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LGF Archives: July 2006

Monday, July 31, 2006

Monday Night Edge

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 9:05:29 pm PDT

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Zombie: "Valley of the Wolves" US Premier

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 6:46:56 pm PDT

Zombie’s report on the premier of the Turkish film Valley of the Wolves in Fremont California is now online. Apparently, for its first US showing, the film was edited to remove the most overt antisemitic elements: Valley of the Wolves: Iraq.

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Border Clash in Korea

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 6:31:44 pm PDT

Gunfire Traded Across Korean Border. (Hat tip: SnowDawg.) SEOUL, South Korea — Soldiers from North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire along their border late Monday, but no one was hurt, a South Korean military official said Tuesday. The incident happened shortly before sunset when North Korean soldiers fired two bullets ...

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Blogs Examine Qana Propaganda

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 6:28:14 pm PDT

(WARNING: graphic images linked below.) Confederate Yankee notes more discrepancies in the photo reports from Qana: Were the Qana Bodies Staged? More at Riehl World View: A Tyre For Qana?

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Hizballah's Body Handler Photographed in 1996

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 4:53:43 pm PDT

EU Referendum has an update on the Hizballah “rescue worker” in the green helmet, the guy who paraded around with children’s bodies for hours at Qana, posing them for photographers. Turns out that Green Helmet Guy must be the official Hizballah body handler; he has a history of turning up at ...

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Death Cult Family Snapshots

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 4:40:04 pm PDT

Here’s a glowing al-Reuters review of the Hizballah death cult instilled in families from infancy as part of their religious training: Zest for martyrdom fuels Hezbollah in battle. BEIRUT - A sister of Hezbollah fighter Mustafa Zalzali wears mourning black for her brother, but his death in battle with Israel elicits ...

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CNN: Tool of Hizballah

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 4:23:49 pm PDT

Allahpundit notes this example of hardcore death porn at CNN, as the barrage of anti-Israel propaganda shows no sign of letting up: Eyewitness: Mass burial in Lebanon - Jul 29, 2006. I’d say this is shockingly over the top, even for CNN, but it really isn’t any more. All have numbers. Coffin ...

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UNIFIL Sitting Ducks Not Evacuated

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 12:18:13 pm PDT

UN observers in Lebanon, who have no authority to actually do anything about the Hizballah terrorists using their positions as shields (even if they wanted to), will be sitting ducks for another month. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.) Having examined the Secretary-General’s report on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), including ...

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Our Friends the Saudis

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:55:34 am PDT

Saudi Sheikh ’Abd Al-Muhsin Al-’Obikan, writing in London Arabic daily Al Sharq al Awsat, criticizes Hizballah for provoking a war with Israel. Before we break out the flying pig, though, note that the Sheikh is only saying it isn’t time for war yet. Showing an admirable sense of realism, he explains ...

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Palestinian Racism Watch

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:40:03 am PDT

As US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Middle East, Palestinian media is calling her a “black spinster” and a “colored dark skin lady.” Such lovely people. Let’s give them a state!

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Women's Rights, Iranian Style

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:08:12 am PDT

Iranian women dressed as suicide bombers hold placards with the logo of Lebanese Hizbollah during a demonstration by women in Tehran July 31, 2006, protesting against the attacks by Israeli forces in Lebanon. The placard on the left in Iranian reads ‘Hizbollah fights, Israel shakes,’ while the placard on the ...

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CAIR Condemns Terrorism

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:43:35 am PDT

But only “Israeli terror,” of course. CAIR Demands End to Israeli ‘Terror’ After 57 Civilians Killed. “Whenever civilians are attacked to achieve a political goal, the charge of terrorism must be applied, whether the terrorist is an individual, a group or a state,” said CAIR Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “Our government must ...

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IDF's Mad Skillz

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:24:48 am PDT

A small victory on the electronic front lines: IDF hacks Nasrallah’s TV channel. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) After repeated Israeli efforts to destroy Hizbullah’s al-Manar television station have failed, an IDF intelligence unit succeeded this week in hacking the station’s live broadcasts, planting Israeli PR messages in the transmissions.   The al-Manar channel ...

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Hizballah Firing From UN Positions Every Day

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 9:58:25 am PDT

Whoever’s responsible for posting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon press releases must have had the weekend off, because suddenly three new ones showed up there this morning, for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. And on all three days, UNIFIL reports that Hizballah terrorists used UN posts as cover for attacks ...

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MSM Propaganda Overdrive

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 8:47:38 am PDT

Photos of dead children, normally not front page material, are all over the newspapers of the world today: Today’s Front Pages. (Hat tip: Doss.) But don’t miss EU Referendum for an exploration of the highly suspicious nature of these propaganda photos—because there’s convincing evidence that the pictures from Qana were cynically ...

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Seattle Moonbats React to Terror Attack

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 8:17:59 am PDT

The terror attack on the Seattle Jewish Federation barely caused a ripple in the consciousness of the local moonbat population: Shooting exposes the war at home. (Hat tip: zombie.) Cindy Sherbert, 43, found herself drawn to fight perceived injustices on Israel’s part after she began taking Arabic language lessons from a ...

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French FM: Iran is a Respected, Stabilizing Force

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 7:44:14 am PDT

Never mind Iranian president Ahmadinejad’s calls for Israel to be “wiped off the map,” or the fact that Iran funds and supports Hizballah. French foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy says Iran is a respected, stabilizing force in the Middle East. Iran is a significant, respected player in the Middle East which is playing ...

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RoP Attacks Synagogue in Sydney

Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 7:34:52 am PDT

The Mufti of Australia, Sheikh Taj el-Din al Hilaly, last seen at LGF marching in a demonstration with thousands of Hizballah supporters, now acts surprised that a synagogue was attacked in Sydney: Cleric slams synagogue attack. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Parramatta and District Synagogue in Sydney’s west came under attack ...

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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Sunday Night Birds

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 8:31:22 pm PDT

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Pallywood in Lebanon

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 8:11:46 pm PDT

EU Referendum has been collecting and collating the propaganda photographs coming out of Qana, and noticed some incredibly vile “coincidences” among them. It’s Pallywood, via Hizballah.

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Indonesia's Tiny Minority of Extremists

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 8:00:34 pm PDT

A survey of Indonesian Muslims by the Center for Islamic and Social Studies shows that more than 40% are ready to wage war against non-Muslims: Survey reveals Muslim views on violence. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The survey, conducted from 2001 to March 2006, found 43.5 percent of respondents were ready to ...

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A Closeup Look at Hizballah's Weapons

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 6:50:27 pm PDT

LGF reader Maxim emailed the link to these photographs of a Hizballah arms cache, and I’ve added his comments below the relevant pictures. The top picture is a Soviet Sagger anti-tank missile. The second picture looks like a Konkurs laser guided anti tank missile. Both of these Soviet weapons are made ...

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The Ledeen-Rolling Stone Brouhaha

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 6:30:36 pm PDT

If you haven’t been following the Michael Ledeen-Rolling Stone brouhaha, here’s a good place to start: Power Line: Stoned. When I was growing up, Rolling Stone was on the cutting edge of alternative journalism (with all the attendant virtues and flaws), publishing amazing pieces by Hunter Thompson and P. J. ...

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Fall Down Laughing Headline of the Day

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 6:11:06 pm PDT

Standing alone in its pristine glory: France steps forward as champion of Lebanon peace drive.

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Lebanese Shia Explains Hizballah's Charity Work

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 5:47:00 pm PDT

At Judeoscope.ca, here’s a translation of a letter to the editor of Berlin left-wing daily Die Tagesspiegel from a Lebanese Shia who lived in the southern area controlled by Hizballah: I lived until 2002 in a small southern village near Mardshajund that is inhabited by a majority of Shias like me. ...

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Cycle of Violence: Weekend Hammerfest

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 5:18:58 pm PDT

Yesterday’s ride: 49.65 miles, through the barbarous Palos Verdes highlands. The most difficult climb was about half a mile long, with a grade of 8-11%. We’re talking about a serious upper aerobic zone workout, on the pedals for about half of it, lactic acid burn time. Today’s ride: 47.73 miles, ...

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Lebanese PM Thanks Hizballah

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 4:18:58 pm PDT

This is the guy we’re supposed to believe is going to disarm Hizballah? Lebanon’s PM thanks Hizbollah for its ‘sacrifices’. BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora thanked Hizbollah on Sunday for its “sacrifices” in its war against Israel. “We are in a strong position and I thank the Sayyed ...

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The Usual Suspects

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 3:08:06 pm PDT

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons, naturally.

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Qana Propaganda Begins to Fall Apart

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 2:57:44 pm PDT

A very interesting bit of news about the Qana incident: IDF: Qana building fell hours after strike. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) An IDF investigation has found that the building in Qana struck by the Air Force fell around eight hours after being hit by the IDF. “The attack on the structure ...

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CAIR Official Assaults LGF Reader

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 8:56:26 am PDT

LGF operative ciaospirit went to the Council on American-Islamic Relations anti-Israel rally on July 28 in Columbus, Ohio—and was physically assaulted twice by Dr. Ahmad Al-Akhras, Vice Chair of CAIR-National. Here’s one instance, and there are more at her blog: [Video]

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Mob Attacks UN Building in Beirut

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 8:17:08 am PDT

A mob broke into the UN headquarters in Beirut today and ransacked the building: Protestors break into U.N. in Beirut. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese protesters broke into the U.N. headquarters in Beirut on Sunday, smashing windows and ransacking offices, after an Israeli air strike killed 54 people in south Lebanon. Several thousand ...

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Hizballah Human Shields

Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 8:05:03 am PDT

Hizballah continues to use Lebanese civilians as human shields: 34 Youths Among 56 Dead in Israeli Strike. QANA, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli missiles hit several buildings in a southern Lebanon village as people slept Sunday, killing at least 56, most of them children, in the deadliest attack in 19 days of ...

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Saturday, July 29, 2006

Obsession

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 8:46:55 pm PDT

Obsession: What The War on Terror Is Really About.

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Seattle Muslim Used 13-Year Old Girl In Attack

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 7:05:52 pm PDT

The Associated Press is now reporting that Naveed Afzal Haq, the Muslim accused of a shooting rampage at the Seattle Jewish Federation, hid behind a potted plant and then ambushed a 13-year old girl to gain entrance to the facility: Seattle suspect allegedly ambushed girl. SEATTLE - The man suspected in ...

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Saturday Night Caption Contest

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 6:55:37 pm PDT

(Street theater from anti-Israel “activists” in Turkey.)

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Muslim Doctor Shoots Cyclist in Texas

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 6:44:01 pm PDT

Several readers emailed this story when it happened, but I couldn’t find any connection to the Hizballah war despite quite a bit of searching of the usual sources. Violence happens all the time in this messed-up world, and it can be difficult to differentiate the real threats from the look-alikes. ...

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Reuters: Dancing on Eggs

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 6:27:03 pm PDT

You can almost see Reuters writer Daisuke Wakabayashi sweating over every line of this report on the terror attack on the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle: Fatal Seattle Jewish center shooting a ‘hate crime’. I’d love to see the editors’ emails that went back and forth from Britain to the US ...

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France Springs Into Action, Quietly Pushes Ceasefire

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 6:14:30 pm PDT

In an amazing coincidence, just as we hear about the proposal for French forces to guard Israel’s northern border, we also learn that France is pushing the UN to impose an immediate ceasefire: AP: U.N. council weighs Mideast cease-fire. NEW YORK - A draft resolution circulating Saturday among U.N. Security Council ...

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I Remember Vichy

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 5:40:38 pm PDT

You’ve got to be kidding. France, Lebanon to deploy to border with Israel. The French and Lebanese armies will take part in the multinational peacekeeping force expected to take position along the southern Lebanese border, it was revealed following a meeting between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Prime Minister ...

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Got a Big Fish in Nablus

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 5:36:45 pm PDT

Another genocidal murderer bites the dust: Israeli forces kill Islamic Jihad head. NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli troops killed a top leader of the radical Islamic Jihad in a West Bank raid Saturday, the group said, and the Israelis pressed ahead with their offensive in the Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad said the ...

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Hizballah Supporters in Birmingham

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 5:18:24 pm PDT

At Moonbat Media, photos of the pro-Hizballah rally today in Birmingham, England: Hezbollah supporters, Birmingham, 29 July.

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Seattle Attacker Worked at Hanford Nuclear Facility?

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 3:54:52 pm PDT

Tossed off at the end of this Associated Press story on the Islamic terrorist attack in Seattle is a little tidbit of disturbing information. (Hat tip: dlc.) Yousef Shehadeb, 46, a member of the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities, recalled Haq as quiet and something of a loner. Shehadeb said he ...

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Iran Beating the War Drums

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 3:14:07 pm PDT

Iran is preparing for war: ‘This war is our war’. (Hat tip: Hulugu.) A former CSIS informant who once kept tabs on terrorists says the Iranian regime is “mentally and spiritually” preparing its people for war against Israel. The Ottawa man, now in Tehran, says the hate campaign against Israel is “everywhere” ...

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Zombie: Solidarity With Israel Rally

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 3:03:33 pm PDT

Zombie has another excellent photo/video report up, of the Solidarity With Israel Rally in San Francisco last weekend. Dianne Feinstein shows that the lunatics haven’t completely taken over the Democratic Party yet, with one of the strongest pro-Israel speeches I’ve ever heard from an American career politician. In this video, Hizballah ...

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Guardian On the Side of Terrorists

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 2:41:55 pm PDT

Amazing. The Guardian has always been anti-Israel, but today Jonathan Steele comes out in open support of Hizballah, with a mind-boggling piece of leftist turnspeak: Only Hizbullah can defend against an Israeli invasion. In one sense Israel created Hizbullah. Its occupation of Lebanon after 1982 turned a group of suicide bombers ...

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The Lone Gunman Canard

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 9:04:08 am PDT

Andrew McCarthy has a good description of the ostrich-like self-blinding impulse that continues to hamper the war on Islamic fascism: Not Terrorism Related, and Certainly Not Islam Related. The Post-Intelligencer story is so typical of what happens in a society and a government which default from the ideology part of an ...

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British Antisemitism Watch

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 8:46:20 am PDT

Britain’s Telegraph is usually one of the saner newspapers in the UK, but today they’ve published this ugly antisemitic cartoon, equating Israel with the Nazis. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

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Seattle Terror Attack Update

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 8:18:35 am PDT

Update on the Muslim murderer who attacked the Seattle Jewish Federation yesterday: Muslim charged in Seattle Jewish slaying. You may have thought it was an act of terrorism. But the authorities know better. SEATTLE (Reuters) - A lone gunman burst into a Jewish organization in downtown Seattle on Friday, killing one woman ...

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Hizballah Supporters Mob Australian PM

Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 8:04:16 am PDT

Australian Prime Minister John Howard was attacked today by a violent mob of Lebanese protesters screaming, “We want peace:” Lebanon protesters mob PM. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) VIOLENT scuffles have broken out between police and Lebanese protesters who mobbed Prime Minister John Howard’s car as he left the WA Liberal Party ...

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Friday, July 28, 2006

Terrorists Not Following International Law

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 8:29:41 pm PDT

The International Committee of the Red Cross wants to visit the Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hizballah. (That’s what they do. And they get very upset if they’re not allowed to do it.) But oddly enough, the terrorist organization doesn’t seem to pay any attention to international humanitarian law: No positive response ...

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Orwellian Headlines of the Night

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 6:06:16 pm PDT

Hezbollah politicians back peace package. UPDATE at 7/28/06 6:26:16 pm: An article filed at the same news service (AP) 21 minutes earlier: Hezbollah fires new rockets into Israel.

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Breaking: Shooting at Seattle Jewish Federation

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 4:33:56 pm PDT

Possibly related to the Hizballah war? Several people shot at Jewish Federation in Seattle. (Hat tip: Joseph.) SEATTLE – At least two people have been shot at the Jewish Federation at 2031 Third Ave. in downtown Seattle. One or two people have been taken into custody but it’s not known if ...

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Landis Says He's Clean

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 3:41:56 pm PDT

Floyd Landis says the drug accusations against him are not true, and he intends to prove it. MADRID, Spain - Floyd Landis said the high testosterone levels that caused him to fail a drug test at the Tour de France are the result of his natural metabolism — not doping of ...

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Hizballah's New Terror Weapon

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 3:25:35 pm PDT

An ominous escalation from Hizballah: Hizbollah fires new long-range rocket into Israel. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hizbollah fired scores of rockets into Israel on Friday, including at least one that the Lebanese guerrilla group said was a new long-range missile, wounding at least 13 people, police and the army said. The longer-range rocket ...

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Abu Hamza Allowed to Appeal

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 3:21:58 pm PDT

Abu Hamza, the hook-handed imam from the UK’s infamous Finsbury Park mosque, sentenced to seven years in prison for inciting murder, will be allowed to appeal his sentence. (Hat tip: kasper.) Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been given the go-ahead to challenge his convictions. Lawyers for Abu Hamza, 48, told the ...

