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LGF Archives: December 2003

Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Remembering Carlos

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 8:54:22 pm PST

Tonight, as the year 2004 becomes reality, I’m listening to James Taylor’s Hourglass, and remembering my friend Carlos Vega. We miss you, Carlos, you crazy bastard.

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Apparently, high-level decisions have been made about how much delay is acceptable in the US air transport system, when there’s a high possibility of terror attacks: U.S. Agents Search BA Jet at Washington Airport. (Hat tip: NC.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security officials detained a British Airways Boeing 747 on ...

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High Alert in New York

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 7:30:13 pm PST

New York City is on high alert tonight. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans will ring in the New Year on Wednesday with celebrations from New York’s Times Square to the Strip in Las Vegas as warplanes patrol overhead due to increased fears of terror attacks. Crowds of about 750,000 will ...

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High Alert in Israel

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 7:27:50 pm PST

After a series of murderous threats from Hamas, Israel is on high alert tonight.

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Instapundit: Pals Are Our Enemies

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 7:00:42 pm PST

I must admit, sometimes I’ve wondered where Glenn Reynolds stood on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Well, I wonder no longer. THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT TRY to play a “neutral arbiter” in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute. We should, in fact, be doing our best to make the Palestinians suffer, because, to put ...

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The Saudi Paradox

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 6:25:39 pm PST

LGF reader Baldy originally brought this to my attention earlier this month, but for one reason or another I didn’t get around to it until just now; an excellent primer on Saudi politics, which make a snake pit look civilized: The Saudi Paradox. The Saudi state is a fragmented entity, ...

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Israeli Soldier Admits Shooting ISM Tool

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 4:48:30 pm PST

An Israeli soldier has admitted shooting British ISM tool Tom Hurndall, back in April. (Hat tip: Alouette.) Hurndall, a photographer, was in Rafah volunteering for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a pro-Palestinian activist group. He was shot while pushing children out of the line of IDF fire, witnesses said. Hurndall was shot ...

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Two Earthquakes

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 1:50:11 pm PST

Thomas Sowell compares the Iran earthquake with its recent counterpart in California, and comes up with some excellent points about the cult of multiculturalism: Two Earthquakes And Their Results Under Two Different Social Systems. Those who preen themselves on their “compassion” for the poor, and who disdain wealth, are being ...

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10 Worst Quotes From The Democratic Underground

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 9:29:24 am PST

John Hawkins has put together The 10 Worst Quotes From The Democratic Underground For 2003. It must have been difficult to pick only 10. 3) “When the 2nd plane hit the WTC I remember thinking......OMG, he’s got his war now. Then, the next day or the day after that, when ...

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Mothers from Hell

Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 8:41:30 am PST

A Palestinian woman carries an AK-47 as other holds a hand grenade during a rally to mark the 39th anniversary of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement’s (Fatah) foundation in Gaza City, Wednesday Dec. 31, 2003.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Looniest Dwarf: Muslims "Unfairly Targeted"

Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 9:36:14 pm PST

Today at the Islamic Society of Tampa, Dennis “Mind Control Satellites” Kucinich pandered to the victimhood mentality of CAIR: At Tampa mosque, Kucinich says Muslims unfairly targeted by U.S.. (Hat tip: TS.) TAMPA, Fla. -- Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio U.S. Rep.who led a fight in the U.S. ...

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Air France Flight Intercepted?

Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 6:44:59 pm PST

LGF reader Shiplord Kirel relays some interesting info from his scanner: If you’re in California and have a scanner, tune to 271.0 Mhz. NORAD and FAA radio traffic indicates that NORAD intercepted Air France flight 68 over the US earlier this evening and has escorted it across the country. No media ...

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Car Swarm Watch

Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 6:07:47 pm PST

Israel persists in their campaign to remove Hamas leaders, with extreme prejudice if necessary: Israeli Helicopter Targets Hamas Men in Gaza City. GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli helicopter fired missiles at a car carrying two members of the militant Hamas group in Gaza City on Tuesday, wounding one of them ...

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Iran Clarifies the Middle East

Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 4:49:27 pm PST

Dennis Prager says that everything you need to know about the Middle East, you can learn from Iran’s reaction to their devastating earthquake: Iran clarifies the Middle East. (Hat tip: caryn.) A massive earthquake kills between 20,000 and 40,000 Iranians, and the government of Iran announces that help is welcome ...

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The Fence That Makes a Difference

Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 3:47:50 pm PST

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has put together an excellent web site about the security fence designed to prevent Palestinian Arab terrorists from attacking Israeli citizens: The Fence That Makes a Difference. (Hat tip: Amir.)

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The Western Disease

Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 9:20:16 am PST

Another terrific column from Victor Davis Hanson: The Western Disease. Go ye and read of it, for it is good. There is something terribly wrong, something terribly amoral with the Western intelligentsia, most prominently in academia, the media, and politics. We don’t need Osama bin Laden’s preschool jabbering about “the ...

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One Nation Under Allah

Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 8:24:34 am PST

Here’s a must-read column by Alyssa A. Lappen on the Ford Foundation’s connections to an Islamist-influenced organization that is proselytizing for Islam in American schools, even promoting the adoption of a constitutional amendment to make blasphemy a crime: Ford Has a Better Idea: One Nation Under Allah. The Los ...

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Monday, December 29, 2003

Pundits Who Love Doom

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 9:53:34 pm PST

Mark Steyn (who is still under a fatwa of eternal torment following his heinous conflation of bike paths with a certain raging dwarf) hoists some of Britain’s most idiotic columnists on their own petards: The pundits in love with doom and gloom. "It is hard not to hate George Bush,” ...

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Another Puppet Bites the Dust

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 9:43:22 pm PST

DEBKAfile reports that Arafat’s second puppet prime minister, Ahmed Qurei (who uses the nom de guerre Abu Ala), is about to resign after discovering that the Palestinian Authority is flat broke: Abu Ala Tells Arafat: Enough Is Enough. (Hat tip: Queen Esther.) Last weekend, Ahmed Qureia aka Abu Ala became ...

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American Terror Suspect Worked in Nuke Facility

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 8:26:47 pm PST

A Reuters report has more information on the two American brothers arrested in the Philippines for links to Al Qaeda, including this disturbing little tidbit: Intelligence sources said Michael Ray Stubbs works in a state-run, high-security nuclear and biological research facility in the United States.

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The Conspiratorial Mind of the Arab World

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 7:22:19 pm PST

A new article by Robert Spencer at FrontPage contains a real insight into the paranoid mentality that we have documented extensively here at LGF: The Conspiratorial Mind of the Arab World. A fundamental element of Islamic culture is an implacable belief in its own superiority. This idea is rooted in ...

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Got Two in the Philippines

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 7:18:42 pm PST

Two American brothers have been arrested in the Philippines for links to terrorism: Philippines Arrest Two U.S. Brothers. Michael Ray Stubbs and his brother James, a convert to Islam, have been held at an undisclosed location since they were arrested earlier this month in the town of Tanza in Cavite ...

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French Reporter Fired for Telling the Truth

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 6:50:11 pm PST

Alain Hertoghe, a very lonely French journalist, wrote a book criticizing the incredibly biased French reporting of the Iraq War—and was fired from his post as deputy editor at the Web site of La Croix, a respected Roman Catholic daily newspaper: Author sees anti-U.S. reporting. (Hat tip: NC.) The newspaper’s ...

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The 16th Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 5:56:09 pm PST

The Media Research Center has announced The Sixteenth Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting, featuring an all-star cast of media idiotarians. (Hat tip: rabidfox.) It’s a hilarious look back at a year filled with some of the most biased, outrageously stupid, and dictator-flattering reporting it has ever been our ...

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Jordan: Teaching Children About Terrorism

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 3:29:21 pm PST

This oughtta be good for a few dark laughs: Jordan to educate schoolchildren about terrorism. (Hat tip: Baldy.) AMMAN, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Jordan is revamping school curricula for next year to help children distinguish between “terrorism” and legitimate resistance, an education official said on Monday. The announcement came a day ...

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Dear Crusading Usurper

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 3:06:33 pm PST

Earlier today we linked to a report of an Al Qaeda letter full of seethe, addressed to President Bush. Iowahawk has been digging around in the trash bins out back of the King Fahd Mosque, and he’s come up with the first draft of the letter: You’ve Got Mail. Dear ...

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Fighting a Mindset

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 12:44:42 pm PST

Here’s a fascinating and thought-provoking op-ed by Ejaz Haider in Pakistan’s Daily Times, on the primitive mindset of the Islamists, and the very great danger that they could gain even more power in Pakistan if they succeed in assassinating Pervez Musharraf: Fighting a mindset, not just terrorism. (Hat tip: Camel ...

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Islam Hates New Year's Celebrations

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 12:04:20 pm PST

The “morality police” of the Saudi entity are cracking down on Al Qaeda hate speech terrorist financing New Year’s trinkets. RIYADH (Reuters) - Morality police in southern Saudi Arabia plan to conduct raids to ensure that shops do not sell flowers, candles and gifts to those planning to celebrate New ...

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Pearls Before Google Group Swine

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 11:59:53 am PST

Stephan Pastis, author of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip, has a must-see comic for December 28: Pearls Before Swine. After you read his heart-breaking comic, check out this topic at Google Groups to see the terror apologists make excuses for mass murderers who deliberately target little children: Google Groups: View ...

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Al Qaeda: Dismantle the UN

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:59:38 am PST

Here are more details on the recently released letter from Islamofascist nutbags to President Bush: New Letter Surfaces Christmas Eve on Internet. (Hat tip: Elmo.) ALBUQUERQUE, NM (Talon News) -- A letter to the Bush administration from an alleged representative of al Qaeda and the Islamic Jihad Brigade Black Death ...

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Saddam Squeals

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:24:52 am PST

Saddam Hussein is spilling his guts: Saddam Giving Info on Weapons and Funds. DUBAI (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein has given his U.S. captors information on hidden weapons and as much as $40 billion he may have seized while he was Iraq’s president, an Iraqi official was quoted as saying on ...

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Seattle PI Honors Saint Rachel

Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 8:28:44 am PST

In an article about notable people who died this year, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer chooses to honor the terror-enabling tool of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who threw her life away defending smugglers’ tunnels in Rafah: Passages. (Hat tip: Dave Brown.) They changed the way we worked, played, lived. They made us ...

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Sunday, December 28, 2003

Nazimedia Meltdown Watch

Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 6:24:25 pm PST

One of the true gifts we’re blessed with at the end of 2003 is the apparent meltdown of one of the main hubs of world idiotarianism: Independent Media Center | www.indymedia.org. (Hat tip: PDM.) SERVER_CRISIS: At short notice, Indymedia has had to change web hosting providers and replace crucial computer ...

