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Saturday, July 31, 2004

Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 5:29:22 pm PDT

While John F. Kerry parades around making America safer and pissing off Marines trying to eat lunch, Iran Says It Resumes Building Nuclear Centrifuges. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said Saturday it had resumed building nuclear centrifuges, which Washington says are intended to enrich uranium to weapons-grade for use in bombs. Iran’s decision ...

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Hate Like an Egyptian

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 5:25:17 pm PDT

Do you think if we doubled our foreign aid to Egypt, from $2 billion to $4 billion a year, their government-controlled papers would stop publishing Holocaust denial, Jew-hatred, and anti-Americanism? Egypt’s Ruling Party Newspaper: The Holocaust is a Zionist Lie Aimed at Extorting the West. Dr. Rif’at Sayyed Ahmad, director of ...

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Cycling Diary

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 4:10:58 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 45.2 miles. South on the bike path to Redondo Beach Pier, then up to Catalina, south through Torrance and up that little hill to Palos Verdes Drive and Malaga Cove, then up around the PV Country Club counterclockwise, pushing pretty hard on the climb. Then a speedy descent ...

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The Dogs of Jenin

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 2:21:31 pm PDT

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Oil Ticks Bash Flipper

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 1:55:13 pm PDT

Anyone reading LGF for more than a day will quickly figure out that I’m no friend or admirer of the Saudi royal family. In fact, LGF is on the list of web sites that are blocked by the Saudis’ country-level proxy servers. But is this how John F. Kerry plans to ...

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Kerry's Military Problem

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 7:55:50 am PDT

John F. Kerry’s campaign was off to a shaky start yesterday, as Kerry tried to strike up a conversation with a group of Marines in a Wendy’s restaurant—and got well and truly dissed: John Kerry’s ‘Believe’ tour off to a bumpy start. (Hat tip: Adam.) Highways were blocked from Boston to ...

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AP's PC Blindfold

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 7:27:29 am PDT

According to the Associated Press, an “extremist group” carried out yesterday’s suicide bombings in Uzbekistan, at the US and Israeli embassies. An “extremist group.” No mention of Islam, or Muslims. Maybe they were Buddhists? Extremist Group Blamed for Uzbek Attacks. TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - An extremist group blamed in attacks that killed 47 ...

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Corrie's Teacher to Israel: Defense is a Crime

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 7:12:34 am PDT

Steve Niva, who teaches international politics and Middle East Studies at Evergreen State College, and who taught Rachel Corrie to throw herself under a bulldozer to defend smuggling tunnels for terrorists, has an Israel-bashing piece in the Seattle P-I: Israel ignores the lessons of history. (Hat tip: Shark Blog.) The usual ...

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Friday, July 30, 2004

Pantagraph: Moore Faked Front Page

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 7:16:20 pm PDT

According to the Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington, Illinois, Michael Moore’s movie Fahrenheit 9/11 contains a scene in which Moore altered their front page: Newspaper: Michael Moore Faked Front Page. BLOOMINGTON — Filmmaker Michael Moore’s Bush-basing documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” apparently has upset more than Republicans. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph newspaper in central Illinois has ...

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Iran Monkeys with Europe

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 6:32:37 pm PDT

I get the feeling sometimes that the mullahs are really enjoying themselves, jerking around the Europeans: Iran Said Insisting on Enriching Uranium. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran, intensifying a standoff over its nuclear programs, has told European officials it will not back down on its right to proceed with uranium enrichment, a ...

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Bizarre Medicines! Spots! Hell!

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 6:09:38 pm PDT

Here’s tonight’s Bizarre Medical Experiments thread: Frenchmen Say Guantanamo Detention Was Like Hell. PARIS (Reuters) - Two Frenchmen described as hell Friday their more than two years of detention in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, their lawyer said after meeting them for the first time. Mourad Benchellali and Nizar Sassi ...

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The 9/11 Commission and Jihad

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 5:57:49 pm PDT

Pervez Musharraf may say: These cowardly acts will not deter us from our fight against terror. Such dastardly acts are against the tenets and teachings of Islam ... But Andrew Bostom quotes Koranic verses, hadith, and other Islamic writings to illustrate that jihad (and I’m not talking about an inner struggle ...

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Palestinian Activists Release Militants

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 5:46:46 pm PDT

Someone with a lick of sense must have told the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades freakazoids who abducted three foreigners to let them go, pronto. (Need I add, “or else?”) Palestinian Militants Release Activists. Another classic headline that could have come from ScrappleFace. NABLUS, West Bank - Palestinian gunmen abducted three foreign church volunteers, ...

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Breaking News: Palestinians Kidnap Foreigners

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 3:42:15 pm PDT

From Haaretz Flash News: Witnesses: Palestinian gunmen abduct three foreigners - American, Briton and Irish - in West Bank city of Nablus Possibly International Solidarity Movement clowns? UPDATE at 7/30/04 4:13:09 pm: AP’s headline on this story is a masterpiece: Palestinian Militants Abduct Activists. (Hat tip: Luigi.) Palestinian Militants Abduct Activists... UPDATE at 7/30/04 4:31:43 ...

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The Real Follies of the Berger Affair

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 3:28:54 pm PDT

A must-read post by Trent Telenko explores the truly disturbing implications of Sandy Berger’s security violations: Security Breach: The Real Follies of the Berger Affair. The high level security monitoring of code level secret documents that should have happened did not. Perhaps Berger had a digital camera equipped cell phone. We ...

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RoP Tries to Kill Pakistan PM

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 3:20:09 pm PDT

Pakistan’s PM-Designate Survives Assassination Bid. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan’s prime minister-designate Shaukat Aziz escaped unhurt in a suicide bomb attack Friday that killed at least six people, including his driver, witnesses and officials said. Another 45 people were wounded, seven of them seriously, in the attack near Fatehjung, a rural constituency close ...

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Detour of Duty

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 2:24:47 pm PDT

From the always brilliant Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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They Call Him "Flipper"

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 2:16:10 pm PDT

John Kerry wants to put Osama bin Laden on trial. NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - John Kerry said Friday he would put Osama bin Laden on trial in U.S. courts rather than an international tribunal to ensure the “fastest, surest route” to a murder conviction if the terrorist mastermind is captured while ...

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AMC Founder Pleads Guilty

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 9:48:27 am PDT

American Muslim Council founder Abdurahman Alamoudi pled guilty today to charges of illegal business deals with Libya, after admitting that he participated in a plot to murder Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah; the Associated Press calls Alamoudi an “activist:” U.S. Muslim Activist Pleads Guilty. ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A prominent U.S. Muslim activist ...

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UN Springs Into Action

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 9:34:52 am PDT

The UN Security Council once again wields their awesome power, and demands that Sudan immediately cease all those nasty things they’re doing: UN Council Demands Sudan Stop Darfur Atrocities. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution demanding Sudan disarm and prosecute marauding militia in ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 8:24:32 am PDT

A Palestinian child holds a toy gun during the funeral of Amr Abu Sitta, 35, the leader and founder of the Abu al-Rish Brigades, in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, July 30, 2004. Thousands of Palestinians marched during the funeral of the Gaza-based militant leader Abu ...

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Bush Responds

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 7:51:48 am PDT

President George W. Bush is responding to John Kerry’s evasions and canards right now; you can watch over the web on C-SPAN. UPDATE at 7/30/04 8:53:04 am: The speech has been archived on this page, under the title “Pres. Bush Campaign Rally in Springfield, MO.”

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If the Dead Could Talk

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 7:37:54 am PDT

If you have a lingering bad taste in your mind from last night’s disingenuous display (just to pick one example, Kerry said “judge me on my record,” then did not say one word about his 20 years of voting against every single military spending bill that ever crossed his desk), ...

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More Islamic Threats Against Europe

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 7:21:04 am PDT

Islamic terrorists are timing their threats against Europe to coincide with the DNC: Third Terror Threat in Week Seen on Web. And once again we see that the freaks are emboldened by their success intimidating Spain and the Philippines. “From here in Italy, and from Britain and Bulgaria, and all European ...

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RoP Strikes in Uzbekistan

Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 7:10:32 am PDT

2 Killed in Uzbekistan Embassies Blasts. TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Suicide bombers hit the U.S. and Israeli embassies Friday, killing at least two Uzbeks, news reports and police said. A third blast hit the general prosecutor’s office and caused “deaths,” a Russian news agency reported. A spokeswoman at the prosecutor’s office confirmed ...

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Thursday, July 29, 2004

Nazis Legal Again in Germany

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 9:09:02 pm PDT

German high court refuses to ban neo-Nazi rallies. (Hat tip: Maine’s Michael.) Neo-Nazi demonstrations can only banned when it can be shown that they would endanger the public’s safety, Germany’s highest court ruled Thursday. The Federal Constitutional Court overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the western city of Bochum to stop ...

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Alamoudi to Admit to Libyan Assassination Plot

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 8:43:59 pm PDT

According to CNN, the founder of the American Muslim Council, Abdurahman Alamoudi, is about to admit being involved in a Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah: Muslim leader in U.S. ‘intelligence coup’. (Hat tip: ted.) WASHINGTON (CNN) — An American Muslim leader is expected to admit being involved in ...

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Kerry Will Respond

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 7:11:43 pm PDT

Tonight, John F. Kerry will say: Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response. Consider the implications of this statement. He’s going to wait for the attack.

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We Sleep at Our Own Peril

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 5:11:21 pm PDT

September 11.

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DNC Meltdown: Day Four

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 4:56:12 pm PDT

So, the Democratic National Convention is tonight? Aren’t you excited? LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With roughly 10 percent fewer Americans watching than four years ago, the Democratic convention may be headed for an all-time low in TV viewership for a national party meeting, according to ratings issued on Wednesday. As always, ...

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Got a Big Fish in Pakistan

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 3:23:27 pm PDT

U.S. Says Pakistan Captured Qaeda Bombing Suspect. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. official on Thursday confirmed that Pakistan has captured a senior al Qaeda member wanted by the United States in connection with the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa. “He is wanted for the death of Americans,” the ...

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The Case for George W. Bush

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 2:12:47 pm PDT

Tom Junod, the Esquire writer whose powerful piece The Falling Man was featured at LGF last September, has written a new essay that tries to come to grips with Bush Derangement Syndrome—from the viewpoint of a sufferer: The Case for George W. Bush. (Hat tip: Baldilocks.) As easy as it is ...

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Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 8:24:30 am PDT

Palestinians gather around a car after Israeli helicopter gunships fired at least two missiles at it in Rafah refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip, July 29, 2004. Israeli missiles hit a car in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Thursday, killing two Palestinian militants, witnesses and residents said. ...

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AP Shills for Kerry

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 8:12:48 am PDT

Here’s a press release from the Kerry campaign, touting Kerry’s ability to protect and improve America better than President Bush. Oh. Sorry. My mistake. It’s not a Kerry press release. It’s an Associated Press news report. Kerry Vows Stronger U.S. With Nomination. BOSTON - John Kerry lays claim to the Democratic presidential nomination ...

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Al-Reuters Gets the News Out of the Way

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 7:52:08 am PDT

A release from al-Reuters about the bombing of an Afghan mosque used for voter registration contains one paragraph of information about the headlined story, then launches into 16 paragraphs of America-bashing—Afghan Mosque Blast Kills Two, Aid Group Pulls Out—concluding with this blatant editorializing, calling on unnamed “commentators” and “political analysts” ...

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British Islamic Colleges Run by Radical Islamists

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 7:36:22 am PDT

Two Islamic colleges in Britain that train imams for British mosques have received full university accreditation—and they are run by radical Islamists, with unhidden connections to Jamaat-e-Islami and Hamas: British Islam colleges ‘link to terrorism’. (Hat tip: Annie.) TWO British universities have given their approval to a pair of Islamic colleges ...

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Muslims Seethe Over Underwear Ad

Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 7:19:32 am PDT

The British Advertising Standards Authority has ordered an underwear company to remove posters situated near a mosque, after Muslims went into full seethe mode: Not near the mosque. (Hat tip: Norwegian kafir.) The ad’ features four scantily clad women photographed from behind with their bottoms almost total uncovered. The giant billboard for ...

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Wednesday, July 28, 2004

More Socialism At Home, Less Self-Defense Abroad

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 9:42:07 pm PDT

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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Abu Bakar Bashir: Charges Dropped in Indonesia

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 8:08:53 pm PDT

Q: Why is this man smiling? A: Because today, he got away with mass murder in the name of Allah. JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police dropped plans Wednesday to charge a radical cleric in the 2002 Bali bombings, but said the man Washington accuses of being a terror mastermind in Southeast Asia ...

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The Obama Truth Squad

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 7:31:53 pm PDT

Interesting information about one of the Democrats’ rising stars, who is apparently an unreconstructed Marxist with a slick surface: Obama Truth Squad. (Hat tip: M. Simon.)

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Death Cult Summer Camp

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 7:19:57 pm PDT

While the Democrats continue to ignore the danger, in the Palestinian Authority children are being trained to kidnap (the tool of choice for the modern multicultural Islamofascist) and murder, in perverted summer camps: Summer camp in Gaza: Kids learn to kidnap, kill. (Hat tip: OPB.) GAZA CITY — The ruling Fatah ...

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Moonbats Censored and Silenced at DNC!

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 6:57:19 pm PDT

The barking moonbats are very upset that the Democrats are trying to keep them under wraps at the DNC: Medea Benjamin Dragged Off DNC Floor in Handcuffs For Unfurling ‘End the Occupation of Iraq’ Banner. (Hat tip: Rayra.) As Teresa Heinz Kerry gave her prime-time address that never mentioned Iraq, Code ...

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DNC Meltdown: Day Three

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 5:57:17 pm PDT

The clown show in Boston continues; here’s tonight’s topic for discussion of the Michael Moore-dominated festivities. We’re going to be treated to a Bush-bashing performance by Johnny Cougar John Cougar Mellencamp John Mellencamp tonight: C-SPAN: Watch LIVE. Is anyone talking about Al Qaeda yet?

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Lebanon Approves the DNC

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 5:23:27 pm PDT

Lebanon’s Daily Star says that Arabs and Muslims are feeling quite welcome at the Democratic National Convention: Muslim Democrats hopeful but wary. (Hat tip: Beagle.) NEW YORK: Maya Berry remembers a time when, as an Arab-American delegate to the 1992 Democratic convention, she held aloft a placard that read - “Palestinian ...

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Kerry: Decisive?

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 4:45:50 pm PDT

A new campaign spot at GeorgeWBush.com brilliantly uses John Kerry’s own words against him, to show a history of brazen dishonesty and flip-flopping on the issue of Iraq and Saddam Hussein. This one is a show-stopper: Extreme Makeover Day Three: Decisive? Strong?

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Got One in Texas

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 1:10:34 pm PDT

A possible high-level Al Qaeda operative has been arrested in Texas with a bogus South African passport, attempting to travel to New York—and it’s a woman: Al-Qaida Suspect Arrested in Texas. A South African woman picked up in Texas almost 10 days ago may turn out to be a key, high-level ...

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DNC's Imam Testified for Sami al-Arian

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 9:42:16 am PDT

According to Steven Emerson’s statement to the 9/11 commission, the Islamic chaplain who was chosen to give last night’s closing benediction at the Democratic National Convention, Yahya Hendi, testified as a character witness on behalf of Sami al-Arian—head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in North America. The statement is on ...

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US Gives Citizenship to 7000 Russian Muslims

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 8:55:52 am PDT

The United States is going to welcome 7,000 Muslims from Russia to Pennsylvania, giving them free housing and life-long pensions: US Offers Citizenship To 7000 Ahiska Muslims. KRASNODAR, Russia, July 24, (IslamOnline.net) - The United States has agreed to grant citizenship to 7,000 Ahiska Muslims who will be settled in Pennsylvania, ...

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RoP Murders More than 70 in Iraq

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 8:34:35 am PDT

Suicide Bomber Kills More Than 70 North of Baghdad. BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - A minibus packed with explosives blew up near a police station and a market north of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing more than 70 and wounding 30 in the worst attack since the handover of power one month ago. The ...