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AFP Pro-Hizballah Propaganda Watch

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 1:10:35 pm PDT

I think we have a winner in today’s Agence France Presse pro-Hizballah Sweepstakes: Syrians see spirit of warrior Saladin in Hezbollah leader. DAMASCUS (AFP) - By the tomb of Saladin in the old city of Damascus, dozens of Syrians each day pray for the repose of the warrior who liberated Jerusalem ...

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More Hizballah Firing from UN Positions

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 1:05:19 pm PDT

From today’s United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon press release, more reports of Hizballah using UN positions as cover: There were two direct impacts on UNIFIL positions from the Israeli side in the past 24 hours. Eight artillery and mortar rounds impacted inside an Indian battalion position in the area of ...

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Somalis Riot After Politician Murdered

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 12:55:24 pm PDT

Meanwhile, in the fledgling caliphate of Somalia: Somalis riot after politician shot dead outside mosque. (Hat tip: Hulugu.) A member of Somalia’s virtually powerless government was assassinated today as he walked out of a mosque, enraging hundreds of Somalis who rioted in the streets screaming, “We want a government that can ...

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Map of Beirut Shows True Extent of Damage

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 11:21:13 am PDT

From Vital Perspective, here’s a map of the so-called “devastation” in Beirut: New Map of Beirut Plus Southern Suburbs Negates Claims of Mass Destruction. The way the bombing of Beirut is being reported is highly reminiscent of the infamously exaggerated Jenin hoax.

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Palestinian Terrorists in UN Ambulances

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 10:30:14 am PDT

From YouTube, here’s a video of Palestinian terrorists using United Nations/Red Cross ambulances for cover and transportation during fighting with the IDF: We first saw this video in 2004, and blogged it here: Video of Palestinian Terrorists in UN Ambulances. Here’s the background: [This is a] Reuters video shot on May 11, ...

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Nasrallah in Iranian Embassy?

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 10:15:49 am PDT

Some intelligence reports say that Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah may be hiding in the Iranian Embassy. Intelligence reports indicate the leader of Hezbollah is hiding in a foreign mission in Beirut, possibly the Iranian Embassy, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. Israeli military and intelligence forces are continuing to hunt for Sheik ...

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UN Observer Posts Evacuated

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 9:54:22 am PDT

Kofi Annan has finally given the order to evacuate UN observer posts (aka Hizballah firing positions) along the Israeli-Lebanon border: UN removes unarmed observers from northern border. The United Nations has decided to remove 50 unarmed observers from their posts along the Israeli-Lebanese border, moving them in with the peacekeeping force ...

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Krauthammer: An Orwellian Moral Universe

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 9:33:11 am PDT

Here’s another excellent analysis of the world’s inverted morality, from Charles Krauthammer: ‘Disproportionate’ in What Moral Universe? What other country, when attacked in an unprovoked aggression across a recognized international frontier, is then put on a countdown clock by the world, given a limited time window in which to fight back, ...

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Death Cult Hero Samir Kuntar

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 9:15:52 am PDT

Samir Kuntar, currently imprisoned in Israel, is a hero in Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. And he’s a cold-blooded, remorseless child killer. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) JERUSALEM — He stares out from a poster like a movie star. Clean-shaven but for his thick, dark mustache, with dark curly hair and piercing blue eyes, ...

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Four Syrian Trucks Bombed

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 8:58:15 am PDT

Syria is still apparently attempting to resupply Hizballah with weapons. Syria continues to try to expand its resupplying effort of Hezbollah. Four Syrian trucks crossing the border into Lebanon were attacked by air Wednesday night.

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Egyptian Islamic Leader Supports Hizballah

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 8:29:26 am PDT

This is what the United States gets from Egypt in return for $2 billion a year in foreign aid, as one of the world’s leaders of Islam supports a genocidal terrorist gang: Egypt’s mufti defends Hizbollah operations. CAIRO (Reuters) - The Mufti of Egypt, the country’s senior exponent of Islamic law, ...

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Down to the Beach

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 8:45:52 pm PDT

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Saudi Propaganda Machine Feeds the Fire

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 7:16:19 pm PDT

Here’s what our friends the Saudis are feeding their English-reading audience tonight at the government-controlled ArabNews, by op-ed writer Lubna Hussain, currently wearing a burqa in Riyadh: Arab-Muslim Blood Is Cheap. The atrocities being committed in Lebanon once again provide us in the Arab world a superfluous, all too frequent and ...

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UN Observer's Life Saved By IDF

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 7:05:47 pm PDT

As we reported earlier, Hizballah has attacked United Nations observers twice this week, although you’d never know it from the mainstream media. On Monday, when a UN observer was hit by Hizballah fire, IDF soldiers rushed him to an Israeli hospital for an operation, possibly saving his life. Haaretz has a ...

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ElBaradei: The Ultimate Sock Puppet

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 6:49:38 pm PDT

The UN’s blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, in an interview with Spiegel Online, shows once again why the IAEA is a complete failure, utterly powerless to prevent nuclear proliferation. Allahpundit has some apt commentary: Spiegel interviews the ultimate sock puppet.

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Mainstreaming Antisemitic Libels

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 6:35:38 pm PDT

Inevitably, whenever Israel takes action to protect themselves against openly genocidal Arab terror gangs, the accusations start bubbling up from antisemitic sewers that Israel is using diabolical weapons never seen before by mankind, evil chemicals that cause bizarre mutations and/or mysterious wounds. The hate-warped thinking here is that ordinary weapons ...

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Hizballah Attacked UNIFIL Twice This Week

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 3:08:32 pm PDT

Neither the mainstream media nor Kofi Annan have mentioned it, but Hizballah has attacked UNIFIL observers twice this week. (Hat tip: Larry.) From the UN’s own press releases: 24 July 2006: One unarmed UN military observer, a member of the Observer Group Lebanon (OGL), was seriously wounded by small arms fire in the ...

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RoP Shuts Down Filming in London

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 2:44:06 pm PDT

The makers of a film about a Bangladeshi woman have canceled plans to film in the London area where the story takes place—out of fear of the local representatives of the Religion of Peace™: Brick Lane makers cancel filming. (Hat tip: Fjordman.) The makers of the film Brick Lane have cancelled ...

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More Hizballah Firing from UN Positions

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 2:05:06 pm PDT

From today’s United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon press release (PDF), more reports of Hizballah using UN posts as cover for attacks: There were three incidents of firing close to UN positions in the last 24 hours from the Israeli side. It was also reported that Hezbollah fired from the vicinity ...

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Zawahri's Latest Rant

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 9:36:41 am PDT

Here’s a nice neutral headline from the Associated Press, referring to Ayman al-Zawahri’s call for Muslims to commit mass murder in a quest for world domination: Al-Zawahri calls for Muslims to rise up. CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in ...

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Hamas Smacks Abu Mazen

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 9:18:35 am PDT

The terror gang says they’re not planning to release Gilad Shalit, and Abu Mazen should shut his yap: Hamas denies Israeli soldier to be freed soon. GAZA (Reuters) - The armed wing of the Hamas militant group on Thursday dismissed comment from President Mahmoud Abbas, during a visit to Rome, that ...

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Nasrallah in Syria, Zawahri in State of Rage

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 9:13:05 am PDT

The Jerusalem Post has more details on Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s trip to Syria: Report: Nasrallah is in Damascus. A top Iranian envoy was in Syria on Thursday for talks on the Israeli-Hizbullah conflict in a meeting that brought together the guerrilla organization’s two key sponsors, according to Iranian news reports. ...

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Rosett: The UN's Disproportionate Response

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 8:50:13 am PDT

Here’s a great piece on the overwhelming bias of the United Nations, by Claudia Rosett: Who’s Dissin’ Whom? (Hat tip: LGF readers.) As Israel fights to defend itself against the Iranian-and-Syrian-backed terrorists of Hezbollah, are we really seeing a reckless, damaging and — yes — disproportionate response? You bet. But not from ...

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Abu Mazen Says...

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 8:40:11 am PDT

Abbas: Soldier’s release could be imminent.

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Nasrallah Going to Damascus

Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 8:28:39 am PDT

Tom Gross has a translation of a report from a Kuwaiti newspaper, that says Hizballah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is on his way to Syria for a secret meeting with the chinless ophthalmologist: Nasrallah “to go to Damascus today”. The Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassa this morning reports that Hizbullah leader Sheikh Nasrallah ...

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Death Cult Child Abuse

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 7:51:44 pm PDT

(Hat tip: Robert.)

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Bolt: Why the UN Post Was Bombed

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 7:27:07 pm PDT

Those UNIFIL press releases are a gold mine of information in terse little nuggets, and Andrew Bolt at the Herald Sun is watching them too: Why the UN post was bombed.

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RoP Plots in Australia

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 6:33:48 pm PDT

The Islamic terrorists recently arrested in Sydney were assembling quite an arsenal: Accused ‘could launch 35-hour barrage’. (Hat tip: Hulugu.) ONE of the men accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Australia had enough military-style ammunition to launch a continuous 35-hour barrage of gunfire. The evidence, from a ballistics expert, was quoted ...

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Twenty-Five Islamic Groups Urge FBI to Be Sensitive

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 6:24:40 pm PDT

A large flock of Islamic organizations has descended on the FBI, following reports that they’re going to pay special attention to Hizballah supporters: Muslims fret over FBI’s Hizbullah probe. Leaders of American Muslim and Arab groups urged the FBI on Wednesday to be sensitive when scrutinizing activities by the Hizbullah on ...

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Of Cabbages and Sock Puppets

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 6:04:54 pm PDT

Heh™. And heh™ redux. (Psst. Litigator. I work so hard to insult you by referring your link to Wuzzadem’s glorious sock puppet commedia dell’arte, and all you can say is, I redirected it to “another blog?” You sure took down your link quickly, though. Heh™.Oh, OK. I confess. I didn’t really work ...

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Harper Smacks Annan

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 3:09:14 pm PDT

Stephen Harper delivers a rebuke to UN chief Kofi Annan: Canada’s PM doubts Israeli bombing of UN outpost deliberate. OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper said an Israeli attack on a UN outpost that killed four, including a Canadian, was a “terrible tragedy” but not likely deliberate. At the same ...

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Canadian General: UN Observer Post Used By Hizballah

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 1:51:56 pm PDT

Retired Canadian Major General Lewis Mackenzie was interviewed on CBC radio, and had some very interesting news about the UN observer post hit by Israeli shells; the Canadian peacekeeper killed there had previously emailed Mackenzie telling him that Hizballah was using their post as cover. (Hat tip: Isadore.) The entire interview ...

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Britain Has a Big Problem

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 12:38:58 pm PDT

Dr. Azzam Timimi of Britain's Institute of Islamic Thought shares some of his Islamic thoughts, from July 10, 2006 in London, speaking in front of pictures of Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the Ayatollah Khomeini:

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Hizballah Firing from Vicinity of UN Positions

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 11:05:59 am PDT

There’s an amazing amount of press coverage of Israel’s airstrike on a UN observer post yesterday, but today’s UNIFIL press release (PDF) contains some information you aren’t hearing about on the nightly news. Another UN position of the Ghanaian battalion in the area of Marwahin in the western sector was also ...

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Denmark Celebrates Diversity

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:17:09 am PDT

The Danish embassy in Lebanon was attacked in February by a Muslim mob enraged over the [Popup]. And Ahmed Akkari, the Danish imam who toured the Middle East inciting Muslims against Denmark, has just been evacuated from Lebanon—by the same embassy he helped burn down.

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Lahoud: Hizballah Freed Our Country

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 9:53:20 am PDT

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, in Spiegel Online: Hezbollah Freed Our Country. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) SPIEGEL: Please explain your relationship to Hezbollah. What do you think of Hassan Nasrallah? Lahoud: Hezbollah enjoys utmost prestige in Lebanon, because it freed our country. All over the Arab world you hear: Hezbollah maintains Arab honor, ...

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Seixon vs. Leopold and Johnson

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 9:24:11 am PDT

Allahpundit calls it “the creepiest blog scandal ever,” and that’s a fact.

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Our Friends the Saudis

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 9:12:48 am PDT

The world’s leading oil-based parasite, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, is going to donate one and a half billion dollars to Lebanon. You know. For reconstruction. But if that rebuilding thing doesn’t work out, maybe it will go for ... other purposes. The king has coupled his aid promises with unusually forthright ...

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Lebanese Army: Partners with Hizballah

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 9:08:02 am PDT

Disturbingly Yellow points out that the official Lebanese Army web site is full of references to their “partnership” with Hizballah: Hezbollah in Lebanese Army’s Website.

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Terror Supporters in Montreal

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 8:48:14 am PDT

Here’s a page with photos of the pro-Hizballah demonstration in Montreal last weekend.

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Deranged Turkish Film Showing at Muslim Film Festival

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 8:16:58 am PDT

The Muslim Film Festival in Fremont will feature a virulently antisemitic and anti-American Turkish film: Muslim Film Festival includes anti-U.S. movie. (Hat tip: TS.) FREMONT — The U.S. debut of the popular but controversial Turkish action movie “Valley of Wolves: Iraq,” starring Billy Zane and Gary Busey, will be among the ...

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Kofi Annan Could Have Ordered Peacekeepers to Leave

Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 8:09:29 am PDT

The four UN peacekeepers killed in an apparently accidental airstrike on a UN observer post were required to stay there until ordered to leave by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan—an order he never gave. (Hat tip: vxbush.) Haifa, Israel (CNSNews.com) - The four United Nations peacekeepers killed in an Israeli attack ...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Hizballah's Money Pipeline in the Crosshairs

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 9:04:19 pm PDT

At last, the infrastructure of world terrorism is coming under serious attack, as the banks and charities that funnel money to genocidal groups like Hizballah are on Israel’s target list: Hezbollah banks under attack in Lebanon. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Israelis say they also struck branches of two major banks ...

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Mama Moonbat and Her Phony Phast

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 8:38:48 pm PDT

I thought Cindy Sheehan was supposed to be fasting? UPDATE at 7/25/06 9:23:20 pm: This just in! St. Cindy in a “blue funk” over Israel.

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Cowardly Blending

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 8:10:19 pm PDT

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons, of course.

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Iowahawk: I Love You Too, Cecilia Lucas

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 7:41:09 pm PDT

Iowahawk has scored yet another world exclusive, the reply to UC Berkeley grad student Cecilia Lucas’s poignant love poem to Hizballah, penned by a Hizballah resistance fighter smitten by Ms. Lucas’s charms: I Love You Too, Cecilia Lucas. I am have monitoring the infidel Little Green Footballs site where to ...

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UN Repairing Roads for Hizballah

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 5:58:45 pm PDT

This might be the jawdropper of the day, as today’s report from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon shows that the United Nations is busily repairing damaged roads in Hizballah-controlled areas—roads the IAF bombed specifically to impede Hizballah movement—right in the middle of the war. (Hat tip: mich-again.) UNIFIL is ...

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SWC: Are US Funds Being Used to Support Hizballah?

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 5:28:00 pm PDT

From the Simon Wiesenthal Center: Are US Funds Being Used to Support Hizballah? The Wiesenthal Center is calling on the U.S. Government to investigate and clarify whether some recently reported Iraqi government donations to Lebanon are supporting Hezbollah. Center officials learned that the Iraqi television station, Al Furat, recently reported that the ...

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Annan Says Israel Attacked UN Post Deliberately

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 5:04:46 pm PDT

A UN Observer post was hit by an IAF airstrike today, killing at least two UN peacekeepers. Israel has said they “deeply regret” the incident and vowed to investigate. But UN Secretary General Kofi Annan already knows who to blame. Annan: IAF hit ‘apparently deliberate’. I thought the head of the United ...

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Hizballah Funny Money?

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 3:55:44 pm PDT

James Taranto notes possible evidence of large scale Hizballah counterfeiting in Lebanon, completely missed by NBC News even though they filmed it. (Hat tip: ed.) A reader noticed something curious in a video from last night’s “NBC Nightly News.” Richard Engel, the network’s Beirut bureau chief, is reporting from southern Lebanon, ...

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Mainstreaming 9/11 Conspiracy Loons

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 2:39:21 pm PDT

Wacademic 9/11 conspiracy huckster Kevin Barrett is the subject of a glowing portrait in the Madison Capital Times: What makes Kevin Barrett tick? (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Barrett, of course, is an Islamic convert and will be teaching a course on Islam at UW, liberally sprinkled with conspiratorial lunacy. His “theories” ...

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Hizballah Expected Business As Usual, Got War

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 2:17:22 pm PDT

Hizballah thug Mahmoud Komati says they expected Israel to be weak. Imagine Mahmoud’s surprise. BEIRUT, Lebanon - A senior Hezbollah official said Tuesday the guerrilla group did not expect Israel to react so strongly to its capture of two Israeli soldiers. Mahmoud Komati, deputy chief of Hezbollah’s political arm, also told The Associated ...

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Berkeley Grad Student's Love Poem to Hizballah

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 1:59:13 pm PDT

Cecilia Lucas is a graduate student at UC Berkeley, and I suppose that explains why her thinking is hopelessly twisted and her moral sense fatally skewed: A Love Poem for Hizbullah from a Non-Violence Lover. I Don’t Want to Love You, But I Do You were born out of death to a ...

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BBC Running Out of Anti-Israel Stories?

