if Israel does not retreat from PA-ruled areas that there will be a "disastrous explosion that will impact stability of the whole world." ...

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Saturday, June 08, 2002

with all your might

Sat, Jun 8, 2002 at 5:53:44 pm PDT

You put your right foot in, You put your right foot out; You put your right foot in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about!

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bitez moi

Sat, Jun 8, 2002 at 3:25:27 pm PDT

On Thursday I cordially invited Mary Robinson, CAIR, and MPAC to bite me. Today I’d like to extend the same invitation to secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa, who, while visiting one of the repressive dictatorships that comprise his organization, whined about the new US entry controls. CAIRO ...

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manufacturing dissent

Sat, Jun 8, 2002 at 11:49:01 am PDT

Matt Welch gets star billing today in the National Post, with a look at the dishonest anti-Americanism of two of the blogosphere’s favorite whipping boys, Fisk and Chomsky: Manufacturing Dissent.

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jesse bails

Sat, Jun 8, 2002 at 11:27:34 am PDT

Jesse Jackson has decided to postpone his world-saving mission to the Middle East. "The din of recent bombs and missiles, " Jackson said in a statement, "has dimmed hopes that our message of nonviolence, reconciliation and reconstruction can be heard.""We pray that we can reschedule the trip soon, at a ...

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not what the prophet would want

Sat, Jun 8, 2002 at 9:54:12 am PDT

A Muslim teacher of international relations at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts writes an article for the Washington Post condemning suicide bombings: Not What the Prophet Would Want. It’s always good to see Muslims take this stand, although it would mean more if it came from a religious leader instead ...

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Friday, June 07, 2002

nuclear fallout

Fri, Jun 7, 2002 at 2:06:47 pm PDT

Here’s an excellent post from Joe Katzman about the possible after effects of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, with wind pattern maps and everything.

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jihad by any other name

Fri, Jun 7, 2002 at 1:52:38 pm PDT

I’m sure you all know about the Harvard commencement speech on the “true meaning of jihad,” which gained quite a bit of attention in the blog world and major media as well. Matthew Yglesias was first out of the gate with this story; check his site for more info than ...

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quartz is sleek

Fri, Jun 7, 2002 at 8:56:23 am PDT

Yesterday I installed the latest OS X update (10.1.5), which includes the new Quartz text-smoothing engine. Wow. Wow. This is such a major improvement in the display of text on a computer monitor that I’m almost tempted to take the phrase “knock yer socks off” out of cold storage. When you install the ...

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war on islamists

Fri, Jun 7, 2002 at 8:19:21 am PDT

Huge kudos to Lou Dobbs for standing up against the nauseating flood of politically correct media that refuses to call our enemy by its true name. Lou Dobbs, host of the nightly CNN business show "Moneyline," said on the air Wednesday that he is abandoning the phrase "war on terror" ...

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silent partner

Fri, Jun 7, 2002 at 8:02:06 am PDT

I admit that after 9/11 I bought Pervez Musharraf’s line that he wanted to be an ally of the US. He gave a lot of speeches that sounded reasonable and rational and very anti-idiotarian. But events since then have changed my mind. Musharraf has taken a page from the Yasser ...

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would-be billionaire

Fri, Jun 7, 2002 at 7:44:28 am PDT

Would somebody please give Laurence one billion dollars? Just to shut him up?

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multiculturalism at work

Fri, Jun 7, 2002 at 7:12:40 am PDT

Mohammed Atta tried to get a loan from the US Department of Agriculture in April or May of 2000. The official, Johnell Bryant, said she told Mr. Atta that he could not have a loan of $650,000 to buy a twin-engine, six-passenger plane, which he wanted to equip with a ...

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Thursday, June 06, 2002

lines in the sand

Thu, Jun 6, 2002 at 5:42:21 pm PDT

There’s been a lot of talk about building fences to separate the Palestinians and Israelis. Here’s a good article at the Jerusalem Post about the practical considerations involved in constructing such a cultural dividing line. (Via Tal G.)