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Outrage of the Day

Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 1:00:15 pm PST

Trent University professor Michael Neumann recently carried on an email correspondence with a foul antisemitic web site called the Jewish Tribal Review, in which he wrote: “My sole concern is indeed to help the Palestinians, and I try to play for keeps. I am not interested in the truth, or ...

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Britain Warns of Saudi Attacks

Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 11:54:50 am PST

The British government is warning that terror attacks in Saudi Arabia could be in the final stages of preparation. In advice about foreign travel published on its Web site, Britain’s Foreign Office has warned British nationals for several months against all but essential travel to the kingdom, especially after attacks ...

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Season's Greetings from the AP

Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 11:47:57 am PST

Here’s a lovely little blast of antisemitism from a random visitor to LGF. The reason I’m not simply deleting it is that it comes from somewhere noteworthy: the creep who posted it used an account at the Associated Press. All information has been sent to the AP’s technical contact.

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EU: No Jews Allowed

Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 11:21:04 am PST

Slimy unelected EUrocrat Chris Patten is blocking the entry of Israel into the European Union: Patten does not want Israel in the EU. (Hat tip: NC.) European Union External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten has effectively ruled out Israel joining the EU. “We are trying to see if there are ways they ...

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Wash. Muslim Arrested for Attempted Honor Kidnap

Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 10:47:57 am PST

Khalil Nassar and an accomplice were arrested for trying to kidnap Khalil’s sister, because she married a Christian: Man tried to kidnap sister for marrying Christian. (Hat tip: Stefan Sharkansky.) The two men told police they were simply planning to visit Nassar’s sister, according to an affidavit signed by Sedro-Woolley ...

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Green Research, Inc.

Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 9:27:48 am PST

Do any of our web geek readers know anything about a spider with the user agent name of “Green Research, Inc.”? Its IP traces to a server in Amsterdam. When I Googled the name, I found this short discussion, but if anyone knows more, please leave a comment. For now, I’ve ...

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The Looniest Dwarf Speaks

Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 9:11:44 am PST

Dennis “Mind Control Satellites” Kucinich, looniest of a very loony crop of Democratic candidates, says the Bush administration issues terror alerts just to scare people for political gain: Kucinich says terror alert is scare tactic. The Ohio congressman, campaigning at a library services company in central New Hampshire on Friday, ...

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Saturday, December 27, 2003

Jihad Culture Cannot Be Changed

Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 7:04:18 pm PST

Pakistan’s Federal Information Minister says that anyone who challenges the culture of jihad has no place in Islam. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad told a Pakistani television channel on Friday that one of the attackers of Thursday’s suicide bomb attack on President Musharraf seemed ...

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New Year's Terror Attack Feared

Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 6:24:30 pm PST

New York’s Daily News reports that US officials are still very concerned that Islamic terrorists will attempt an attack soon, possibly on New Year’s Day: U.S. fears New Year’s Eve terror try. (Hat tip: J.D.) "We’re still concerned,” a senior U.S. law enforcement official said yesterday. The official cautioned that ...

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Fatwa Time for France

Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 6:00:16 pm PST

The Muslim world is seething and whining about France’s ban on Islamic headscarves (hijab), and the exalted clerics of the RoP are doing what they do best—issuing threats: France faces fatwa over hijab ban. (Hat tip: The Law Student.) AFP - Iraqi Shi’ite clerics called for a boycott of French ...

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An Israeli Surgeon's Story

Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 5:18:04 pm PST

Israeli surgeon Shmuel Yurfest once reattached the severed hand of a Palestinian bomb-maker who had a “work accident.” But sadly, Dr. Yurfest won’t be saving any more “militants.” About a year after he saved the bomb-maker’s hand, he was blinded and partially deafened when a 19-year old girl exploded next to ...

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Peaceful Religion Watch

Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 4:08:46 pm PST

The people who need to read and understand every word of the following lengthy MEMRI report are those who argue that “the occupation” is the cause of all the violence in the Middle East, and if “the occupation” would end, so would the violence. You know the ones I’m talking ...

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Some Resolutions for Bush Fans, Foes

Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 3:22:52 pm PST

James Lileks writes funny: Some resolutions for Bush fans, foes. (Hat tip: Iron Fist.) I resolve to let at least a minute pass before I accuse the administration of contemptuous high-handedness toward our allies. By which I mean France. I resolve to ask myself whether my attachment to French approval ...

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Islamic Scholars to Explain Jihad

Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 9:19:58 am PST

As you read this report from the Borneo Bulletin about a conference of bigwig Islamic “scholars” from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, who are putting together a “working paper” explaining jihad to the ummah, please keep in mind that this is only a tiny minority of extremists practicing a perverted ...

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Iran: No Help from Israel

Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 8:30:36 am PST

Another blatantly biased Agence France Presse headline: Iran’s arch-foe Israel offers condolences on quake. In fact, if there’s an “arch-foe” in evidence, it isn’t Israel; they extended condolences for the Iranian earthquake and offered to send aid to the Iranian people. This isn’t the sort of thing an “arch-foe” normally ...

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Friday, December 26, 2003

Nice Going, France

Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 5:54:33 pm PST

Need another reason to hate the French? U.S. Officials Fault French on Terror Alert. (Hat tip: Let’s Roll.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One or more terror suspects may have escaped due to a premature disclosure in France of the security concerns behind the cancellation of Christmas flights to Los Angeles, U.S. ...

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Of Intellectual Bondage

Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 5:47:00 pm PST

Caroline Glick shows that self-destructive, empty-headed “multiculturalism” is just as rampant, and just as logically impenetrable, on campuses in Israel as it is here in the United States: Of Intellectual Bondage. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) "How could you report the war in Iraq if you sided with the Americans?” “How can you ...

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Anthrax: An International Plot

Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 5:31:34 pm PST

Bill Gertz says the CIA is building a case that the anthrax attacks of 2001 were part of an international terrorist plot, not an angry lone scientist with a grudge: Inside the Ring . U.S. officials with access to intelligence reports tell us the information showing a terrorist link to ...

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Dean Doesn't Want to "Prejudge" Osama

Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 4:54:24 pm PST

In an interview with the Concord Monitor, Howard Dean made it clear that he doesn’t care how much he is mocked and ridiculed for his statement that the capture of Saddam Hussein doesn’t make the US safer—that’s his story and he’s sticking to it: Dean’s secure in his view of ...

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Aftershocks of War

Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 9:40:33 am PST

A good new column from Charles Krauthammer about the Democrats’/media’s crazy spin on the Libyan disarmament deal, begins with a quote from a Washington Post headline: Aftershocks of war. "Libya Vows to Give Up Banned Weapons; Two Decades of Sanctions, Isolation Wore Down Gaddafi” -- Washington Post headline, front-page news analysis, ...

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Air France Plot Details

Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 8:37:44 am PST

France denies there was any suspicious activity on those canceled Air France flights to Los Angeles, but one person who didn’t show up for a Christmas Eve flight is a trained pilot: Suspicious Passengers Questioned In France. Police in Paris questioned 13 people who had checked in for two Air ...

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Digital Jihad

Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 8:17:03 am PST

Bomb making instructions are being sold at computer stores in Saudi Arabia, hidden on CDs. RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi authorities, facing a wave of militant attacks, have arrested five people after raiding computer shops selling compact disks containing hidden bomb-making instructions, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. Police were questioning ...

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Thursday, December 25, 2003

Car Swarm Watch

Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 10:01:11 am PST

Palestinians crowd around a car that was destroyed by Israeli helicopter gunships, during a missle attack in Gaza, December 25, 2003. Israeli helicopter gunships killed a senior Islamic militant and at least four other people in the missile strike in Gaza City on Thursday, medics said. A Palestinian ...

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Musharraf Dodges Two Truck Bombs

Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 9:39:50 am PST

From this description, it sounds as if Pervez Musharraf barely escaped with his life today: Pakistan Leader Survives Deadly Bombings. Musharraf appeared calm in an interview on state-run television about seven hours after the attack, saying the attempt was the work of misguided “extremists.” “I was the target,” Musharraf said, clad ...

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And Again

Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 9:01:14 am PST

Three dead in apparent suicide bombing near Tel Aviv. Three people were killed Thursday and about 10 people were wounded, two of them seriously, Thursday in at least one blast that took place between Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva. The blast was apparently a suicide bombing, and one of the dead ...

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A Christmas Ululation

Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 8:28:25 am PST

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all our readers, and thank you all for the encouraging words you’ve emailed, and for your donations in the year end Lizardoid support drive. I’m compiling the nominations for the Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of 2003, and will soon have the initial runoff vote ...

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Wednesday, December 24, 2003

France: Foot Shot?

Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 8:08:09 pm PST

Amir Taheri asks the pertinent question: Has France shot itself in the foot? Has France shot itself in the foot by trying to prevent the toppling of Saddam Hussein? The question is keeping French foreign policy circles buzzing as the year draws to the close. Even a month ago, few would have ...

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Technical Note

Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 12:22:42 pm PST

I’ve been tinkering with the weblog code and the stylesheets; if something doesn’t look quite right, you may need to empty your browser cache and restart the browser.

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Paris-LA Flights Cancelled

Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 11:19:28 am PST

Security Fears Ground Paris-L.A. Flights. The U.S. Embassy in Paris asked the government to cancel the Air France flights “for security reasons,” a ministry spokesman said. Two of the flights were scheduled to leave Paris on Wednesday and one was scheduled to depart Thursday evening. Air France said it was working ...

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Hosni Gives Ariel A Call

Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 10:33:50 am PST

Here’s an interesting development; very nearly a flying pig moment: Mubarak thanks PM for Maher’s visit. (Hat tip: Yehudit.) Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak yesterday called Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and thanked him for productive meetings Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher had in Israel this week, and for the medical treatment of ...

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Maher's Humiliation

Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 9:36:34 am PST

A good piece at the Jerusalem Post on the implications of the Palestinian attack against Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher at the Temple Mount: Maher’s humiliation. (Hat tip: Ethel C.) To sweep under the rug the hostility Maher encountered on Temple Mount is to distort the very reality which has ...

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Islamists Hate Gaddafi

Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 9:00:13 am PST

Here’s a report on another reason behind eccentric Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s sudden decision to curry favor with the West—a rising Al Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamist movement that has been trying to kill the kooky Kolonel: Al-Qaeda targets Gaddafi. (Hat tip: mal.) The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) is the most ...

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Tuesday, December 23, 2003

The Many Clauses

Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 3:51:46 pm PST

French diver Santa: A diver dressed as Santa Claus waves in the waters of Nice, on the French Riviera, December 19, 2003. Angry monkey Santa: A monkey named Arong wears a Santa Claus outfit while waving a bell in front of a donation box in Seoul December 9, 2003. Arong ...