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 1:28:10 pm PDT

The BBC apparently thinks they aren’t running enough anti-Israel propaganda, and they’re now openly soliciting more sob stories from Palestinians (who, as we all know, are always right and never lie): Gaza offensive ‘disproportionate’. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) Do you live in Gaza? Have you been affected by violence in the region? ...

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CNN Reporter Admits Being Hizballah Tool

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 1:16:31 pm PDT

CNN’s senior international correspondent Nic Robertson admitted on Sunday that his anti-Israel report on civilian casualties in Lebanon was stage-managed from start to finish by Hizballah terrorists: CNN’s Robertson Now Admits: Hezbollah ‘Had Control’ of His Anti-Israel Piece. Back on July 18, Hezbollah took Robertson and his crew on a tour ...

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Religion of Misogyny

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 1:08:42 pm PDT

In the glorious Islamic caliphate, there will be no beauty pageants: Group files complaint against Miss Indonesia. (Hat tip: cbinflux.) JAKARTA (Reuters) - A militant Islamic group has filed a police report against Indonesia’s Miss Universe candidate accusing her of indecency, a lawyer for the organization said Tuesday. Nadine Chandrawinata’s participation in ...

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SE Asian Countries Call for Action Against Israel

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 8:42:40 am PDT

Islamic countries in Southeast Asia parrot their puppetmasters in the Arab world, and call on the United Nations to use a “peacekeeping force” to stop Israel: SE Asia condemns Israel for Mideast violence. KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi led Southeast Asian countries in a chorus of ...

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IDF Takes Hizballah Stronghold

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 8:29:39 am PDT

Dozens of Hizballah terrorists have been killed by the IDF in the southern Lebanon village of Bint Jbeil: Troops hurt in Maroun al-Ras clashes. Earlier Tuesday, Col. Amnon Eshel Assulin, Commander of the IDF Armored Brigade, told The Jerusalem Post that IDF troops operating in the village of Bint Jbeil, considered ...

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RoP Strikes in Thailand

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 8:16:41 am PDT

Teacher shot in southern Thailand. (Hat tip: Ethel.) A teacher has been shot and killed in front of a classroom of children in southern Thailand, according to police. Gunmen disguised themselves as students to shoot the Buddhist teacher at the primary school in Narathiwat district. The attack is the latest in a string ...

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Independent is Afraid

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 8:01:26 am PDT

The front page of Britain’s Independent newspaper is a craven appeal to appease radical Islam: UPDATE at 7/25/06 8:51:10 am: They seem to have forgotten at least one flag on the right side of their little propaganda exercise: Israeli ceasefire no solution to peace in Lebanon, MacKay says. (Hat tip: rob.) OTTAWA (CP) ...

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Aussie Islamic Leader: "If You Kill, Kill 1000"

Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 7:49:13 am PDT

Australian police have the leader of a Melbourne mosque on tape, urging his followers to kill 1000 people. (Hat tip: Philomathean.) SUBURBAN Islamic cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika wanted to kill 1000 Australians to “please Allah” and had the support of a blond recruit who had pledged violent jihad during a meeting ...

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Monday, July 24, 2006

Monday Night Horizon

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 8:50:16 pm PDT

And always on the horizon, the double-hulled supertankers.

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Echoes of Nazism in Tyre

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 7:36:03 pm PDT

Hundreds of Hizballah propaganda photographs are emanating from the city of Tyre, Lebanon: Yahoo! News Search Results for tyre. But here’s what was happening in Tyre last August, in a photo from TIME Magazine’s Inside Hizballah slideshow. (Hat tip: Robert.)

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UN Human Rights Chief Notices Hizballah War Crimes

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 6:42:58 pm PDT

This rates only a scaled-down flying pig, because we shouldn’t assume UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland’s seemingly-amazing epiphany will stand up to the inevitable counter-attack from the Wahhabi Lobby: U.N. exec blames Hezbollah for deaths. BEIRUT, Lebanon - The U.N. humanitarian chief accused Hezbollah on Monday of “cowardly blending” in among ...

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 12

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 6:24:05 pm PDT

At the Weekly Standard, Dean Barnett has a great piece on the antisemitism bubbling up from the Daily Kos “progressive” base: Kos, Hezbollah, and Israel. WHEN THE BOMBS began to fall in the Middle East, the Daily Kos had a problem. And the Daily Kos’s problem could soon be the Democratic ...

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The Danger from Hizballah Sympathizers

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 5:58:39 pm PDT

Israel diplomats warned over Hizbollah ‘sleepers’. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has put its diplomatic missions abroad on high alert for possible attacks by Hizbollah or local Muslims angered by Israel’s offensive against the Lebanese guerrilla group, security sources said on Monday. Several other countries including Brazil — home to the largest overseas ...

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Video of Pro-Israel Rally in Los Angeles

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 5:15:57 pm PDT

Andrew Marcus was at the pro-Israel rally in Los Angeles and shot this video of Governor Schwarzenegger’s excellent statement, interviews with attendees, and screaming counter-protesters openly supporting Hizballah and Hamas:

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MPAC Angry with Schwarzenegger for Supporting Israel

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 3:43:04 pm PDT

Islamist PR group the Muslim Public Affairs Council is seething and whining over California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s appearance at the pro-Israel rally yesterday in Los Angeles: Schwarzenegger addresses pro-Israel rally, draws Muslim ire. LOS ANGELES - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday defended Israel’s right to self-defense at a pro-Israel rally, ...

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Hizballah Supporters in London Cheer Galloway

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 2:35:46 pm PDT

Video clips posted at YouTube by Hizballah supporters show thousands of demonstrators in London, cheering as British MP George Galloway glorifies Hizballah and their leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. (Hat tip: The Nordish Portal.)

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 11

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 2:02:47 pm PDT

Where did anyone ever get the idea that the “progressive” left is a peace movement? Daily Kos: In defense of violence? (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) Palestine is under the brutal occupation by a racist regime which treats non-Jews as second class citizens. Every illegal invader is a legitimate target, whether roaming ...

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Hizballah Threatens Genocide

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 1:07:41 pm PDT

Speaking at a terrorist conference in Tehran, Hizballah representative Hossein Safiadeen stated their goal quite clearly and succinctly: Genocide. Hizbullah’s representative in Iran struck a defiant tone Monday, warning that his Islamic group plans to widen its attacks on Israel until “no place” is safe for Israelis. Hossein Safiadeen also reinforced ...

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LGF Gets a Prager-lanche

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 11:15:23 am PDT

If LGF seems sluggish it’s because of a sudden large influx of readers sent here by Dennis Prager, who said a lot of nice things about LGF today when I appeared on his show. I’ve turned on the “low bandwidth” version of LGF to take some of the load off ...

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Dutch Socialist Leader: Islamic Terror = Resistance Against Nazis

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 10:05:23 am PDT

Dutch Socialist Party leader Jan Marijnissen says there isn’t much difference between Islamic terrorism and the Dutch resistance to the Nazis in World War II: SP Leader Compares Islamic Terrorism to resistance against the Nazis. (Hat tip: Ethel.) THE HAGUE, 22/07/06 - Socialist Party (SP) leader Jan Marijnissen has suggested that ...

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Nobel Peace Laureate Wants to Kill

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 9:06:32 am PDT

Speaking to an audience of schoolchildren at the Earth Dialogues forum in Brisbane, Australia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams said she would “love to kill George Bush.” (Hat tip: aussiemagpie.) “I have a very hard time with this word ‘non-violence’, because I don’t believe that I am non-violent,” said Ms ...

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Unelected EU Bureaucrats to the Rescue

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 8:48:11 am PDT

Anti-Israel European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana wants to send a United Nations peacekeeping force into Lebanon: EU solution: Int’l peacekeeping force. A senior EU official said Monday sending an international peacekeeping force to Lebanon would be a difficult, but crucial part of an overall solution to end the country’s ...

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Arabs Supporting Israel?

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 8:16:28 am PDT

Our friends in Saudi Arabia are trying to hoodwink the West into believing they’ve moderated their stance on Israel. To see the truth all you have to do is visit ArabNews, where there are at least a dozen articles today viciously attacking Israel. Including this especially vile example, by a “former ...

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Al-Manar: Down in Hoboken, Up in Chicago

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 7:58:02 am PDT

The web site for Hizballah, Al-Manar, has been shut down in Hoboken, but promptly reopened on a server in Chicago. Internet Haganah has the details. UPDATE at 7/24/06 11:20:48 am: At the link above, Internet Haganah reports that the site is still hosted in New Jersey after all.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

Anti-Israel Riot in Stockholm

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 7:33:57 pm PDT

Riot after Stockholm Israel protest. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Some 2,000 people demonstrated in central Stockholm on Saturday against Israel’s offensive in Lebanon, with two people arrested after clashes with police, police said. The demonstration began calmly in the early afternoon at the Kungstradgarden park, with protestors waving Lebanese flags and carrying ...

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Cox and Forkum: Signs of the Times

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 7:19:59 pm PDT

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons, of course.

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This Post Is Not About the Left's Most Dishonest Blogger

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 6:59:49 pm PDT

It’s a puppet show! He Said/He Said.

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Air America Founder: Karl Rove is Behind the Left's Antisemitism

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 6:48:31 pm PDT

The founder of Air America says the antisemitic and/or anti-Israel posts erupting out of the progressive blogosphere must be a plot. Probably masterminded by Karl Rove. Because true “liberals” would never hold such opinions. Gotta be a plot. Sheldon Drobny: Liberal/Progressive Anti-Semitism. (Hat tip: The American Thinker.) “I came to the conclusion that the hostile ...

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We Got Mail!

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 6:18:17 pm PDT

Shortly before 1 pm this afternoon, a visitor from Britain using a DSL account at UKOnline discovered Little Green Footballs by following a link from our RSS feed to this post, featuring photos of unabashed Hizballah supporters demonstrating in London: lgf: London Muslims: ‘We Are All Hizballah’. What he saw moved ...

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 10

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 5:57:35 pm PDT

What’s left to say about the anti-Israel insanity bubbling up from the base of Daily Kos, blooming at times into outright eliminationist rhetoric? Daily Kos: Does Israel Have a “Right to Exist?”

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Jacoby: Are You a Chicken Hawk?

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 5:40:30 pm PDT

Jeff Jacoby on the progressive blogosphere’s favorite dishonest slur: Are you a ‘chicken hawk?’ “Chicken hawk“ isn’t an argument. It is a slur — a dishonest and incoherent slur. It is dishonest because those who invoke it don’t really mean what they imply — that only those with combat experience have ...

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Mayhem at the Defend Hizballah Rally, Boston

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 4:23:27 pm PDT

Thuggish behavior at the pro-Hizballah demonstration in Boston, ignored by mainstream media but documented with video and photos at Solomonia: Mayhem at the Defend Hizballah Rally! Solomonia operative Seva Brodsky deserves an anti-idiotarian medal of some kind for dealing with the intimidation and violence of these people by getting right back ...

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ADC Will Sue Government to Stop Support for Israel

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 3:49:04 pm PDT

A reader forwarded a press release from The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), who will try to force the United States to follow their twisted idea of what our foreign policy should be—by suing the government. ADC Press Release: ADC to Sue Departments of State and Defense for Failure to Protect US Citizens ...

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Stand with Israel Rally in London

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 3:31:58 pm PDT

Here’s an antidote for the venom shown in London yesterday by Hizballah supporters, as thousands turned out for the Stand with Israel rally, London, 23 July.

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Hizballah's Terror Weapons

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 1:19:15 pm PDT

LGF reader Amy emailed pictures of the objects Hizballah is placing in their Katyusha terror rockets, and the damage they cause. (The Israeli one shekel coin in the first picture is for scale.)

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Rocket Attacks Continue

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 1:06:30 pm PDT

Hizballah terror rockets packed with ball bearings and jagged pieces of metal to maximize civilian casualties continue to bombard Haifa. HAIFA, Israel - One Hezbollah rocket slammed into a major road in this Israeli port city, spraying a car with shrapnel and causing a fatal crash. Another blew open an apartment ...

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Muslims Boycott Glasgow Airport

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 12:49:26 pm PDT

On the radical Islamic continuum, there are the hardcore jihadis fighting in Lebanon and Iraq and cutting off heads around the world, there are the public relations front groups that spread propaganda and disinformation in Western countries, and handling the rear guard action, there are the non-stop whiners and seethers: ...

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God's Army Wants It All

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 12:23:31 pm PDT

Amir Taheri has an excellent piece at Times Online exploring the history and goals of the “Party of God”—Hizballah: God’s army has plans to run the whole Middle East. What are the links between Hezbollah and Iran? In 1982 Iran had almost no influence in Lebanon. The Lebanese Shi’ite bourgeoisie that ...

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Deep Thoughts from Reuters

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 11:23:44 am PDT

According to this analysis from al-Reuters, that stubborn, dumb, all-powerful cowboy George Bush is letting his irrational aversion to the friendly Ba’athist regime of Syria get in the way of solving the Hizballah war: Reluctant Bush may need Syria to end Lebanon war. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Analysis - President Bush may ...

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An American in Paris (Again)

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 10:18:21 am PDT

Congratulations to Floyd Landis, who came back from almost certain defeat to win the Tour de France this morning on the Champs-Elysées. Landis finishes in yellow.

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Jenin Massacre Syndrome

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 9:46:50 am PDT

Here’s a column at Ynet by Sever Plocker that gets it exactly right: Jenin massacre syndrome. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) After a lot of hesitancy and a short-lived attempt to take balanced positions, the worldwide left-wing has returned in full force to the “Jenin massacre syndrome.” To remind: Many of the worlds leading ...

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Lebanese Blog: Hizballah's Filthy Methods

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 9:15:48 am PDT

Here’s an amazing post at a blog that bills itself as “personal views and opinions of Lebanese Forces members:” Hizbullah’s Filthy Methods. (Hat tip: Israellycool.) For the past 11 days, we have seen Israel bomb all sorts of targets and i am sure most of us were wondering why would Israel ...

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Syria to the Rescue

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 9:01:38 am PDT

Is Syria getting worried about the damage being inflicted on their terrorist apparatus in Lebanon? Syria says will urge Mideast cease-fire. DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria, one of Hezbollah’s main backers, said Sunday it will press for a cease-fire to end the fighting between Israel and the Islamic militant group but only ...

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Steyn: Dead States Risen As Vampires

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 8:38:58 am PDT

Mark Steyn’s aim is always true: Failure to solve Palestinian question empowers Iran. (Hat tip: Newsbeat1.) Suppose this were true — that terrorists blew up Oz honeymooners and Scandinavian stoners in Balinese nightclubs because of “the Palestinian question.” Doesn’t this suggest that these people are, at a certain level, nuts? After ...

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UN Springs Into Action, Condemns Israel

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 8:31:47 am PDT

The UN now simply makes up imaginary laws that Israel has violated. What the hell is “international humanitarian law?” UN relief chief accuses Israel of violating humanitarian law. BEIRUT (AFP) - UN humanitarian coordinator Jan Egeland has condemned Israel for “a violation of humanitarian law” as he toured ruins in Beirut ...

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Saturday, July 22, 2006

Saturday Night Gradients

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 9:18:49 pm PDT

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Daily Kos: Truth = Lies

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 8:50:38 pm PDT

Our posts about the worldwide terrorist demonstrations are making the Israel-haters at Daily Kos nervous: Daily Kos :: Comments Worldwide Backlash in pictures. Head on over to.... (2 / 0-) Recommended by: anonymousredvest18, Kujo AAR visit the neocon fascists at Little green footballs to see thier disgusting lies about these protests by Puddinhead Wilson on Sat ...

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Dirty Bomb Material Intercepted

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 8:33:18 pm PDT

Outcry as border guards seize British ‘dirty bomb’ lorry heading for Iran. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Border guards seized a British lorry on its way to make a delivery to the Iranian military - after discovering it was packed with radioactive material that could be used to build a dirty bomb. The ...

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Hizballah Web Site Hosted in US

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 6:30:22 pm PDT

The web site for the Hizballah propaganda channel Al-Manar, after being shut down in India, is now being hosted in Hoboken, New Jersey: al-Manar’s website: down in India, up in the United States. Al-Manar TV is a designated terrorist entity in the United States, as is Hizballah. This site needs to ...

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Cycle of Violence: Hot Heat of Doom

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 6:23:22 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 48.93 miles, in the globally warm hot heat that threatens to destroy civilization as we know it. Temperature: 83.2 average, with a high of 84.9 degrees, and an average humidity of 54.4 percent. (See! There’s the proof! I hope Al Gore’s reading. We’re all doomed.) Wind was out ...

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AP Shills for Hizballah

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 5:32:07 pm PDT

Pure propaganda for Hizballah from the Associated Press, as Arab reporter Hamza Hendawi shows us how they’re planning to spin Hizballah’s ignoble defeat to make it seem like a glorious victory: For Hezbollah, survival may mean victory. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah acknowledges that Israeli troops can sweep ...

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Terror Supporters in New York City

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 5:24:31 pm PDT

A Reuters photographer was at the pro-Hizballah demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in New York City on July 18. We know this because Reuters published one photo of the posters and signs at the event—this one: And their ridiculously bland caption completely ignored all the hate symbols and Islamic supremacism in ...