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use a pop-under, go to the gulag archipelago

Thu, Jun 6, 2002 at 5:21:22 pm PDT

Have I mentioned lately how much I HATE pop-under ad windows? No? Consider it mentioned. Again. I hate you, New York Times. I hate you, Washington Post. I hate you, Yahoo. You all suck. I hate you.

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a murderer by any other name

Thu, Jun 6, 2002 at 5:09:13 pm PDT

An on-the-mark post from Howard Owens at Global News Watch, about the mainstream media’s reluctance to use the word “terrorist.” Yes, in this country, we have a fine tradition of "innocent until proven guilty." The rule of law must not be subverted, even in a free press. A journalist should ...

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fearless fosdick

Thu, Jun 6, 2002 at 11:46:45 am PDT

Fred Pruitt made me laugh. I can't get this vision out of my mind: Yasser, in his sweaty gold lame Dictator's Pyjamas, with the medal embroidered on the chest, and his nitey-nite headscarf, snuggled down next to a 12-year-old (just practicing for when he's a martyr, see?) suddenly leaping 4 ...

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robinson worried again

Thu, Jun 6, 2002 at 11:21:12 am PDT

Professional hypocrite and human rights überninny Mary Robinson has her panties all in a bunch about new US entry controls. Mrs Robinson says she will be taking stock of human rights changes since 11 September when she gives the fifth Commonwealth Lecture on Human Rights on Thursday evening in London."I ...

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“arafat must act”

Thu, Jun 6, 2002 at 10:22:37 am PDT

Justin Weitz sent us this very long, very repetitious list of official US statements following terrorist attacks against Israel. Notice that the statements (which span about 14 months) are all virtually identical. -------------------- March 28, 2001 -- After an Israeli baby girl was shot dead by a sniper, State Dept. spokesman Richard ...

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victims of mass murder

Thu, Jun 6, 2002 at 9:38:33 am PDT

These are the stories that never seem to make it into the American media: Mother of bus victim: “He was my only son.”

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ol’ bug-eyes is back

Thu, Jun 6, 2002 at 8:35:54 am PDT

Once again the world’s most successful terrorist, with help from his best friend the US State Department, emerges from his lair flashing V signs. I guess I’m not surprised. Now Israel is saying they weren’t trying to kill him. That tank shell into his bedroom—mere coincidence! I smell a Foggy Bottom. ...

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Wednesday, June 05, 2002

is arafat a goner at last?

Wed, Jun 5, 2002 at 5:19:50 pm PDT

The Israelis are back in Arafat’s compound. Yesterday George Tenet told Yasser that if there was another suicide attack he would face Ariel Sharon alone. This might be the end of the line for Abu Amar (1929-2002).

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terror petition

Wed, Jun 5, 2002 at 12:29:27 pm PDT

Honest Reporting has an online petition calling on the media to use the word “terrorist” to describe suicide bombers and freaks who murder women and children, instead of deceptively innocuous terms like “militant” or “gunman.” A good example of this practice is right here, as the Associated Press describes the monster ...

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working in a coal mine

Wed, Jun 5, 2002 at 11:06:57 am PDT

Posting to the weblog may be light today; I’ve got a poster and a T-shirt to design by tonight.

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and again

Wed, Jun 5, 2002 at 2:20:08 am PDT

Islamic Jihad welcomes George Tenet to the Middle East: Bombing Kills 17 in Northern Israel.

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Tuesday, June 04, 2002

the egyptian peace scam

Tue, Jun 4, 2002 at 2:22:41 pm PDT

The Arab world may be lost in an obsessive self-destructive fantasy land when it comes to Israel, but their leaders are certainly not lacking in gall. Not to be shown up by the House of Saud, Hosni Mubarak is now pushing the Egyptian peace scam: a Palestinian state by early ...

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shark blog

Tue, Jun 4, 2002 at 1:41:39 pm PDT

Here’s another great new weblog, from Stefan Sharkansky, helping to shine the bright light of anti-idiotarianism into the darkest recesses of the Islamist world. Check out his revealing email exchange with the information officer from the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC.