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Iran Warns Israel

Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 1:53:25 pm PST

In response to reports that Israel has a plan to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities, the mad mullahs are rattling their scimitars. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) "He made a damn mistake,” Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said Monday Mofaz’s statements the day before to the effect that Israel would take care not ...

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Malvo Avoids Death Penalty

Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 1:48:28 pm PST

Lee Boyd Malvo, who drew pictures of violence and jihad while on trial for mass murder, has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of FBI analyst Linda Franklin in Virginia.

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Palestinian Violations of the Roadmap - Week #34

Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 1:35:16 pm PST

It’s been 34 weeks since the Palestinian leadership, then represented by previous Arafat puppet Abu Mazen, made a big show out of agreeing to the “road map” to peace. I get a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye when I recall that shining moment of diplomacy. Here’s ...

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Libya's New Age Leader

Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:30:58 am PST

The only Arab dictator to have at least five different recognized spellings of his name, the only one to have his own elite force of grrrl bodyguards, and the only one to sponsor beauty pageants and hang with the models, has managed to grab the world stage again by promising ...

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Egyptian Blame Game

Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:37:16 am PST

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher is trying to play down the beating he took at the hands of a Palestinian mob at the Al Aqsa mosque: Egypt’s Maher Plays Down Jerusalem Incident. Arafat sent a puppet to Cairo to blame the incident on a “rogue element:” Initial reports said Maher, ...

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Reasons for Orange

Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 8:39:04 am PST

MEMRI has translations from an online Al Qaeda “magazine” called The Voice of Jihad, in which operatives debate the pros and cons of killing Muslims versus killing infidels. To no one’s surprise, they come out strongly in favor of killing infidels. But as MEMRI points out, the interesting part of this ...

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Monday, December 22, 2003

SoCal Gets a Jolt

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 11:56:25 am PST

We just had us a little temblor out here in LA: Earthquake Shakes Southern California. The U.S. Geological Survey gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and said it was centered north of the coastal town of Cambria. Cambria is about 185 miles northwest of Los Angeles. I didn’t feel ...

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Scream Like an Egyptian

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 11:47:04 am PST

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher screams as he is assaulted by Palestinians while praying in Jerusalem’s Old City December 22, 2003. Witnesses said he fell unconscious after the attack but Israel’s ambulance service said he was in good condition after being taken to hospital for treatment. REUTERS/Ammar Awad ...

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A Completely Crime Free Environment

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 10:13:22 am PST

On July 29, 2002, Arab News editor John R. Bradley left this (now famous) comment at LGF: I’m off for a stroll down Jeddah’s fabulous Corniche, the longest in the world and a kind of open air museum peppered with famous, giant-size sculptures. At dusk the largest fountain in the ...

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Australia to Extradite Khazal Brothers

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 9:59:27 am PST

Australia to Extradite Lebanese Brothers. SYDNEY, Australia - Australia is willing to extradite two brothers convicted by a Lebanese military court of participating in attacks on American and British businesses, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday. The two men, Bilal and Maher Khazal, were convicted in absentia Saturday in Lebanon but ...

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Attacked

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 8:43:01 am PST

As “peace activists” demonstrated outside the Dome of the Rock, claimed by Islam as its “third holiest site,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher went to pray in this sacred site of the Religion of Peace™—and ended up in an Israeli hospital after being attacked by “Muslim extremists.” JERUSALEM - Muslim ...

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Libya to Allow Nuke Inspections

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 8:25:12 am PST

Amazingly, Libya’s renunciation of weapons of mass destruction seems to be sincere; they are going to allow inspections as early as next week: Libya Opens Nuke Programs to Inspections. Libya’s decision followed a meeting its delegation had Saturday with Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The ...

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Father of Pakistan Nukes Questioned

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 8:07:39 am PST

The head of Pakistan’s nuclear program is being questioned about his connections to Iran’s Manhattan Project. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, is being questioned about reports of possible links between the Pakistani and Iranian nuclear programs, the government said Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood ...

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Sunday, December 21, 2003

Unprecedented Ferment

Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 6:17:31 pm PST

Here’s an interesting piece in the Christian Science Monitor by Faye Bowers, that tries to argue there’s a “buzz” of societal change happening in Saudi Arabia: Unprecedented public ferment among once-silent Saudis. (Hat tip: M. Simon.) The biggest changes since Sept. 11, says Norah al-Sowayan, a counselor at a private ...

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Dear Time Warner...

Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 5:50:50 pm PST

Am I the only one who thinks it’s more than a little weird that TIME Magazine names “The American Soldier” as their “Person of the Year,” only days after publishing a story by a TIME reporter who’s hangin’ out with the mujahideen trying to kill that same “Person of the ...

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Iran Nuke Program Tied To Pakistan

Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:58:01 am PST

More details of a huge multi-national conspiracy to spread nuclear technology among the Islamic countries of the Middle East, in a Washington Post story that conclusively ties Iran’s nuclear program to Pakistan. (Hat tip: NC.) Documents provided by Iran to U.N. nuclear inspectors since early November have exposed the outlines ...

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Islamic Republic Decries French "Extremism"

Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:17:37 am PST

The theocratic tyrants of Iran are calling the French decision to ban Islamic headscarves (hijab) and other religious symbols at schools: Extremist. (Hat tip: NC.) TEHRAN, Dec 21, (AFP) -- Iran on Sunday criticized French President Jacques Chirac’s “extremist decision” to back a ban on Islamic headscarves and other conspicuous ...

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Terror Alert Raised to Orange

Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 10:33:30 am PST

Nation’s Threat Level Rising to Orange. WASHINGTON - The government on Sunday raised the national threat level to orange, the second-highest, saying attacks were possible during the holiday season and that threat indicators are “perhaps greater now than at any point” since Sept. 11, 2001. “Information indicates that extremists abroad ...

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Malaysia Does the Terrorist Shuffle

Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 10:06:17 am PST

On Friday, Malaysia suddenly announced they would release and deport top Jemaah Islamiyah freakazoid Mohammad Iqbal Rahman to Indonesia: Malaysia to Deport Alleged Extremist. (Hat tip: Nancy.) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Thirty months ago, Malaysian authorities locked up Mohammad Iqbal Rahman as a top leader of an al-Qaida-linked Muslim extremist ...

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Arabs Demanding Again

Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 9:18:52 am PST

Another predictable move from totalitarian Arab/Islamic states; they’re using Libya’s agreement to abandon WMD programs as a lever to put pressure on Israel: Arabs push for Israel to disarm. President Mubarak of Egypt gave his reaction to the Libyan announcement in comments reported by the AFP news agency in Cairo. “We ...

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ISM Exploits Birthright Israel: "Free Ticket"

Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 9:09:04 am PST

This is one of the sneakier tricks that Jewish members of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement pull; they use programs like Birthright Israel to get free trips to Israel, and once there they enter the Palestinian Authority to be tools for the terror gangs: Birthright Israel concerned ISM activists are ...

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Saturday, December 20, 2003

David Warren: Herzliya

Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 3:47:18 pm PST

David Warren gets it exactly right in this essay on Sharon’s important speech at Herzliya. My own view is that isolating the West Bank, too, is actually the most merciful thing that can be done, for the Palestinians. This for two reasons, the first of which is almost too obvious ...

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The Dead Produce No Audio

Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 2:47:32 pm PST

The CIA says the latest Bin Laden remix tape is used goods: ’Bin Laden’ Tape Airs; CIA Says Appears Old. Al Arabiya, always jumping at the chance to broadcast some jihad talk, aired the decomposed Al Qaeda leader’s latest single: "(Voices) in Iraq, as before in Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen ...

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Operation Any Soldier

Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 12:05:09 pm PST

Here’s an excellent way to show your personal appreciation to US soldiers serving in Iraq: Any Soldier ... Care Packages. You put together the package (with help from their lengthy list of desired items) and their site contains instructions on where to send it. Sergeant Brian Horn from LaPlata, Maryland, ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 11:32:52 am PST

Young boys carry weapons given to them to hold as they walk with masked Palestinian gunmen from Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement on the beach road during a demonstration in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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BBC: Don't Hurt Saddam's Feelings

Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 11:29:06 am PST

The Baghdad British Broadcasting Corporation has told its reporters to be nice to poor Saddam: Saddam not a dictator at BBC. "An email has been circulated telling us not to refer to Saddam as a dictator,” I’m told. “Instead, we are supposed to describe him as the former leader of ...

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TIME Hangs with Iraqi Mujahideen

Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 10:18:25 am PST

Earlier I noted a report in the Boston Globe on media elites whining about how appalling it is for the US government to transmit a satellite feed from Iraq, to show more of the Coalition Authority’s side of the news. But on the other hand, it’s considered business as usual for ...

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Al Qaeda Funded Istanbul Attacks

Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 9:04:58 am PST

One of the organizers of the Istanbul suicide bombings has told Turkish police that the attacks were financed by Al Qaeda: Turkish Suspect: al-Qaida Behind Attacks. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) Adnan Ersoz, believed to be a senior member of al-Qaida in Turkey, was charged Friday with an offense amounting to treason. ...

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Media Criticizes Iraq News Feed

Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 8:41:55 am PST

The Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq is planning to transmit news footage from Iraq directly via satellite, for use by local media outlets. According to this Boston Globe story, representatives of local media outlets are appalled: Iraq news feed draws criticism. The satellite link, dubbed “C-SPAN Baghdad,” is designed to put ...

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Friday, December 19, 2003

European Jihad Network Unplugged

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:01:22 pm PST

European authorities have shut down a network of Islamic radicals that recruited jihadis for holy war action in Iraq: European Militant Network Shut Down. The volunteers were drawn from Muslim youths living on the fringes of society in Western Europe, with loose connections to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida and Ansar ...

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AP Bias Watch

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 9:54:32 pm PST

Meryl Yourish catches the Associated Press playing fast and loose with the truth, in one of their ghoulish body count pieces.

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British MP Threatened

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 6:27:18 pm PST

Another British Member of Parliament has been threatened with “hate speech” prosecution by the Muslim Association of Britain: Legal warning to MP after Muslim terrorism claim. (Hat tip: Morgan.) Scouts for radical Islam have identified the weak points in the legal infrastructure of the West, and are exploiting them at every ...

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Taller, Prouder, Unbowed

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 5:53:52 pm PST

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More Humiliation Please

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 4:54:46 pm PST

Bret Stephens makes some great points in this column for the Jerusalem Post, about the implications of the many recent “humiliations” the Arab world has been forced to endure: More Humiliation Please. Many of the problems that beset the Middle East have precisely to do with its concepts and rituals ...