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Terror Supporters in Moscow

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 4:20:06 pm PDT

Palestinian students hold a Hezbollah flag and anti-war posters, and shout anti-Israel slogans as they picket the Israeli Embassy in Moscow Thursday, July 20, 2006. Posters read : Israel = Nazism = Fascism. Arab world, we have common enemy. If you want peace, stop occupation of Palestine. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) ...

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Terror Supporters in Montreal

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 4:01:23 pm PDT

IDF Dave has pictures from the Hizballah supporters’ march in Montreal: Hezbollah Supporters in Montreal 07/22/06. The front line of the march. As is usual at these things, the strategy seems to be to put children at the front and have them holding signs with gory images. A man with a ...

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Thousands of Terror Supporters in Sydney

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 3:30:08 pm PDT

The spiritual leader of Australia’s Muslim community, Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali , in brown cape, joins members of Sydney’s Lebanese community in a march through Sydney’s central business district Saturday, July 22, 2006. More than 10,000 people, carrying coffins and chanting ‘No war,’ rallied to protest against Israel’s attacks on ...

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Terror Supporters in Los Angeles

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 3:07:27 pm PDT

LGF reader WrathofG-d emailed these pictures from the pro-Hizballah demonstration in Los Angeles last week:

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Terror Supporters in Chicago

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 2:56:40 pm PDT

Read Me has photos from the Hizballah supporters’ demonstration in Chicago.

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London Muslims: "We Are All Hizballah"

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 2:36:45 pm PDT

Unapologetic supporters of terrorism turned out in London today, and Moonbat Media has photos of the disgusting display: Anti-Israel Protest in London, 22 July 2006.

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Breaking: Galloway Praises Hizballah in London

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 8:48:39 am PDT

LGF reader nordish12 reports from a huge anti-Israel demonstration in London, featuring malevolent British MP George Galloway: Just returned from a mass protest in London against Israel. I will send pics soon. Galloway said, among other things: “What I’m about to say is illegal in this country ... Hezbollah has never been a ...

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Ahmadinejad Lobbying Islamic Countries

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 8:23:58 am PDT

Behind the scenes, Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is doing his best to incite Islamic countries against Israel: Iran urges Muslim countries to stop Mideast conflict. TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been lobbying Muslims to be more active in seeking an end to Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza and ...

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Tour De France Down to the Line

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 8:06:40 am PDT

Today’s individual time trial in the Tour de France is going to determine the winner, and as I write this Floyd Landis is turning in the ride of his life and is poised to take the yellow jersey... Updates here at the official TdF site: Tour de France 2006: Newsflashes. UPDATE at ...

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Voice of Sanity Shouted Down at Daily Kos

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 7:51:27 am PDT

A lonely voice cries out in the anti-Israel wilderness of Daily Kos: Daily Kos: Why are people on this board showing sympathy to hezbollah? (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.) And he gets absolutely hammered in the comments. A typical reply: Hezbollah is a response (2+ / 0-) To a needless war caused by a ...

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Insanity at Huffington Post

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 7:40:39 am PDT

If you think Daily Kos is bad (and it is), you won’t believe what’s going on at Huffington Post: US Speeds Up Bomb Delivery To Israel. (Hat tip: Right Brain.)

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 9

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 7:20:10 am PDT

The anti-Israel insanity is blossoming out of control at the left’s premier “progressive” web site: Daily Kos: When is the USA going to invade Israel? Pt. 2. This is a declaration to fight ethnic clensing and genocide whenever and where ever it happens. As painful as it is to point out, and ...

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Friday, July 21, 2006

Somalia Jihad Update

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 8:50:39 pm PDT

The tiny minority of extremists who’ve taken over Somalia are now calling for jihad against Ethiopia. MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Islamic militia leader whose forces control the capital called for a holy war Friday against Ethiopian troops protecting Somalia’s weak U.N.-backed government. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, speaking on Radio Shabelle, said Ethiopia’s ...

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Friday Night Playlist

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 7:53:54 pm PDT

The music for this evening: (Audio now removed.) 1) Michael Brecker: Never Alone from Wide Angles. 2) Tom Waits, in a song that appears in a KCRW compilation: The Fall of Troy, from KCRW - Rare On Air Volume 4. 3) Fountains of Wayne: Bright Future in Sales, from Welcome Interstate Managers. 4) James Taylor: ...

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Pope Agrees with G8 Statement

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 6:57:37 pm PDT

Pope Benedict says he backs the G8 resolution—which lays blame for the current Middle East crisis squarely on Hamas and Hizballah: Pope backs G8 Middle East declaration. Pope Benedict XVI tonight lent his support to the G8 summit declaration on the Middle East, which blamed the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah ...

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United Nations Presides Over Barbaric Photo Op

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 6:04:39 pm PDT

WARNING. GRAPHIC IMAGES. On the following page at Getty Images, you can see photographs of a nightmarish photo opportunity apparently held with the approval of United Nations peacekeepers (UN flags are everywhere in the pictures) on July 15, 2006 in Tyre, Lebanon, as men identified as “Lebanese civil defense workers” manhandle ...

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Islamic Society of Boston Suit Will Proceed

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 4:34:29 pm PDT

The Islamic Society of Boston will be allowed to continue with their lawsuit (aka legal harassment) against media and other organizations that criticized their huge mosque project and exposed their connections to Islamic extremists: Judge permits defamation suit: Hub Islamic Society can proceed vs. media. A Norfolk Superior Court judge ...

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Saudi Arabian Promises

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 4:04:47 pm PDT

We’ve been down this road before with the two-faced apartheid Saudi regime: Saudi Arabia promises to revise textbooks. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Washington (CNN) — Saudi Arabia has promised a comprehensive review of all of its educational textbooks and to remove all language promoting intolerance, the State Department’s ambassador for religious freedom ...

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Merkel Spurns Ahmadinejad Letter

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 3:59:01 pm PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s demented letter the reception it deserves: Merkel strongly rejects Iranian leader’s letter. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday forcefully rejected a letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seeking cooperation with Germany, saying it did not even deserve ...

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Terror Supporters in Switzerland

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 2:45:11 pm PDT

A woman holds a poster with a picture of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah as some 800 demonstrators protest against the war in Lebanon in front of the Federal Palace in Bern, Switzerland, Friday, July 21, 2006. The protestors demand a cease-fire in the escalating Israeli-Lebanon conflict. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro ...

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Israel Prepares to Go Back to Lebanon

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 1:46:00 pm PDT

IDF forces gathering in North for possible ground incursion. The IDF was gearing up for a large-scale ground incursion into Lebanon on Friday. Thousands of reservists were being mobilized to the North throughout Friday to beef up forces stationed in the area in preparation for a possible operation. In total, three to ...

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Terror Supporters in Copenhagen

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 12:49:05 pm PDT

Some one thousand protesters gather on City Hall Square in Copenhagen, Denmark to protest against Israel Friday July 21, 2006. On poster is Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

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Griffin: "Hizballah IS the Local Population"

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 12:04:09 pm PDT

Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin does a very good job of explaining the situation with South Lebanon’s civilian population: [Video]

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India Bans Blogs Critical of Islam

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 10:49:36 am PDT

In a very misguided move, the Indian government has begun blocking blogs that might offend radical Islamist factions. The Jawa Report is one of them: Still Banned in India, Why It Still Matters, & How You Can Still Help. I’ve been told that LGF is not on the list of blocked ...

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Friday Morning Linkfest

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 9:46:35 am PDT

Following Friday prayers in mosques around the Arab world: Arabs hit streets to protest Israeli offensive. The New York Times says we need another UN resolution: More Than a Cease-Fire Needed. The Times Online asks: What right have Muslims to claim moral superiority? More disgusting behavior from “progressives:” They Don’t Support the Troops, ...

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The Pro-Israel Roll Call

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 9:42:57 am PDT

Here are the politicians who voted against Thursday’s pro-Israel resolution; the full record is here: Final Vote Results for Roll Call 391. (Hat tip: Mark/tf.) Voted “NAY” - 8: Abercrombie Conyers Dingell Kilpatrick (MI) McDermott Paul Rahall Stark Answered “PRESENT” - 4: Kaptur Kucinich Lee Waters

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Armed Palestinian Women Call for War

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 9:36:27 am PDT

At the Jerusalem Post: Palestinians demand Arab involvement. Enraged by the failure of the Arab countries to help Hizbullah and Hamas in their confrontation with Israel, one of the major Palestinian militias announced on Tuesday that it had recruited dozens of women to join the fight against Israel. Dressed in military fatigue ...

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Post-Modern Antisemitism

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 9:32:28 am PDT

Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson excretes another vile drawing: Cartoons - 19.07.06: The Middle East crisis.

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Thousands of Terror Supporters March in Berlin

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 8:57:47 am PDT

A woman shouts anti-Israeli slogans while holding up a placard of Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a demonstration in Berlin, July 21, 2006. Some several thousands Lebanese and Palestinian protesters gathered to protest against the Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY)

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The Hizballah Media Campaign

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 8:43:55 am PDT

Terrorists give world media a guided tour, and the media respond by obediently airing the terrorist propaganda: Militants put on a guided tour of the battlefield that is Beirut. Hezbollah was anxious yesterday to give the international media a guided tour of its battered and deserted fiefdom. The group claims that ...

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Got 5 in Italy

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 8:34:09 am PDT

Italian authorities have made arrests in several cities of members of the Algerian Islamic terror gang known as the “Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat:” Terrorist cell arrests in Italy. ROME, Italy (CNN) — In a series of morning raids, Italian military police arrested five Algerians for their alleged affiliation with ...

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Omar Bakri Begs Britain for Help

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 8:16:01 am PDT

The sheer gall of this loathsome creature is beyond imagining, begging for help from the country he hates and wants to destroy: Barred Islamist preacher refused evacuation from Lebanon. LONDON (AFP) - An Islamist preacher barred from Britain for his radical views has said that he had tried to join the ...

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UN On Hizballah's Side

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 8:07:09 am PDT

A UN observation post was reportedly hit by Hizballah rockets today, but the United Nations is trying to claim that it was an Israeli artillery shell: Hezbollah Rockets Hit UN Observation Post. JERUSALEM — A U.N.-run observation post just inside Israel was struck during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants on ...

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Hizballah Using UN Positions for Cover

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 8:00:12 am PDT

Buried in this report at the LA Times is the news that Hizballah terrorists are using United Nations peacekeepers’ positions for cover: Bombs Rain on Bunker in Beirut. The UN spokesman mentions it, but doesn’t add a single word of disapproval. Intense bouts of rocket fire, crashing missiles and shelling rendered the ...

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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Fake But Accurate But Nonexistent

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 9:50:23 pm PDT

Here’s an astounding mainstream media deception uncovered by Eric at Classical Values, who noticed a host of quotes attributed to “George Harleigh,” an SIU political science professor who supposedly worked for the Nixon and Reagan administrations and is now very anti-Bush—a political science professor who appears to be completely nonexistent: ...

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 8

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 9:42:15 pm PDT

The eruption of antisemitism at the left’s premier “progressive” site shows no sign of abating: Daily Kos: When is the USA going to invade Israel? Last time I checked olive oil is still more expensive than light sweet crude? OK, so Israel has terrorized half a million people out of their homes ...

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Thursday Night Fence

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 8:24:37 pm PDT

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Canadian Muslim Groups Denounce Israel

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 7:10:13 pm PDT

What you won’t find in CAIR-Canada’s latest press release: any acknowledgement of the kidnappings, or of the thousands of rockets fired into Israeli cities: Muslim Groups: It’s all Israel’s fault, release terrorists. COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CANADA CAIR-CAN Press Release Muslims call on Prime Minister to demand immediate ceasefire in Mideast ...

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Zombie on Fox

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 7:02:03 pm PDT

I call upon the lizardoid hordes to honor LGF operative zombie, whose video footage of the Hizballah/Hamas supporters in San Francisco was righteously featured on Fox News’ Hannity and Colmes tonight. And since I can post the video again with two mouseclicks and two keystrokes (I counted): [Video]

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 7

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 6:49:43 pm PDT

Bubbling up from the Daily Kos base: Daily Kos: America: Israel’s Servant. Israel owns America lock, stock and barrel. They dictate what the United States will do and when it will do it. Our politicians are only too happy to do whatever is asked of them, no matter what the cost ...

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CNN Poll: Is Israel's War Against Hizballah Justified?

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 6:44:48 pm PDT

CNN is heavily promoting the anti-Israel view, and the CNN poll on this page asks the question: Do you think the Israeli military response inside Lebanon is justified? Current results: Yes: 44% - 430488 votes No: 56% - 537276 votes We’ve got our work cut out for us. (Hat tip: Omri Ceren.) ...

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The New York Times and the Jews

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 6:14:01 pm PDT

Here’s a long, highly detailed and annotated—and utterly devastating—piece by Ed Lasky at The American Thinker on The New York Times and the Jews.

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Pentagon OKs $6B in Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 5:26:57 pm PDT

The Pentagon—the same Pentagon that was attacked on 9/11 by five Saudi citizens—has just approved a huge sale of weaponry to the world’s locus of radical Islam and hatred of the West: Pentagon OKs $6 bln in arms sales to Saudi Arabia. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration ...

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Ahmadinejad Wants Germany's Help

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 5:04:50 pm PDT

A weird letter from Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to German Chancellor Angela Merkel asks her to help find a “solution” to Zionism: Iran leader asks Germany for help on Zionism. I think we know what sort of solution he has in mind. Interesting that he assumes he’ll find sympathetic ears in ...

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MCB's Inayat Bunglawala Defends Islamic Supremacism

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 4:22:43 pm PDT

At radical Islamic propaganda site IslamOnline, Muslim Council of Britain spokesman Inayat Bunglawala reacts to the banning of two British extremist groups—by defending their goal of imposing Islamic rule in Britain, and by sticking up for the virulent hate group Hizb-ut-Tahrir (which has not been banned): Banned Groups Unpopular, Move ...

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Omar Bakri Wants Out of Lebanon

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 4:08:53 pm PDT

Omar Bakri, the former leader of the now-disbanded Al Muhajiroun, currently living in Lebanon after being expelled from Britain, doesn’t seem to find the jihad to his liking now that Israel is fighting back, and he wants the Royal Navy to escort him to safety: Sun Says: Rat tries to ...

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The Terrorist and the UN Leader

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 3:48:48 pm PDT

The highlight of Annan’s visit to Beirut was his meeting on Tuesday with Nasrallah, June 20, 2000. (photo: Reuters)

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 6

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 2:21:07 pm PDT

Israel’s war against Hizballah has gotten the antisemites all worked up at the left’s premier “progressive” blog: Daily Kos: The United States of Israel. (Hat tip: Soxblog.)

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Israeli Arabs in Nazareth Blame Israel for Rocket Attack

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 2:17:15 pm PDT

A despicable reaction from the parents of Arab children murdered by Hizballah rockets in Nazareth: Nazareth residents blame Israel for attack. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) NAZARETH, Israel - About 60 men gathered under a black tent in this Arab Israeli city Thursday to drink bitter coffee, accept condolence visits and mourn ...

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Nasrallah Still Breathing

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 1:55:02 pm PDT

Unfortunately, Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah is still alive: Nasrallah says Hezbollah leadership intact. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that the group’s leadership remains intact, appearing an interview on Al-Jazeera a day after Israel said it bombed a bunker where he may have been hiding. Nasrallah said there ...

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Krauthammer: The Only Exit Strategy

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 9:03:43 am PDT

Charles Krauthammer has a good piece on the light at the end of the Lebanon tunnel: The Only Exit Strategy. WASHINGTON — There is crisis and there is opportunity. Amid the general wringing of hands over the seemingly endless and escalating Israel-Hezbollah fighting, everyone asks: Where will it end? The answer, blindingly ...

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Tour De France Pandemonium

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 9:00:35 am PDT

An absolutely amazing race today in the Tour de France saw Floyd Landis gain back more than 9 minutes of the 10 he lost yesterday, breaking away from the pack early on and finishing solo: Landis vaults back into Tour title hunt. MORZINE, France - American Floyd Landis dramatically vaulted back ...

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Lebanese Army Will Join Forces with Hizballah

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 8:53:53 am PDT

Lebanon is threatening to make a very big mistake: Lebanese Army may join forces with Hizbullah. The Lebanese Minister of Defense warned Israel Thursday that if IDF ground forces are sent into southern Lebanon, Lebanese troops will fight along with the Hizbullah against Israel.

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Kofi Annan Springs Into Action

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 8:47:37 am PDT

Annan: Mideast hostilities ‘must stop’ before Hizballah is seriously hurt.

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Toronto Star Islamist Attacks Harper

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 8:26:02 am PDT

The Toronto Star’s resident Islamist, Haroon Siddiqui, attacks Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for supporting Israel: PM’s pro-Israeli tilt could cost him at polls. Stephen Harper reminds me of the late King Fahd, of the American puppet state of Saudi Arabia, who was said to be more American than the American ...