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RoP Burns Sudanese Alive

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 8:23:03 am PDT

While Kofi Annan takes meetings and issues statements and arranges meaningless “ceasefires,” villagers in Darfur are being burned alive. NAIROBI (AFP) - Government-backed Arab militiamen chained and burned alive civilians in a raid on a market in Sudan’s Darfur region in violation of a ceasefire signed in April, African Union monitors ...

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Arabs Hate, Euros Shocked

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 7:53:19 am PDT

Ambassadors from EU countries pretended to be shocked by the hate speech of their Arab partners, at a closed meeting in which Arab states “bluntly” told the EUroweenies that they’re going to block a UN resolution against antisemitism: Arabs shock Europeans, refuse to condemn anti-Semitism. NEW YORK - Arab states at ...

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The Truth Hurts

Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 7:42:22 am PDT

Philippines Objects to Australia Slam. MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines angrily summoned the Australian ambassador Wednesday, saying it objected to criticism that a concession to Iraqi insurgents to save the life of a Filipino captive has encouraged terrorism. Ambassador Ruth Pearce was called in after Australian Foreign Secretary Alexander Downer blamed the ...

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Tuesday, July 27, 2004

No Tongues, Now

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 9:47:12 pm PDT

Gimme some sugar, Ahmed.

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Elite British Force to Combat Al Qaeda

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 8:51:05 pm PDT

Britain begins to perceive the fifth column they’ve allowed to grow unchecked for far too long: New elite force to combat Al-Qaeda. (Hat tip: evariste.) A DEDICATED special forces unit is being assembled alongside the SAS and SBS to infiltrate and destroy Osama Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network. The unit, nicknamed the “X-men”, ...

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An Islamic Blessing for the DNC

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 7:19:04 pm PDT

Rant Wraith has googled up some interesting info about Imam Yahya Hendi, the Georgetown University Muslim chaplain who will give tonight’s closing benediction at the Democratic National Convention. The Imam is a Ph.D. candidate in Islamic Theology at American Open University in Falls Church, Virginia, whose web site is mostly ...

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The Clinton Legacy

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 6:52:49 pm PDT

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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DNC Meltdown: Day Two

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 5:43:00 pm PDT

Here’s tonight’s topic for discussion of the ongoing demonstration of Democratic Party principles in Boston. Featured speakers tonight are Teresa “Shove It!” Heinz Kerry and Howard “Eeyaarrghh!” Dean, with a closing benediction performed by Imam Yahya Hendi, the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University. Has anyone heard any mention of “Al Qaeda” ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 3:34:33 pm PDT

Here we go again, as Iran moves back into the “cheat” phase of their cheat-and-retreat nuclear shell game, aided and abetted by hopelessly weak-minded diplomats: Diplomats: Iran Resumes Nuclear Program. VIENNA, Austria - Iran has broken the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s seals on centrifuge equipment and resumed building the devices, which are ...

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The Enemy Within

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 3:06:32 pm PDT

As the Presidential elections approach, the United States is in great danger. Statements from Al Qaeda leaders gloat over their success in influencing Spain and the Philippines, through proven methods of mass murder and extortion. Islamic groups promise attacks daily against the United States and all European countries that support ...

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Terrorists Obtain S. Africa Passports

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 2:33:29 pm PDT

Islamic terrorists are traveling around Europe with genuine South African passports: Terrorists Obtain S. Africa Passports. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Al-Qaida militants and other terrorists traveling through Europe have obtained South African passports, and authorities believe they got them from crime syndicates operating inside the government agency that issues the documents. The ...

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Muslim Charity, CAIR Founder Indicted

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 2:00:42 pm PDT

Muslim Charity Charged in U.S. with Funding Hamas. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Texas-based Muslim charity and seven of its directors and fundraisers have been charged with supporting the militant Palestinian group Hamas and with money laundering and conspiracy. A federal grand jury in Dallas returned the 42 charges against the Holy Land ...

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Moore Gets Place of Honor at DNC

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 1:20:01 pm PDT

Here’s Michael Moore, sharing the presidential box at the Democratic National Convention with 2002 Idiotarian of the Year, Jimmy Carter: (Hat tip: Drudge Report.)

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Religion of Beheading and Child Murder

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 12:48:14 pm PDT

The Religion of Peace™ was busy today in Kashmir, where they peacefully bombed a hospital and tolerantly decapitated a man and his two children: Kashmir Rebels Bomb Hospital, Behead Three. JAMMU, India (Reuters) - Separatist rebels decapitated a 55-year-old man and his two children in Indian Kashmir because they suspected them ...

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Zuniga Hides the Evidence

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 12:36:50 pm PDT

Like the craven coward he is, Markos Zuniga, rising young star of the Democrats, has now removed the page at Daily Kos where he wrote “Screw them” about the four Americans torn apart and hung from a bridge in Fallujah. This is the URL, and it now leads to a ...

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Keeping Teresa Quiet

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 8:13:36 am PDT

Newsmax reports that the big three networks have decided not to broadcast Teresa Heinz Kerry’s speech at the DNC tonight: Networks Pull Plug on Teresa’s Speech. (Hat tip: American Infidel.) The three major broadcast networks have pulled the plug on tonight’s Democratic convention speech by Teresa Heinz Kerry - just two ...

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The Meltdown Proceeds

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 8:04:37 am PDT

The pre-convention bounce that the Kerry Krowd was counting on failed to materialize—and at the moment when it should be strongest, support for Kerry’s disastrous candidacy is dropping fast. (Hat tip: kstagger.) July 26, 2004— The critical convention season begins with John Kerry losing momentum at just the hour he’d like ...

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CAIR Goes After Jackie Mason

Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 7:36:11 am PDT

Jackie Mason calls Islam a ‘murderous’ religion, and CAIR’s seethe-o-meter goes to eleven. And as usual, the Islamist hate group delights in calling a Jew a “Nazi,” moans about “Islamophobia,” and tries to ignore the substance of Mason’s remarks. Comedian Jackie Mason raised the ire of a controversial Islamic lobby group ...

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Monday, July 26, 2004

N. Korea Asks United Nations for Protection

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 8:58:11 pm PDT

North Korea appeals to their best friend, Kofi Annan: N.Korea Writes Annan, Demands U.S. Troop Pullout. SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea urged the United Nations Tuesday to dissolve the U.N. Command on the tense peninsula and press for the withdrawal of U.S. troops based in South Korea. In a rare letter to ...

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LGF: "Who's Behind It?"

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 8:38:50 pm PDT

For evidence of the derangement of the left, you need go no further than this thread at Markos “Screw Them” Zuniga’s hate hole, in which Zuniga’s moronic sycophants invent colorful fantasies about the lizards of LGF, little suspecting the terrible secret lurking beneath our surface: F9/11 Still Making Heads Explode. yeah ...

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Steyn: Kerry's Stealth Candidacy

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 6:49:48 pm PDT

A little birdie tells me that Mark Steyn has been reading LGF again: Kerry can’t shoot deer or stop terror. There’s a bumper sticker I see on a lot of Vermont cars these days: “BE PATRIOTIC — VOTE GEORGE BUSH OUT”. The trouble is you can’t vote Bush out, you have ...

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Britain Suspends Visas for Pakistanis

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 6:33:54 pm PDT

Britain has suspended granting visas to Pakistani males under the age of 25, after a surge of visa applications: Britain: No visas to Pakistani visitors under 25. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) The Foreign Office said the British embassy in Islamabad received almost 30,000 visa applications last month, more than staff could handle. It ...

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A Convention of Ostriches

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 5:20:44 pm PDT

You can watch the Democrats melt down on C-SPAN. As I write this, Al Gore is at the podium, starting to get worked up.

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Dems Force JihadTV to Remove Sign

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 4:07:29 pm PDT

This is rich; Democrats forced JihadTV—Al Jazeera—to take down their sign at the DNC: Al-Jazeera TV network is asked to remove sign. (Hat tip: William.) When John Kerry glances around the convention hall in Boston this week, his eye will be drawn to brightly lit television network signs — ABC News, ...

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Justice, Palestinian Style

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 3:03:55 pm PDT

Arafat’s goon squad, the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, is trying hard to keep a lid on the chaos in the Palestinian Authority by appealing to the populace to remain calm and obey the laws. Just kidding. Actually, they’re threatening “revolutionary justice” to anyone they deem “corrupt.” GAZA (Reuters) - The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, ...

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Morlock Watching

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 2:22:55 pm PDT

Here’s a great new blog started by a couple of longtime LGF commentors, keeping an eye on one of the LGF stalker sites: LGF Watch Watch.

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Michael Moore Damages American Morale

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 11:05:31 am PDT

Here’s a disturbing report from Army Spc. Joe Roche on Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, now making the rounds at overseas military bases—and having, in Roche’s words, a “devastating impact” on morale: Fahrenheit 9/11 and Its Impact on Military Morale. Michael Moore’s film, Fahrenheit 9/11, is making the rounds here at ...

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A Modest Open Letter

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:41:58 am PDT

E. Nough has some unsolicited advice for the state of Israel, in A Modest Open Letter. (Hint: think “Jonathan Swift.”)

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Religion of Peace Preparing for War in Sudan

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:19:27 am PDT

As international pressure mounts, representatives of the RoP are calling for holy war against any Western forces that try to stop the ethnic cleansing in Sudan. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) Meanwhile a group calling itself Mohammed’s Army called on Muslims to prepare to fight Western forces sent on any mission to ...

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Dems on Damage Control

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 9:56:47 am PDT

John F. Kerry has no problem with his wife: 1) lying about what she said, and 2) making nasty comments to a reporter immediately after calling for “civility:” Democrats Defend Heinz Kerry’s ‘Shove It’. Hillary Clinton says, “You go, girl.” BOSTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry doesn’t have a problem with ...

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Phillips on Sullivan

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 8:57:22 am PDT

Melanie Phillips has an excellent piece on Andrew Sullivan’s post-moral confusion.

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Zuniga Brags to the NYT

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 8:52:57 am PDT

Today, Markos Zuniga of Daily Kos boasts to the New York Times about his success: Web Diarists Are Now Official Members of Convention Press Corps. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, a lawyer in Berkeley, Calif., who runs DailyKos.com, has raised around $400,000 for Senator John Kerry’s campaign, the Democratic Party and other political ...

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Australia: "We Will Not Parley"

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 8:43:36 am PDT

Australia shows how to respond to extortion threats from Islamic thugs and murderers: Australia Says Will Ignore Terror Attack Threat. “We are still investigating the authenticity and relevance of that body, but we will not take any notice of threats of that kind,” Prime Minister John Howard, a close ally of ...

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U Penn Prof for Shari'a

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 8:34:01 am PDT

Daniel Pipes has a piece today on the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s plan to draft a criminal code for the Islamic country of the Maldives, based on shari’a: U Penn Prof for Shari’a. Robinson’s preliminary thoughts for reform include such basics as making the judiciary an independent branch of government, ...

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Ketchup Billionaire Lashes Out

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 7:53:08 am PDT

Minutes after a speech urging delegates to restore a more civil tone to US politics, Teresa Heinz Kerry told a reporter to “shove it.” “We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics,” she told her fellow Pennsylvanians ...

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Moronic Convergence in Boston

Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 7:22:40 am PDT

Peace-loving “anti-war” protesters are screaming insults and throwing blows in Boston: Two Protest Groups Clash Near DNC Center. At Faneuil Hall, the historic meeting house where patriots gathered before the American Revolution, an estimated 1,000 anti-abortion protesters staged a rally before a smaller group set off on their own march toward ...

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Sunday, July 25, 2004

The Periodic Email Disclaimer

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 6:58:22 pm PDT

LGF Email status: even more out of control than usual, with more than 4,000 unread messages in various In Boxes, even though I spend hours daily trying to empty the buckets. If you have sent something really really important and didn’t receive a response, it doesn’t mean I’m ignoring you. ...

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Saddam the Peaceful Koran-Reading Gardener

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 6:39:38 pm PDT

According to al-Guardian, Saddam Hussein spends his days reading the Koran (an odd activity for a dictator often portrayed as “secular”), tending his garden (he has a garden?), writing (no doubt bad) poetry, and snacking on cookies and muffins provided by his brutal American kidnappers: Saddam Spends Time Gardening, Eating ...

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Steyn: Dems Want Another Holiday

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 6:20:44 pm PDT

Mark Steyn provides the perfect contrast to the unfortunate wobbling of Andrew Sullivan, in a great new column about the Democrats’ holiday from history: We can nitpick forever, but what’s changed? (Hat tip: Connecticut Yankee.) But, if Berger was simply covering his buns (literally), I don’t care. The minute the decision ...

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Sullivan Endorses Kerry

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 5:48:03 pm PDT

Andrew Sullivan finally comes out and says what he’s been dying to say for quite some time—John F. Kerry is the right choice for conservatives. Much of the hard work has now been done. Nobody seriously believes that Bush will start another war. And in some ways Kerry may be better ...

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"Don't Evacuate Us"

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 5:11:18 pm PDT

An estimated 130,000 people formed a human chain stretching 55 miles across Israel, in a massive protest against Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan: Human chain from Gush Katif to J’lem. “Don’t evacuate us,” wrote six-year-old Yael Better in a note she stuck in a crevice in the Western Wall. She was the last ...

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The Missing Terrorists

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 4:40:22 pm PDT

Morocco seems to have misplaced a few hundred Al Qaeda-trained terrorists: Morocco Lost Track of 400 Al Qaeda Suspects-Report. MADRID (Reuters) - Morocco has warned Spain that it has lost track of 400 Moroccan Islamist militants who trained in al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan, Bosnia or Chechnya, Spanish newspaper El Pais ...

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Markos Zuniga: New Face of the Democratic Party

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 1:59:48 pm PDT

In an article on the rising young stars of the Democratic Party, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution singles out Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of Daily Kos as “a young Newt Gingrich:” Next generation eager to lead Democratic Party. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga takes it as a compliment when he’s compared to the young Newt Gingrich. ...

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No Comment

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:33:34 am PDT

Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? OF course it is.

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A Punch from All Iraqis

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:21:04 am PDT

There are so many stories coming in that good stuff sometimes slips beneath the radar; here’s one that was brought out by BlackFive recently, about the American of Iraqi descent who helped pull Saddam Hussein out of his spider hole: Local Man Tells Of Helping Capture Saddam. “We saw the hole ...

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Hypocrisy, Palestinian-Style

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 10:34:02 am PDT

The same people screeching and moaning about Israel’s “apartheid wall” have made millions supplying the cement to build it: Palestinians ‘made millions’ selling cheap cement for barrier they bitterly oppose. (Thanks to all who emailed about this story.) Palestinian businessmen have made millions of pounds supplying cement for Israel’s “security barrier” ...

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Al-Beshir: The World is Targeting Islam

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 9:56:32 am PDT

The “president” of Sudan (who seized power in a coup), faced with increasing international pressure over the ongoing ethnic cleansing he supports, does the expected thing and plays the Islamic Victim card: Al-Beshir: The World is targeting Islam in Sudan. (Hat tip: Allah.) Al Beshir was quoted as telling supporters in ...

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Armstrong Makes History

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 9:11:09 am PDT

It’s been a foregone conclusion since the Tour hit the Pyrenees, and Lance Armstrong has now irrefutably demonstrated that he is the best rider the Tour de France has ever seen: Armstrong wins his sixth.

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Two Canadian Terror Sites Shut Down

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 9:00:28 am PDT

Here’s a bit of good terror-related news from Canada (for a change), where web sites of the terror gangs Hamas and Hizballah have been shut down in British Columbia: Two Canadian Terror Sites Shut Down.

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Guardian Pines for Kerry to Win

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 8:21:38 am PDT

In yet another execrable anti-Israel editorial, al-Guardian reveals the Great White Hope of Europe’s antisemites—a Kerry presidency: Obeying the law. International pressure should be applied on Mr Sharon now. But if, in the real world, nothing will change until the battle for the White House is over, the case for economic ...