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Libya Close to Nukes

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 3:40:09 pm PST

The effects of new American Middle East policies are really beginning to be felt, as Libya announced today it had reached a deal to give up its aspirations for weapons of mass destruction. Wacky Gadafi still has a few surprises left in him. And it looks like this agreement may have ...

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Stuck on Calypso’s Island

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 3:24:45 pm PST

What? I forgot to link to Victor Davis Hanson’s new column, on the changing American relationship with Europe? It’s a good one, as always: Stuck on Calypso’s Island. I’m sure that the Europeans are light-years ahead of us in the use of public transportation. They probably are wiser in their ...

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Threats to US Cities

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 3:03:38 pm PST

Officials are concerned enough about a surge in terror intelligence that they are issuing warnings of possible attacks in New York, Washington, and Los Angeles: Terror Threats to U.S. Cities Reported. (Several people emailed about this; thanks.) Dec. 19— Authorities are evaluating a surge of information related to possible terrorist ...

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Beyond the Mainstream

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 1:36:17 pm PST

A Washington Post editorial from yesterday completely eviscerates Howard Dean: Beyond the Mainstream. (Hat tip: NC.) In his speech Monday, Mr. Dean alone portrayed the recruiting of allies for Iraq as a means to “relieve the burden on the U.S.” -- that is, to quickly draw down American forces. Only ...

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Iran Raves About US "Plots"

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 8:20:03 am PST

Former Iranian “president” Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who threatened that the day Iran acquired nuclear weapons would be the day Israel ceased to exist, is gloating that Iran has foiled the evil plot of the Great Satan by signing an agreement for the IAEA to conduct “snap inspections” of its nuclear ...

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Everybody Do the Humiliation Dance

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 8:12:06 am PST

The Arab world is having a gigantic humiliation party, following the arrest of Saddam Hussein. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) CAIRO, Egypt - Was he an Arab hero or a dictator? [Ed. note: Are these options mutually exclusive?] This is the question being debated in newspapers in the Middle East and by ...

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Florida Terrorfest Update

Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 7:59:20 am PST

Earlier this month we wrote about a Terrorist Conference in Florida, sponsored by the Islamic Circle of North America and the “Universal Heritage Foundation,” who were planning to present a star-studded program of radical Islamic freakazoids, even inviting an insane Saudi cleric who openly calls for jihad against Jews and ...

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Thursday, December 18, 2003

PA Investigator: Probably the Perpetrator

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 10:19:14 pm PST

Israel Law Center Director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner has written a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft, warning that the Palestinian put in charge of investigating the Gaza roadside bombing that killed 3 Americans in October—Rashid Abu Shabak—is probably the perpetrator. In her letter, Darshan-Leitner writes: “It is a disgraceful that the ...

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Good on Ambassador Welch

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 8:57:03 pm PST

US Ambassador to Egypt David Welch confronted journalists from Egypt’s government-approved rabidly anti-American newspaper Al-Ahram Weekly, and was wonderfully, unusually blunt and honest for an American diplomat. Here is the exchange immediately following a lengthy whine from the reporters on the “humiliation” to which all Arabs were subjected by the ...

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Like Father, Like Son

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 5:22:14 pm PST

Southeast Asian Islamic terrorists, including Jemaah Islamiya head Hambali, have been sending their sons to jihad schools in Pakistan so they’ll be well-prepared to carry on the family business when Dad “retires:” Terror Suspects’ Children Training. In a crackdown on the practice, five Malaysian students, including four teenagers, have been ...

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Malvo Takes the Fall

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 5:12:01 pm PST

Lee Boyd Malvo, who drew fantasy images of jihad and killing while waiting for his trial, has been convicted of two counts of murder: Malvo Guilty of Murder in Sniper Spree. Malvo, who often had an animated expression during the trial, leaned on his elbows at the table with a ...

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Ninth Circuit Does It Again

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 4:51:06 pm PST

The looniest appeals court in the United States, the 9th Circuit, said today that terrorists detained on a battlefield by US soldiers must get the same rights as American citizens: Court: Terror Suspects Must Get Lawyers. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Thursday for the first time ...

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Sharon's Ultimatum

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 4:19:31 pm PST

I got a very strange feeling reading this Associated Press release about the implications of Ariel Sharon’s ultimatum to the Palestinians, that they either begin implementing the first conditions of the “road map” now, or Israel will take unilateral actions to set a border and disengage from the Palestinians and ...

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Simon Reports from Frawnce

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 3:12:36 pm PST

Roger L. Simon has a not-very-reassuring report from behind Axis of Weasel lines.

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Palestinian Thug Arrested in Belgium

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 8:36:32 am PST

Here’s a real shocker. One of the Palestinian thugs deported to Belgium after the desecration of the Bethlehem Church of the Nativity in 2002 has been arrested for armed robbery and organized crime. (Hat tip: Colt.) Belgian police arrested in Brussels a gang of local gangsters suspected of a series of ...

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Nazimedia Publishes Bush Donor List

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 8:17:06 am PST

Portland Indymedia is publishing the list of contributors to the Bush campaign—including home addresses and phone numbers—with a strong suggestion to the sick freaks who inhabit that disgusting site that they should harass and boycott the donors: Bush’s Oregon Donors (FULL list with home phone numbers). (Hat tip: KPOM.)

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Clark Starts to Seethe

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 8:08:48 am PST

Wesley Clark has apparently decided to try to match Howard Dean’s rage and arrogance, with a ... well, hilarious statement that if he’d been president, he would have already caught Osama: Clark: Bush lacks will to find bin Laden. (CNN) -- Democratic presidential contender Wesley Clark said Wednesday that President ...

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The Joy of Cutting

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 7:51:54 am PST

Malaysia’s new prime minister has a terrific idea for promoting racial and religious harmony in his country: Circumcisions for all! (Hat tip: Bala Ambati.) Circumcision is a rite of passage for young Muslim boys, and in Malaysia it is common for the ceremony to become an event with dozens, or ...

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A Tigris Chronicle

Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 7:33:54 am PST

A great piece by Fouad Ajami on the Arab world’s struggle to come to terms with the ignoble end of Saddam Hussein’s reign of terror: A Tigris Chronicle. It should not be lost on the potential foot-soldiers of religious terror pondering a passage to Tikrit across Iraq’s borders that the ...

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Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Moonbat Alert!

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 9:25:36 pm PST

We seem to be undergoing a sudden influx of Canadian moonbats, arguing in a subliterate fashion (you know the drill: “u” instead of “you,” and “ur” instead of “your”) for the Islamic repression of women, bashing Catholicism, talking about the “evil perversion” of Western women, and gloating over the coming ...

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Iraqis Shocked, Shamed, Seething

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 9:12:16 pm PST

It’s the Washington Post, so they may have deliberately sought out the most discontented Iraqis they could find. But this article provides a sad glimpse into the Arab honor/shame mentality, in which Iraqis, some of whom were abused by Saddam and his henchmen, whine about the humiliation of seeing Saddam ...

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Egyptian Military Training in Mississippi

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 8:09:38 pm PST

Mohammed Atta was Egyptian. And now, members of the Egyptian Air Force are being trained to use modern avionics equipment, in Picayune, Mississippi: Egyptian military representatives getting training at Stennis airport. (Hat tip: TS.) PICAYUNE, Miss. - Eight members of the Egyptian military are staying in Picayune for the next three ...

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LGF Fundraiser Auctions

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 5:29:30 pm PST

An LGF reader has very kindly set up several auctions at eBay, featuring some very cool collectibles, as a fundraiser for LGF. Here are the links to the auction pages: LGF Fundraiser #1: Mr Holland’s Opus VHS. LGF Fundraiser #2: Hand Crafted Picture Frame by LGF Poster “Geepers." LGF Fundraiser #3: Friends of ...

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State: Get Out of Saudi Arabia

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 5:19:38 pm PST

The State Department has issued an advisory that US citizens currently residing in the Saudi entity should leave. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) WASHINGTON - Nonessential American diplomats and the families of all U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia should leave, the State Department said Wednesday, stepping up its warnings about risks in ...

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The Bike-Path Left

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 4:20:57 pm PST

Mark Steyn skewers and roasts the angriest dwarf: The Bike-Path Left. Howard Dean catapulted himself from Vermont obscurity to national fame very ingeniously. His campaign was tonally brilliant. He was an angry peacenik, an aggressive defeatist, he got in-your-face about getting out of Iraq. The problem with pacifism as a ...

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Boston Globe: No Search Warrant! It's Illegal!

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:31:43 am PST

Bush Derangement Syndrome at the Boston Globe, in a hysterically over the top editorial by Derrick Z. Jackson that would not be out of place at CounterPunch. Jackson’s rant contains the single most idiotic statement I’ve seen all year: he seems to think the US military should have gotten a ...

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A Periodic Reminder

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:16:36 am PST

Several readers have recently emailed to tell me what a good idea it is to remind LGFers every once in a while that this weblog is entirely user-supported. We don’t accept advertising (even though we have several advertisers champing at the bit to place their ads here), so the only ...

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Saudi Arabia Bans Cuddly Toys

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:42:59 am PST

Lots of propaganda coming out of the Saudi entity lately, seeking to promote the appearance that the oil ticks are “taking steps toward moderation.” Well, here’s the sort of moderation they’re taking steps toward: Saudi Arabia bans cuddly toys. Saudi Arabia has banned the importation of female dolls and teddy ...

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That Prankster Albright

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:30:10 am PST

Yesterday Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of State, was caught by Mort Kondracke issuing a statement that would fit right in at Indymedia. Today, she claims she was just kiddin’ around. What a cut-up! Albright: Bin Laden Comments Were ‘Tongue-in-Cheek’. WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright insisted Wednesday that she was just ...

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Ten Lessons

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 9:50:10 am PST

Dennis Prager has an excellent piece in today’s Wall Street Journal: Ten Lessons from Saddam’s capture. Since the WSJ site requires paid registration, I’m linking to Dennis’s web site, where he has made the article available in PDF form. 1. America is the greatest force for good on the planet. ...

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Shirin Ebadi: Islam Doesn't Need Reform

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 9:00:29 am PST

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, speaking in Paris, denied that Islam needs a reformation or modernization; instead, the West needs to understand Islam. (Hat tip: Baldy.) In a program about secularism on the state channel France 2, asked about the issue of Islam and modernization, Ebadi said; ‘what ...

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What The Left Will Say If...

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 8:41:20 am PST

In the Telegraph, a great article by Janet Daley outlines the inevitable talking points we can expect to hear from our defeatist media, loony left politicians, and barking moonbats: How to deal with irritatingly good news. (Hat tip: JohninLondon.) Saddam refuses to co-operate with his interrogators. The arrest of this man ...