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Jihad in Georgia

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 8:13:03 am PDT

Two students indicted for jihad. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ATLANTA (Reuters) - A federal grand jury indicted two U.S. citizens on Wednesday on charges of plotting “violent jihad” and undergoing paramilitary training in northwest Georgia to prepare themselves for terrorist acts. Syed Haris Ahmed, 21, born in Pakistan and a student at ...

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Zapatero Shows His Colors

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 8:12:02 am PDT

Spanish socialist überweenie Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero shows his class by wearing the symbol of a death cult society: Israel: Spain relations hurt by PM’s accusation IDF uses ‘abuses force’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Israel’s envoy to Spain said on Thursday the two countries’ relations had been damaged after the Spanish ...

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UN Hits Bottom, Digs

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 7:56:24 am PDT

No surprises here—just weary disgust—as the United Nations prepares to charge Israel with war crimes: Analysis: could Israel face war crimes charges? A UN warning that Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon may constitute war crimes has legal legs - but with the issue as much about politics as law prosecutions are unlikely ...

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Left's Most Dishonest Blogger Exposed

Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 7:54:43 am PDT

Those progressives do love their sock puppets, don’t they? Devoted Fans of Glenn Greenwald Emphasize the Same Points About His Resume — From the Same IP Address! Yes, I Will Post About Glenn Greenwald. UPDATE at 7/20/06 2:56:35 pm: Does Glenn Greenwald like my poetry?  Because if so, I’m flattered.  After all, he’s a ...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Canadian PM Stands Up

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 7:54:19 pm PDT

Huge LGF kudos to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, for his unequivocal statements supporting Israel: Neutral stance rejected. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) PARIS - Making his strongest statement yet on the Middle East crisis, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday that more innocent people will die unless Israel and its terrorist ...

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Insane MSM Story of the Hour

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 7:06:26 pm PDT

Possibly the most insane, over the top MSM wire story I’ve read this year. I’ve saved a local copy because I can’t believe this one won’t get pulled by a rational editor, somewhere along the Associated Press chain of responsibility. I think my headache just got worse. Israeli censor wielding great power. ...

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Hizballah Activity in North America

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 6:55:33 pm PDT

Here’s a fascinating list of all the major Hizballah-related criminal cases currently under investigation and/or indictment in the United States, compiled by Brian Hecht at the Counterterrorism Blog: Hizballah Activity in North America.

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The MSM's Fifth Column Go-To Guy

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 6:43:16 pm PDT

Revisiting this article noted yesterday, on the FBI’s investigation of Hizballah links in America, I was struck by this comment from Salam al-Marayati, head of the Los Angeles-based Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC): FBI eyes Hizbollah in US as tensions with Iran rise. Muslim American groups say that while they support ...

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Demonstrations for Israel

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 5:06:21 pm PDT

StandWithUs.com has an excellent list of Demonstrations Scheduled Around the United States & the UK for ISRAEL.

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Breaking: IAF Targets Hizballah Bunker

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 2:49:08 pm PDT

Breaking news at CNN: Warplanes target what the Israeli military says is a bunker for senior Hezbollah leaders in Beirut, CNN confirms. UPDATE at 7/19/06 3:02:12 pm: Israel targets Beirut bunker. Israeli warplanes dropped bombs late Wednesday on a bunker in south Beirut where senior Hizbullah leaders were thought to be, the military ...

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Terror Supporters Turn Out in US

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:44:46 pm PDT

Ignoring the star of David with a swastika inside, and the sign that says “Islam Will Dominate,” with a picture of the White House flying the black flag of Islam, al-Reuters blandly captions this photograph: Supporters of Lebanon protest outside the Israeli consulate in New York, July 18, 2006. REUTERS/Chip East ...

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No Moral Equivalence Whatsoever

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 11:44:14 am PDT

You know the picture of Israeli girls writing messages on shells, addressed to Hizballah leader Sheikh Nasrallah? The one that’s currently being emailed to me several times a day by progressive types, usually accompanied with obscenity-laced messages such as, “Why don’t you post this Israeli child abuse on your famous ...

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Tour De France Gone Wild

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 11:16:03 am PDT

This year’s Tour de France is one of the oddest bike races I’ve ever seen, with no clear leaders and stunning changes in the General Classification almost on a daily basis. In today’s race, the toughest climbing day of the entire tour starting with the beyond-category 26.7 mile Col du ...

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Video of IAF Airstrikes on Hizballah Targets

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 9:48:10 am PDT

Here’s an amazing compilation of combat footage, showing Israel Air Force attacks on Hizballah targets including the headquarters of the Al Manar TV channel. (Hat tip: Vital Perspective.)

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The UN's Chummy Relations with Hizballah

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 9:40:27 am PDT

Israel has a wholly justified suspicion of the United Nations and their bogus “peacekeeping” effort in Lebanon; this article from al-Reuters opens with an anecdote that symbolizes UNIFIL’s chummy relations with Hizballah: Israeli suspicion of UN clouds Lebanon force plan. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli commander at the Lebanese border ...

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Solana: No Idea if Hizballah is Terrorist

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 8:29:51 am PDT

Yasser Arafat’s old pal Javier Solana, now the European Union’s Foreign Policy chief, says the UN is unable to determine whether Hizballah is a terrorist organization: Solana: No sufficient data to include Hizbullah in terror organizations’ list. The United Nations [Actually, it’s the European Union, not the United Nations. —ed.] High ...

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Leftist Idiocy of the Week

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 8:10:32 am PDT

The stupidest manufactured controversy of the week, currently making the rounds of the angry left blogosphere: Bush Gropes Germany’s Merkel.

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UK Coddles Muslim Criminals

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 8:06:04 am PDT

Another tale of multicultural madness from the country with a huge problem: ‘Help out Muslim inmates’. (Hat tip: Fjordman.) PRISON kitchens are being ordered to go to extraordinary lengths to prepare food properly for Muslim inmates. Not enough is done to meet the needs of the 7,000 Muslim prisoners, claims a report ...

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Weapons and Jihad Manuals Found in Canadian's Home

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 7:58:15 am PDT

Guns, jihad books found in Ottawa home of accused terrorist. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) Police discovered guns, ammunition, electrical components and books on terrorism and jihad during a raid on the Ottawa home of accused terrorist Momin Khawaja, a British court was told Tuesday. The prosecution evidence emerged at the London trial of ...

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Patterico on the Left's Most Dishonest Blogger

Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 7:54:48 am PDT

I won’t read or link to that slimy, dishonest creep Glenn Greenwald any more, but Patterico’s answer to another Greenwald blog post full of lies and smears is really quite beautiful, as he exposes the behind-the-scenes machinations of the hypocritical angry left: In Which I Condemn Glenn Greenwald for Failing ...

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

No Direction Home

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 10:07:31 pm PDT

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Hizballah Supporters in San Francisco

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 9:57:19 pm PDT

From LGF operative zombie, a video clip of Arab Hizballah supporters and Western useful idiots demonstrating outside the Israeli consulate in San Francisco: [Video] Black, red, brown, white! Black, red, brown, white! We support Hezbollah’s fight! We support Hezbollah’s fight! We support Hezbollah’s fight! We support Hezbollah’s fight! Black, red, green, blue! Black, red, green, blue! Black, red, green, blue! Black, ...

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Propaganda Among the Bombing

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 8:57:52 pm PDT

Israeli troops enter southern Lebanon, and Hizballah is making special efforts to let international media cover the damage. Members of Hezbollah told CNN that Israel’s aerial assault has not damaged their ability to fight, and vowed to struggle to the death. Hezbollah officials gave CNN exclusive access to the southern suburbs of ...

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Tour De France Gets Interesting

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 7:34:47 pm PDT

Here’s OLN’s Daily Video page for the Tour de France. I start to get interested when the race gets into the French Alps, and today they went up the fabled, insanely long and difficult Alpe d’Huez. Floyd Landis (the guy leading the pack above) was amazing, looking totally comfortable the whole ...

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French MP Calls for Military Action Against Israel

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 6:43:30 pm PDT

A member of French Parliament has called for military action against Israel; the Dissident Frogman translates the call to arms posted on the web site of MP Jacques Myard: France must act: war on Israel! War in Lebanon – Has Israel lost her mind ? July 18th, 2006 Multiple direct testimonials from Lebanon ...

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Open Thread for Pro-Israel Demonstrations

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 5:59:47 pm PDT

Here’s an open thread in which you can post announcements of upcoming pro-Israel demonstrations... I’ll kick it off with the Solidarity With Israel Rally, Wed., July 19 in Washington, DC.

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RoP Strikes Multiple Times in Afghanistan

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 5:57:04 pm PDT

Market Bombing Kills 2 Afghan Civilians. AP) A suicide attack on a U.S. military convoy in eastern Afghanistan killed a boy playing nearby, while a market bombing in a southern border town left two people dead in the latest violence to sweep the country. Afghan officials also reported heavy fighting Tuesday after ...

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Israel Preparing Ground Invasion

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 5:10:09 pm PDT

Israel may send ground troops into Lebanon. AP follows their standard template with this report; a quick statement of the facts followed by whatever cause or viewpoint they’re advocating. JERUSALEM - Israel declared Tuesday it was ready to fight Hezbollah guerrillas for several more weeks and possibly send ground forces into Lebanon, ...

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RoP Strikes Twice in Philippines

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 4:55:45 pm PDT

3 killed in Zambo port shootout. ZAMBOANGA CITY — Two maritime policemen and a suspected Abu Sayyaf militant were killed Friday in a firefight inside the busy port of Zambonga City in the southern Philippines, officials said. Officials said a port security guard was also wounded in the gun battle that erupted ...

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RoP Strikes in Jammu and Kashmir

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 4:51:57 pm PDT

J&K violence continues, 4 killed in Poonch. SRINAGAR: Militants killed five people, including four Hindus, in two separate incidents early on Thursday in continuing violence in Jammu and Kashmir. Four Hindus, were killed in Magnar village in the border district of Poonch, about 240 km north of Jammu, around 1.30 am, ...

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RoP Strikes in Thailand

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 4:45:27 pm PDT

Six killed in restive border provinces. (Hat tip: Robert.) Six people, among them a retired policeman, were killed during the last three days in violent attacks in the restive South near Malaysia, police said. A former assistant village chief was gunned down and killed yesterday afternoon in Pattani, one of three mainly ...

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Schlussel: Most Americans in Lebanon Are Hezbollah Supporters

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 3:50:09 pm PDT

As the US rushes to evacuate American citizens from Lebanon, Debbie Schlussel says that many, if not most Americans in Lebanon Are Hezbollah Supporters. One thing is lost in all the press coverage of the whining Americans who went to Lebanon of their own accord and now want us to pick ...

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Tel Aviv Attack Imminent?

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 3:37:38 pm PDT

A Palestinian news agency claims that Hizballah is about to attack Tel Aviv with 500 missiles, and that Hassan Nasrallah plans to address the residents of Tel Aviv and give them one hour to evacuate. Arab press sources close to the Hizbullah say that residents of Tel Aviv will be given ...

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Far-Left NGO Springs into Action

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 3:37:03 pm PDT

Right on cue, popping out like a progressive jack-in-the-box, here comes Amnesty International accusing Israel of “war crimes:” Amnesty urges UN to protect Mideast civilians. Human rights organization Amnesty International called on the UN Security Council to meet urgently and adopt measures to protect civilians caught up in the deepening Middle ...

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FBI Worried About US Hizballah Cells

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 3:23:26 pm PDT

As the Middle East crisis worsens, the FBI is concerned about Hizballah agents in the United States—and they should be. In the past five years, LGF has documented a huge amount of open support for Hizballah in the US: FBI eyes Hizbollah in US as tensions with Iran rise. NEW YORK ...

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More Distortions from the Washington Post

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 1:49:49 pm PDT

The Washington Post’s Scott Wilson perpetrates an outrageous falsehood in a piece about Israeli Arabs: In Nazareth, Arab Israelis Now at Risk. (Hat tip: Ryan.) The roughly 1.2 million Arab citizens of Israel — one-fifth of the population — do not serve in the army, now engaged on the northern and ...

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Ahmadinejad Promises "Rejoicing"

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 1:29:43 pm PDT

This doesn’t sound good at all: Ahmadinejad promises Muslims will ‘rejoice’ soon. (Hat tip: Ayatollah Ghilmeini.) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday promised a “rejoicing” for Muslims in the Middle East “soon,” the Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Speaking to university officials in the town of Mashhad, Ahmadinejad said the “volcano of ...

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Hizballah Human Shield Watch

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 1:09:14 pm PDT

When your human shields won’t provide cover voluntarily, what else can you do except prevent them from escaping? IDF: Hizbullah preventing civilians from leaving villages in southern Lebanon. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The IDF has found that Hizbullah is preventing civilians from leaving villages in southern Lebanon. Roadblocks have been set ...

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Blair Attacked By British Media

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 9:03:35 am PDT

British media are in the midst of a serious anti-American, anti-Tony Blair feeding frenzy, working overtime to damage Blair’s image following the release of that “private” conversation yesterday: Yo Bush! Blair mocked as US poodle.

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In the Cockpit

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 8:43:50 am PDT

At the Jerusalem Post, here’s a great first-hand report from an IAF pilot flying missions over Lebanon: In the cockpit. (Hat tip: Rhonda.) 1430 The siren blows. We run to the planes, start the engines, power up the systems. Ground crew running around the plane, the tower gives us permission to take ...

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Berkeley Professor: Lebanon Crisis an International Conspiracy

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 8:36:36 am PDT

As’ad AbuKhalil, professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus, and visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and a totally committed hater of Israel, tells Al Jazeera that the current Middle East crisis is an international conspiracy—a secret conspiracy to enforce a UN Security Council Resolution. ...

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Iranian Hizballah Threatens Attacks

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 8:06:42 am PDT

The Iranian branch of Hizballah, which al-Reuters quaintly insists may not be linked to the Lebanese Hizballah, is threatening to attack the United States and Israel. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s Hizbollah, which claims links to the Lebanese group of the same name, said on Tuesday it stood ready to attack Israeli ...

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British Islamist Hatred

Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 8:02:46 am PDT

On a British Islamic web site, more examples of virulent Islamic supremacist hate speech: British Terrorists Call for Destruction of Israel and Jews Worldwide. (Hat tip: The Nordish Portal.) As the conflict in the Middle East boils over, British-based terrorists are calling for the complete destruction of Israel and Jews worldwide ...

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Monday, July 17, 2006

WaPo: Israel is a Historical Mistake

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 9:51:29 pm PDT

At the Washington Post, Richard Cohen agrees with Hamas and Hizballah that “Israel is a mistake.” And he’s open to the argument that Israel is a “crime.” The greatest mistake Israel could make at the moment is to forget that Israel itself is a mistake. It is an honest mistake, a well-intentioned ...

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Monday Night Bay

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 8:54:35 pm PDT

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American Muslim Groups Seethe, Whine

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 8:36:52 pm PDT

Islamic front groups in the US are seething over the United States’ support for Israel: American Muslims angry at US stance on Mideast conflict. WASHINGTON (AFP) - American Muslims chafe at the US government’s hands-off approach to Israeli reprisals and worry about countless relatives and friends trapped by violence in Lebanon. US ...

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Oil Ticks Live Well

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 7:49:34 pm PDT

Former Saudi ambassador to the US Prince Bandar is asking a cool $135 million for his Aspen home: Saudi asks $135M for Aspen home. He’s too busy to enjoy it, you see. ASPEN, Colo. - The getaway of Saudi Prince Bandar is up for sale for an asking price of $135 ...

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The New Pro-Hizballah Meme

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 6:54:53 pm PDT

Brought to you by The Guardian as always, Ahmad Khalidi, a senior associate member of St Antony’s College, Oxford, shills for Hizballah: If Israel has the right to use force in self defence, so do its neighbours. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Much has been made in recent days - at the ...

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LGF Infrastructure Update

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 6:05:41 pm PDT

You may have noticed the sudden appearance of links beneath each post, labeled “digg this” and “del.icio.us”. These are quick links to let users of “social bookmarking” sites Digg.com or del.icio.us submit an LGF post for publication. Both of these sites tilt pretty heavily toward the moonbat side of the ...

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UK Bans Islamic Supremacist Groups

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 5:00:15 pm PDT

The UK has banned two of the most virulently anti-Western Islamist groups in Britain: Britain invokes law in banning 2 groups. (Hat tip: The Jawa Report.) LONDON - Britain on Monday banned two Islamist groups operating in the country, invoking for the first time a new law against glorifying terrorism. Home Secretary ...

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Bush Stuns Media with S Word

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 3:19:43 pm PDT

Here’s the “accidental” (nudge nudge) recording of President Bush speaking to Prime Minister Blair at the G8 luncheon. Apparently there was also a camera accidentally (wink wink) trained on them. I’m posting it here for the sake of history and posterity, and because sometimes we need to be reminded that ...

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Arab World Fed Up with Hizballah?

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 2:26:45 pm PDT

At the Jerusalem Post, Khaled Abu Toameh says support for Hizballah in the Arab world is evaporating—except among Palestinians: Arab world fed up with Hizbullah. With the exception of the Palestinians, the Arab world appears to be united in blaming Iran and Syria for the fighting in Lebanon. Until last week, ...