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Presbyterian Church Controlled by Antisemites

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 7:55:38 am PDT

The leaders of the Presbyterian Church have joined the world’s antisemites, halting their investments in Israel, and showing that they have the collective moral courage of a rotten turnip: Presbyterians divest themselves from Israel. WASHINGTON - The Presbyterian Church’s 216th General Assembly caught American Jewish organizations off guard and by surprise. ...

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Archbishop of Canterbury Celebrates 9/11 at Al-Azhar

Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 7:49:49 am PDT

Rowan Williams, the dhimmi archbishop of Canterbury, will mark the third anniversary of September 11 by praising Islam—in Egypt’s Al-Azhar Mosque, scene of many rabid calls for jihad against infidels: Archbishop to mark 9/11 at mosque. (Hat tip: twostellas.) THE head of the worldwide Anglican Church, the archbishop of Canterbury, will ...

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Saturday, July 24, 2004

Islamic Threats Against Australia

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 9:15:08 pm PDT

A “previously unknown” group has threatened to turn Australia into “pools of blood:” Al-Qaida branch threatens Australia with bloody attacks if it remains in Iraq. They may call themselves “Al Qaeda” or “the Tawhid Islamic Group,” but they all follow the same ideology of Islamic holy war. We should stop worrying ...

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The Texas Chainring Massacre

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 8:35:14 pm PDT

The headline says it all: Armstrong heads to Paris in yellow. Victory for Lance Armstrong in Saturday’s stage 19 time trial at Besancon was a fait accompli. So much so, that at his press conference afterward, the man behind what has been dubbed by at least one media outlet as the ...

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Al Jazeera: Al-Qaeda's Satellite Channel

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 7:28:20 pm PDT

At the National Post, Mamoun Fandy points out a fact that should be obvious to Canadians and Americans—except that an increasing number of us are blinded by laziness or willful ignorance: Al-Qaeda’s satellite channel. In the Western media, the al-Jazeera satellite news network is often described as “the Arab CNN.” This ...

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Real Torture

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 6:06:14 pm PDT

The New York Times continues to obsess over the “torture” at Abu Ghraib: Abu Ghraib, Whitewashed. But tonight, the Iraqi Olympic Committee released photographs of the instruments of torture (no scare quotes) used by Uday Hussein to punish Iraqi athletes who didn’t perform well enough. And I don’t see any panties in ...

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Hard Choices for Israel-Haters

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 5:32:33 pm PDT

At least a dozen emails have come in about this story, because it’s an appalling illustration of the perversion of normal human behavior that occurs in Gaza. A family balked at letting terrorists use their property to fire mortar shells into Israel—and in response, the Islamic thugs of Al Aqsa ...

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Moonbat Reconnaissance

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 4:01:10 pm PDT

The pro-terror groups who organized the “hunger strike” we reported yesterday have got to be a little disappointed at the turnout. When I rode by the Santa Monica Pier this morning there were a total of 6 people manning the display, and just a few passersby looking at their propaganda ...

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Cycling Diary

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 2:12:55 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 49.26 miles. We took the bike path south to Redondo Beach, then back north through Venice up to Chataqua Canyon, down to the beach, then south to the Santa Monica Pier, up to Ocean, and lo! the moonbats! they appeared at Palisades Park, with a pathetically bad display ...

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Amazon Plugs Markos "Screw Them" Zuniga

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 1:33:48 pm PDT

Amazon has an odd new service called “plogs,” which are really nothing but advertising, packaged in a blog-like form. But on their page explaining the new feature, they recommend a list of “the best” blogs—and include Daily Kos, the home of foul creep Markos Zuniga, who watched his fellow citizens ...

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Thank You, Gloria Arroyo

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 7:44:00 am PDT

We have the Philippines to thank for this, and it’s so obvious even the Associated Press can see it: Wave of Kidnappings in Iraq Continues. (Hat tip: madmark.) BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen kidnapped the head of an Iraqi government-owned construction company in Baghdad on Saturday, a brazen daylight attack in a ...

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French Antisemitism Watch

Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 7:28:05 am PDT

Repellent antisemitism on open display in Paris, featuring Jew-hating “comedian” Dieudonné decked out in a Nazi uniform, snarling in rage: (Hat tip: No Pasaran.)

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Friday, July 23, 2004

Big Ups to C & F

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 7:21:13 pm PDT

Major kudos to Cox & Forkum, who are finally starting to get some well-deserved recognition for their fantastic anti-idiotarian work, with spots in the Detroit News and Investor’s Business Daily.

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Moonbat Alert in Santa Monica!

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 5:29:08 pm PDT

Santa Monica will be the scene of a “48 HOUR HUNGER STRIKE!” (try not to laugh, please, these are very serious activists and you might hurt their feelings) by a variety of far left moonbat/Islamist/Jew-hating groups this weekend: BRING DOWN THE WALL! JOIN US at the TENTS of PEACE and JUSTICE ...

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A Completely Crime-Free Environment

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 5:06:32 pm PDT

Very interesting. Can anyone think of a former Arab News editor who resigned recently and whose articles suddenly disappeared from the Arab News site? Former Arab News Editor Under Investigation for Pedophilia. JEDDAH, 24 July 2004 — A former Managing Editor of Arab News is currently under investigation for pedophilia and ...

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Crown Prince Abdullah on Video

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 4:25:23 pm PDT

At MEMRI TV you can watch a video clip of the supreme leader of the House of Saud, Crown Prince Abdullah, calmly and matter-of-factly blaming the terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia on “Zionists.”

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The Triumph of the East

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 4:15:35 pm PDT

Several people emailed about this excellent piece by Anthony Browne, puncturing the myth of “the tiny minority of extremists:” The triumph of the East. A year ago I had lunch with an eminent figure who asked if I thought she was mad. ‘No,’ I said politely, while thinking, ‘Yup.’ She ...

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What About Iran?

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 3:16:15 pm PDT

Sooner or later (probably sooner) something will have to be done about Iran, or we’ll be faced with one of the most fanatical Islamic states on Earth, possessed of nuclear weapons. Charles Krauthammer looks at the situation—and the deadly stakes: What about Iran? Syria is weak and deterred by Israel. North ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 1:15:06 pm PDT

Palestinian youths hold up toy guns and a picture of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a demonstration in support of Arafat at the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. More than 2,000 Palestinians demonstrated at the refugee camp to demand an end to international pressure ...

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Clark's Vile Bedfellows

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:34:32 pm PDT

Here’s a good piece on New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, and her absurdly overhyped “Israeli passport spy scandal:” Clark’s vile bedfellows. (Hat tip: Joel G.) Clark was particularly aggrieved at how this purported plot by Israeli intelligence compromised the diplomatic sanctity of New Zealand passports. But, with al-Qa’ida forgers printing ...

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NYT: "Religious Message"

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 11:56:16 am PDT

In a report about a threatening note found on an Amtrak train, the New York Times headline is surprisingly accurate (but probably not in the way they intended): Religious Message Halts Train. (Hat tip: ted.) NEWARK, July 22 - For 90 minutes on Thursday morning, passengers aboard an Amtrak train headed ...

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Outrage of the Day

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 11:09:36 am PDT

The Syrian musicians who behaved in such a disturbing way aboard Annie Jacobsen’s now-famous Northwest Airlines flight that they were pulled aside and screened by FBI and immigration after landing, were traveling with expired visas—and not one of the investigators even thought to look at the dates: ‘Scarborough Country’ for ...

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Berger Nixed Attacks on Bin Laden

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 9:52:53 am PDT

The New York Sun identifies some absolutely damning passages of the 9/11 report, on Clinton’s national security adviser, Sandy “Docs in My Socks” Berger, and his deliberate, repeated failures to take action against Osama bin Laden: The Boldness of the President. Well, look now to what the 9/11 report has to ...

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New Flight 93 Details; AP Lies

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 9:20:49 am PDT

The September 11 report has new details on the struggle aboard Flight 93. It concludes that passengers did not manage to get into the cockpit—but nonetheless their fight to regain control of the plane saved Washington DC from another atrocity. But the AP’s headline for their report is blatantly wrong: Panel: ...

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Hedging on Iraq

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 9:06:15 am PDT

Victor Davis Hanson, on the mark again: Hedging on Iraq. What exactly do we think is going on in Iraq? The Democratic platform hedges on the war, suggesting that reasonable people can argue over the need for last year’s intervention — as if Dennis Kucinich and Joe Lieberman have only slight ...

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Conspiracy Lunatics in the House of DUmb

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 8:29:14 am PDT

The lunatics at Democratic Underground (the demented hate site that still has a link at the official John Kerry Blog) pose the question: Are you 100% convinced Bin Laden did it? (Hat tip: Jheka.) Every strain of the virulent form of Bush Derangement Syndrome is represented on this thread, as hundreds ...

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The Pre-Emption Commission

Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 7:52:13 am PDT

An OpinionJournal editorial points out that the September 11 commission report contains extensive justification for the Bush doctrine of pre-emption, and even more evidence that partisan hatchetman Richard Clarke is a shameless liar. Notably, the Commission performs a service by defining the threat we now face in refreshing fashion. “The enemy ...

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Thursday, July 22, 2004

Dems Lie Down with Pigs

Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 6:19:28 pm PDT

One of the bloggers who has been granted accreditation to attend the Democratic National Convention is Markos Moulitsas Zuniga: Convention bloggers named. (Hat tip: Best of the Web Today.) In case you’ve forgotten, Zuniga is the foul-mouthed, black-hearted creep who watched four of his fellow Americans burned alive, torn apart by ...

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Palestinian Car Swarm Slideshow

Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 5:43:49 pm PDT

Because someone invariably sends me enraged email every time I post a car swarm entry (see previous entry), calling me nasty names that hurt my tender feelings and damage my self-esteem, I’ve put together a slideshow of Palestinian Car Swarm photos that have been featured at LGF. WARNING: Some of these ...

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Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 2:04:06 pm PDT

Swarming around blown-up cars with barbequed terrorists inside—fun for the whole family! Palestinian children gather around the destroyed car of Hazem Arhim, 27, a leader of Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigade, after it was hit by an Israeli rocket in the Zeitun area of Gaza City.(AFP/Mohammed Abed) Playing “spot-the-hated-infidel-logo,” I see Packard ...

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The Enemy is Scouting Airliners

Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 1:05:48 pm PDT

The Washington Times has statements from flight crews and air marshals confirming that there have been numerous attempts to probe US airline defenses: Scouting jetliners for new attacks. The pilot confirmed Mrs. Jacobsen’s experience was “terribly alike” what flight attendants reported on the San Juan flight. He said there is “widespread ...

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TdF: Stage 17, Lance Crushes Rivals

Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 8:25:13 am PDT

Lance Armstrong has won stage 17 with another amazing performance, sprinting away from Jan Ullrich at the finish of the most difficult day of climbing in this year’s Tour. There’s no stopping Armstrong; he’s a force of nature.

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It's Sad When Friends Part Ways

Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 8:05:30 am PDT

With a heavy heart, the New York Times sadly admits that the world might be a better place if their favorite terrorist were put out to pasture: The Arafat Problem. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) It’s been the misfortune of the Palestinian people to be stuck with Yasir Arafat as their founding father, ...

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Arafish Says...

Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 7:46:15 am PDT

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George Soros Teaches the FBI Tolerance

Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 7:25:52 am PDT

To teach “tolerance” to its agents, the FBI has turned to a deceptive “guide” funded by a far left moonbat: George Soros Teaches the FBI Tolerance. Political correctness continues to paralyze the agencies that are supposed to keep us safe from attack. The special agent in charge of FBI’s Washington Field ...

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Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Syrian Flight Mystery Solved

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 5:07:46 pm PDT

At National Review, Clinton W. Taylor has solved the mystery of the Syrian musicians from Annie Jacobsen’s article: Nour Mehana: The Syrian Wayne Newton. (Hat tip: Furious J.) I am nominally the “news director” for Stanford University’s student radio station, KZSU, and I figured I’d help the Times out. There aren’t ...

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9/11 Hijackers on Surveillance Video

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 4:54:43 pm PDT

A previously unpublicized video shows the September 11 hijackers of Flight 77 (which crashed into the Pentagon) being pulled aside and searched at airport security in Washington Dulles airport: Video Shows 9/11 Hijackers’ Security Check. WASHINGTON - Surveillance video from Washington Dulles International Airport the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, shows ...

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UN to Sudan: Not Enough Dead Yet

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 4:25:01 pm PDT

Taking a short diversion from his criticisms of America and demands that Israel allow suicide bombers back in to murder more Jews, Kofi Annan explained that not enough people have been slaughtered yet in Sudan to really make it a priority for him: Sudan Militia Still Attack, UN Sanctions Unlikely. And ...

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Kofi Annan to Israel: Die Already

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 3:37:39 pm PDT

The rotten-hearted Kofi Annan says that Israel should tear down her defense against the child-killing genocidal Palestinian terror gangs, in spite of their “unhappiness” with the judgment of the UN’s International Kangaroo Court: Annan Urges Israel to Tear Down West Bank Barrier. Annan also urged the world’s oldest terrorist to “carry ...

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Trousergate Update

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 2:05:08 pm PDT

This just in! A Trousergate Update from Iowahawk: CLINTON AIDE ACCIDENTALLY TAKES 9/11 DOCS, NOTES, JOLLY RANCHERS Former Clinton Administration National Security Advisor Sandy Berger admitted ‘inadvertently’ stuffing highly classified documents and notes into his pants, absent-mindedly removing them from the national archives on five occasions, accidentally mailing them to DNC Chair ...

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Feel the Love

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 1:27:14 pm PDT

European “cycling fans” were spitting at Lance Armstrong during today’s stage of the Tour de France: Tour director says fans spat at Armstrong. (Hat tip: Ethel Carol.) L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France (Reuters) - Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc has admitted he had seen fans spit at five-times champion Lance Armstrong during ...

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SF OKs Ballot to Let Non-Citizens Vote

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 1:07:28 pm PDT

Here’s the latest attempt by the far left in San Francisco to delegitimize the concept of national sovereignty: S.F. OKs ballot measure allowing non-citizens the right to vote. (Hat tip: Norwegian kafir.) Under the proposed charter amendment change, parents or guardians of children in San Francisco schools - including undocumented immigrants ...

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UPenn Drafting Shari'a Law for Maldives

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 11:08:34 am PDT

An LGF reader attending law school at the University of Pennsylvania has forwarded an email describing a new seminar in which law students will not only study Islamic shari’a law—they will actually draft a new criminal code for the Islamic nation of the Maldives, based on shari’a, under the auspices ...

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Car Bomb in Tennessee

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 10:29:41 am PDT

Very few details yet, but a car bomb has apparently exploded in the parking lot of Nashville’s largest hotel: One Killed As Car Explodes at Tenn. Hotel. Knee-jerk denial of terrorism, even though it’s a bleeping car bomb: check. Police said the blast was felt miles away, and it left nothing but ...

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World Gone Insane

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 10:18:01 am PDT

You may think you’ve seen it all. But it’s getting bad on the far left. Really bad. Here’s a new “guerilla comedy” opening in New York around the time of the Republican National Convention, with a title I won’t reprint: Playbill News: Cryptic Comedy to Play Somewhere in NYC, Aug. 17-Sept. 4. ...

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Georgians Nominate McKinney

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 9:45:22 am PDT

Terrible news from Georgia, where voters have taken a huge step backward with the nomination of antisemitic tool of radical Islam Cynthia McKinney. (Hat tip: Solomon X, who writes, “Welcome to September 10, folks.”) AP) — Outspoken Democrat Cynthia McKinney shouted “I’m back!” after a surprise primary victory tonight in her ...

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Madison Will Not Show Solidarity with Hamas

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 9:36:22 am PDT

Last night the Madison City Council voted not to pass the resolution that would have made them a “sister city” of Rafah, in the Palestinian Authority—a terrorist haven ruled by Hamas, riddled with weapons smuggling tunnels: Rafah bid falls short by 2 votes. (Thanks to all who emailed about this.) The ...

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Call to Prayer in Michigan

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 9:13:41 am PDT

Voters in Hamtramck Michigan have upheld an ordinance allowing amplified broadcasts of the Islamic call to prayer: Mich. City OKs Amplified Islamic Prayers. HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - Residents of this once-predominantly Polish city on Tuesday upheld an amendment to the city’s noise ordinance, a victory for those in favor of allowing mosques ...