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the right writes better

Tue, Jun 4, 2002 at 11:46:49 am PDT

A great post from Andrew Northrup, with capsule reviews of the best writers on the right. About that Victor Davis Hanson guy we’re always quoting: Recognize. If you are going to be a hawk, why be half-assed? Why make some candy-ass proposals about how to assemble a coalition and apply ...

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protective custody

Tue, Jun 4, 2002 at 11:11:11 am PDT

The Palestinian Authority has decided to keep PFLP terrorist leader Ahmed Saadat in jail a little while longer. For one thing, it just wouldn’t look right to release him while George Tenet is in the area. For another, Israel basically said, “Let him go and we’ll kill his terrorist ass.” Speaking ...

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amnesty’s lies

Tue, Jun 4, 2002 at 10:08:40 am PDT

Amnesty International’s 2002 report singles out Israel for detaining Palestinian “political prisoners,” without ever mentioning why they were detained. In the Jerusalem Post, Evelyn Gordon writes about Amnesty’s Lies. The 2002 report summary states that "more than 2,000 Palestinians were arrested for security reasons," but offers no hint as to ...

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pipes reviews oren

Tue, Jun 4, 2002 at 7:53:28 am PDT

Daniel Pipes reviews Michael Oren’s 6 Days of War.

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Monday, June 03, 2002

the hate machine restarts

Mon, Jun 3, 2002 at 4:52:25 pm PDT

Palestinian after-school movies. Indoctrinating Palestinians to hate Israel starts early on Palestinian television.For the last two weeks, perhaps as a lead-up to the World Cup soccer tournament, Palestinian television has featured afternoon movies that include an Israeli atrocity committed against Palestinian children playing soccer.In the short film features, which air ...

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PHP register_globals tip

Mon, Jun 3, 2002 at 4:02:33 pm PDT

Here’s a tip for PHP developers who’ve been stung by the latest version of PHP (4.2.1) which has the register_globals option turned off by default. If your site is on an Apache server you can turn on register_globals by putting the following lines in an .htaccess file in your root ...

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murderfest in tehran

Mon, Jun 3, 2002 at 12:09:35 pm PDT

Forget the Trilateral Commission and the Illuminati. Here’s the real thing—a meeting in Iran of the most esteemed brutal killers in the Islamic world. The conference organiser, Ali-Akbar Mohtashemi - who as Iranian ambassador in Damascus was instrumental in setting up the Lebanese Hezbollah in the early 1980s - said ...

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le jour de gloire

Mon, Jun 3, 2002 at 11:16:47 am PDT

An acerbically funny column by Larry Miller about the burning of the Israeli embassy in Paris: Le Jour de Gloire n'est pas Arrivee. But it was just an accident. A short circuit. At two in the morning. Just a few hours after that great Jewish sage, Woody Allen, was in ...

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the revolving door stops here

Mon, Jun 3, 2002 at 11:03:19 am PDT

Arafat and his good old boys are trying to play the same game once again; arrest the terror kingpins, give ’em a big show trial with lots of publicity from Reuters Palestinian stringers, and put ’em in prison ... then release ’em a few weeks later when the world is ...

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the kyoto scam

Mon, Jun 3, 2002 at 10:09:23 am PDT

Steven Den Beste has an excellent post about the snail darter, global warming, sustainable growth and energy production, and the colossal scam known as the Kyoto Treaty.

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reviewing rall

Mon, Jun 3, 2002 at 9:16:30 am PDT

You couldn’t find two more different reviews of the same book if you tried. First, via the Instantman, Andrew Arnold reviews Ted Rall’s book To Afghanistan and Back, in TIME magazine’s comics section: The New War Comix. He loved it. I think. This is one of those puff pieces in which ...

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Sunday, June 02, 2002

now what?