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Mullahs Show Their Teeth

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 2:21:31 pm PDT

Iran’s Ali Khamenei swears that Hizballah will not be disarmed, in a speech on Iran’s Channel 1 TV, July 16, 2006. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]

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Stand With Israel Rally in New York City

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 1:32:21 pm PDT

Atlas Shrugs has great coverage and lots of photographs of the Stand With Israel Rally in New York City.

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"Death to Israel" Chanted in Berlin

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 1:00:46 pm PDT

Marchers chant ‘death to Israel’ at Berlin landmark. (Hat tip: Baldy.) BERLIN, July 17 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Lebanese and Palestinians staged an anti-Israeli protest at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Monday, police said. A Reuters witness said demonstrators were chanting “death to Israel” and “death to Zionists”, while some carried placards ...

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Islamic Anti-Israel Venom at ANSWER Rally

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 12:19:19 pm PDT

Age of Hooper was at the International ANSWER anti-Israel rally in Washington DC last Friday, and captured this video of El-Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan, Director of Operations for the “Peace and Justice Foundation,” spewing an amazing amount of hatred and calling it “spirituality,” as he denies the genocide taking place in ...

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Penetrating Analysis From Daily Kos

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 11:22:08 am PDT

Progressive point man Markos Moulitsas “Screw Them” Zuniga finally weighs in on the war against Hizballah. He agrees with Kevin Drum that the best approach is just to ignore the whole thing: Daily Kos: Why I won’t write about Israel/Lebanon/Palestine fighting. Me? I grew up in a war zone. And there ...

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Dan Gillerman on O'Reilly

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 10:59:32 am PDT

It’s incredibly refreshing to hear a diplomat avoiding diplospeak and telling it straight: Hot Air Video: Gillermania!

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Lileks: The Real Reason

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 10:07:31 am PDT

James Lileks takes off on another Huffington Post anti-Israel contributor, who speculated that Israel might have deliberately let their soldiers be kidnapped. He did it again! His latest is called “The REAL reason Israel is going Full-Frontal on Hezbollah – NOW.” Can’t be the kidnapping or the missile attacks, after ...

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Death Cult Party in Nablus

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 9:48:51 am PDT

When an IDF soldier was killed by a terrorists’ bomb in Nablus today, dozens of residents—including children—swarmed around the body, cheering and carrying away body parts: IDF soldier killed in Nablus. Immediately after the explosion, dozens of residents gathered around the soldier’s body and burst into shouts of happiness in front ...

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Iran's Proxy Terrorists Badly Hurt

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 9:37:51 am PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister calls for ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Iran’s Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Muttaki, called for a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, prior to a prisoner exchange.  Muttaki said that, first, Israel’s attack must cease. Obviously, this isn’t a real call for a ceasefire; the conditions are absurd. It does indicate that ...

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JihadTV Crew Arrested for the Third Time

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 9:08:32 am PDT

Israel has arrested Al Jazeera reporters on suspicion of assisting Hizballah for the third time: Police detain Al Jazeera crew members for third time. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) Police detained Al Jazeera crew members three times in twenty-four hours, the last being on Monday. The official cause for the brief arrests was ...

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CAIR Wants Christian Evangelist Banned from Canada

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 8:46:38 am PDT

The Council on American-Islamic Relations of Canada (CAIR-CAN), still seething over the Canadian government’s refusal to allow jihad preacher Riyad ul-Haq into the country, now demands that Canada also ban evangelist Franklin Graham: Muslim Group Wants Christian Leader Barred from Canada. (Hat tip: Aboo-Hoo-Hoo.) (CNSNews.com) - An Islamic advocacy group wants ...

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Bush Utters Expletive, Media Shocked!

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 8:29:15 am PDT

This sort of thing is becoming a new mainstream media technique—planting microphones where they will catch “private” conversations: Bush utters expletive on Hezbollah attacks. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - It wasn’t meant to be overheard. Private luncheon conversations among world leaders, picked up by a microphone, provided a rare window into both ...

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Canadian Muslims Urged Not to Apologize or Cooperate

Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 8:07:51 am PDT

Canadian Muslims are being urged not to cooperate with authorities, by radical Islamist front group CAIR-Canada and the Young Muslims of Canada: Know your rights, Muslims urged. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) Not enough young Muslims know the law and risk having their rights trampled by law enforcement agencies in Canada, Muslim activists ...

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Sunday, July 16, 2006

Disproportionate Response

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 7:50:04 pm PDT

From the always on-target Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.

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British Muslims Discuss Decapitation

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 7:14:23 pm PDT

The British web site IslamChannel describes itself this way: First to the Islamic media market Islam Channel is the first and currently only English Islamic channel broadcasting globally Islam Channel is breaking the mould by addressing Muslims of all ethnic backgrounds – providing access to a much larger market than the ethnic channels The ...

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Turkish Honor Suicides

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 6:21:53 pm PDT

This isn’t simply a cultural difference. It’s not something we should try to understand. It’s sheer evil: How to Avoid Honor Killing in Turkey? Honor Suicide. (LGF readers.) BATMAN, Turkey — For Derya, a waiflike girl of 17, the order to kill herself came from an uncle and was delivered in ...

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IAF Bombs Hamas Foreign Ministry

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 6:18:06 pm PDT

Another IAF attack on the empty offices of the Hamas “foreign minister,” Mahmoud Zahar, who hasn’t shown his ugly face for quite a while: Israel bombs Palestinian Foreign Ministry. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli warplanes bombed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City early Monday, the second attack on ...

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Prepping the Battlespace?

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 6:14:32 pm PDT

An interesting analysis and prediction at OPFOR: Prepping the Battlespace. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) What we are witnessing in southern Lebanon is concurrent with actions designed to prep a battlefield for the insertion of ground forces. So far, Israel has relied on its dominance in sea and air forces to isolate ...

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Kidnapped Soldier Still Alive

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 5:50:36 pm PDT

More rockets from Gaza today, and the IDF has re-entered the Gaza Strip: Palestinians: Two hit by IAF missiles. Six Kassam rockets landed in and around Sderot on Sunday night. One of the rockets landed in a residential neighborhood, causing structural damage. No casualties were reported. Three Palestinians were killed and at ...

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Liveblogging the Hizballah War

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 5:21:59 pm PDT

Here’s a great list of sites that are “liveblogging” the Israel-Hizballah war, at JBlogosphere: Live-Blogging the War & What We Can Do.

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International Federation of Journalists Supports Hizballah

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 3:56:35 pm PDT

The International Federation of Journalists has issued an amazing and appalling statement condemning Israel for attacking the headquarters of the Hizballah propaganda channel Al Manar, and Israel is threatening to withdraw from the organization unless they retract it. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Israel will leave the World Press Federation if the ...

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JihadTV Seethes, Whines

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 3:40:44 pm PDT

The definition of chutzpah: Al Jazeera in Israel accuses Israel Radio of incitement. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Al Jazeera said Israel Radio’s Reshet Bet is inciting against the Qatar-based television network, after a team of its staff members was arrested Sunday morning in Acre. Reshet Bet reported Sunday morning that the Al ...

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Dean: Israel Wouldn't Be Doing This if Dems Were in Office

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 3:36:30 pm PDT

Speaking at “Democracyfest,” a conference for “progressive activists” at San Diego State University, Howard Dean said that if only Chimpy McReichstag hadn’t managed to steal the election, there would be no strife in the Middle East—because the Kerry administration would have had the world-renowned moral authority of Bill Clinton: Dean ...

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 5

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 2:21:28 pm PDT

Israel’s battle against Hizballah and Hamas continues to bring out the antisemites at Daily Kos: Daily Kos: The case against Zionism, a historical perspective part 1. The writer of this diary congratulates him/her/itself for criticizing Israel without being antisemitic—yet the entire purpose of this semi-literate diatribe is to question Israel’s right ...

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Aussie Mufti's Islamic Hate Speech Caught on Tape

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 2:12:00 pm PDT

The mufti of Australia, Sheikh Taj Din al-Hilali, a senior member of the Prime Minister’s advisory board on Islam, has been caught spewing Islamic supremacist hatred and Holocaust denial: Holocaust claims a Zionist lie: mufti. THE nation’s Islamic leader, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, has dismissed the Holocaust as a “Zionist lie” ...

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NYT Shows Real Agenda

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 9:11:09 am PDT

In an ironically titled editorial, The New York Times makes their agenda very clear: The Real Agenda. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) It is only now, nearly five years after Sept. 11, that the full picture of the Bush administration’s response to the terror attacks is becoming clear. Much of it, we ...

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CNN is Creeping Me Out

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 9:06:55 am PDT

Is it just me, or is CNN’s coverage of the Middle East crisis giving anyone else a severe case of the creeps? I just watched an Arab reporter almost giddy with admiration for Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah’s latest menacing TV appearance.

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Stephanopoulos Repeats "No Military Service" Lie

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 8:40:07 am PDT

Speaking on This Week, George Stephanopoulos and Cokie Roberts just parroted Larry Johnson’s utterly false claim that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had “no military service.” No one challenged them.

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JihadTV Crew Arrested

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 8:28:44 am PDT

A crew from Al Jazeera was arrested after broadcasting a live video of Haifa’s oil refineries: Al-Jazeera: police arrest film crew in Haifa. (Hat tip: Natan.) The al-Jazeera Arab television station reported that one of its crews, including journalist-reporter Elias Karam, was arrested by police in Haifa, following a barrage of ...

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Hizballah Rockets Kill 9 in Haifa

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 8:19:57 am PDT

Hezbollah Rockets Kill 9 in Israeli City. Waves of warplanes thundering through the darkness bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs for hours early Sunday, and Hezbollah rocket attacks killed at least nine people in Israel’s third largest city. A barrage of rockets pounded the northern Israeli city of Haifa in the worst strike on ...

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WaPo Zionist Conspiracy Watch

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 8:16:59 am PDT

A week after giving op-ed space to a Hamas thug’s propaganda, the Washington Post rehashes the Zionist Conspiracy trope: A Beautiful Friendship? (Hat tip: morgan.) Thanks to the work of the lobby and its allies, Israel gets more direct foreign aid — about $3 billion a year — than any other ...

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 4

Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 8:11:02 am PDT

Another disgusting anti-Israel post in another Daily Kos diary, as the antisemites crawl out of the woodwork at the web’s premier “progressive” site: Daily Kos: Israel’s terrorist attacks and the price you pay. As we watch this war unfold in front of our eyes thousands of miles away, the only price ...

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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Nasrallah Injured?

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 9:38:53 pm PDT

Haaretz Flash News is reporting that Hizballah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is hurt... Developing... 07:12 - Arab news agencies report Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is hurt (Army Radio)

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Cycle of Violence: The Legs Speak

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 9:21:37 pm PDT

Today’s ride: 48.47 miles, into the uncharted depths of Palos Verdes for some medium to high intensity training that involved about 500 feet of climbing with a maximum grade of 11.8%, an average speed of 15.8 mph, and a maximum speed of 36.6 mph. Not a Lance Armstrong ride, I ...

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Ahmadinejad Works the Crowd

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 8:58:01 pm PDT

Iran’s president is mining a vein of very deep, anti-rational obsession with this statement: Ahmadinejad compares Israel to Hitler. TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad compared Israel’s military strikes on Gaza and Lebanon to tactics used by Adolf Hitler against Jews during World War II. “Their methods resemble Hitler’s. When Hitler ...

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The Media Are the Enemy

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 7:27:11 pm PDT

New York Times photographer Joao Silva was right there in the room as a member of Muqtada al-Sadr’s “Mahdi Army” tried to kill American troops: The New York Times - New York Region - Slide Show - Slide Show: Memorable Photographs. Assistant Managing Editor for Photography Michele McNally comments on this ...

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The Pentagon Attack Simulation

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 6:47:26 pm PDT

Maybe this video, one of the most amazing computer simulations I’ve ever seen, will finally convince the Truthers (aka, 9/11 conspiracy rubes) that American Airlines Flight 77 really did deliberately plunge into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, carrying 53 passengers and six crew members, piloted by five Islamic terrorists ...

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It's Just Pining for the Fjords

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 4:24:35 pm PDT

The double-dealing despots and bag men of the Arab League solemnly intone: “The Middle East process is dead.” CAIRO (AFP) - The Arab League declared the Middle East peace process to be “dead” as foreign ministers met in an emergency session in Cairo and unanimously condemned the Israeli offensive in Lebanon. “The ...

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Will Lebanon Move Against Hizballah?

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 3:51:35 pm PDT

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora appears to be considering a bold move against Hizballah in southern Lebanon: ‘Israel has a window of opportunity to hit Hizbullah’. Israel believes it has a 48-72-hour “window of opportunity” to pound Hizbullah and damage its operational capabilities before the world steps in and stops the ...

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MSM's Expert Lies About Ehud Olmert

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 3:30:48 pm PDT

At his blog, Larry Johnson, the mainstream media’s go-to guy for all things CIA- and Valerie Plame-related, posts a blatant lie about Ehud Olmert’s military service as part of a smear against President Bush: Israel Taks [sic] A Stupid Pill. (Hat tip: Logic & Sanity.) Apparently not content to let the ...

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Palestinians Support Kidnapping, Murder, and Hizballah

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 2:47:05 pm PDT

As always, the Palestinians line up to support terrorism and violence: Palestinians seeking to assist Lebanon. Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have expressed their desire to travel to Lebanon to join Hizbullah in the current confrontation with Israel, Palestinian Authority security officials here said over the weekend. “Many young ...

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 9:02:58 am PDT

Israel: Iran aided Hezbollah ship attack. JERUSALEM - A missile fired by Hezbollah, not an unmanned drone laden with explosives, damaged an Israeli warship off Lebanon, the army said Saturday. Elite Iranian troops helped fire the missile, a senior Israeli intelligence official said. One sailor was killed and three were missing. The intelligence ...

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Disgusting AFP Headline of the Day

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 8:56:31 am PDT

Agence France Presse’s Arab reporter Nayla Razzouk uses Nazi terminology to describe Israeli airstrikes: Israel blitzes Lebanon after Hezbollah declares open war. This is a growing trend at AFP.

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Lebanese Unhappy with Hizballah

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 8:46:45 am PDT

Here’s a report on growing Lebanese criticism of Hizballah and their terrorist adventures: Lebanese hate Israel, upset at Nasrallah. The question is, are they angry enough at Hizballah to overcome their hatred for Israel? The Arab world’s criticism of Hizbullah’s leader started with Saudi Arabia, while Egypt and Jordan only provided hints. ...

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Patriot Missiles Deployed in Haifa

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 8:30:49 am PDT

Patriot missile batteries stationed in Haifa. (Hat tip: Manker.) For the first time since the Gulf War the IDF has stationed two Patriot Missile batteries in Haifa. The Patriots missile is designed to intercept incoming ballistic missile. (Hanan Greenberg)

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Warship Struck by Iranian Missile

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 8:23:59 am PDT

The Israeli warship damaged yesterday in a Hizballah attack was not hit by a UAV, as first reported; it was an Iranian-made missile: Missile, Not Drone, Hit Israeli Warship. JERUSALEM Jul 15, 2006 (AP)— A missile fired by Hezbollah, not an unmanned drone laden with explosives, damaged an Israeli warship off Lebanon, the army ...

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IDF Deploys the Dreaded Cartoons

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 8:21:49 am PDT

The IAF continues to strike Hizballah targets in Lebanon, and leaders of the terror gang are fleeing Beirut: IAF strikes Syrian-Lebanese crossing. Hizbullah leaders and operatives were also leaving Beirut on Saturday following a massive IAF strike on an 11-story building in south Beirut that served as the organization’s command center, ...

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Moral Emptiness at the BBC

Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 8:06:05 am PDT

Here’s your morning dose of cowardly moral equivalence from the BBC: Becoming Israel’s greatest enemy. (Hat tip: Hulugu.) Nick Thorpe describes the obsessive genocidal hatred of Israel’s enemies, then uncorks this howler: Increasingly confined by barriers and checkpoints into little reservations, it is little wonder that Palestinians applaud Sheikh Nasrallah, the spiritual ...

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Friday, July 14, 2006

CAIR Plays the 'Dual Loyalty' Card

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 8:30:28 pm PDT

Today on Fox News, Nihad Awad, the Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, refused to answer the question, “Is Hizballah a terrorist organization?” Tonight we have this paid press release from CAIR: CAIR Asks Bush To Demand That Israel Allow Evacuation of Americans in Lebanon. “If a call for ...

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Friday Night Beach

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 8:15:28 pm PDT

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Zombie: Israel Haters in SF

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 7:10:57 pm PDT

Zombie’s new photo report documents the terrorist supporters as they demonstrate outside the Israeli consulate in San Francisco: Protest at the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2006.

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos, Part 3

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 6:40:52 pm PDT

The first sentence of this diary entry at Daily Kos is all you need to read, as the antisemites among the progressives continue revealing themselves: Daily Kos: Israel’s Unjust and Unnecessary Response. (Hat tip: Sarge_62.) Israel is showing the entire world why the Iranian President was absolutely right to suggest that ...