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Congresswoman Invites a Terrorist

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 8:07:04 am PST

Empty-headed Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has invited the President of Syria, a Ba’athist dictator responsible for funding, supporting, and training terrorists throughout the Middle East, whose country is listed as a “rogue state” by the US, to speak in her state of Texas: Jackson Lee says mind unchanged about ...

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NYT Bias Watch

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 7:29:17 am PST

In their continuing effort to undermine US efforts in Iraq, the New York Times resorts to blatant falsehood in an article claiming Baghdad has the highest murder rate in the world: How High Is the Murder Rate in Baghdad? (Hat tip: Michael S.) A New York Times op-ed by two Brookings ...

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Tuesday, December 16, 2003

Blair Backs Red Ken

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 8:31:23 pm PST

LGF readers probably consider Tony Blair to be (mostly) on the anti-idiotarian side. I do too, although his positions on the Arab-Israel conflict leave more than a little to be desired. So why the hell is Blair supporting the Marxist, anti-American Mayor of London, “Red Ken” Livingstone, who just last month ...

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BBC Bias Watch

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 7:57:37 pm PST

First, read this LGF entry from earlier today about Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari castigating the United Nations for its utter failure to help the Iraqi people in their time of dire need. Next, read this BBC story about Kofi Annan’s weasely, craven response, which the Beeb presents as if it ...

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The Fence is Working

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 6:56:15 pm PST

The head of Israel’s domestic intelligence service, Shin Bet, says that the security fence has stopped at least 20 Palestinians from committing mass murder: Barrier ‘has prevented 20 Palestinian attacks’. (Hat tip: Mordred.) Avi Dichter, the Shin Bet head, said the lack of a successful suicide attack since the bombing ...

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A Tale of Two Crypts

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 6:19:48 pm PST

In a world of large events, sometimes the small stories of ordinary people have the most power to touch our hearts. Daniel Pipes illuminates one of these small stories: A tale of two crypts. The discovery of Saddam Hussein in a crypt-like hole, hidden by bricks and dirt, in a ...

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2003 Dishonest Reporting Award

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 5:39:48 pm PST

The 2003 Dishonest Reporting ‘Award’ goes to ... the envelope, please ... al-Reuters! The world’s most biased “news wire,” bar none!

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Internet Jihad

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 5:33:59 pm PST

Here’s an excellent article by Robert Spencer on the use of the Internet by radical Islamic groups, focusing on the good work of Aaron Weisburd at Internet Haganah, who has exposed and terminated many of these foul centers of hatred: Internet Jihad. A Saudi radical Muslim group, the Brigade of ...

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San Francisco Shari'a Watch

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 5:19:52 pm PST

San Francisco State University student Tatiana Menaker reports on a film festival at the school, chock full of Jew-hating lunacy: College Film Festival: Kill the Jews. What is strikingly serious in all these films is that if one were to count the most often used words, these words would be ...

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Dean's Split Personality

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 4:00:19 pm PST

Howard Dean continues his stunning meltdown into a rancid puddle of schtoopid juice: “The capture of Saddam is a good thing which I hope very much will help keep our soldiers safer. But the capture of Saddam has not made America safer,’’ Dean said during a speech to the Pacific ...

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Indymedia Hits a New Low (Again)

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:00:48 am PST

This is definitely the worst case of Bush Derangement Syndrome I have yet seen. I’m not even going to quote this one; I don’t want this sort of insanity on LGF. Instead I’ll simply file a report with the Secret Service. Go read it and see for yourself: Rockymountain: newswire/7269. ...

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Iraqi Official: The UN Failed Us

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:09:17 am PST

Iraq’s foreign minister excoriates the United Nations: Iraq Official: U.N. Failed Us and Should Help Now. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iraq’s foreign minister accused the United Nations on Tuesday of failing his country by leaving Saddam Hussein in power for decades and appealed to the world body to assume a ...

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Dean Fundraising Hatefest

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 8:56:35 am PST

Bush Derangement Syndrome was raging at a Howard Dean fundraising event in New York last week; and Dean’s advisers apparently knew what was going to happen, because they barred TV cameras from the event: Howard’s Hatefest. (Hat tip: J.D.) So there were no TV cameras last Monday night when pro-Dean ...

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The Campaign of Hate and Fear

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 8:36:57 am PST

I couldn’t agree more with Orson Scott Card when he says that some Democrats (and most of the Democratic Underground crowd) are behaving not just critically, not just badly—but unpatriotically: The Campaign of Hate and Fear. (Hat tip: Darleen.) Am I saying that critics of the war aren’t patriotic? Not at ...

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McDermott: Pond Scum

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 8:35:51 am PST

Speaking of Democrats who are unpatriotic, here’s the poster boy for this foul crowd; Congressman Jim McDermott, who went to Iraq before the war and criticized our president in the stronghold of our enemies: Wash. Congressman Questions Saddam Timing. WASHINGTON - The Washington congressman who criticized President Bush while visiting ...

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Vatican Gone Nuts

Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 8:02:59 am PST

Wow. Talk about misplaced compassion: Cardinal Says U.S. Treated Saddam ‘Like a Cow’. (Hat tip: Mike Silverman.) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A top Vatican official said Tuesday he felt pity and compassion for Saddam Hussein and criticized the U.S. military for showing video footage of him being treated “like a ...

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Monday, December 15, 2003

Saddam's Nuclear Program?

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 9:41:16 pm PST

Here’s a short, rather cryptic, but potentially enormously important bulletin at the Jerusalem Post, in which an Iraqi council member says that Saddam had a team of scientists working on a nuclear weapons program. Saddam Hussein had a team of scientists working on a nuclear weapons program, according to Yonadam ...

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Red-Green Anti-Semitism

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 9:36:07 pm PST

Jean-Christophe Mounicq has a good piece on Europe’s new breed of antisemitism, fueled by radical Islam and taking advantage of European appeasement and political correctness: Red-Green Anti-Semitism. Any criticism of the culture of any immigrant is also viewed as racist. The only permissible criticism seems to be that which is ...

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Angriest Dwarf Bows to the UN

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 9:06:36 pm PST

The short period of grace for Howard Dean is over, and it took a mere 24 hours. In what’s billed as a “major foreign policy speech” tonight at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, Howard Dean launched a vehement attack on the Bush administration’s “unilateralism:” Dean assails ...

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Dallas Antisemitism Watch Update

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 7:01:27 pm PST

Two employees for ADVO, the company responsible for distributing a Hanukkah shopping flier with an antisemitic message in Dallas Texas, have checked in to LGF to let us know how embarrassed the company is by this incident, and what has been done to prevent something like it from happening again. ...

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Nothing New Under the Sun

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 6:17:51 pm PST

Forty-three years ago, the same idiots were spouting the same idiotarianism we’re seeing today. An excellent piece by Rafael Medoff at the Jerusalem Post looks at what happened when Israel put the Chief of the Jewish Office of the Gestapo, Adolf Eichmann, on trial: Saddam on trial. (Hat tip: whiner.) ...

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The Ba'athist Who Won't Bath

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 6:03:07 pm PST

Even when Mark Steyn isn’t really saying anything new or surprising, he says it so amusingly that it’s a must-read: Defiant? He’s a Ba’athist who won’t bath. As for the Democrats and the European media, they long ago decided that their slogan for the 2004 election is “It’s the stupidity, ...

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Dean's Split Personality

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 5:46:42 pm PST

The good folks at Power Line (who got robbed in Wizbang’s Best Group Blog category) point out an eye-opening article about Howard Dean in the Washington Post, highlighting his naked opportunism: Dean Working to Be Seen as Foreign Policy Centrist. Though Dean has repeatedly criticized Bush for failing to win ...

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ICRC Wants to Visit

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 4:38:49 pm PST

That guardian of morality the International Red Cross—who refuse to grant membership to Israel’s Magen David Adom, and whose former president Cornelio Sommaruga once said, “If we’re going to have the Shield of David, why would we not have to accept the swastika?”—now wants to make sure Saddam Hussein isn’t ...

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A Hunka Burnin' Love

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 4:30:22 pm PST

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Gimli the Dwarf: Anti-Idiotarian

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 3:48:43 pm PST

By now most people know that Viggo Mortensen, who plays Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, is also a first class moonbat when it comes to politics, sharing the stage with radical Muslims at International ANSWER demonstrations and reading horrible “anti-war poetry.” But Gimli, Son of Gloin, certainly didn’t miss ...

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Annan: Saddam Must Not Be Executed

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 2:27:24 pm PST

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says Saddam’s trial must follow “international norms and standards,” and that Saddam must not receive the death penalty. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday he does not support the death penalty for Saddam Hussein and emphasized any tribunal would have ...

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Like A Rat

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:33:29 pm PST

(From Cox & Forkum, of course.)

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Muslim Football Whitewashes Intifada

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:17:53 pm PST

On December 6 we had a story about a Muslim football league that included teams with names such as Intifada, Saracens, Soldiers of Allah, and Mujahideen. Today LGF reader PDM emailed to let me know that the Muslim Football web site now contains a ... well, for lack of a better ...

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T-Shirts Finally Restocked

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:08:35 pm PST

After a completely ridiculous series of mishaps, small disasters, and screw-ups, we’re finally restocked with LGF T-shirts, and will be working on getting caught up on orders this week. If you’ve been waiting patiently for too long for your T-shirt, I sincerely apologize for the delay. But we’ll be doing our ...

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Killers in Love

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 11:46:40 am PST

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BDS Rages at the Nation

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 11:20:07 am PST

At the Nation magazine, Roger Normand succumbs to one of the worst cases of Bush Derangement Syndrome, compounded by a chronic anti-American infection, that I have ever witnessed: Facing the Human Rights Abyss. The worst human rights violator in the entire world, according to Normand, is ... well, who else? ...

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BDS Rages at SF Cartoonist's Forum

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 11:11:38 am PST

At cartoonist Mark Fiore’s discussion forum, another outbreak of Bush Derangement Syndrome: This changes nothing... (Hat tip: Ali Al-Beheshti.) Great, we got Hussein! Now let’s get Bush, the other war criminal and murderous maniac. I offer this tip as to his last known whereabouts. According to radio reports this morning, ...

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LGF: Best Overall!

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:19:31 am PST

Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Wizbang 2003 Weblog Awards, and thanks to Kevin Aylward at Wizbang for his hard work. And congratulations to the other category winners as well. Here’s the complete list: Best Overall Blog: Little Green Footballs Best New Blog (Established in 2003): Allah Is ...

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Saddam: "Leader of a Liberation Movement"

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 9:21:40 am PST

Jordanian lawyers are eager to defend the monster from Tikrit—and not out of some idealistic conviction that all people deserve a fair trial. They think he’s a hero. (Hat tip: Ali Al-Beheshti.) The Jordanian Bar Association said Monday that lawyers should step forward to defend Saddam. “The Jordanian Bar Association considers ...