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A Proven Strategy

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 9:03:23 am PDT

Emboldened by the capitulation of the Philippines, the mujahideen have kidnapped several people who work for a Kuwaiti firm, threatening to kill one every 72 hours: Group takes three Indians, two Kenyans, Egyptian hostage in Iraq: Al-Arabiya. DUBAI (AFP) - A group calling itself “Black Flags” has taken three Indians, two ...

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TdF: Make or Break Stage

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 8:08:02 am PDT

Lance Armstrong has left the gate in Stage 16 of the Tour de France, the incredibly hard time trial up the legendary Alpe d’Huez. Live updates are available at the ESPN.com Tour de France Tracker. UPDATE at 7/21/04 8:52:45 am: Armstrong turned in one of the most amazing performances I’ve ever seen, ...

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Puppethead Escalation

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 7:55:52 am PDT

Well, the moonbats are escalating the War of the Papier Mache Puppetheads, with a creation from Ben & Jerry’s deranged founder: Ben & Jerry’s co-founder inflamed by Bush. (Hat tip: scaramouche.) The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream is on the road, towing a 12-foot-tall effigy of President Bush with ...

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Islamic Serial Killers Keep Trophies

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 7:45:18 am PDT

After raiding a house in Riyadh, Saudi “security” forces discovered the head of Paul Johnson—stored in a refrigerator. Also in the house—the wife and three children of a top Al Qaeda freakazoid. RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia announced that the head of slain US hostage Paul Johnson had been found in a ...

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Iraqi Nuke Report: "Stupid"

Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 7:15:12 am PDT

An Iraqi newspaper reported today that three missiles had been found near Tikrit, armed with nuclear warheads. But Iraq’s Interior Ministry says the report is ‘stupid’. BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq’s Interior Ministry dismissed as “stupid” a report in a local newspaper Wednesday that said three nuclear missiles had been found ...

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Tuesday, July 20, 2004

UN Cowards Flee The Mess They Made

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 8:47:33 pm PDT

Maintaining an unbroken record of craven cowardice, unapologetic corruption, and bald-faced hypocrisy, the United Nations will move about a third of its employees out of the suddenly-unfriendly Palestinian Authority, into an area controlled by the nation whose destruction they voted for tonight: UN to move 20 workers from Gaza to ...

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After 15 Stages, Lance is #1

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 8:24:31 pm PDT

If you watch only one stage of the Tour de France in your life, it should be tomorrow. Stage 16 is a short but mind-bogglingly difficult time trial up the legendary Alpe d’Huez, an insanely steep climb that has determined the winners more than once in the history of the ...

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Berger Radioactive, Kerry Campaign Expels

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 6:57:07 pm PDT

Yesterday, amid the breaking news of the Sandy Berger investigation, LGF noted a tossed-off phrase buried deep in the middle of an Associated Press release: Breaking: Berger Being Investigated. Berger served as Clinton’s national security adviser for all of the president’s second term and most recently has been informally advising Democratic ...

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The United Nations Hates Jews

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 5:01:43 pm PDT

The dictators, cronies, bagmen, and sycophantic toadies of the United Nations General Assembly have voted 150-6 that Israel is violating the human rights of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. And Israel must immediately cease oppressing the Islamic killers, by tearing down the defensive barrier that has been ...

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Outrage of the Day

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 4:17:51 pm PDT

Federal judge Robert Sweet (an 82-year old Jimmy Carter appointee with a long history of controversial rulings) has decided that New York cops will not be allowed to search bags and backpacks at the Republican National Convention—unless they have specific information that an attack is about to happen: Cops rip ...

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Hamtramck Votes on Islamic Call to Prayer

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 3:04:21 pm PDT

Residents of Hamtramck Michigan are voting today on whether to reverse a city noise ordinance that allows mosques to broadcast the adhan—the Islamic call to prayer—five times a day: Muslim Prayer Broadcasts Focus Of Hamtramck Vote. (Hat tip: brakes.) Hamtramck mosques began broadcasting the prayers May 28, after a decision by ...

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Ronstadt: America = Weimar Republic

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 1:55:23 pm PDT

Linda Ronstadt is a delicate flower, whose artistic concentration can be easily disrupted by the presence of the wrong kind of fan. “It’s a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my ...

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Berger Documents Written by Clarke

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 1:01:29 pm PDT

Sandy Berger’s excuses for “inadvertently” removing classified documents from a secure reading room (by “inadvertently” stuffing them into his pants and jacket) are absolutely pathetic: Federal probe targets Clinton’s national security adviser. Remember as you read: this is a former national security adviser speaking. In a statement, Berger acknowledged that he ...

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Kiwi Moonbats Rave

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 8:01:49 am PDT

If you were wondering where all those foul-mouthed New Zealanders came from last night, here’s one place: Can someone tell me what this site is and who the hell the people on it think they are ? That’s their first mistake. They think we’re people. Bwahahahaa! Here, one of the Kiwi moonbats ...

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Jihad TV Comes to Canada

Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 7:30:36 am PDT

Here’s Robert Spencer, on Canada’s decision to grant a broadcasting license to the voice of global jihad, while continuing to deny a license to Fox News: Jihad TV Comes to Canada. Al-Jazeera executives have claimed that the network has been criticized by American officials only because it doesn’t accept the American ...

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Monday, July 19, 2004

Arab Women Singers Complicit in Rape

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 7:44:55 pm PDT

A story of mind-numbing horror from Sudan: Arab women singers complicit in rape, says Amnesty report. (Hat tip: Montaigne’s Cat.) While African women in Darfur were being raped by the Janjaweed militiamen, Arab women stood nearby and sang for joy, according to an Amnesty International report published yesterday. The songs of ...

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Breaking: Berger Being Investigated

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 5:11:28 pm PDT

President Bill Clinton’s former national security adviser Sandy Berger is under investigation for taking highly classified terrorism documents from a secure reading room—and some of those documents are still missing: Clinton Adviser Probed in Terror Memos. WASHINGTON - President Clinton’s national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a criminal ...

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Ronstadt Booted from Vegas

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 1:02:33 pm PDT

Last Saturday night, at the end of her show at the fabulous Aladdin casino in glamorous Las Vegas, Linda Ronstadt praised Michael Moore as “a great American patriot” and urged her audience to see Fahrenheit 9/11. The doughy diva probably didn’t expect what happened next. The crowd booed her, threw drinks at ...

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Hamas Hails New Zealand

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:37:55 pm PDT

Hamas “highly appreciates” New Zealand’s handling of the Israeli passport scandal: Hamas hails Clark’s stand against Israel. (Hat tip: Joel G.) New Zealand’s left-leaning Stuff news portal can barely contain their pleasure over this development, even seeking out a “religious terrorism expert” to inform us that by getting on Hamas’ good ...

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France: Sharon is Persona non Grata

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:34:49 am PDT

Ariel Sharon tells Jews to leave France, France tells Ariel Sharon to stay home: France: Sharon unwelcome after call on Jews to immigrate. France informed Israel Monday that Prime Minister Sharon, whose office has been planning a visit to France, is not welcome in light of his call to French Jews ...

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Jordanian Border Shocka!

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:08:49 am PDT

Imagine, if you will, my shock upon learning that Jordan is actually guarding their border with Israel: Two Men Sneaking Into Israel Killed. (Is the AP deliberately trying to play down the Jordanian angle, with such a laughably uninformative headline? In the Arab world, it’s politically incorrect to be seen ...

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"The Terrorists are Probing Us All the Time"

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 10:56:11 am PDT

The second part of Annie Jacobsen’s article about her terrifying flight on Northwest Airlines, during which she witnessed a group of Syrians possibly rehearsing an attack, is now online. She includes statements from flight attendants and pilots who say her story is not an isolated experience: Part II: Terror in ...

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UN Oil Dollars Linked to Iraqi Terrorists

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 9:49:32 am PDT

According to the NY Post, the money that Saddam and his henchmen skimmed from the United Nations Oil-for-Food program is now being used by the Iraqi “insurgency:” UN Oil Dollars Linked to Iraqi Terrorists. (Hat tip: Sarah D.) July 19, 2004 — WASHINGTON — American officials believe that millions of dollars ...

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Kerry: The Joy of Plowing

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 9:13:20 am PDT

On the campaign trail, John Kerry recently visited Wisconsin in order to “connect with rural voters.” This, of course, results in the sort of rich comedic hypocrisy only possible when a hyper-wealthy educated-in-Europe aristocrat tries to dumb it down for the little guy. Michael Klein, writing for the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, skewers ...

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Religion of High Explosives

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 8:06:25 am PDT

Explosion at Kashmir Rally Kills Three. SRINAGAR, India - A key minister in the Indian portion of Kashmir survived a second apparent attempt on his life Monday when a bomb exploded at a public rally, killing three people and wounding at least 50 others, police said. Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma ...

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Norway's Progress Party Demands Ban on Islam

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 7:40:45 am PDT

According to LGF reader “Norwegian kafir,” the Progress Party is Norway’s second or third largest political party—and today there’s a report that leaders of the Progress Party are demanding Islam be banned in Norway. According to the Norwegian paper Dagbladet, central figures in Kristiansand Progress party (Frp) wants to ban Islam ...

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Showing their Backs

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 7:11:25 am PDT

In negotiations with kidnappers, it’s usually a good idea to get some sort of assurance that the hostage is still alive before conceding to the demands of the kidnappers. In their rush to appease the Islamic serial killers in Iraq, the Philippines haven’t even done this: Last Philippine Troops Pull ...

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Hizballah Terrorist Terminated

Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 7:04:47 am PDT

There’s no way to know whether Ghalib Awali was killed by one of his murderous cronies, or by a Mossad hit team; but either way, good riddance to a high-living piece of terrorist trash: Bomb Kills Senior Hizbollah Member in Beirut. (Notice how the Arab stringer for al-Reuters whitewashes the Hizballah ...

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Sunday, July 18, 2004

We Got Mail!

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 6:24:28 pm PDT

A few days ago we had the privilege of receiving email from a reader in Amman, Jordan. He (and I feel fairly safe in assuming it was a “he”) found LGF through what appears to be an Australian user’s personal page of links, read the LGF home page, and at ...

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Moonbats vs. Protest Warriors at Convention

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 5:56:44 pm PDT

The Protest Warriors poke their heads above the media noisestream and get noticed by the Associated Press: Conservatives to Protest Anti-GOP Protest. Stories like this make me wish I still lived on the East Coast, so I could witness the promised moonbat extravaganza. In garages and warehouses throughout New Jersey and ...

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Sharon: "The Wildest Antisemitism"

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 4:00:51 pm PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says French Jews should make plans to leave. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called on France’s 600,000 Jews to immigrate to Israel “immediately,” prompting the French Foreign Ministry to issue a response calling his comments “unacceptable.” “If I have to advocate to our brothers in France, I would ...

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LLL? ROP? Wha?

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 2:54:32 pm PDT

Psst. Don’t look now, but over at James Randi’s discussion forum they’re trying to figure out our lizardoid code language: LLL? WTF are you on, Mycroft?

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Terror Supporters at Duke University

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 1:49:27 pm PDT

In October, the National Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement is scheduled to use the Duke University campus to spread their Jew-hatred and recruit more gullible students for their terror-enabling cause. Here’s a petition you can sign, requesting Duke to deny campus facilities to this group: Petition to President Richard ...

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The New Anti-Semitism?

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 9:22:46 am PDT

Here’s an excellent essay by Rob Foot in Australia’s Quadrant Magazine, trying to get to the bottom of the deranged America-hatred that has come to dominate and define the discourse of the international left: The New Anti-Semitism? (Hat tip: AG in Houston.) Opinions will vary on when it was the socialist ...

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Rare Sighting: Anti-Islamist Manifesto

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 8:32:14 am PDT

A French Muslim has written a rather remarkable anti-Islamist Manifesto. (Hat tip: Moishe Pipick.) We are firmly committed to equal rights for both sexes. We fight the oppression of women who are subjected to Personal Status Laws, like those in Algeria (recent progress in Morocco highlights how far Algeria lags behind), ...

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Anarchy in the PA

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 7:44:18 am PDT

The vicious terrorist society nurtured by Arafat and his Arab cronies is beginning to fall apart in earnest; the rats can no longer kill Jews at will, so they’re turning on each other: Palestinian Authority Offices Burned Down. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Gunmen angry over Yasser Arafat’s overhaul of his ...

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Germany to Drop Charges Against 9/11 Plotter

Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 7:26:43 am PDT

According to al-Guardian, Germany is going to drop all charges against Mounir Motassadeq, a key 9/11 conspirator who admitted being part of the plot—because they are afraid the US used “torture” to make Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Shaeikh Mohammed talk about Motassadeq: Germany to drop 9/11 plot charges. (Hat tip: ...

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Saturday, July 17, 2004

Telegraph Changes Horses Mid-Stream

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 8:54:32 pm PDT

When I first saw this article earlier today, the headline read: Iran Accused of Complicity in World Trade Center Attack. A few hours later, the headline has been drastically revised, and not in a good way: Now America accuses Iran of complicity in World Trade Center attack. What the hell’s happening at ...

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Bruyneel Keeps Armstrong in Front

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 8:14:23 pm PDT

An excellent piece about the symbiotic relationship between Lance Armstrong and US Postal’s head coach Johan Bruyneel: Behind the Scenes, Bruyneel Keeps Armstrong in Front. To fully appreciate how much Lance Armstrong owes to Johan Bruyneel, maybe you’d have to watch Bruyneel steer a speeding car with his knees as he ...

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Another Islamic Snuff Film

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 7:30:48 pm PDT

The mujahideen have released their latest snuff film: American’s Decapitation Shown on Internet. CAIRO, Egypt - Images of an American hostage being decapitated surfaced Saturday on an Internet site known for carrying the statements of Islamic militants. The gruesome videotape appeared three days after U.S. authorities announced the search for the body ...

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Los Alamos Lab Activities Suspended

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 7:23:15 pm PDT

Very disturbing news from Los Alamos National Laboratories: All Los Alamos Lab Activities Suspended. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Los Alamos National Laboratory director, tired of security lapses at the northern New Mexico lab, has brought nearly all work there to a standstill and is calling scofflaw “cowboys” out for a final ...

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Kristof Compares Christians to Jihadists

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 7:17:49 pm PDT

Robert Spencer compellingly refutes a knuckleheaded study in moral equivalence from New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof: Kristof compares Christians to jihadists. Highly recommended.

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Clash of the Titans

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 7:00:16 pm PDT

Lance Armstrong has crushed Jan Ullrich’s morale—again: Armstrong Clears Path to Sixth Tour Title. Jan Ullrich, considered Armstrong’s toughest rival, conceded defeat after the steep 9.9-mile climb mined with hairpin turns. “I have rarely pushed myself so hard,” said Ullrich, the 1997 Tour champ and five-time runner-up. “But after seven mountains and ...

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Cynthia McKinney's Arab and Islamist Donors

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 6:56:20 pm PDT

Cynthia McKinney’s Arab and Islamist Donors—a list that speaks for itself. (Many people emailed about this; thanks to all.) Hani Y. Awadallah — president, Arab American Civic Organization, New Jersey. Jesse Aweida — co-founder, American Task Force on Palestine. Belal Dalati — a vice president of Arab-American Broadcasting Co. (Orange County Register, February ...

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Cycling Diary

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 6:13:37 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 50 miles (OK, 49.81, are we gonna split hairs here?), down the South Bay path, up that steep little climb at the end of Torrance Beach, down PV Drive West to Paseo del Mar, really fast descent into the high-rent district down there, then climbed back to PV ...

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Syrians on Jacobsen's Flight: Kulna Sawa

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 3:55:39 pm PDT

An LGF reader emailed to tell me that the Syrian musicians who acted very oddly on the flight described by Annie Jacobsen’s article were a band called Kulna Sawa. (I have no corroboration on this yet, but the group is on tour in the US.) UPDATE: Before we all assume this ...