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Sandmonkey Not Surprised

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 6:12:51 pm PDT

Don’t miss the Sandmonkey’s excellent rant about the insanity now taking place in the Middle East: Surprised? (Hat tip: Politics and Religion.) Now, I for one awaited the Hezbollah surprise, and I have to say I found it rather dissapointing. They hit one f-ckin ship. That’s the surprise? That’s what the ...

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Inappropriately Bland Caption of the Day

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 5:53:10 pm PDT

Today an organized group of masked terrorists (probably Hamas, although no one is saying) used explosives to blow a hole in the wall that marks the border between Egypt and the Palestinian town of Rafah, then stormed the border gates and wounded an Egyptian guard in a gun battle, allowing ...

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Hizballah Misses, Hits Egyptian Vessel?

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 5:32:16 pm PDT

Haaretz is reporting that Hizballah has attempted to strike a second Israeli warship, but hit an Egyptian ship instead. Developing... UPDATE at 7/14/06 5:41:29 pm: A report at Reuters: Missile hits Egyptian boat off Lebanon-Israel.

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IDF Warship Hit by UAV

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 2:29:31 pm PDT

An Israeli warship suffered heavy damage after being hit by a Hizballah unmanned aerial vehicle. A Hizbullah strike on an IDF warship off the Lebanese coast damaged the ship severely, The IDF confirmed to The Jerusalem Post late Friday. Earlier reports disagreed regarding the extent of the damage, with the IDF initially ...

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UK Ostrich Society: 7/7 a Problem of Masculinity, Not Islam

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 2:26:54 pm PDT

UK criminology researchers have figured out how to avoid seeing the gigantic green elephant in the middle of Britain: Criminologists say London bombers were motivated more by masculinity than Islam. THE driving force behind the devastating 7/7 suicide bomb attacks in London last year was not Islam but a desire by ...

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Daily Ablution: March of the Moderates

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 1:29:12 pm PDT

Scott Burgess has a great post on the British Foreign Office’s nearly unbelievable coddling of Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat-e-Islami figures openly dedicated to the destruction of Britain and the establishment of Islamic totalitarian rule: The Daily Ablution: March of the Moderates Continues.

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The World Selectively Criticizes Israel

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 1:18:03 pm PDT

Tammy Bruce weighs in on the world’s highly predictable reaction to Israel’s defensive actions: The World Selectively Criticizes Israel.

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Confrontation at the UN

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 1:14:49 pm PDT

Israeli ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman confronts the Palestinian ambassador in a UN hallway.

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Nasrallah: "War, War On Every Level"

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 11:49:59 am PDT

Unfortunately, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is still consuming oxygen, and he’s screaming for open war with Israel. BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said his group is ready for “open war” with Israel on Friday, as attacks continued from both sides in the deepening crisis. “We are ready for it ...

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JihadTV Among the Terrorists

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 11:28:40 am PDT

Here’s a look at the war preparations of Hamas that aired on Al Jazeera on July 4th, 2006, boasting about the capabilities of Hamas’s hardcore terrorist unit, the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades. JihadTV shows us the terrorists building tunnels, making grenades, launching Qassam rockets, mixing explosives, and manufacturing RPGs, and ...

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Watch Live: Who Speaks for Muslims?

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 10:45:57 am PDT

An important documentary is airing on British Channel 4 in about one hour, titled Who Speaks for Muslims? It promises to be an unflinching look at the British government’s dealings with radical Islamic front groups and individuals, and especially criticizes the Muslim Council of Britain. This one’s a must-see for ...

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Breaking: IAF Hits Building, Nasrallah Inside?

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 9:51:56 am PDT

Fox News is reporting that the Israeli Air Force has destroyed a building in Lebanon where Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah was hiding. Developing... UPDATE at 7/14/06 10:07:59 am: Hizballah says Nasrallah is fine... UPDATE at 7/14/06 10:22:47 am: The Jerusalem Post reports that Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah’s home was also destroyed by the IAF, but ...

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Egyptian Border Wide Open

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 9:44:45 am PDT

In addition to blowing a hall in the border wall, Palestinian terrorists have forced open the border gate at the Rafah crossing into Egypt: Palestinians stream into Gaza from Egypt. This Associated Press release, by Diaa Hadid, is just bursting with propaganda. RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Militants forced open a border gate ...

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Mumbai Train Bombings Blamed on ISI

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 9:31:15 am PDT

India’s intelligence services are pointing the finger of blame for the Mumbai train atrocities at Pakistan’s infamous Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI): Pak’s ISI masterminded 11/7, says intelligence. Forty-eight hours after bombs ripped through Mumbai, the needle pointed to Pakistan. Intelligence agencies on Thursday confirmed that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was the “mastermind” ...

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The Protocols of the Daily Kos

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 9:14:31 am PDT

Israel’s battle against Islamic terrorists in Gaza and Lebanon is really drawing the antisemites out of their holes at Daily Kos: Daily Kos: Israel is NOT a COUNTRY ...

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Hamas Blows Hole in Egyptian Border

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 9:02:22 am PDT

Yesterday a group of Palestinian terrorists tried to force open the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but were stopped by Palestinian security. A confrontation developed Thursday at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt when a few dozen armed men tried to open the crossing and allow thousands ...

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Vatican Condemns Israel

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 8:45:49 am PDT

Atlas has a good roundup of reactions to the Middle East crisis from mostly feckless world leaders: ‘You are Either With Us Or Against Us.’ A big LGF thank you to Canada and Australia, for standing with the good guys as always. But unfortunately, a big LGF lizardoid hiss of disappointment at ...

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Need Another Reason to Hate Jacques Chirac?

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 8:23:22 am PDT

Chirac: And for what? French President Jacques Chirac questioned whether Israel was seeking Lebanon’s destruction. “One may well ask if there isn’t today a kind of wish to destroy Lebanon — its infrastructure, its roads, its communications, its energy, its airport. And for what? “I find honestly — as all Europeans do — ...

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The New Antisemitic Meme

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 8:17:16 am PDT

That disgusting Daily Kos diary we noted yesterday (Daily Kos: Imagine a World Without Israel) probably originated with this even more vile piece by an antisemite at the Islamist/Marxist web site Media Monitors Network: What If Israel Had Never Been Created? Thanks mostly to U.S. President Harry S. Truman and his ...

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Nasrallah On Notice

Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 8:03:50 am PDT

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the raving Islamic fanatic leader of Hizballah, had better find a deep dark hole to hide in: Israel threatens to eliminate Hezbollah leader. JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel threatened to eliminate Hassan Nasrallah, the Lebanese Hezbollah leader who has long been a thorn in the side of the Jewish ...

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

The Iranian War Conference

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 9:21:33 pm PDT

It was only last Saturday that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at a two-day conference attended by officials from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, called on the Islamic world to mobilize and wipe out Israel. Less than a week later we see the results of this conference. ...

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Tour De France: Americans at the Front

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 9:04:39 pm PDT

A terrific race on a day full of super-difficult climbing ends with American Floyd Landis in the leader’s yellow jersey: Landis in yellow after Menchov wins epic mountain stage. And Levi Leipheimer was second on the stage. Floyd Landis and Levi Leipheimer found the best way to save what could have ...

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Thursday Night Pier

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 8:56:12 pm PDT

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Rachel Corrie Speaks

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 8:03:55 pm PDT

Who knew that the International Solidarity Movement's most visible useful idiot was immortalized on video? British Islamists have posted it at YouTube: YouTube - Rachel Corrie - Interview.

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Cries for Help from Lebanon

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 7:48:17 pm PDT

At Ynet News, a Lebanese Christian issues a cry for help in the comments to this article: IDF bombs Hizbullah stronghold in Beirut. (Hat tip: Joe S.) 24.  A message to the IDF     Please free our beloved tortured country from these crazed mullah-followers. Free our land from these bloody syrian and ...

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An Open Letter to Olmert

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 7:45:06 pm PDT

An open letter to Ehud Olmert from the Lebanese Foundation for Peace. (Hat tip: Moe Katz.) Dear Mr. Prime Minister, It was about time, We Lebanese congratulate you on your recent actions against the Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon. We urge you to hit them hard and destroy their terror infrastructure. It is ...

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Hizballah Missile Shown on TV

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 6:49:49 pm PDT

The Jawa Report has a picture from a Hizballah TV station of the “Raad 1” missile they claim to have fired into Israel. (Raad means “thunder.”)

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Flying Pig Moment of the Day

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 6:36:29 pm PDT

Now I’ve seen everything. Saudi Arabia is not blaming Israel. Saudi Arabia indicated on Thursday that Hizbullah bore the responsibility for the current crisis in Lebanon, Israel Radio reported. In an official statement, the Saudi government said that a distinction must be drawn between “legitimate resistance” and “adventurous, irresponsible acts” committed by ...

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Missile Attack on Haifa

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 2:51:36 pm PDT

A barrage of Katyusha rockets has been launched at northern Israel, and for the first time one has reached the city of Haifa: One dead in Katyusha barrage in Nahariya and Safed. CNN has reported that at least one of the weapons was a long-range ballistic missile (not just a Katyusha ...

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Israel Intends to 'Break' Hizballah

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 2:42:27 pm PDT

Hizballah may have gone too far this time, as Defense Minister Amir Peretz says Israel intends to ‘break’ them. Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Thursday night that, “We expected Hizbullah to break the rules, and now we intend to break them. “We do not mean for this event to end when the ...

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Josh Marshall BDS in Time Magazine

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 1:38:33 pm PDT

Here’s a wonderful development, as “progressive” blogger Joshua Micah Marshall writes a piece for TIME magazine accusing the Bush administration of staging terror alerts to boost GOP poll numbers: Toying With Terror Alerts? Does Marshall have even one tiny shred of evidence for this accusation? Of course not! Can I prove any ...

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Daily Kos: Imagine a World Without Israel

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 1:00:10 pm PDT

More blatant antisemitism at Daily Kos: Imagine a world without Israel. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Or is that not allowed? Muslims, Jews, and Christians could live in peace without fear of mutual destruction. There would be no more need for US AID or justification for Dimona. We could bring down the Wall, send prisoners ...

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US Vetoes Arab Anti-Israel Resolution

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:55:58 pm PDT

Hooray for John Bolton! US vetoes UN resolution urging end to Israeli attacks in Gaza. UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The United States vetoed a UN draft resolution that would have called for an end to Israeli attacks and “disproportionate use of force” in the Gaza Strip as well as for the ...

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Hamas Head Claims Head Honcho Status

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 8:54:12 am PDT

The leader of the “political wing” of Hamas has come out of his shell (with tight security, of course), announcing to the world that if Israel wants to see Cpl. Gilad Shalit again, they’ll have to go through Damascus—because he, Khaled Meshaal, is El Supremo. (Hat tip: Scott.) Unfortunately, some call ...

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Hizballah Launches Rocket Attacks

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 8:34:32 am PDT

Hizballah is really pushing their luck, as they launch a major rocket attack into northern Israel: At least 90 wounded as Hizbullah fires 85 Katyushas. Katyusha rockets landed in the northern Israeli towns of Karmiel, Hatzor, and Majd el-Kurum, as well as several other communities, throughout the north on Thursday afternoon. At ...

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Arab States Seething at UN

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 8:25:28 am PDT

The Arab thugs and despots who use the United Nations as a proxy weapon in their war against Israel are trying to push a once-rejected anti-Israel resolution through the Security Council, by adding some half-hearted condemnations of the Palestinian attacks and kidnappings that started the Gaza operation: Qatar circulates revised ...

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BBC Lifts Ban on "Dhimmi"

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 8:16:53 am PDT

The BBC explains why they banned the word “dhimmi” from their discussion forums: No offence. (Hat tip: Pickle.) Recently in our Have Your Say discussions, “dhimmi” has been used in a context which breaches our house rules, specifically that posts should not be abusive, offensive or provocative. Some users have tried ...

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Rather Still Stonewalling

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 7:59:28 am PDT

Dan Rather says the fraudulent CBS memos are ... wait for it ... real! He knows it! He feels it in his soul. And the “powerful people” who defended Joe McCarthy conspired to “hang signs” on him. He’s a victim, don’t you see? Allahpundit has video of this sad, paranoid man appearing ...

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I'll Have Mine Over Easy

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 7:51:16 am PDT

Truly, Allah does work in mysterious ways: Chicken lays mystery Allah egg. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ALMATY (Reuters) - A chicken in a Kazakh village has laid an egg with the word “Allah” inscribed on its shell, state media reported Thursday. “Our mosque confirmed that it says ‘Allah’ in Arabic,” Bites Amantayeva, ...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Lebanon's US Ambassador Supports Hizballah

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 7:58:25 pm PDT

Lebanon’s Ambassador to the US forgot to hide his true feelings today: Lebanon’s Ambassador to US called back to Beirut. Lebanon’s Ambassador to the US Farid Abboud was summoned back to Beirut on Wednesday night after expressing his support for Hizbullah in the US media. Abboud was reported as saying that Israel ...

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CAIR-San Antonio: "Withdrawal Will Be Regarded As an Act of Courage and Heroism"

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 6:45:27 pm PDT

Here’s an especially repulsive use of dead soldiers to promote a radical Islamic cause, as the president of the San Antonio branch of CAIR says we should learn from the deaths of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca and Pfc. Thomas Tucker, and immediately begin a withdrawal from Iraq: Blame game won’t save ...

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"I Advise My Students Not to Mix with British Society"

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 6:06:08 pm PDT

Omar Bakri, the former leader of the now-disbanded Al Muhajiroun, currently living in Lebanon after being expelled from Britain, is interviewed by Arabic daily Asharq Alawsat: “I advise my students not to mix with British society.” Q) What is your advice to the British Muslim youth and to your students who ...

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Mumbai Train Bombers Funded by Saudi Arabia and UAE

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 5:08:11 pm PDT

The Times of India quotes a “former activist” of the Students Islamic Movement of India, who reveals that the Kashmiri terror gang Lashkar-e-Toiba is receiving funds for jihad from our friends in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Attacks retaliation for Gujarat riots? The Lashkar-e-Taiba, intelligence reports suggest, has recruited ...

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Israeli Air Strikes Against Foreign Ministry, Hamas Bombmaker

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 4:51:15 pm PDT

An Israeli air strike has destroyed the Palestinian Authority’s Hamas-controlled Foreign Ministry. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A bomb dropped by an Israeli warplane destroyed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry building in Gaza City early Thursday. The bomb collapsed the building and caused widespread destruction in the area. The Palestinian foreign minister is ...

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UN About to Spring Into Action

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 3:50:45 pm PDT

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s back to the UN we go: Frustrated world powers send Iran to UN. PARIS - Frustrated world powers agreed Wednesday to send Iran before the United Nations Security Council for possible punishment, saying the Iranians had given no sign they would bargain in earnest over their ...

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Somalia Islamists Demand Control of Government Facilities

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 3:24:55 pm PDT

Radical Islamist forces are tightening their grip on Somalia, and demanding that all government property be turned over to them. In separate developments, Islamic militia opened fire to quell a tax protest in a former warlord stronghold north of the capital, shooting dead at least one person, wounding several others and ...

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Islamic Groups Seething Over Gaza Operation

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 1:07:32 pm PDT

A coalition of American radical Islamist and Wahhabi front groups has issued a press release supporting Hamas, forwarded to me by an LGF operative: U.S. MUSLIM COALITION CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA (Washington, DC - 7/11/06) — The American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a national coalition of ...

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Mubarak: Mediation Effort "Sabotaged"

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 9:44:11 am PDT

Egyptian despot Hosni Mubarak says he was close to arranging the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, but the mediation effort was sabotaged. And for once, I don’t think he’s hinting that the all-powerful Zionist World Conspiracy is responsible. (This is almost a flying pig moment.) CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian President ...

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Kofi Annan's "Moral Clarity"

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 9:19:15 am PDT

Meeting with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called on Hizballah to free the Israeli soldiers they kidnapped this morning. I’m sure they’ll get right on it. And he stressed the need for “moral clarity” in the Middle East. Then he got to the real business at ...

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RoP Attacks in India Kill 200

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 8:43:49 am PDT

The death toll in yesterday’s Islamic terror attacks in India has risen to 200. BOMBAY, India - The death toll from a series of bombs that struck Bombay’s packed commuter trains rose Wednesday to 200, and India demanded that Pakistan dismantle the “infrastructure of terrorism,” but leveled no direct accusation at ...

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Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood Praise Hizballah

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 8:40:42 am PDT

Terrorists around the Middle East are rejoicing and congratulating Hizballah on their act of war against Israel. BEIRUT (AFP) - The Palestinian ruling party Hamas and Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood have both congratulated Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on its capture of two Israeli soldiers. “Hamas (whose military wing has also kidnaped an ...

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Greenwald Hyperventilates Again

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 8:29:25 am PDT

Dan Riehl responds to another idiotic post by the left’s most dishonest blogger, Glenn Greenwald: Enough Of Greenwald, Already. Confederate Yankee also has some words for the Lord of the Dunce. UPDATE at 7/12/06 10:02:22 am: Patterico also responds. And I just noticed that in the post to which all these people are replying, ...