Sun, Jun 2, 2002 at 8:46:25 pm PDT

At MSNBC, an exhaustive study of the many failures of US intelligence systems before 9/11: The Hijackers We Let Escape. OK, a lot of people screwed up, big time. Now can we get on with preventing the next 9/11, please, and leave the recriminations for later?

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os x rox

Sun, Jun 2, 2002 at 6:19:35 pm PDT

I just realized I’ve been running Mac OS X for several days, experimenting with my Classic configuration and restarting it many times, playing with system preferences and restarting the OS X Finder many times, upgrading to Photoshop 7, installing about a dozen PD utilities and applications, playing with the Apache ...

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foggy bottom arabism

Sun, Jun 2, 2002 at 11:35:47 am PDT

Congress recently decided to send no more US aid money to the International Committee for the Red Cross until the Secretary of State determined that the ICRC was not discriminating against Israel. The ICRC has barred Israel’s Magen David Adom from full membership since 1949, due to pressure from Arab ...

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40 foiled attacks

Sun, Jun 2, 2002 at 10:26:27 am PDT

I just don’t understand it. Nobel Peace Prize winner Yasser Arafat has condemned the terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens (in Arabic! Oooh!), and he’s promised reforms in the Palestinian Authority. So how come there were 40 thwarted attacks in the last week, mostly from Arafat’s own Fatah organization?

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get ready

Sun, Jun 2, 2002 at 10:09:12 am PDT

Al Qaeda Tells U.S. to Get Ready for Attack. CAIRO (Reuters) - The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat published Sunday what it said was a statement from an al Qaeda spokesman warning the United States to get ready for another attack."What is coming to the Americans will not, by the will of ...

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six days of war

Sun, Jun 2, 2002 at 9:55:54 am PDT

Victor Davis Hanson reviews Michael B. Oren’s book Six Days of War, about the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

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thugburg

Sun, Jun 2, 2002 at 8:36:29 am PDT

Having trouble remembering all those Mohammeds and Abdullahs who are competing for the prize of World’s Most Disgusting Atrocity? Yeah, me too. Well, Fred Pruitt has put together a page listing all the major Mohammeds and Abdullahs and which women-and-children-slaughtering organizations they belong to, with links to pertinent stories. Great ...

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al qaeda’s new threat

Sun, Jun 2, 2002 at 8:20:51 am PDT

During the bombing of Afghanistan we heard many reports of Al Qaeda and Taliban soldiers escaping into Pakistan, sometimes under the very nose of the US military. Looking back at it now, with the Bush administration’s subsequent loss of direction and potentially disastrous Arab appeasement, these escapes may have been ...

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Saturday, June 01, 2002

blood money on tap

Sat, Jun 1, 2002 at 12:04:56 pm PDT

Here’s a quite disturbing story at the National Post about the millions of dollars funneled through Canada every year to terrorist groups throughout the world: Blood money on tap. Since the days of Lester B. Pearson, Canadians have liked to think of themselves as international peacekeepers, the heroes in the ...

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dailypundit

Sat, Jun 1, 2002 at 11:38:13 am PDT

Noted killblogger William Quick has moved, and also has a clean new design. If the dailypundit.com address gives you an error, use the link above. But don’t change your bookmarks, because the regular address will work again once it percolates down through all these magic boxes that make the Internet ...

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online uprising

Sat, Jun 1, 2002 at 8:10:50 am PDT

An absolutely wonderful article at the American Journalism Review about Los Angeles weblogs, from “maverick journalist” Cathy Seipp: Online Uprising. (What’s that? I only say it’s wonderful because there’s a very nice paragraph about me? Well, OK, that does prejudice me slightly. But really, it is a great article, with lots ...

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jesse to the rescue

Sat, Jun 1, 2002 at 7:46:57 am PDT

Palestinian Authority Spokesman Hassan Abdel Rahman, one of the most outrageous liars on the international scene, says Jesse Jackson has accepted an invitation to visit the area and meet with the world’s most successful terrorist. Proving that sometimes bland diplo-speak can be more cutting than sarcasm: Israeli sources say they ...

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