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How a Serial Liar Suckered Dems and the Media

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 3:34:09 pm PDT

The story of ex-ambassador Joe Wilson, who deliberately “sexed down” Iraq’s attempts to purchase yellowcake uranium from Niger, continues to be utterly ignored by mainstream media even as source after source proves that he lied about a very serious threat to US security. Mark Steyn has the goods: How a ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 2:46:26 pm PDT

A Palestinian boy holds a fake machine-gun during a rally organized by the militant group Islamic Jihad in Gaza City, Saturday, July 17, 2004. ... The writing in the cap reads in Arabic ‘ No God but God and Mohammed is the Prophet of Allah’. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Hostage's Safety More Important than Philippines Allies

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 2:25:03 pm PDT

A spokesman for Philippines president Arroyo says that the Filipino hostage’s safety is more important than foreign policy. Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said in a statement that the hostage, truck driver Angelo de la Cruz, “has become the Filipino everyman. A symbol of the hardworking Filipino who has ventured to foreign lands ...

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TdF: Stage 13

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 8:41:08 am PDT

Lance Armstrong has won Stage 13 of the Tour, increasing his lead over his rivals even more: Armstrong wins Stage 13, still second. The bad news: Tyler Hamilton has dropped out.

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Moore's Heros Mutilate Jordanian Driver

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 7:43:17 am PDT

These are the subhuman savages that Michael Moore calls “Minutemen:” Killers Gouge Out Eyes of Jordanian Driver in Iraq. RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Insurgents shot and killed a Jordanian truck driver in western Iraq on Saturday and then gouged out his eyes and left his body lying by the side of ...

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The Mullahs Must Fall

Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 7:38:49 am PDT

US sets sights on toppling Iran regime. (Hat tip: Stefania.) THE US will mount a concerted attempt to overturn the regime in Iran if President Bush is elected for a second term. It would work strenuously to foment a revolt against the ruling theocracy by Iran’s “hugely dissatisfied” population, a senior official ...

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Friday, July 16, 2004

RoP Calls for Peaceful Internal Struggle, Also Beheadings

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 5:22:45 pm PDT

Some interesting observations from representatives of the Religion of Peace™ in Iraq, calling on the tiny minority of extremists to wage an internal struggle for self-improvement. This particular internal struggle also involves killing lots of infidels. Senior Sunni cleric calls for holy war against US forces in Iraq. “I ask US President ...

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Annie Jacobsen Interviewed on KVI Seattle

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 4:03:32 pm PDT

John Carlson in Seattle will be interviewing Annie Jacobsen about her terrifying experience aboard a Northwest Airlines flight; you can listen to the interview over the web at KVI - Seattle. Jacobsen is the author of the Womens Wall Street piece we highlighted yesterday. Some people suggested the article was a ...

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Police = Kidnappers

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 2:32:16 pm PDT

Palestinian Arab terrorists have been busy little beavers today, going on a kidnapping spree culminating with the abduction of five French citizens. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Five French citizens were kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen late Friday in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security officials said, the third abduction in the territory ...

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Islamist Terror Sites

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 12:24:01 pm PDT

MEMRI has a list of Islamist web sites and message boards, along with their ISP affiliations and WHOIS registration info: Islamist Websites and Their Hosts Part I: Islamist Terror Organizations.

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Arab World Celebrates Fallujah

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 11:24:06 am PDT

In the Arab world, the Iraqi city of Fallujah is being mythologized into an honor/shame fantasy of Islamic victory: Iraq City Becomes Symbol of Resistance. U.S. Marines besieged the city west of Baghdad in April after four Americans were ambushed and killed there. Ten Marines and hundreds of Iraqis, many of ...

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An Open Letter to the Arab World

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 11:14:33 am PDT

From Alaa at The Mesopotamian, an open letter to his Arab brothers. Hi, Well, of course the Arabs are our brothers in so far as we are an Arabic speaking people. And of course we don’t wish them harm. And how many sacrifices have the Iraqis made for their sake? So, we ...

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Report: Allawi Personally Executed "Insurgents"

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 10:09:18 am PDT

Watch for Western media to seize on this as the next big scandal out of Iraq: Iraqi PM Allawi executed six insurgents: witnesses. (Hat tip: Solomon X.) But the story, if true, is not surprising. Allawi simply acted within the system of power-challenging that dominates Arab politics. By yanking out a ...

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TdF: Stage 12

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 9:49:39 am PDT

An awesome performance by Lance Armstrong today at Stage 12 of the Tour de France, putting a major hurt on his main rivals and finishing right behind stage winner Ivan Basso, on a day of serious climbing: Stage 12: Lance now second. LA MONGIE, France — Lance Armstrong took a big ...

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History's Verdict

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 8:47:42 am PDT

Victor Davis Hanson provides the historical perspective so sorely lacking from most discourse about the Iraq War. I run out of superlatives to describe VDH’s important work, but this essay is really exceptional: History’s Verdict. Generals Eisenhower and Bradley probably miscalculated German intentions at Argentan, and thus allowed thousands of veteran ...

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Travesty at The Hague

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 8:36:51 am PDT

Charles Krauthammer heaps well-deserved scorn on the UN’s International Court of Justice, and their attempt to render Israel defenseless against Arab terrorism: The ICJ vs. Israel. The ICJ’s main business was to order Israel to tear down the security fence separating Israelis from Palestinians. The fence is only one-quarter built, and ...

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Terror Gangs Threaten Roed-Larsen

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 8:10:18 am PDT

Arafat tells al-Aksa Brigades to ban UN’s Larsen. At the urging of Yasser Arafat’s top advisers, the Fatah al-Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades has banned the chief UN Mideast envoy from entering the Palestinian territories or meeting Palestinian officials, al-Aksa leaders said Friday. Arafat’s office has already made it clear that Terje Roed-Larsen - ...

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New Zealand Antisemitism Watch

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 7:59:54 am PDT

Antisemites in New Zealand demonstrate their incredible bravery by vandalizing a Jewish cemetery: NZ Police investigating desecration of Jewish graves. Vandals smashed historic headstones and cut a swastika into a lawn at a Jewish cemetery overnight, authorities said Friday. The attack came just hours after two Israeli men were imprisoned for ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project Speeding Ahead

Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 7:44:31 am PDT

Unnamed “Western diplomats” have given a briefing to the Reuters news service, to warn that Iran is still shopping for parts for atomic weapons: Diplomats: Iran Atomic Shopping Deepens Bomb Fears. VIENNA (Reuters) - Western diplomats say recent intelligence reports show Iran has been attempting to buy items that could be ...

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Thursday, July 15, 2004

Incident at BWI

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 9:06:41 pm PDT

A plane from Houston to Baltimore has landed with as many as 12 unconscious passengers: Plane Lands Apparently With Unconscious Passengers. LINTHICUM, Md. — A plane landed at Baltimore-Washington International Airport late Thursday night apparently with several people unconscious. A Southwest Airlines flight from Houston that was supposed to dock at BWI’s ...

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Terror in the Skies, Again?

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 6:50:42 pm PDT

At Womens Wall Street, a highly disturbing must-read (and I stress, must-read) article for anyone who flies often, by Annie Jacobsen: Terror in the Skies, Again? (Hat tip: Instapundit.) Jacobsen recounts a white-knuckle flight from Detroit to Los Angeles, that she and her husband shared with a group of about 15 ...

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Butler Report: Bush Didn't Lie!

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 4:35:04 pm PDT

Here is the official “Butler Report,” reviewing Britain’s intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. LGF reader KevinV points out these key passages, which completely exonerate George W. Bush on the issue of whether he “lied” about the intelligence he received from Britain about Saddam’s attempts to purchase yellowcake uranium ...

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Naval Deployment Surge: An Exercise?

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 3:13:59 pm PDT

Gerard Vanderleun points out an interesting fact: 7 out of 12 US aircraft carriers are now at sea, and more than 90% of the Navy’s surface ships and submarines: Is the Deployment Surge Just an Exercise? As a seafaring friend of mine once remarked, an aircraft carrier is not really listed ...

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Islamic Forums Discuss Using Nukes

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 2:09:20 pm PDT

The English is very rough, but the murderous intention comes through loud and clear in these messages from Islamic forums, threatening and promising to use weapons of mass destruction against America. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful Peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon ...

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The Horrible Red Binder Rides Again

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 1:34:42 pm PDT

Laurence Simon tells The Saga of The Horrible Red Binder.

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Outrage of the Day

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 1:06:34 pm PDT

Even though they admit that JihadTV broadcasts hateful, antisemitic material and promotes the cause of worldwide holy war, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission doesn’t see any reason not to allow it in Canada: Al-Jazeera TV licence sparks anger. (Thanks to all who emailed about this.) Charles Dalfen, chairman of the ...

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Attack Imminent: Target Italy?

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 8:06:12 am PDT

On Al Qaeda-linked internet forums, Internet Haganah has detected indications of a possible imminent attack against Italy.

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Waiting for the All-Clear

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 7:54:05 am PDT

Jonah Goldberg disagrees with President Bush, and says we are not safer. So, we aren’t safer today than we would have been had we left Saddam there to continue subsidizing the suicide bombers who blow up Israelis. (Though I do love how those who say we can’t solve our problems in ...

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Michael Moore: Feeding Off the Dead

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 7:28:42 am PDT

Michael Moore isn’t just a liar and a partisan hatchetman—he’s also a ghoul. (Hat tip: sharona.) The family of U.S. Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone was shocked to learn that video footage of the major’s Arlington National Cemetery burial was included by Michael Moore in his movie “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Stone was killed ...

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Hostage Thanks Arroyo for Surrendering

Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 7:17:46 am PDT

How many more people will die now because of the Philippines’ abject surrender to terrorist demands? Filipino Hostage Thanks President on Tape. BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Filipino truck driver being held hostage in Iraq said he was coming home soon and thanked his government for agreeing to withdraw peacekeepers from the ...

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004

ISM: Founded by Palestinian Communist Party

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 8:53:29 pm PDT

Some very revealing tidbits at the end of this article about ISM tool Jamie Spector, who the SF Chronicle wants you to know is a “Jewish activist.” ISM was founded by Israeli and Palestinian peace campaigners and leading members of the Palestinian Communist Party. It is run by Communist Party activist ...

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Blogspot Hits Bottom

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 7:34:54 pm PDT

Have any other bloggers noticed that Blogspot is allowing their free hosting service to be abused by referrer spammers, with subdomain names like paris-hilton-video.blogspot.com, paris-hilton-video-tape.blogspot.com, superbowl-janet-jackson.blogspot.com, paris-nicky-hilton.blogspot.com, etc., etc., ad nauseam? Is anyone still awake at Blogspot? Your free service has become a spam portal.

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Ridge: "We Don't Do Politics"

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 7:19:22 pm PDT

How sad is it that Tom Ridge has to publicly announce that there really is a serious terror threat, 3 years after the nightmare of September 11? Has America really forgotten? Ridge Says Warning Was Not Political. BOSTON - Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Wednesday the warnings he gave the public ...

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Spain Ignored Mosque Tied to Train Bombs

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 6:29:39 pm PDT

Spain knew what was going on at the Islamic Cultural Center, but they deliberately ignored it—because the mosque was funded by Spain’s ally, Saudi Arabia. (Hat tip: Mark J.) And in many ways, we continue to do the same thing here in the United States. MADRID, Spain - The Spanish government deliberately ...

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TdF: Stage 10

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 6:12:48 pm PDT

On Bastille Day, on the first stage of the 2004 Tour de France with real climbs, Richard Virenque (and we won’t mention his history of EPO abuse, will we?) turned in an incredible performance, breaking away from the peloton with Axel Mercx (and dropping him near the end), finishing with ...

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Our Allies the Saudi Slaveholders

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 5:49:05 pm PDT

While the left and the leftist media continue to dwell on Abu Ghraib and increasingly bizarre allegations of abuse at Guantanamo Bay, back in the Big Sandy, the home of the oil ticks, fueled by obscene piles of petrodollars in the hands of tribal primitives, slavery flourishes. LONDON (Reuters) - Many ...

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Red Ken Speaks Out For Suppression of Women

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 12:46:28 pm PDT

London mayor “Red Ken” Livingstone has called the French ban on hijab in schools the most reactionary proposal since World War II. Criticising the “demonisation” of Islam in some British newspapers, he warned that in his second term he would examine whether media organisations’ recruitment policies reflected the diversity of the ...

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JihadTV Promises to Start Telling the Truth

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 9:25:22 am PDT

Al Jazeera is promising to begin disseminating a kinder, gentler jihad: Al-Jazeera Pledges Honest News Coverage. And oh yes, they’ll also be honest. And sensitive. Why, they’ve even begun editing out the scenes where the mujahideen saw off hostages’ heads. This is real progress. DOHA, Qatar - The popular Arab news channel ...

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Muslims Riot to Defend Peeping Tom

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 8:53:17 am PDT

Peeping Tom Sparks Muslim-Christian Riot in West Bank. BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (Reuters) - A Muslim “Peeping Tom” who photographed a Palestinian Christian woman in the changing room of a clothes shop sparked a night of rioting near Bethlehem, witnesses said Wednesday. At the height of the riot, hundreds of Muslims and ...

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Non-Buddhist Arrested with Suicide Note

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 8:45:32 am PDT

Last Wednesday a man was arrested at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport with a suicide note and jihad materials: Man arrested with suicide note on flight to Minneapolis-St. Paul International. (Hat tip: Ethel Carol.) Oddly enough, he does not appear to be a Buddhist. MINNEAPOLIS - The war on terrorism is again at ...

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Hijackers on Easy Street

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 8:15:34 am PDT

Another glaring sign that Britain’s asylum system is totally out of control, as 9 Afghan hijackers will be allowed to stay in the UK with their wives and children, receiving rent-free housing and benefits: Hijackers allowed to stay for fear of infringing their human rights. Nine Afghan gunmen who hijacked an ...

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It's Sad When Good Friends Fight

Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 7:49:34 am PDT

May 15, 2003 UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen surprised everyone yesterday with harsh criticisms of his former buddy Yasser Arafat. In return, the nutjobs who rule the Palestinian Authority are blowing a gasket, demanding that Kofi Annan slap Larsen on the wrist, and ranting that Larsen is ‘not welcome’ in the ...

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Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Netwar in Iraq

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 9:48:28 pm PDT

Some very interesting points in this article by Bruce Hoffman, on the emerging “netwar” in Iraq and ultimately, the entire Middle East: Plan of Attack. General Abizaid has described the current conflict in Iraq as a “classical guerrilla-type campaign.” In important ways, however, it is not. The Iraqi insurgency, unlike most ...

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Michael Moore's Smokescreen

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 8:08:57 pm PDT

From the inimitable Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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The Rise of Middle Eastern Crime in Australia

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 6:47:51 pm PDT

Retired Australian detective Tim Priest has a frightening must-read piece at Quadrant Magazine, on his experiences as a policeman dealing with The Rise of Middle Eastern Crime in Australia. (Hat tip: Self Hating Muslim.) AN EXAMPLE of the confrontations police nearly always experienced in Muslim-dominated areas when confronting even the most ...

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Subtract One from the French Antisemitism Counter

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 6:04:18 pm PDT

Saturday we noted the story of a woman in Paris who said she was attacked in a “mistaken” antisemitic incident (she wasn’t Jewish, but claimed her Arab attackers thought she was). Well, she lied.

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New LGF Slideshow

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 4:58:24 pm PDT

I’ve put a selection of the many Photoshopped images I’ve done for LGF (and some by others as well), along with some of the great Cox & Forkum cartoons that have been featured here, into a brand new slideshow: LGF Photoshops/Cox & Forkum. All your pals are here—Arafish, Michael Moore, ...

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Iran's "Supreme Leader" Raves

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 4:25:54 pm PDT

Proving once again that nobody conspiracy-theorizes like an Iranian mullah, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced today that US and Israeli agents are behind the beheadings, kidnappings, and terror bombings in Iraq: Ayatollah: U.S. Supports Iraq Insurgency. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday accused U.S. and ...

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Osama? Can You Hear Me Now?