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The Galloway Awards

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 9:10:28 am PST

A great collection of leftist lunacy: Andrew Sullivan’s Galloway Awards.

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Reuters: Back to Business as Usual

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 8:50:27 am PST

Al-Reuters waited one whole day before diving back into their swamp of negativity, seeking out malcontents for juicy anti-American quotes: Iraqi cheer fades into ire at U.S. "It’s great that he’s caught, but it wasn’t him who screwed up the petrol and the electricity and everything else so badly, so ...

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The Nine Multilateral Dwarves

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 8:21:17 am PST

Now that Saddam has been captured, with no help from the Axis of Weasels, the Dour Democratic Dwarves decide it’s an opportunity for us to regain the good will of ... the Axis of Weasels! In Their Own Words: The Democratic Candidates. CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN The capture of Saddam Hussein ...

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Sunday, December 14, 2003

NYT: US "Lacks Legitimacy"

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 8:52:05 pm PST

Amazingly, the New York Times continues their unbroken string of idiotarian masterpieces with an op-ed demanding that the United Nations—an organization dominated by Arab dictatorships and Old Europe oligarchies, who fought tooth and nail against the US in our drive to remove Saddam Hussein from power, and who are now ...

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Saddam's 9/11 Connections

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 7:09:53 pm PST

Yesterday I posted a link to the Telegraph story that claims Iraq’s coalition government has proof that September 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta was trained in Baghdad by Palestinian proto-terrorist Abu Nidal. (I’ve gotten at least a dozen emails about the story today, so I thought it might be a good ...

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Hamas Burning Stuff

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 6:09:03 pm PST

They’re burning flags again in Jenin, as part of the festive celebrations of the founding of Hamas (which seem to have been going on all week): Masked Palestinian Hamas activists burn Israeli and U.S. flags during a rally marking the 16th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas Islamic group, ...

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Arab World Seethes and Rants Some More

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 4:37:03 pm PST

Agence France Presse indulges in a bit of mindreading—or perhaps, projection: Arabs share little of world joy over Saddam’s capture. Many people in the streets of Cairo and Beirut openly cursed a victory for a United States they see as an arrogant and unjust power, while some even refused to ...

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A Petition in Favor of Suicide Bombing

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 3:00:23 pm PST

Supporters of Palestinian terrorism have started a petition to protest the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s campaign to make suicide bombings a crime against humanity—in other words, a petition to support suicide bombings: Difference Between Terror and Resistance Petition. One of the signers of this petition is Dorothy Naor, a “pacifist” associated with ...

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Pediatrician of Death Seethes, Rants

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 2:43:34 pm PST

You know, it almost sounds like the Pediatrician of Death is threatening us: Palestinians mark 'black day' of Saddam capture. Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and his government made no comment. But Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, a senior leader of the militant Hamas group, said the United States would "pay a very ...

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"We Are Completely Sunk"

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 2:28:58 pm PST

James Taranto points out a comment at the official blog of the Democratic National Committee, Kicking Ass (yes, that’s really the official name of the official blog of the DNC), that shows the self-loathing American at his very lowest, regretting that there have been no more terror attacks in the ...

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Islam is Now the Rising Church of England

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 2:20:11 pm PST

In the Telegraph, Kevin Myers points out that true battleground in the War on Terror has become Europe itself—and the enemy is already within: The tide is turning and we are unprepared. (Hat tip: DP.) The worst consequence of Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech was that it prevented all ...

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"It Smelled Really Bad"

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 2:13:56 pm PST

The Associated Press does something right, and reports the story of Saddam’s capture with no apparent bias: Suspicious Hole Leads Soldiers to Saddam. ADWAR, Iraq - When darkness fell, the Americans moved into position, 600 of them, from infantrymen to elite special forces. Their target: two houses in this rural ...

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"If Howard Dean Had His Way..."

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 2:08:20 pm PST

Good on Joe Lieberman, the only Democratic candidate with the guts to say it like it is: Lieberman’s Appearance on NBC News’ Meet The Press. On the question that we’re celebrating today, Howard Dean throughout this campaign has said he wasn’t sure that Saddam really represented a threat to us. ...

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A Psychological Blow

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 2:04:30 pm PST

Caroline Glick on the capture of Saddam the ex-tyrant: The psychological impact on Saddam’s loyalists and on terrorists around the world of the picture of the tyrant’s dirty, mired face and meek complicity during his medical examination by a US army doctor is immeasurable. Today they are forced to ask ...

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"How Can I Use the Bathroom?"

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 12:25:28 pm PST

TIME Magazine has a report on Saddam’s first interrogation: Notes from Saddam in Custody. (Hat tip: NC.) After his capture, Saddam was taken to a holding cell at the Baghdad Airport. He didn’t answer any of the initial questions directly, the official said, and at times seemed less than fully ...

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The Greatest Arab of All Time

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 11:47:17 am PST

In a contest for the title of “greatest Arab of all time” run by the Middle East Broadcasting Centre, based in Dubai, votes are already pouring in—for Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein have been nominated for the title of the “greatest Arab” of ...

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A Jordanian in Love

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 11:00:50 am PST

An elderly Jordanian man kisses a picture of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in down town Amman December 14, 2003. Arabs greeted the capture of Saddam Hussein with divided emotions on Sunday, welcoming the arrest of a dictator yet tinged with regret that a symbol of Arab defiance against ...

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We Got Mail!

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 10:42:31 am PST

An admirer in France emailed yesterday to let us know what a hate-filled psychotic bigot he is: Hello, I can see that being jew makes you unfortunately believe that israel is your land; you are one the the millions jews in that case that support the creation of a jewish colony ...

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Musharraf Assassination Attempt

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 9:44:24 am PST

The jihadis in Pakistan tried to kill Pervez Musharraf today: Explosion damages bridge minutes after Pakistan’s president passes. ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A powerful explosion damaged a bridge which Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had crossed just minutes earlier, police and officials said. They added that no one was hurt in the ...

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DU Moonbats Barking

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 8:58:05 am PST

Hoo-wee! If you really want to see some mind-warping idiocy, go check out this thread at US Moonbat Headquarters: Democratic Underground Forums - Saddam Hussein Captured Alive Near Tikrit. In fairness, there are some people with level heads posting as well. But oh man, the moonbats! They bark!

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Iraqi Bloggers React

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 8:47:29 am PST

The Mesopotamian: Mother of Days. Before this, I prayed the traditional prayers of thanksgiving. That I, and the Iraqi people should see this day! This, surely, is the mother of all days for us. The heroes of our valiant Pesh Mergas, and the heroes of the U.S. Fourth division have ...

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Arab World Humiliated (Again)

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 8:40:40 am PST

Arabs react to Saddam’s capture with disbelief, sadness, humiliation, and rage: Many Arabs Skeptical on Saddam’s Capture. "Impossible! No, I don’t believe it,” cried Rami Makhoul, who works at a jewelry store in the Syrian capital Damascus. At an outdoor market in Cairo, shopkeepers could be heard yelling at each ...

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Palestinians Devastated

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 8:27:09 am PST

Palestinians are down in the dumps today. Looks like the sugar daddy who financed suicide bombers and paid off their families after they committed mass murder won’t be opening his wallet again: Palestinians pained by Saddam capture. During the past three years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, Saddam sent millions of dollars ...

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LGF Readers Get the News First

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 8:06:56 am PST

LGF reader “justdanny” was on the money yesterday in a post telling us to watch for some big news: Potential big fat news coming out of the big sandy area of my concern soon, today or tomorrow, hopefully if I’m right, will be coming soon to all interupted networks and ...

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The Press is Silent

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 7:56:38 am PST

At the press conference where Paul Bremer announced the capture of Saddam Hussein, the wild cheering that broke out was not coming from the media representatives. The press people in the front of the room were sitting silently in their chairs or standing to take pictures of the ones who ...

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GOT HIM!

Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 7:21:51 am PST

Saddam Hussein Captured Alive Near Tikrit. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Without firing a shot, American forces captured a bearded and haggard-looking Saddam Hussein in an underground hide-out on a farm near his hometown of Tikrit, ending one of the most intensive manhunts in history. The arrest was a huge victory for ...

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Saturday, December 13, 2003

Iowahawk Swims With the Fishes

Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 7:02:11 pm PST

That kooky, irrepressible hawk from Iowa, aka David Burge, has thrown his hat coat burqa dog-filled pipe into the ring, and joined this nutty thing that Sammy Davis (peace be upon him) used to call “the blogosphere, baby!” Iowahawk. Bookmark it. Worship it.

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Iranian Nuclear Stalling Continues, IAEA Buys It

Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 6:19:19 pm PST

Iran to Sign Up to Snap Nuclear Inspections in Days. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will sign a binding international protocol in the next few days that authorizes snap inspections of its nuclear sites by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said on Saturday. Asked when Iran would put ...

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Iraq's Government: Atta Trained by Abu Nidal

Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 5:55:51 pm PST

Another piece of the puzzle falls into place: Terrorist behind September 11 strike was trained by Saddam. (Hat tip: LesLein.) Iraq’s coalition government claims that it has uncovered documentary proof that Mohammed Atta, the al-Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks against the US, was trained in Baghdad by Abu ...

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Moonbat Alert!

Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 8:36:20 am PST

An Australian representative of the Religion of Peace™ dropped in to LGF early this morning to post two subliterate messages just brimming with that special love and tolerance for which Islam is famous. First, he denied that the Australian imam we recently quoted actually said that gays should be beheaded. ...

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EU Constitution Talks Collapse

Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 8:02:02 am PST

In the land of chocolate poodles, talks to ratify a constitution for the European Union have dissolved amid cat-fighting and recriminations. These are the people to whom Wesley Clark would give “right of first refusal” over matters of US national security: European Union Constitution Talks Fold. BRUSSELS, Belgium - The ...

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Friday, December 12, 2003

Palestinian Child Abuse

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 9:00:14 pm PST

A Palestinian child carries a submachine gun during a sit-in held in Beirut’s refugee camp of Shatila to protest the unofficial Geneva Initiative peace plan which was launched in the Swiss city.(AFP/Joseph Barrak) A Palestinian boy draped in a flag of the Islamic militant group Hamas stands on ...

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Omar Says: Bon Voyage, Europa

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 8:48:11 pm PST

At Iraq The Model, Omar has some heartfelt words for the countries of Europe who stood on the side of Saddam Hussein and fought against the liberation of Iraqis—and now want a piece of the profits from the post-war reconstruction: Anyway, this time I had a stand with this war ...