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Terrorists Granted Rights and Privileges

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 8:03:04 am PDT

Islamic terrorists dedicated to the destruction of the West will now have full rights under the Geneva Convention: U.S. Will Give Detainees Geneva Rights. It’s a victory for those still living in a September 10th world. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration, called to account by Congress in the wake of a ...

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Palestinians Celebrate Hizballah Attack

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 7:48:54 am PDT

Nothing gladdens the hearts of Palestinians like news of murder and kidnapping: Palestinian refugees celebrate kidnapping. The same way they celebrated on September 11, 2001. Reports that two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped by Hizbullah in a cross-border attack sent hundreds of joyous Shiite Lebanese and Palestinian refugees to the streets of Beirut ...

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Hizballah Attacks Israel

Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 7:41:55 am PDT

The Lebanese-Iranian terror gang Hizballah launched an attack into Israel this morning, killing three Israeli soldiers and kidnapping two more. The Associated Press is using the word “captured” as if this were a legitimate military operation, even though Hizballah is listed as a terrorist organization by the US State Department. BEIRUT, Lebanon ...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Tuesday Night Clouds

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 8:25:06 pm PDT

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The Power of Propaganda

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 6:14:53 pm PDT

Tens of thousands of demonstrators march in Damascus, Monday, July 10, 2006 in a government-sanctioned protest to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under attack following last month’s capture of an Israeli soldier. The demonstrators hold Palestinian and Syrian flags, photos of Syrian President Bashar Assad and some photos of ...

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Kofi Annan Praises the OIC

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 6:00:30 pm PDT

Just thought you might like to know what United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said today to the virulently anti-Israel, anti-Western Organization of the Islamic Conference, an organization consisting of the world’s worst human rights abusers—an organization that supports Hamas and, with the Arab League, is one of the major ...

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Religion of Train Bombings

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 4:22:35 pm PDT

The Times of India says the Mumbai train bombings were perpetrated by the Islamic supremacist group Lashkar-e-Toiba, cooperating with the Students Islamic Movement of India: LeT, SIMI hand in Mumbai blasts. NEW DELHI: The terror attack on Mumbai trains was carried out by Lashkar-e-Toiba and local Students Islamic Movement of India ...

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Major Hacker Attack on State Department Computers

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 3:32:57 pm PDT

Just great: State Dept. suffers computer break-ins. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) WASHINGTON - The State Department is recovering from large-scale computer break-ins worldwide over the past several weeks that appeared to target its headquarters and offices dealing with China and North Korea, The Associated Press has learned. Investigators believe hackers stole sensitive U.S. ...

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Novak Learned About Plame From ... Joe Wilson

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 3:18:38 pm PDT

Now at Drudge Report, Bob Novak says: ‘I learned Valerie Plame’s name from Joe Wilson’s entry in ‘Who’s Who in America’... UPDATE at 7/11/06 3:34:58 pm: Those tiny popping sounds you hear are thousands of moonbat heads exploding. UPDATE at 7/11/06 3:53:59 pm: Wizbang has a scan of Joseph Wilson’s ‘Who’s Who In ...

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Anti-War Fast, Mama Moonbat Style

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 3:03:56 pm PDT

Appearing at a web site titled “Marxist Thought Online,” Cindy Sheehan talks about the progress of the Mama Moonbat July 4th Anti-War Fast: Troops Home Fast: Day 6. (Hat tip: sd.) What kind of fast is she on? The kind of fast where you have smoothies and coffee with ice cream. ...

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Flight 93 Memorial Project Unchanged, Comments Now Open

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 2:38:20 pm PDT

Remember that outrageous Islamic crescent-shaped memorial for Flight 93, that caused such an uproar the designer was forced to go back and make changes? Well, the changes are in, and the elements that caused the initial uproar are completely unaltered. It seems the designers simply waited for the controversy to die ...

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British Islamist Mocks Terror Victims

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 2:16:30 pm PDT

Allahpundit has excerpts from the video of “Abu Izzadeen” (aka Omar Brooks) of the British Islamic supremacist group Al Ghurabaa, mocking the victims of 9/11 and 7/7 in front of a laughing audience: British Islamist parasite defends London bombings.

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Mass Murder in India

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 1:31:53 pm PDT

The latest death toll in the Mumbai train bombings is over 160. MUMBAI (Reuters) - Bombs exploded on packed commuter trains and stations in India’s financial hub, Mumbai, on Tuesday, killing over 160 people and wounding hundreds, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the seven bomb explosions that ...

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NYC Train Suspects Linked to Al Qaeda

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 9:04:55 am PDT

The latest on the New York City train plot suspects: Tunnel Plot Suspects Linked to Al-Qaeda. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) The Lebanese man arrested in an alleged plot to bomb New York transit tunnels under the Hudson River had been recruited by al-Qaeda three years ago and members of his cell had ...

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NYC Train Plotter Attended Canadian University

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 8:20:10 am PDT

Terrorism suspect Assem Hammoud spent seven years in Canada attending the infamous hate center, Concordia University: Bomb plot suspect spent seven years at Concordia. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Montreal’s Concordia University has confirmed that the Lebanese man accused of masterminding a terrorist plot to bomb New York transit tunnels spent seven ...

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CAIR Using the FBI Again

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 8:08:10 am PDT

Has the FBI become the personal harassment tool for the Council on American Islamic Relations and their quest to criminalize speech? It’s beginning to look that way: FBI looking at Web site showing shooting of Quran. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The FBI will look into an online video that ...

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RoP Strikes in Kashmir

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 7:58:46 am PDT

Five blasts rock Srinagar, 6 killed. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Five bomb explosions rocked Jammu and Kashmir’s capital Srinagar on Tuesday, killing six people and injuring 38. Five tourists from West Bengal were killed and 12 injured when militants lobbed a hand grenade at a minibus at Dalgate area in uptown Srinagar. ...

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RoP Strikes in India

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 7:58:13 am PDT

40 killed in Mumbai train blasts. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MUMBAI, India (CNN) — At least 40 people have been killed in seven explosions on crowded rush-hour commuter trains in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai, police said. More than 100 people were injured in the blasts, which took place between 6:20 ...

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What the Hell is Wrong with the Washington Post?

Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 7:52:54 am PDT

The Washington Post gives op-ed column space this morning to the leader of a genocidal terrorist organization, who uses it to justify kidnapping and murder: Aggression Under False Pretenses. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) I’d say the Washington Post has hit bottom with this one, but I suspect there’s still a nadir ...

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Monday, July 10, 2006

Monday Night Orb

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 9:55:51 pm PDT

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Jihad Manuals Banned in Australia

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 9:25:17 pm PDT

Australia acts to stop the sale of jihad manuals at Islamic bookstores: Two Islamic ‘terror’ books banned. (Hat tip: Aussiemagpie.) TWO Islamic books have been banned after the Classification Review Board found they incited terrorism. The books, Defence of the Muslim Lands, and Join the Caravan, have been refused classification and can ...

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Soros Behind the News

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 7:58:36 pm PDT

Again we find George Soros and the Ford Foundation behind an anti-Israel initiative, thanks to some research by Vital Perspective: PCHR, Funded by George Soros, Attacks IDF But Stays Silent on Hamas Attacks. Tom Carew of Dublin, Ireland, wrote an interesting letter to the editor over at The American Thinker that ...

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Sufi Jihad?

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 6:51:41 pm PDT

Shamil Basayev, the Islamic terrorist killed by Russian forces today, was a Sufi—and Sufism is often described as the most moderate branch of Islam: Sufi Jihad? UPDATE at 7/10/06 7:05:06 pm: In case the memory has dulled, and you need a reminder of the horrors inflicted on the schoolchildren of Beslan by ...

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Why August 22?

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 6:16:17 pm PDT

An interesting speculation on the date chosen by Iranian designated madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to respond to the latest EU-US proposals: Why August 22? Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected Western demands that he respond to a new proposal regarding the cessation of Iran’s nuclear efforts by the middle of this month. To ...

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Video of Desecrated US Soldiers Released

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 5:39:02 pm PDT

An Al Qaeda-linked group has released a video showing the desecration of the bodies of two US soldiers. The Jawa Report has a description and still photos: Beheading Desecration Video of Dead U.S. Soldiers. Hot Air has the video: Video: Tucker and Menchaca. (Now removed.) Be warned. It’s extremely gruesome and disturbing. ...

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9/11 Conspiracy Kook Cleared to Teach Islam

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 4:40:46 pm PDT

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Kevin Barrett, a convert to Islam who believes the World Trade Center towers were brought down by controlled demolition and Al Qaeda is a CIA front, has been cleared to teach at the University despite his (in the words of the provost) “politically unpopular” ideas: Provost review ...

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The Israeli Fifth Column

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 4:28:42 pm PDT

An Arab member of the Israeli parliament has openly advocated kidnapping Israeli soldiers. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Knesset Member Wasal Taha, corresponding publicly with internet surfers on the Arabic-language IslamOnline site, said he repeatedly advised PA terrorists to battle and kidnap Israeli soldiers. MK Zevulun Orlev (National Religious Party), who last week ...

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Women's Rights, Palestinian Style

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 4:16:19 pm PDT

The “armed wing” of the Palestinian “moderate” Fatah Party has announced their very first female suicide bomber unit. A group belonging to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party announced on Monday that it had recruited Palestinian women to launch suicide attacks against Israel. A woman who identified herself as Um al-Abed ...

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Hilarious Lefty Post of the Day, Part Deux

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 10:53:54 am PDT

Oh brother. Instapinch dug up more on that Democratic Underground moonbat and his super-scientific experiments. Seems he’s been amassing evidence for his theories for quite a while: Moonbattery 102 ... .and 103 (Or Faster and Funnier!) Here’s his exhaustive analysis of the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, complete with ...

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Portillo: We Must Call It Islamic Terror

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 10:39:32 am PDT

In the Sunday Times, Michael Portillo has an excellent clear-sighted piece about Britain’s big problem: No offence, imam, but we must call it Islamic terror. There are those who in the interests of community relations denounce linking the word Islamic to “violence” or “extremism”. They object that we did not call ...

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Marseille Allocates Land for Great Mosque

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 9:49:04 am PDT

The ummah will have a new home in Marseille: Marseille breaks deadlock over Great Mosque. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MARSEILLE, France, July 6, 2006 (AFP) - The French city of Marseille on Thursday broke a decades-long deadlock over the construction of a Great Mosque in the Mediterranean port, where Muslims make ...

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Web Censors Block Anti-Jihad Sites?

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 9:15:49 am PDT

According to an LGF reader in Minnesota, a company called PureSight that screens web content for “compliance with Internet usage policies” has been blocking access to Little Green Footballs and Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch. Our reader discovered this in a web cafe in Crosslake, when he tried to access one ...

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Japan Considering Preemptive Strike Against N. Korea

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 9:00:34 am PDT

North Korea may have pushed Japan a bit too far with their latest missile tests: Japan may postpone North Korea resolution. TOKYO - Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on North Korea’s missile bases would violate its constitution, signaling a hardening stance ahead of a possible U.N. ...

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When Wacademics Close Ranks

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 8:49:42 am PDT

At Inside Higher Ed, an article about the psychotic psychology teacher Deborah Frisch ridiculously understates Frisch’s despicable comments and threats against Jeff Goldstein’s child: Crossing a Line. Frisch is now fully in “I’m a victim, look at me!” mode. Frisch posted a comment last week on Protein Wisdom, a Web site known ...

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It's September 10th Again

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 8:41:45 am PDT

How unserious have we become about stopping terrorists from attacking airplanes? HPD, airport security at odds over incident. (Hat tip: National Terror Alert.) The report states that a man with a Middle Eastern name and a ticket for a Delta Airlines flight to Atlanta shook his head when screeners asked if ...

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Beslan Massacre Ringleader Killed

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 8:18:06 am PDT

Here’s some excellent news in the global war against jihad, as Shamil Basayev, the Islamic terrorist responsible for the Beslan school massacre and the Moscow theater siege, has been killed by Russian security officers.

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RoP in Somalia

Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 8:09:20 am PDT

Fighting flares in Mogadishu, at least 60 dead. MOGADISHU (Reuters) - New fighting erupted on Monday between Somali fighters loyal to defeated warlords and the country’s Islamists militias, taking the death toll to at least 60 since Sunday, residents and a hospital official said. And residents feared the death toll would climb ...

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Sunday, July 09, 2006

The Progressive Position Emerges

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 10:03:39 pm PDT

More and more leftists are abandoning their cognitive dissonance and admitting it outright: I don’t support the troops. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) People are convinced that however evil, wicked and misguided the president might have been to launch the war, the ordinary soldiers who are actually waging it are overwhelmingly dedicated ...

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The Spanish Connection

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 8:36:08 pm PDT

At Israel Insider, Shelomo Alfassa enlightens us about the meaning of the New York train bombing mastermind’s nom de guerre: Andalusi: What’s in a Name? The FBI reported that the name of the terrorist mastermind was Emir Andalusi, an unusual name, but one that immediately gives away his ideology to those ...

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Australian Fifth Column

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 7:32:55 pm PDT

Terror flourishes in websites. (Hat tip: aussiemagpie.) INTERNET chat rooms and websites are being flooded with messages by Muslim extremists in Sydney calling to make Australia an Islamic state and voicing their support for some of the world’s most notorious terrorists. The fundamentalists are using the innocent-looking websites to post material similar ...

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London Bombing Leader Linked to Tel Aviv Suicide Attack

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 6:38:47 pm PDT

The leader of the 7/7 Islamic terror attacks in London has been linked to the two British suicide bombers who committed mass murder in 2003 at the Israeli nightclub Mike’s Place: July 7 ringleader linked to Tel Aviv suicide bombers. MOHAMMAD Sidique Khan, leader of the July 7 bombings, collaborated with ...

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Breaking: Orange County Muslims Fear Backlash

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 5:54:03 pm PDT

Orange County Muslim advocates are concerned about “backlash” again, after the release of Adam Gadahn’s video: Remarks draw anger. The role of a former Orange County teenager accused of becoming an al-Qaida operative and calling for violence and revenge in a recent video upset and infuriated the local Muslim and Arab ...

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When Wacademics Attack, Part Deux

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 5:33:01 pm PDT

There will be no more links from me to crack-brained leftist hater Deborah Frisch, but if you feel a craving for updates on her latest escapades (who could have guessed she would go on the attack again?), check out Hot Air and Six Meat Buffet.

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Palestinian Body Armor

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 4:23:51 pm PDT

(From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.)

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What Media Bias?

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 4:17:28 pm PDT

Today a missile struck a house in Gaza near the front line of ongoing battles between the IDF and terrorists, killing a mother and two children. Israeli military officials say it was a Palestinian anti-tank missile, a case of “friendly fire.” Palestinians, as always, claim it was a deliberate attack ...

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NYC Train Plot Connected to Hizballah?

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 3:59:07 pm PDT

Assem Hammoud, the economics teacher at Lebanese International University arrested for plotting to bomb New York commuter trains, had maps and attack plans stored on his computer. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese authorities found maps and bombing plans on the personal computer of an al-Qaida suspect accused of plotting to attack New ...

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UK Foreign Office Woos Muslim Brotherhood, Jamaat-e-Islami

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 3:24:37 pm PDT

It seems every day brings another revelation of how far Britain has traveled along the path of appeasement. Today’s appalling story is by Nick Cohen of The Guardian (one of the few sane writers for that rag), on the British Foreign Office’s nearly unbelievable coddling of the world’s most virulently ...

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BBC Bans the Word 'Dhimmi'

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 1:40:22 pm PDT

In the discussion areas of the BBC web site, you can call George Bush a chimp, America an uncultured land of Bible-thumping rednecks, and the war on terror a crime against Muslims. But don’t try to use the word “dhimmi.” BBC bans the word ‘dhimmi’.

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Palestinians Support Kidnappings, Rocket Fire

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 8:50:48 am PDT

The Palestinian death cult society overwhelmingly supports kidnappings and random murder, even though they believe it will turn out badly for them: Poll: Majority of Palestinians back kidnappings, Qassam fire. (Hat tip: jh.) A sizable majority of Palestinians support the continued kidnappings of Israelis as well as persistent Qassam rocket fire ...

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Outrage of the Day

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 8:41:37 am PDT

Recently Iran demanded that IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei fire the IAEA’s chief inspector—and ElBaradei jumped to do the mullahs’ bidding. Regime Change Iran has the story, translated from Germany’s Die Welt: Atomic secrets: The man who knew too much. When Chris Charlier arrived in Iran in April of this year, he ...

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Al Qaeda Terrorist's Essay at USC

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 8:35:00 am PDT

American traitor Adam Gadahn, seen in an Al Qaeda video last week, was taught Islam by Muzammil Siddiqi at the Islamic Society of Orange County, and the Muslim Student Association at the University of Southern California still prominently features Gadahn’s account of his conversion to Islam at their web site: ...

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Religion of No Fun

Sun, Jul 9, 2006 at 8:05:22 am PDT

The wonders of shari’a: Somali Islamic Militiamen Break Up Wedding. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Islamic militiamen controlling the Somali capital broke up a wedding celebration because a band was playing and women and men were socializing together, witnesses said Saturday, describing the latest crackdown by a ...

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