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 3:23:17 pm PDT

Praise Allah, for the techno-mujahideen have gifted the ummah with an amazing and clever (although slightly Satanic) way to ensure their devotion—an Islamic mobile phone, including a GPS system that indicates the true direction of Mecca, the complete Quran in Arabic and English, and a call to prayer (azan) that ...

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Derbyshire Wants 'Em Dead

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 3:03:22 pm PDT

Putting terrorists and dictators on trial for “criminal acts” is crazy, says John Derbyshire: Whose Justice? Colleagues that I have discussed this with come up with the following as, it seems to me, the best argument for hauling Saddam before a judge: “The alternative would have been to just put him ...

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Religion of Videotaped Slaughter

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 1:59:16 pm PDT

Zarqawi’s Islamic serial killers have beheaded one of their Bulgarian hostages, and sent the videotape of the slaughter to JihadTV: Bulgarian hostage in Iraq beheaded: Al-Jazeera. DOHA (AFP) - A Bulgarian truck driver taken hostage in Iraq has been beheaded by his captors, the Arab satellite television Al-Jazeera said. The Doha-based station ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 8:21:11 am PDT

Gaza’s Killing School. (Hat tip: Ben F.) Children as young as 10 are being recruited to fight for the Palestinian cause. Sky News has gained access to a young people’s camp in Gaza, where the only lesson taught is how to kill Israelis. Sky’s Middle East Correspondent Emma Hurd said the camp, at ...

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Steyn on Blunkett's Ban

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 7:51:27 am PDT

Another excellent column from Mark Steyn, on British Home Secretary David Blunkett’s proposal for “religious hate” laws to shield Islam from criticism: Blunkett’s ban will fan the flames. In The River War (1899), Winston Churchill’s account of the Sudanese campaign, there’s a memorable passage which I reproduce here while I’m still ...

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Saudi Shocka!

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 7:41:54 am PDT

Saudi Militants May Be Fighting in Iraq. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef has acknowledged for the first time that Saudi militants may have gone to neighboring Iraq to fight against the U.S.-led occupation force. Previously, Saudi officials have vehemently denied fighters were leaving the oil-rich desert kingdom and ...

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Two Johns, Two Positions

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 7:28:01 am PDT

Where does John Kerry stand on the war against radical Islam? Does anyone know? I’m beginning to believe the Democratic Party’s mascot should be changed from the donkey—to the ostrich: Two Johns, Two Positions. “People of good will disagree about whether America should have gone to war in Iraq.” — Democratic-platform ...

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Our Man in Niger

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 7:19:54 am PDT

Here’s a highly damning piece by Clifford May on the left’s discredited hatchetman, ex-ambassador Joseph Wilson: Our Man in Niger. Wilson spent a total of eight days in Niger “drinking sweet mint tea and meeting with dozens of people,” as he put it. On the basis of this “investigation” he confidently ...

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Cleaning Out the Rats

Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 6:48:48 am PDT

A major round-up of criminals in Baghdad: Iraq Police Net Over 500 Suspects in Baghdad. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi police seized more than 500 criminal suspects in raids in Baghdad Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said. “Till now the police have arrested 527 people in Rusafa,” the source said, referring to a ...

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Monday, July 12, 2004

Australia to Boost Troop Numbers in Iraq

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 8:36:23 pm PDT

Again I raise a glass of wine to our Australian allies, as they do the right thing in the face of thuggish intimidation: Australia to Boost Troop Numbers in Iraq. CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, is boosting the number of its troops in Iraq to better protect Australian ...

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Palestinian Seethe-O-Meter Hits Eleven at UN

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 7:16:12 pm PDT

Today at the United Nations, Arafat’s cronies raved for hours about how Israel should let down her guard and let the bombers in. Fat chance, losers. Israel Challenged to Tear Down Barrier. UNITED NATIONS - The Palestinians challenged Israel on Monday to accept the world court’s ruling and destroy the barrier ...

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The Case of Reuters

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 7:04:22 pm PDT

Tom Gross looks at al-Reuters—the wire service with a venerable history that has become a tool of Islamist propaganda in the Middle East: The Case of Reuters. Many people still think of Reuters as the Rolls-Royce of news agencies. Just as the House of Morgan was once synonymous with good banking, ...

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Philippines FM: "We Know Islam is the Religion of Peace and Mercy"

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 4:15:56 pm PDT

I’m beginning to feel as if I’m riding on a broken carousel in a nightmare carnival run by madmen: Manila to Withdraw from Iraq ‘As Soon as Possible’. DUBAI (Reuters) - The Philippines will withdraw its forces from Iraq “as soon as possible,” Philippine deputy foreign minister Rafael Seguis said on ...

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Is Islam Really Nonviolent?

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 4:01:52 pm PDT

A good column by Harry Glazer asks the question that even the mainstream media can no longer avoid: Is Islam really nonviolent? News reports have indicated that Wahhabi adherents have assumed control of significant mosques in Chicago (Chicago Tribune, Feb. 8), Boston (Boston Herald, March 7), and Morgantown, West Virginia (New ...

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This Land!

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 3:48:03 pm PDT

One of the better political satires to come out of a particularly mean-spirited election season: This Land! (Hat tip: Abu Maven.)

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ISM Tool from Washington Hangs with Killers

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 3:29:58 pm PDT

Dylan Bergeson, a student at Western Washington University with carefully moussed hair and pierced septum, is studying journalism, “Palestinian culture,” terror-enabling, and lying to sneak into a foreign country, all courtesy of the lovely folks at the International Solidarity Movement—who managed to wrangle a love-fest with the world’s oldest terrorist ...

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German Police Raid Frankfurt Mosque

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 1:44:56 pm PDT

Islamic indoctrination of children into a life of violence and jihad, discovered in the heart of Olde Europe: German police seize computers at Frankfurt mosque. (Hat tip: ploome.) FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German police have seized computers and documents at a mosque in Frankfurt suspected of showing children films containing gruesome images ...

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A New Look at Bush's 16 Words

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:45:38 am PDT

Here’s a good piece by Jeff Jacoby on those “16 words” that caused a media furor last year, but are conspicuously absent from the front pages of today’s papers: A new look at Bush’s ‘16 words’. Late last month, the Financial Times, a respected international newspaper, reported that according to European ...

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Fifth Column Plots for the GOP Convention

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:48:01 am PDT

At a time when the possibility of a terror attack against the United States is frighteningly real, far left groups are planning to deliberately sabotage security for the Republican National Convention: Fury at anarchist convention threat. (Thanks to all.) Fringe elements are hoping to spark major disruptions at the Republican National ...

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The Talkative Terrorist

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:02:32 am PDT

Bizarre and highly creepy revelations in the case of Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, “Muhammad the Egyptian,” suspected of being one of the planners of the Madrid train bombings: The Talkative Terrorist on Tape: Madrid Plot ‘Was My Project’. (Thanks to all who emailed about this.) In the taped conversations, Mr. Ahmed ...

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MoveOn Still Hosting Bush/Hitler Ad

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 9:15:13 am PDT

According to the Drudge Report, that infamous Bush/Hitler ad that MoveOn.org claimed to have “removed” from their site was simply renamed: MOVEON.ORG STILL HOME TO BUSH/HITLER AD; SHORT STILL ON SERVERS Mon Jul 12 2004 10:56:46 ET **Exclusive** Bush Haters worldwide are still watching the famed ‘Bush is Nazi’ add on MOVEON.ORG — despite ...

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The Enemy Within

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 8:48:01 am PDT

Here’s a disturbing report on a Muslim “think tank” in Springfield, Virginia, with an innocuous name—The United Association for Studies and Research—that masks connections to Hamas and Al Qaeda: Alleged Terror Threat Operates in DC Suburb. (Hat tip: Poitiers-Lepanto.) Fourteen miles from the U.S. Capitol, a basement-run organization with alleged ties ...

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A Movement in Denial

Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 8:19:36 am PDT

Mark Steyn identifies the curious twists of ideology that have resulted in an alignment of the far left with the CIA, and makes a serious point about the dangerous incompetence of US intelligence services: A movement in denial. Almost every European intelligence service reckoned Saddam was trying to buy uranium in ...

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Sunday, July 11, 2004

The Senate Intelligence Committee Report

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 8:51:45 pm PDT

An excellent, thorough analysis of the voluminous Senate Intelligence Committee Report by Dan Darling at Winds of Change.

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Cycling Diary

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 8:01:16 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 52 miles, down the South Bay path into Palos Verdes, then back up to the Santa Monica Pier on the bike path through Venice. Observed many individuals completely unskilled in the most basic practices of personal survival; avoided all of them.

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The First 9/11 Victim

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 7:07:03 pm PDT

The remains of Daniel Lewin, stabbed to death on September 11 aboard American Airlines Flight 11, have finally been identified. (Hat tip: Allah.) Rest in peace, Daniel. You made the world a better place. July 11, 2004 — The latest World Trade Center victim to be identified is Daniel Lewin, an Israeli ...

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Fahrenheit 9/11 on the State Department's Dime

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 6:31:58 pm PDT

An LGF correspondent who wishes to remain anonymous forwarded the following email to me, which was sent to all the grad students at Georgetown’s Department of Government today. One might think that students from the Middle East and North Africa already get enough anti-American propaganda from their own governments. But ...

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Israeli Arab Has Change of Heart

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 5:55:44 pm PDT

A month ago, Israeli Arab Sammi Masrawa took part in a protest against Israel’s security fence. Today, as he lays in a hospital bed after surviving yesterday’s Palestinian terror bombing, with glass shards stuck in his leg, Sammi has seen the light: Arab Bomb Victim Backs West Bank Barrier. (Hat ...

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Arafat Blames it on Israel

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 5:41:51 pm PDT

Even though the Islamic mass murderers known as the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility for yesterday’s bombing in Tel Aviv, the disgusting old terrorist in his stinking Ramallah lair says Israel murdered their own people: Arafat: Israel Carried Out the Attack. Israel Radio reported that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades - ...

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Herr Fischer Demands

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 4:46:15 pm PDT

Now that the “international community” has been shamed into noticing the ethnic cleansing in Sudan, all sorts of European functionaries are suddenly piping up, making demands, urging action, and holding meetings. The latest is Germany’s Joschka Fischer: German FM demands that Khartoum disband militia in Darfur. KHARTOUM (AFP) - German Foreign ...

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Religion of Atrocity

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 3:51:30 pm PDT

Emissaries of the RoP in Kashmir abducted a 14-year old girl and mutilated her horribly: Rebels Cut Off Nose, Tongue of Kashmir Girl. SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim guerrillas sliced off the nose, ears and tongue of a 14-year-old girl in Indian Kashmir on Sunday, believing her to be an ...

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Philippines Will Not Cave

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 8:32:50 am PDT

News reports that the Philippines would withdraw personnel from Iraq in accordance with the demands of Islamic serial killers were apparently mistaken: Philippines Won’t Withdraw Troops Early. MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines — still hoping a kidnapped Filipino trucker driver will be released — rejected demands Sunday of the hostage takers ...

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The Always Despicable Kofi Annan

Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 7:50:56 am PDT

Kofi Annan says that Israel should accept the ruling of his International Kangaroo Court and tear down the security fence—even as Israelis are murdered in the street by Palestinian Arab suicide bombers: Tel Aviv Bomb Kills 1, Proves Barrier Need - Sharon. In Bangkok, U.N. Security General Kofi Annan suggested that ...

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Saturday, July 10, 2004

Possible Suicide Bomber in Tel Aviv

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 9:26:31 pm PDT

A Palestinian suicide bomber may have gotten into Tel Aviv tonight: Report: Blast on Tel Aviv bus. An explosion was heard at around 7 A.M. Sunday on Tel Aviv’s Har Zion Street, close to the central bus station. Army Radio reported that one person was critically hurt in the blast, and around ...

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French Antisemitism Watch

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 9:10:19 pm PDT

Mother, baby attacked on train. A YOUNG woman and her baby have been attacked in a suburban train near Paris by unidentified men who drew swastikas on the mother’s stomach. Police today said it was an anti-Semitic assault. The six attackers who were armed with knives clipped the 23-year-old woman’s hair, and cut ...

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Cycling Diary

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 7:16:10 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 42 miles, south on the bike path into Palos Verdes, then around the PV Country Club on Via Campesina, down PV Drive North, and back home into a ferocious cross/headwind that kept me at 16-17 mph even though I was pushing pretty hard. A guy on a Trek ...

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We Must Be Allowed to Criticise Islam

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 6:08:39 pm PDT

Here’s a must-read op-ed by Will Cummins in Britain’s Telegraph, decrying Home Secretary David Blunkett’s proposal for “religious hate” laws specifically designed to shield Islam from criticism: We must be allowed to criticise Islam. In the time of Marcus Aurelius, Christianity was a growing force within the Roman Empire. His ministers ...

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Religion of Atrocity

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 5:54:12 pm PDT

The Pakistani released by Islamic serial killers in Iraq says he saw his captors decapitate three people in front of him: Iraq hostage ‘saved because he was Muslim’. A Pakistani hostage released by his captors in Iraq claimed yesterday that he saw them behead three people before sparing his life because ...

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Hassoun's Family Apologizes to Fellow Arabs

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 5:14:25 pm PDT

The family of Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun are abasing themselves to their fellow Lebanese Arabs, apologizing for their son’s military service and claiming he was forced to join the evil US Marines by the “difficult” living conditions in Lebanon. This is utterly contemptible: Marine’s Kin Defends Son to Fellow ...

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Jihadis to Philippines: Chop Chop!

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 3:01:46 pm PDT

The Philippine government caved in to the demands of the mujahideen and agreed to withdraw personnel from Iraq, in exchange for the release of a Filipino hostage. Now the holy warriors want to see how high they can make President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo jump: Manila Cancels Briefing as Fate of Hostage ...

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Religion of Spousal Abuse

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 2:23:10 pm PDT

What can you say about a story like this? Imam lets muezzin beat his wife. (Hat tip: Abu Hoo Hoo.) Hafez Maulana Saiful Islam, imam of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital Jame Mosque, and his assistant Aman Ullah looked on nonchalantly while muezzin Abdul Kader assaulted and critically injured ...

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Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 9:41:58 am PDT

No virgins for these “militants:” Medics: Four Palestinians Killed in Gaza Car Blast. GAZA (Reuters) - Four Palestinians, including three militants, were killed when their car exploded in the central Gaza Strip Saturday in a blast that Palestinian security officials blamed on Israel. But Israeli military sources denied the car blew up ...

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Moore Lied!

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 8:42:43 am PDT

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle would like us all to know that he absolutely did not, under any circumstances, hug Michael Moore. (Hat tip: cynthiajane.) There was no hug between “Fahrenheit 9/11” director Michael Moore and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle at the film’s June 23 premiere in Washington, D.C., Daschle ...

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Hizballah: Murder is the Way

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 7:59:15 am PDT

Michael Moore fans Hizballah have announced that the International Kangaroo Court’s rulings about Israel’s security fence are meaningless, and that the Jew-killing must continue: Hizbollah Says Only Resistance Can Destroy Barrier. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Palestinian resistance and not an international court ruling is the way to destroy Israel’s West Bank barrier, ...

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Wilson Lied!

Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 7:52:18 am PDT

Moonbat ex-ambassador Joseph Wilson made a series of claims last year about his trip to Niger to investigate uranium sales to Iraq—and it’s now coming out that many of his claims were outright lies: Plame’s Input Is Cited on Niger Mission. (Hat tip: Ed Moran.) Former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, ...

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Friday, July 09, 2004

Georgia's Hatemonger Returns

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 7:54:07 pm PDT

In the current climate of wartime amnesia, is anyone surprised that Cynthia McKinney, who should have been permanently discredited during her last run for Congress, is actually making a comeback? (Hat tip: Steven Zak.) July 9, 2004 — CYNTHIA McKinney may be on her way back to Congress: The fringe ideologue ...

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Jihad Sans Consequences

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 7:10:38 pm PDT

The wife of one of the Islamic mass murderers who attacked Mike’s Place in Tel Aviv has been acquitted in Britain. (Hat tip: peace be upon me.) LONDON, England — The wife of a Briton who attempted a suicide bombing in Israel — accused of not alerting authorities about his bombing ...