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Canadian Shari'a Watch

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 7:02:23 pm PST

The Toronto Globe and Mail has a story on the camel’s nose in the Canadian tent (although they don’t put it that way, of course)—shari’a law in Canada. Mr. Syed Mumtaz Ali, who hopes some of the arbitrators will be women, said Muslims are obliged to follow sharia , but ...

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The Draft European Constitution

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 6:40:13 pm PST

LGF reader “iowahawk” has been dumpster diving again, this time in the rubbish bins behind the European Summit in Brussels, and he’s found another gem—a working draft of the first part of the EU Constitution. He has translated it from the original French and forwarded it to the LFG Foreign ...

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The IAEA Is On Iran's Side

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 6:03:45 pm PST

Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has not been able to conclude that Iran has a nuclear weapons program, although he says that if they ever do, the IAEA might be able to detect it. In any case, he’s going to need a lot more time to ...

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Reality Imitates Parody

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 5:38:50 pm PST

Last month Bjørn Stærk’s evil twin brother Comrade Medvedsilnyn wrote a hilarious parody of muddled leftist thinking, in a review of the second installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The People’s Blog - The racist message of Two Towers. The parody is so dead-on that many people were ...

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"Anti-War Militants" in Germany

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 4:07:43 pm PST

Ray D at David’s Medienkritik (a fine German blog) reports that the “militant anti-war” movement has now spread to Germany, where a foul group of German pro-fascists is collecting money to support the Ba’athist terrorists and foreign jihadis who are murdering coalition soldiers and Iraqi men, women, and children: Germany’s ...

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Gloomy Weasel Summit

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 2:03:10 pm PST

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac leave the opening session of the European Summit in Brussels, December 12, 2003. EU’s landmark summit to agree to a constitution was plunged into gloom almost as soon as it began on Friday as leaders stood their ground over their ...

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Critical Mass

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 8:57:29 am PST

Victor Davis Hanson says we are reaching a showdown in the war against Islamic fascism: Critical Mass. There are plenty of third-world revolutionaries today, but very few who wave the hammer and sickle. Again, it is not that mankind ceased being naïve or duped, and woke up to the absurdities ...

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Caliphate Dreams

Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 8:38:45 am PST

Andrew Bostom reviews a new book by Raphael Israeli, Islamikaze- Manifestations of Islamic Matryrology, that presents an unflinching view of the Islamic supremacist ideology and methodology: Caliphate Dreams. The review ends with a look at Israeli’s recommendations for dealing with the very real threat: The author concludes with a most ...

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Thursday, December 11, 2003

Bush Zinger of the Month

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 9:51:44 pm PST

Oh, man. If you’re a whining duplicitous EUroweenie, this has gotta sting. Bush said even a decision by countries such as France and Germany to forgive Iraqi debt would not enable them to compete for the contracts in Iraq. And he was derisive when asked about German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s ...

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World Gone Insane

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 9:35:17 pm PST

A Reuters story on the rebuilding of the World Trade Center has a link to an image of this disgusting piece of “art” by Chuck Bowden, which won second place in the Redwood Art Association’s annual fall exhibit, held earlier this month in Eureka, California: This is an undated handout ...

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Dallas Antisemitism Watch

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 9:06:58 pm PST

NBC 5 in Dallas calls this a hidden hate message. (Hat tip: Queen Esther.) But it’s really not hidden at all. DALLAS -- A holiday shopping flier that’s been distributed to thousands of households in north Texas is creating controversy because a message of hate is included within an advertisement. An ad ...

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Problems Relating

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 8:11:07 pm PST

Great post from Robert Spencer at Dhimmi Watch on the incredible coincidence today in Modena, Italy, where a Jordanian-born man with Kuwaiti citizenship just happened to blow up ... near the only synagogue in town, of all the wacky places in this wacky world! Of course, there’s no terrorism involved ...

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You Better Watch Out

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 6:40:02 pm PST

(Via Aaron’s Rantblog, via James.)

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Fight on the Right

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 6:03:44 pm PST

If you’ve been following the controversy swirling around Grover Norquist’s alleged involvement with radical Islamic groups and individuals, Byron York provides some interesting background information, especially on the confrontation between Norquist and Frank Gaffney: Fight on the Right.

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We Can Dance If We Want To

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 4:21:49 pm PST

Masked Palestinian members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) wear mock explosives belts during a march marking the 36th anniversary of the establishment of PFLP, in the West Bank city of Nablus Thursday Dec. 11, 2003. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) Palestinian activists of the Popular ...

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Peace Creep: Saddam's Victims Deserved It

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 3:16:38 pm PST

Every day seems to bring another example of the utter moral bankruptcy of the far left. Today’s example is a real jaw-dropper. Last September we featured a piece about Joseph Wilson (remember him? the Plame scandal that lefty scandalmongers were so sure was going to bring down the Bush administration?) giving ...

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Germans Round Up Islamic "Militants"

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:27:40 pm PST

In a massive operation, German police raided nearly 1,200 apartments of suspected Islamic freakazoids today: Germans Raid Suspected Militant Sites. The nationwide sweep was aimed against members of Caliphate State, a group seeking the overthrow of Turkey’s secular government that Germany outlawed in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, ...

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Carter: Betrayed by Zell

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:20:38 pm PST

Former president Jimmy Carter, the Idiotarian Award Winner of 2002, reared up like a spitting cobra and spewed some venom yesterday at Senator Zell Miller (who has endorsed George W. Bush for president). Jimmah feels betrayed: Carter: Sen. Miller Appointment a Mistake. (Hat tip: Let’s Roll.) When Colmes asked Carter ...

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Why Do They Hate Us, Dude?

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:14:56 am PST

LGF reader “iowahawk” forwards this release from ESU, an incisive and devastating social critique by Keanu Burge that was discovered in the Smirking Chimp’s “Accidentally Deleted Files” folder. *** WHY DO THEY HATE US, DUDE? By Keanu Burge LFG Guest Commentary from the ESU Daily State Budget Appropriation The pathetic attendance at Saturday’s Primal Scream ...

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Steyn: It's Been a Good Year

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:03:07 am PST

A terrific column from Mark Steyn, full of his trademark humor with a narsty bite: It’s been a good year. Read it all, of course, but I especially enjoyed the section about a certain whiny Baghdad blogger: Meanwhile, anyone who thinks it will be decades before Arabs are ready for ...

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Puppet Issues Threats

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 9:03:47 am PST

Palestinian puppet prime minister Ahmed Qurei threatens Israel with more terrorism: "The conflict would continue, fires would burn, terror would increase and no one would gain. It would be a bad mistake to force a settlement on us. We will not accept it. The world will never accept it,” Qurie ...

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Reuters: "Civilian Gunmen" Killed in Rafah

Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 8:05:15 am PST

Reuters is at it again, headlining a release from Palestinian reporter Nidal al-Mughrabi: Israeli Army Kills Five Palestinians in Gaza Strip. RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers killed five Palestinians on Thursday during gun battles that erupted after an armored push into Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip ...

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Wednesday, December 10, 2003

The Fifth Column Wants Americans to Die

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:13:07 pm PST

John Hawkins has been turning over rocks at far left web sites, and look what crawled out from under Yellow Times: an example of just how far removed from human decency the left has gotten, in an article by Gabriel Ash (whose work appears regularly at moonbat web sites like ...

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Operation Hero Miles

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 8:25:53 pm PST

Got frequent flyer miles? Not gonna use ‘em? Then give ‘em to a soldier with a family that needs to see him/her: Operation Hero Miles. (Hat tip: zulubaby.)

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Media Urged to Report Fairly on Islam

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 6:59:06 pm PST

The Toledo Blade reports on a symposium on “fairness in reporting on religion” sponsored by the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, at which the “spiritual leader” blamed “the media” for promoting “mythical” connections between Islam and terrorism: Media urged to report fairly on Islam. (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch.) Imam Farooq ...

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UN Evicts Observers from Internet Summit

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 6:24:53 pm PST

Here’s a disturbing glimpse at what we can expect if the United Nations succeeds in its bid to take over the administration of the Internet: UN Takeover of Internet? Some Are ‘Not Amused’. (Hat tip: Xer0.) Paul Twomey, the president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, found ...

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Iraq Anti-Terror Demonstration Update

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 5:56:21 pm PST

Omar at Iraq the Model has another report from the large anti-terrorism demonstration in Baghdad, including a list of all the groups that attended. after 2 hours, the crowd was so big, I couldn’t guess the number, but it seemed like the whole Iraq was there, men, women, children, young ...

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Death Cult Student Elections

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 4:41:59 pm PST

In one of the most disgusting stories of debased Palestinian death cult society I have yet seen (in a very crowded field), Arab students at Bir Zeit University held an election—and the major campaign issue was which student group had managed to slaughter the largest number of Jews, Hamas or ...

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Got One in Minneapolis

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 3:28:53 pm PST

Man allegedly linked to al Qaeda arrested. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A man who allegedly has ties to al Qaeda and has trained in its camps is in federal custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, law enforcement sources said Wednesday. The details are under seal because the man is being held as a material ...

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European Antisemitism Watch

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 3:21:46 pm PST

The Jewish cemetery on the site of the Auschwitz death camp has been vandalized. Vandals wrecked sixteen tombstones at the Jewish cemetery at Auschwitz, the local Jewish cultural center said on Wednesday. Days before, someone painted two large swastikas on the cemetery’s wall, which municipal police quickly removed, the center told ...

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Thousands Demonstrate Against Terrorism in Iraq

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 3:04:33 pm PST

Zeyad at Healing Iraq has a post about a large anti-terror, pro-democracy, anti-Arab media demonstration in Baghdad, including three albums of excellent photographs. (Hat tip: Right Wing Conspirator.) Agence France Presse, loathsome as always, uses sneer quotes around the dreaded T word in their headline: Thousands take to Iraqi streets to ...

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Of Contracts and Hens

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 1:39:06 pm PST

One day as the Little Red Hen was scratching in a field, she found a grain of wheat. "This wheat should be planted,” she said. “Who will plant this grain of wheat?" "Not I,” said the Duck. "Not I,” said the Cat. "Not I,” said the Dog. "Then I will,” said the Little Red Hen. ...

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Moonbat Rant Alert!

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:49:10 pm PST

Remember the incoherent moonbat “truth” who spewed Islamic bigotry and hatred all over our comments a few days ago? Well, a friend of this creature, and self-identified moonbat, has just posted an insane antisemitic rant in “support” of “truth.” And this one is apparently a student at Long Island University, benefiting ...

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Slams US, Israel

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:37:41 pm PST

At the official prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi—touted by the anti-American Nobel committee as a “moderate” Muslim and human rights champion—used her speech to slam the United States and Israel, and complain about the treatment of the terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay: Nobel Peace Prize ...