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The Worldwide Nuclear Black Market

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 6:21:41 pm PDT

Fascinating and deeply disturbing revelations tonight in the century’s most important ignored-by-media story: U.S. Firm Said Among Nuclear Black Market. Even considering the sources—toothless nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei, and an unnamed “senior diplomat”—the implications, if there is even a kernel of truth here, are ominous indeed. VIENNA, Austria - An investigation of ...

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You Say You Want a Revolution

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 5:37:42 pm PDT

Roger L. Simon is the latest blogger to join the Registration Revolution (baby); his site now requires registration (through TypeKey) to post comments.

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I Don't Wanna Grow Up

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 4:41:35 pm PDT

The theme song for the Democratic Party in 2004, from Tom Waits’ Bone Machine: I Don’t Wanna Grow Up. Well, when I’m lyin’ in my bed at night, I don’t wanna grow up Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right, I don’t wanna grow up How do you move in a world of ...

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Saddam's Moonbat Lawyer: Grandstanding Already

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 12:29:20 pm PDT

Saddam Hussein’s moonbat US lawyer, Curtis Francis Doebbler, wasted no time firing up the propaganda engines and grabbing headlines: Saddam’s Lawyer Seeks Supreme Court Action. WASHINGTON - Attorney Curtis F.J. Doebbler has made an unusual appeal to the Supreme Court on behalf of an unlikely client — Saddam Hussein. Doebbler, the lone ...

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Mindless Complacency

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 11:48:00 am PDT

A must-read column from Charles Krauthammer today: Mindless complacency. Unlike the French book or the Moore movie, [Hans] Blix is not deranged. He is merely in denial, discounting the uniqueness of the WMD-terrorism issue by comparing it to global warming and hunger. Yes, hunger is an existential issue to the people ...

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Britain Plays with the Viper

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 11:02:03 am PDT

Britain will not seek to expel Egyptian-born hate cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Britain Decides Not to Prosecute Muslim Cleric. Arguing his case on suicide bombings on BBC television, Qaradawi said Wednesday the act was justified in certain circumstances. “It is allowed to jeopardize your soul and cross the path of the enemy and ...

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TdF: Stage 6

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 10:47:53 am PDT

A scary moment for Lance Armstrong early in today’s stage as he went down in a crash; but he wasn’t hurt and is still in good position: Amstrong Ends Behind Tour De France Leader. ANGERS, France - Lance Armstrong recovered from an early fall and avoided a late crash, finishing in ...

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Catholic Church: Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 10:43:46 am PDT

An important statement from the Catholic Church: Catholic Church equates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) The Catholic Church condemned anti-Zionism as a cover for anti-Semitism by means of a joint statement issued by a forum of Catholic-Jewish intellectuals this week. The announcement was made at a gathering of religious, academic ...

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The Court of Terror-Enabling Clowns

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 10:02:10 am PDT

The UN’s International Kangaroo Court of Injustice has handed down its pre-ordained verdict: World Court Says Israel’s Barrier Must Go. THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court said Israel’s barrier in the West Bank should be torn down and called on the United Nations Friday to stop a project it said ...

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A Question of Priorities

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 9:49:05 am PDT

Via Drudge Report, here’s John F. Kerry last night on Larry King’s CNN show: KING: News of the day, Tom Ridge warned today about al Qaeda plans of a large-scale attack on the United States. Didn’t increase the — you see any politics in this? What’s your reaction? KERRY: Well, I haven’t ...

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The Party of Hatred

Fri, Jul 9, 2004 at 8:26:11 am PDT

It’s highly distressing to see what’s happening to the Democratic Party. Our republic works best when political parties are challenged by a principled opposition with integrity and seriousness. But in a time of war, the Democrats are plunging into depths of hatred and derangement that are truly disturbing, and that ...

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Thursday, July 08, 2004

Arafish Says...

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 6:19:35 pm PDT

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UN's NukeDog Counsels Inaction

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 6:08:43 pm PDT

The UN’s toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, favors doing nothing about Iran’s Manhattan Project: ElBaradei wary of taking Iran to Security Council. JERUSALEM, July 8 (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday he was wary of reporting Iran’s two-decade cover-up of its atomic programme to the ...

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Got Five in Texas, Including CAIR Founder

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 11:14:46 am PDT

Five Palestinian brothers who ran the Texas computer firm Infocom have been convicted on terror-related charges—conspiring to send illegal high-tech equipment to Syria and Libya: US Muslims convicted over exports. The men - Ghassan, Basman, Bayan, Hazim and Ihsan Elashi - ran a computer business in Richardson, Texas. They were tried ...

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France: Blood for Oil

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 10:33:19 am PDT

France’s deliberate obstructionism reaches new depths of despicability, as they announce opposition to UN sanctions against Sudan, and dismiss claims of genocide: France opposes UN Sudan sanctions. (Hat tip: greengrl.) “In Darfur, it would be better to help the Sudanese get over the crisis so their country is pacified rather than ...

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Keep Your Hands to Yourself!

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 10:16:45 am PDT

It’s a touchy feely kind of Democratic ticket, in a metrosexual sort of way. When asked if the Johns are acting out a cynical focus group series of poses — perhaps to show warmth to the chilly Bush/Cheney — a Kerry spokesperson explained: “I think we’re just seeing genuine affection between ...

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Terror-Supporting Sheikh: "Very Much in Tune"

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 9:14:35 am PDT

The BBC slipped up in this one, a story about extremist terror sympathizer Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, invited to Britain for a series of speeches to “mainstream” Muslim groups. The BBC’s mistake? Well, they forgot that people like the Sheikh are only supposed to be supported by “a tiny minority of extremists:” ...

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Got One in Belgium

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 8:55:19 am PDT

Belgian police arrest Dutch resident on terror charges. AMSTERDAM — Belgian police have arrested a Dutch resident of Moroccan origin on suspicion of involvement in the Madrid train bombings in March. The man was arrested on 1 July when the suspect — identified as El Houcine el H., of the southern Dutch ...

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German Muslims "Alarmed"

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 8:44:19 am PDT

Germany has a very real problem with Islamofascist cells and sympathizers; we’ve reported numerous arrests and investigations here at LGF. Now the German government is planning to create a central database on suspected radical Islamists—and German Muslim groups, rather than cooperating to eliminate the threats, are “concerned:” Muslims Alarmed as ...

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Madison Wisconsin: Solidarity with Hamas

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 7:57:52 am PDT

Last May I had a piece about Madison Wisconsin, whose City Council has been taken over by lunatics who think it’s a grand idea to become a “sister city” of the Palestinian town of Rafah—a terrorist haven riddled with weapons smuggling tunnels, run by the terror gang Hamas. A reader in ...

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Third Time, Coincidence Ruled Out

Thu, Jul 8, 2004 at 7:37:52 am PDT

Once is questionable, but understandable. Twice could possibly be a coincidence. But out of thousands of stock photographs of Dick Cheney, for the Agence France Presse to deliberately pick this one for the third time in as many weeks, to illustrate a story that has absolutely nothing to do with Israel, ...

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Wednesday, July 07, 2004

Masks of Relaxation

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 5:33:55 pm PDT

The Associated Press would like you to know that Kerry Appears More Relaxed With Edwards.

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USS Cole Plotters on Trial in Yemen

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 5:26:46 pm PDT

Yemen is putting the alleged bombers of the USS Cole on trial. SAN’A, Yemen - A security court charged six alleged al-Qaida members Wednesday with plotting the attack on the USS Cole, opening the first trial in the suicide bombing that killed 17 American sailors. Among the defendants is reputed mastermind ...

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Saddam's Lawyers Bail on Convoy Concept

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 5:16:38 pm PDT

Bad news for inadvertent comedy lovers! That desert convoy of moonbat lawyers has been cancelled, because (according to them) they’ve been threatened. With death. By “Iraqi officials.” Al-Reuters has the scoop. AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) - Saddam’s Hussein’s defense lawyers based in Jordan said Wednesday that death threats had forced them to abandon ...

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Whining Sound Heard From 1st and 43rd

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 4:43:38 pm PDT

What’s that sound? Is that an increasing whine from the United Nations? about the legality of shipping tons of nuclear material out of Iraq? UN Didn’t OK Uranium Transfer to US. UNITED NATIONS - The United States didn’t have authorization from the U.N. nuclear watchdog when it secretly shipped from Iraq ...

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Wish List Snafu

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 4:03:39 pm PDT

Oops. I just realized that the shipping address for my Amazon Wish List is different than the one on my main account, and it didn’t get changed when I changed the main account after I moved. This means that several people are going to get credits for gifts they ordered ...

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The Odor of Seafood Lingers

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 3:12:57 pm PDT

After earlier reports that he had been freed, the story of Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun keeps getting weirder: Marine’s Family Denies Reports of Release. WEST JORDAN, Utah - The brother of a Marine corporal captured in Iraq is denying new reports that the serviceman has been released and has contacted ...

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Holy Warriors Threaten Filipino Hostage

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 3:10:09 pm PDT

JihadTV is eagerly broadcasting a new video from the Iraqi mujahideen, threatening to murder a Filipino hostage: Al-Jazeera Airs Video of Hostage in Iraq. CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Jazeera television broadcast a videotape Wednesday of armed men holding a Filipino hostage and threatening to kill him if the Philippines does not withdraw ...

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Death Cult TV

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 1:47:28 pm PDT

From a religious television channel in the United Arab Emirates, here’s another icy blast of death cult reality, as Arab media spreads and reinforces the message of jihad through suicide bombing. The interviewees are a Hamas spokesman and Faraj Shalhoub, an expert on Palestinian affairs: On the Recruitment and ...

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Quebec Comedy Festival Welcomes Antisemite

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 11:06:21 am PDT

French Arab Jew-hating “comedian” Dieudonné will be “performing” at a comedy festival in Quebec. Dieudonné’s routine is a real knee-slapper—or should I say goose-stepper? Last year on the show “You Can’t Please Everyone” on state-owned France 3 television, he brought down the house by dressing as an Orthodox Jew and shouting ...

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"Sick and Tired" of Palestinian Perfidy

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 10:56:08 am PDT

A rather amazing statement today from the so-called “quartet:” Mediators Tell Palestinians to Reform or Lose Aid. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The quartet of Middle East mediators are “sick and tired” of Palestinians failing to carry out reforms and told them on Wednesday to act soon or risk losing international support and ...

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Simon on Iranian TV

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 9:52:38 am PDT

Roger L. Simon will appear in a little while on Iranian television to speak about the Iranian freedom movement; he’s got a link at his blog to watch the show online: The Struggle Continues - On Iranian TV!

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Lance in Yellow!

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 9:20:17 am PDT

Lance Armstrong and the Blue Train of US Postal are now the race leaders in the Tour de France, after a legendary performance in a rainy team time trial: Armstrong Takes Tour De France Lead Thanks to Team. ARRAS, France (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong claimed back his familiar Tour de France ...

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Blunkett Wants "Religious Hate" Laws

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 8:53:14 am PDT

Britain’s Home Secretary is trying to institute “thought crime” laws specifically to shelter the delicate feelings of UK Muslims: New religious hate laws unveiled. Apparently these laws are not directed at the insane hatred and Islamic supremacism preached openly in the UK by the likes of Al Muhajiroun and Hizb ut-Tahrir. Inciting ...

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Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 8:03:19 am PDT

As usual, whenever a car explodes in Gaza, Palestinian officials rush to declare it an Israeli missile attack—when it’s far more likely that Ahmed and his buddies were carrying a bomb that prematurely detonated: Palestinian Car Blows Up in Gaza, Three Hurt. GAZA (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through the engine ...

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Ignoring the Beams in Their Eyes

Wed, Jul 7, 2004 at 7:43:38 am PDT

In a discussion purporting to be about Civility in the blogosphere, Daniel Drezner leads off with a finger-wagging quote from none other than Matthew Yglesias. Yglesias, of course, is the lefty blogger who thought it was just hilarious to link to a “quiz” that portrayed me as a “fascist,” accompanied by ...

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Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Iraqi Radioactive Material Secured

Tue, Jul 6, 2004 at 7:51:41 pm PDT

Huge news from Iraq, where 1.77 metric tons of nuclear materials have been secured and removed: US Removes Iraqi Nuclear and Radiological Materials; Joint Operation Conducted with US Departments of Energy and Defense. (Hat tip: Ethel C.) WASHINGTON, July 6 /U.S. Newswire/ — Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced today that the ...

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Iran Got Tough, Blair Just Crumpled

Tue, Jul 6, 2004 at 4:45:05 pm PDT

Here’s Mark Steyn, on the lion that didn’t roar: Iran got tough, Blair just crumpled. None the less, it seems to me this morbid obsession with the national loser fetish obscured the really big British defeat - to Iran, in the Shatt al-Arab water polo. Six Royal Marines and two Royal ...

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Federal Bureau of Islamists

Tue, Jul 6, 2004 at 12:08:45 pm PDT

Daniel Pipes asks why the Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to reward those who attack it: Federal Bureau of Islamists. It’s time to worry when the Federal Bureau of Investigation, America’s national police agency, consistently cannot figure out who’s friend and who’s foe in the War on Terror. The bureau’s record of ...

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Another 9/11?

Tue, Jul 6, 2004 at 8:50:00 am PDT

An excellent new Victor Davis Hanson piece on what our response must be if there is another 9/11. While we speculate idly about the nature of the attack to come, and the inability of our homeland-security forces to stop it, very few talk about what we should do post-facto if the ...

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Men of the People

Tue, Jul 6, 2004 at 7:54:27 am PDT

Trial lawyer John Edwards will be John F. Kerry’s running mate, producing what must be the wealthiest presidential ticket in history. WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Tuesday selected former rival John Edwards to be his running mate, calling the wealthy former trial lawyer and rookie senator a man ...

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The Ayatollahs' Final Solution

Tue, Jul 6, 2004 at 7:47:58 am PDT

Andrew Bostom has a great piece at FrontPage, loaded with historical detail and extensively footnoted, on Iran’s long-standing hatred of Jews—a hatred that may be nearing its culmination with Iran’s development of nuclear weapons: The Ayatollahs’ Final Solution? Writing with informed candor and remarkable foresight, in March /April, 2002, Dr. Michael ...

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Terrorist vs. Terrorist

Tue, Jul 6, 2004 at 7:36:47 am PDT

It’s Wild West 2004 in Iraq, as masked men threaten other masked men: Iraqi Group Threatens to Kill Al-Zarqawi. This could actually be a positive development, if the AP is reporting it accurately. BAGHDAD, Iraq - A group of armed, masked Iraqi men threatened Tuesday to kill Jordanian militant Abu Musab ...

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Monday, July 05, 2004

Canadian Teens: America is "Evil"

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 8:49:36 pm PDT

Poll: over 40% of Canadian teens think America is ‘evil’. Can West News Services, owners of several Canadian newspapers including the National Post as well as the Global Television Network commissioned a series of polls to determine how young people feel about the issues that were facing the country’s voters. Dubbed ...

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Moonbat Desert Convoy

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 8:45:30 pm PDT

Look out! Here come the moonbat lawyers! AMMAN (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein’s Jordan-based defense team said on Monday a convoy of buses is being arranged to transport hundreds of legal experts to Baghdad in a show of support for the ousted Iraqi leader. Issam Ghazawi, a prominent lawyer and one of the 21-strong ...

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UN to Africa: Default on Your Debts

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 7:53:17 pm PDT

At a conference on hunger, one of Kofi Annan’s top economic advisors explicitly told African nations that they should default on their debts, if “rich nations” refused to cancel them. Jeffrey Sachs, a top economic adviser to Annan, said African nations should ignore their debt. His comments were made at a ...

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Cycling Diary

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 5:54:51 pm PDT

In the past three days, I rode a total of approximately 150 miles: 56 miles on Saturday (south to Palos Verdes, then back north to Santa Monica Pier and back), 44 miles on Sunday (south to Palos Verdes and around the PV Country Club), and about 50 today (south to ...

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Saddam Hires Moonbat US Lawyer

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 3:25:18 pm PDT

One of Saddam Hussein’s lawyers is a highly pedigreed barking moonbat, a certain Dr. Curtis Francis Doebbler. Here’s one of the good doctor’s pieces on the “war crimes” of Israel, in which he writes that even if Palestinian terrorists use ambulances as cover, Israel may never fight back against those ...

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Terrorists Claim to Spare Marine's Life

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 2:53:50 pm PDT

The story of Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun gets stranger, as the “Islamic Response” terror gang now claims they have spared his life—in return for a vow to desert the US military: Report: Group Says Marine in Safe Place. BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi militant group said Monday it had not ...

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TdF: Stage Two

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 9:16:58 am PDT

More crashes today as Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen won the stage: McEwen Wins Tour De France’s Second Stage. Armstrong stayed safe near the front. NAMUR, Belgium - Shot like a rocket from the stampeding pack, Robbie McEwen of Australia sprinted to victory Monday in a crash-filled second stage of the Tour ...

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France Will Save Europe

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 8:10:49 am PDT

Good lord. Can you imagine the screaming from the EUroweasels if Donald Rumsfeld said something like this? France could defend EU in case of attack: minister. (Hat tip: Norwegian kafir.) France could use its nuclear capability to defend its neighbours, French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said in an interview Monday, while ...

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CAIR Doesn't Care

Mon, Jul 5, 2004 at 7:47:14 am PDT

For once I have something nice to say about a mainstream media piece about the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Rather than a gross whitewash (the usual media approach to CAIR), Tanya Weinberg’s article for the Sun-Sentinel, despite the weak headline, is actually a fair recounting of all ...

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Sunday, July 04, 2004

TdF: Stage One

Sun, Jul 4, 2004 at 9:49:11 pm PDT

Lots of crashes in the Belgian rain in today’s stage of the Tour de France, leading to a sprint finish won by Estonian rider Jaan Kirsipuu. Lance stayed near the front the whole race and avoided getting caught in any pile-ups.

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Fifty-Six Deceits in Fahrenheit 911 (Krugman Yawns)

Sun, Jul 4, 2004 at 7:03:14 pm PDT

Dave Kopel is compiling a comprehensive mega-list of the lies, distortions, false connections, and loony conspiracy nonsense in Michael Moore’s agitprop film: Fifty-six Deceits in Fahrenheit 911. (Thanks to all who emailed this one.) Too much here to pull a quote; just go ye and read. And be amazed at the ...

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Without Freedom, There is No Virtue

Sun, Jul 4, 2004 at 6:42:51 pm PDT

Here’s a terrific piece by Dinesh D’Souza, on the ideological foundations of radical Islam and the need for a solid Western response: America he saw was a perfectly pagan place. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) D’Souza uses the writings of Sayyid Qutb, who has been called “the brains behind Bin Laden,” as ...

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Give 'Em Center Stage

Sun, Jul 4, 2004 at 4:10:34 pm PDT

In the New York Daily News, Zev Chafets says that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg should grant loony left group United for Peace and Justice full access to demonstrate in Manhattan during the Republican convention in late August: Give ‘em center stage. (Hat tip: NC.) Why? The answer is right there on ...

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Fantasyland

Sun, Jul 4, 2004 at 2:41:00 pm PDT

A great essay by Victor Davis Hanson at his web site: Fantasyland. (Thanks to all who emailed about it.) But who is the real new Democratic guru that best reflects the new Know-Nothingness? We should judge a Michael Moore not just by what he says, but what he does every time ...

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Let Freedom Reign

Sun, Jul 4, 2004 at 8:47:43 am PDT

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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Independence Day

Sun, Jul 4, 2004 at 8:42:37 am PDT

Happy Independence Day to all LGF readers. Never forget. New York to Begin Construction at Ground Zero. NEW YORK - A 20-ton slab of granite, inscribed to honor “the enduring spirit of freedom,” was laid Sunday at the World Trade Center site as the cornerstone of the skyscraper that will replace the destroyed ...

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Saturday, July 03, 2004

Israeli Superpowers

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 9:05:14 pm PDT

Very bad news for the Arab world. Not only do the devilish Israelis control world banking, control world media, control the government of the United States, and control Hollywood, they can now see through walls.

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America, Where is Your Fury?

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 8:48:32 pm PDT

Michael Niewodowski was a chef at the Windows on the World restaurant at the World Trade Center until Sept. 11, 2001. He watched as his friends and colleagues and fellow Americans were murdered that day, and he’s written a piece about Michael Moore’s subversive film that you must read: Moore’s ...

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Don't Go Shooting With John F. Kerry

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 6:43:36 pm PDT

John F. Kerry, apparently trying to show America that he loves guns, but only the kind that don’t kill anything, violates several major rules of gun safety: Presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., reacts after missing a clay bird while trap shooting at the Gunslick Trap Club in Holmen, Wisc. Saturday, ...

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Showing Their Patriotism

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 3:11:41 pm PDT

To celebrate Independence Day and show their love for their country, an unknown group of moonbats has put posters all over Venice and Santa Monica with the by now iconic picture of the hooded prisoner from Abu Ghraib, and a caption, “STOP IT AMERICA.” I managed to rip one down, and ...

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Savages Claim Marine Beheaded

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 2:48:08 pm PDT

The Islamic serial killers claim to have murdered Lebanese-born US Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun: Iraq Militants Claim Marine Beheading. “We would like to inform you that the Marine of Lebanese origin, Hassoun, has been slaughtered. You are going to see the video with your very eyes soon,” said the statement, ...

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Just a Coincidence, We're Sure

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 8:22:13 am PDT

The top Iraqi official in charge of investigating the United Nations oil-for-food corruption scandal has been killed. (Hat tip: ploome.) BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi official heading the investigation into alleged corruption in the United Nations oil-for-food program was killed in a bomb attack earlier this week, officials familiar with the ...

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Oil Tick: US Controlled by Israel

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 8:17:54 am PDT

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi worm who offered Rudy Giuliani a $10 million check after September 11 attached to a statement blaming the attacks on Israel and “US policy,” gave an interview to Der Spiegel, showing once again that you can dress these princes up in the finest Western ...

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Karpinski: Blame It on the Jews

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 7:38:07 am PDT

Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, suspended over allegations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, has apparently decided on a tactic to deflect attention away from herself—blame it on the Jews. (Hat tip: AG in Houston.) The American general formerly in charge of Abu Ghraib prison says she has evidence Israelis were involved ...

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Hewitt's Site Owned

Sat, Jul 3, 2004 at 7:09:42 am PDT

Hugh Hewitt’s web site has been hacked.

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Friday, July 02, 2004

Welcome to Bizarro World

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 6:06:07 pm PDT

You think you’ve seen everything, you really do. Then the wacky left, angling for a bigger share of the mainstream pie, does something so freakishly off the wall that you know there are depths still unimagined... Please note the similarity between this image of George W. Bush—which appeared on the back ...

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Kofi Annan Praises Sudan

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 5:23:08 pm PDT

Earlier today we reported that an entire refugee camp in Sudan had vanished overnight—3,000 to 4,000 people—right under Kofi Annan’s nose. UN officials were stunned. Tonight comes the news that Kofi Annan is praising the Sudanese government for “disarming” the Arab militias—even though right now it’s only a “commitment:” UN Says Sudan ...

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"Children Find Them By Coincidence"

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 4:10:03 pm PDT

IMRA has a bizarre slice of death cult life from independent Palestinian weekly The Jerusalem Times: Thief of Limbs! As’ad, 14, from Balata Camp still keeps his finger that was partially amputated by a locally manufactured explosive frozen in a refrigerator for the past two months. He refused family attempts to ...

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Attack Window Opening

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 2:47:28 pm PDT

Thousands of people will come out of theaters this weekend after seeing Fahrenheit 9/11, convinced that Bush lied, people died, and there’s no threat from terrorism. I hope nothing happens to burst their bubble. FBI Urges Increased Vigilance for July 4. WASHINGTON - A constant stream of intelligence indicating that al-Qaida wants ...

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Armstrong Goes For Six

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 1:42:23 pm PDT

On the eve of what promises to be an epic Tour de France, here’s an excellent profile of Lance Armstrong: Armstrong’s Tour tale is one of inspiration, mystery. (Hat tip: Open Road.) Those were moments when the race defined itself as a crucible for Armstrong’s place in Tour history - he ...

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Palestinians Party in Downtown Qabatiya

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 12:59:11 pm PDT

Jamal Abu al-Rob, left, a local leader of Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a violent group loosely affiliated with Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, and another militant escort Mohammed Rafiq Abdel Razek, 42, before executing him in the center of the nothern West Bank village of Qabatiya Friday July 2, 2004. Abu ...

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Shocka! International Court to Condemn Israel!

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 11:47:37 am PDT

The UN’s International Kangaroo Court is preparing to hand down a “ruling” on the legality of Israel’s security fence. I wonder what that ruling will be? Israel Will Ignore World Court Barrier Ruling. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel’s foreign minister said on Friday his government would not accept a World Court ruling ...

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Why Does the US Press Whitewash Islam?

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 11:27:19 am PDT

Lee Smith at Slate notices something we’ve been railing about at LGF for years—that the mainstream press relentlessly, ignorantly whitewashes Islam, even when the truth is right in front of their eyes: The Quran mentions beheading. Why does the U.S. press claim otherwise? (Hat tip: ted.) Some commentators claim that centuries ...

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The Deuce

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 10:32:29 am PDT

“Hilarious” and “Krauthammer” are not usually found in the same sentence: The deuce. Washington is abuzz with the latest political contretemps. Cheney, taking offense at Sen. Pat Leahy’s imputation of improper vice-presidential conduct regarding Halliburton contracts in Iraq, let the senator know as much during a picture-taking ceremony on the floor ...

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Solidarity With Terror

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 10:17:12 am PDT

Lee Kaplan infiltrated an International Solidarity Movement training session, and—unsurprisingly, but rarely with this much detail—discovered a pit of subversive, Jew-hating vipers: Solidarity With Terror. Once the introductions were complete, Jamie shared with us the experiences and methods used by previous ISM volunteers to fool the Israeli border police. “Make a ...

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House Dems Want UN "Observers" on Nov 2

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 9:07:28 am PDT

No doubt feeling all charged up by Michael Moore’s film, which opens with footage of them posturing and whining about the 2000 elections, nine members of the House of Representatives have written to Kofi Annan to request UN observers to monitor the US Presidential election. WASHINGTON (AFP) - Several members of ...

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Media Collaborators

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 8:24:51 am PDT

Terrorists casually assemble a bomb in Rafah while Palestinian photographer Mohammed Abed stands a few feet away and takes pictures for Agence France Presse. Palestinian guerilla fighters prepare a homemade bomb in Rafah refugee camp south of the Gaza Strip. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

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AP: Murdered "Collaborator" Deserved Fate

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 7:50:00 am PDT

In the Associated Press’s version of the story of the Palestinian man murdered by terrorists in front of a cheering, dancing crowd, Mohammed Ballas helpfully informs us that the victim deserved to die: Militants Kill Alleged Collaborator. QABATIYA, West Bank - Cheered on by a crowd, Palestinian gunmen Friday killed a ...

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"We Apologize in Advance for Murdering You"

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 7:36:43 am PDT

’Qaeda-Linked’ Group Renews Threat to Attack Europe. DUBAI (Reuters) - Muslim militants claiming links to al Qaeda vowed new attacks on Europe once a “truce” offered by Osama bin Laden expires in two weeks, newspapers said on Friday. Governments and analysts played down the threat, noting the group in question had made ...

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UN Springs Into Action (Too Late Again)

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 7:19:38 am PDT

UN officials are stunned to discover that the genocidal Islamic government of Sudan cannot be trusted. Sudanese government officials emptied a camp of thousands of refugees hours before UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was to arrive here Thursday, preventing him from meeting some of the hardest-hit victims of the humanitarian crisis ...

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Savages Cheer Public Murder

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 at 7:09:30 am PDT

Another remarkable display of bloodthirsty savagery from those lovely Palestinians: Palestinians Execute ‘Collaborator’ in Town Square. Let’s give them a state! QABATIYA, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian militants publicly executed an accused collaborator with Israel with machineguns in a West Bank town square on Friday after a throng of Palestinian onlookers ...

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Thursday, July 01, 2004

Saudi Institute in Fairfax Raided

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 8:36:32 pm PDT

The Saudi-based Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in Fairfax Virginia was raided today by the FBI: Feds raid Saudi-based Virginia institute. FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Federal agents Thursday raided the Fairfax offices of a Saudi-based institute that served as a meeting point for men convicted of conspiring to support terrorism. A ...

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Bookmark: Crisis:Israel

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 7:16:41 pm PDT

Here’s an interesting new site run by Bruce S.Ticker, who wrote a very good piece about terror enabler Rachel Corrie and her International Solidarity Movement cronies: CRISIS:ISRAEL - A forum for diverse commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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BBC Finds New Nadir

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 6:55:46 pm PDT

In an article about Jordan’s announcement that they are ready to send troops to Iraq (very good news for the Bush administration, although the value of Jordanian troops is yet to be ascertained), the BBC commits a stunning falsehood—an outright inversion of the truth. (Hat tip: Cliff.) King Abdullah, who was ...

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Islamic Forum Trades Snuff Photos

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 6:11:54 pm PDT

Ready for a blast of icy hatred and depravity from the Islamic world? The Islamic Forum at gawaher.com is where you’ll find it, in a thread where people laugh at snuff photographs of dead Americans: American Hell On Earth. ok, I love to see pictures of dead american soldiers. I love u ...

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The Cowardice of Michael Moore

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 4:15:09 pm PDT

Lots of writers are stepping up to point out the lies and gross distortions in Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11; here’s Melanie Phillips’ take: Farragoheit 9/11. Moore would have you believe that the terrorist threat to America was all invented by President Bush in order to serve his friends’ financial interests. Forget ...

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Sarin and Mustard Gas in Iraq

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 3:11:39 pm PDT

Oh, by the way, not that it really matters, especially not compared to Michael Moore’s ridiculous film (which I have now seen, and that’s 115 minutes of my life I wish I had spent elsewhere), but Donald Rumsfeld said in a radio interview yesterday that Polish troops in Iraq have ...

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Germany, France: Let Saddam Live

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 1:44:10 pm PDT

Effete Olde Europe is horrified at the thought that Saddam Hussein may be executed: Germans, French Object to Saddam Execution. Germany and France, two of the most vocal anti-war opponents, strongly stated their opposition — without exception — to the death penalty and called on Iraqi authorities to ensure Saddam a ...

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Zarqawi Targets Female Soldiers

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 8:04:25 am PDT

The serial-killing mujahideen in Iraq are trying to kidnap female Americans: Zarqawi targets female soldiers. (Hat tip: Writer Mom.) Terrorists in the Abu Musab Zarqawi network in Iraq are specifically trying to kidnap an American female service member to further horrify the U.S. public. Two senior defense sources said the word is ...

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Moore Distortions

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 7:59:44 am PDT

At MSNBC/Loseweek (ironically, one of the biggest promoters of the Michael Moore agit-prop film), Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball detail some of Moore’s blatant distortions and crackpot allegations: More Distortions From Michael Moore. In response to inquiries from NEWSWEEK about the Carlyle issue, Lehane shot back this week with a volley ...

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Kofi Annan Springs Into Action

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 7:27:48 am PDT

Annan urges Khartoum to contain Janjawid militia at centre of crisis. EL-FESHIR, Sudan (AFP) - UN chief Kofi Annan urged the Khartoum government to bring under control the Janjawid militia at the centre of the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Darfur, during a visit to the region. “The government should be containing the ...

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Two Biased Headlines

Thu, Jul 1, 2004 at 7:11:51 am PDT

Here are two headlines from al-Reuters news service that illustrate their appalling bias. From June 29, describing the Hamas rocket attack on a kindergarten that murdered a four-year old boy: Palestinian Rocket Attack Kills Two Israelis. Totally passive, non-descriptive, and impersonal. Then, from this morning’s release about an Israeli raid to close down ...

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