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The DC Sniper's Jihad

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:01:14 pm PST

Michelle Malkin takes the PC-obsessed media to task for ignoring the jihad motivations of DC snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo: The DC Sniper’s Jihad. The media’s willful ignorance isn’t something that just started, either; from the very beginning nearly all reporters were pushing the “angry white loner” theory. ...

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US Embassy in Beirut Targeted

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 11:04:05 am PST

A Lebanese man and a Palestinian were arrested earlier today, foiling an attempted terror attack against the US embassy in Beirut: Two men arrested with explosives outside US embassy in Beirut. An army statement said the pair was arrested at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) at the entrance to the embassy ...

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Wesley Clark Would Let Europe Protect US

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 9:23:33 am PST

On the Chris Matthews show last Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark actually said that he would put the security of the United States in the hands of the Europeans—and give them the right of first refusal. (Hat tip: William.) CLARK: Well, if I were president right now, I would ...

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Canadian Christians Condemn Antisemitism

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 9:02:39 am PST

Christian leaders in Canada have issued a strong statement denouncing the “alarming increase” of antisemitism in the country: Christians condemn anti-Semitism. Canada’s top Catholics, Anglicans, Baptists, Lutherans and United Church leaders joined other leading Christians in releasing the statement Tuesday to mark the Dec. 10 anniversary of the United Nation’s ...

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Harvey Caves, CAIR Gloats

Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 8:58:31 am PST

Paul Harvey has caved in to pressure from radical Islamic front group CAIR: Paul Harvey: Islam ‘religion of peace’. How disappointing. Every time CAIR succeeds in extorting an apology from a public figure, they are emboldened to push their agenda that much farther. Responding to a demand for apology from ...

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Tuesday, December 09, 2003

Dean: The Mysterious Stranger

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 10:16:27 pm PST

In his op-ed column today, David Brooks absolutely nails the angriest dwarf to the wall: The Mysterious Stranger. The newly liberated Dean doesn’t worry about having a coherent political philosophy. There is a parlor game among Washington pundits called How Liberal Is Howard Dean? One group pores over his speeches, ...

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JPost Answers NYT

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 8:32:14 pm PST

The Jerusalem Post’s Max Singer responds to a New York Times article hailing the duplicitous Geneva Agreement as a “breakthrough” for peace in the Middle East: The 'Times' embraces Geneva. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) Of course the Times is entitled to think that the great majority of Israelis are not "people ...

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EUrocrats Feed the Crocodile

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 8:27:18 pm PST

At EUobserver, a story that shows how the unelected bureaucrats of the European Union continue to pander to the terrorist state of Iran—feeding the crocodile of Islamic terrorism, hoping to avoid being eaten themselves: EU ponders security link with Middle East. (Hat tip: Chris.) "In Europe and elsewhere people have, ...

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Gore Invokes the Q Word

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 6:18:36 pm PST

Al Gore astoundingly, perfidiously, dishonestly, nauseatingly, used the dreaded Q word today in his speech endorsing the angriest dwarf: Gore gives backing to 'best chance' Dean. During his speech in Harlem, Mr Gore also defended Mr Dean’s stance in opposing the war on Iraq. He said: "Our country has been weakened ...

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Gaffney and Norquist Face Off

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 5:57:48 pm PST

Hugh Hewitt had both Frank Gaffney and Grover Norquist on his radio show today to discuss Gaffney’s article on Norquist’s ties to radical Islamic groups and individuals—and sparks flew. In my opinion, Grover Norquist came off very poorly, with a series of almost hysterical personal attacks against Frank Gaffney, and ...

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Hatefest at Columbia's MEALC

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 5:40:15 pm PST

Dhimmi Watch has published a report by Jerry Gordon, Alyssa A. Lappen and Maria Sliwa, on a shocking meeting of anti-American fifth column academics at Columbia University, sponsored by Edward Said’s Middle East Arts Language and Culture (MEALC) program, titled US Imperialism in the 21st Century. A veritable geyser of ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 4:55:57 pm PST

A young Palestinian boy looks on as members of The Al-Aqsa brigade, an armed group linked to Yasser Arafat 's Fatah movement, march through the streets with rocket propelled grenade launchers, during an anti-Geneva Accord demonstration in the Dear AL Balah refugee camp in Gaza, December 9, 2003. REUTERS/Mohammed ...

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Eavesdropping on Jihad

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 3:43:12 pm PST

Here’s something truly extraordinary, by way of Alphabet City; transcripts of wiretaps conducted by Italian authorities during an investigation into the Ansar al-Islam terror gang’s activities in Italy. The transcripts are a rare glimpse into the mentality and plotting of a jihad organization with deep roots in European countries: In ...

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Urgent Request from Chief Wiggles

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 2:13:11 pm PST

Chief Wiggles asked me to let our readers know about an Urgent Request from Iraq—four young Iraqi sisters whose lives are in danger for assisting Americans, in need of a sponsor to get them out of the country and to a safe place. Go read the Chief’s post, and contact ...

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Antisemitic Propaganda - Then and Now

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 2:04:35 pm PST

Here’s a very interesting historical resource at Calvin College, the German Propaganda Archive. (Hat tip: ploome.) Looking through the material here, it’s striking how similar it is to the propaganda being spread by the Arab/Islamic world today. For example, this scene from the Syrian-produced television series Diaspora (Al-Shatat), that recasts the ...

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Saudi Money in the US

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 9:16:50 am PST

Here’s an eye-opening report on just how deeply Saudi Arabian money is invested in the United States—an estimated 60% of their global investments: The United States Must Not Neglect ...

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Female Suicide Bomber in Moscow Kills 5

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 8:46:14 am PST

More jihad murders in Moscow: Suicide Blast Near Moscow Hotel Kills 5. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said that there was at least one and possibly two female bombers and that they appeared to be lost before the blast, asking directions to the State Duma. "Evidently, the bomb went off by accident,” ...

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A Troubling Influence

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 8:33:38 am PST

A must-read article by Frank Gaffney on the connections between conservative activist Grover Norquist and radical Islamic groups: A Troubling Influence. We’ve been trying to blow the whistle on Norquist and his ties to the worst fifth column elements in the US for quite a while, and this piece by ...

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United Vision of Jihad

Tue, Dec 9, 2003 at 8:07:01 am PST

Internet Haganah has a post about a security company that markets surveillance equipment and integrated vehicle systems for military, police, emergency services and intelligence applications, and is apparently connected to the Department of Defense—and also hosts a disturbing series of jihad pages with links to the Hizb’Allah web site, including ...

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Monday, December 08, 2003

Indymedia Israel Being Investigated

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 6:25:55 pm PST

Israel is investigating the local branch of Indymedia, after a really disgusting cartoon by the always-disgusting Brazilian moonbat Latuff was posted, showing Ariel Sharon kissing Adolf Hitler. (Hat tip: The Viking.) Police are also investigating the appearance of a caricature of PM Ariel Sharon kissing Adolph Hitler on the left-wing ...

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New PA Schoolbooks

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 6:18:20 pm PST

Stefan Sharkansky tipped me to a web site that examines the latest (October 2003) Palestinian school books, called eufunding.org. Would you be surprised to learn that the newest schoolbooks are still packed full of violent incitement, and still totally deny the existence of Israel? No? Well, would you be surprised ...

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We Gave at the (PLO) Office

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 5:43:43 pm PST

For all of the Arab/Islamic world’s talk about “solidarity” with their Muslim “brothers,” the only cause to which they consistently donate money is jihad. Iraq? Sorry, too dangerous. Wary Saudis Withhold Aid to Iraq. WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia will withhold the $1 billion in loans and credits that it pledged last ...

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Friedman Loses It

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 5:00:04 pm PST

Steven I. Weiss reports on an evening at the Israel Policy Forum, featuring Geneva Agreement charlatans Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abbed Rabbo—and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman who, immediately after preaching peace, screams obscenities and shoves a Manhattan lawyer: The Jewish Ombudsman: Sippin' Geneva Juice. (Hat tip: James.) I ...

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Got One in the Philippines

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 4:24:40 pm PST

One of the leaders of the Islamic terror gang Abu Sayyaf has been snared in the southern Philippines: Rebel Seized in Philippines. (Hat tip: William S.) MANILA, Monday, Dec. 8 — A leader of an Islamic militant group considered responsible for the abduction and murder of Filipinos and foreigners, among ...

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Al Gore Endorses the Angriest Dwarf

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 2:36:05 pm PST

Al Gore is endorsing Howard Dean, almost certainly in a bid to position himself for the 2008 election after Dean loses by a landslide in 2004. MANCHESTER, N.H. - Former Vice President Al Gore intends to endorse Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination, a dramatic move that could tighten ...

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Muslim Football Hides the Evidence

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 12:57:40 pm PST

The MuslimFootball web site, probably in response to a flood of publicity about their teams named for “holy warriors” (mujahideen) and “terror campaigns” (intifada), has removed the pictures of masked and hooded terrorists armed with swords. The team names remain, however—all except for “Soldiers of Allah” which has also been ...

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Suicide Waves

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 10:46:08 am PST

The Pediatrician of Death, Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, says Hamas will continue their genocidal violence against Israelis—and reveals the honor/shame mentality that drives Islamic terrorism: Hamas Official Says Suicide Attacks to Resume. "The martyrdom operations come as waves so there are gaps between the waves," Hamas chief spokesman Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi told Reuters ...

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Israpundit Interviews Palazzi

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 9:51:29 am PST

Last Friday, Israpundit’s Joseph Alexander Norland interviewed Shaykh Professor Abdul Hadi Palazzi, an Italian Muslim who, amazingly, supports Israel’s right to exist: IsraPundit interviews Shaykh Prof Abdul Hadi Palazzi. As wonderful as it is to find progressive, conscious Muslims like Palazzi, it would be naive to think that he is ...

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The UN's Dirty Little Secret

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 9:20:11 am PST

Anne Bayefsky has an excellent piece in OpinionJournal on the UN’s shameful acceptance of antisemitism: The U.N.'s Dirty Little Secret. At the heart of the U.N.'s problem with anti-Semitism lies rejection of the very idea of Jewish victimhood. Instead of ensuring that victimhood brooks no discrimination, on Nov. 26 a ...

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CAL State Palestine

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 8:52:49 am PST

Lee Kaplan reports on a recent pro-Palestinian propaganda-fest at Cal State University Fresno: CAL State Palestine. As part of the University’s “International Education Week” a special presentation was made called “The Israeli/Palestine Conflict: A Historical Perspective.” Of course, “The Life and Works of Edward Said” was part of the Fresno ...

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UN Will Not Control the Innernut

Mon, Dec 8, 2003 at 8:47:11 am PST

The Internet dodged a bullet recently, when a bid by the United Nations to seize control of the web was fended off: U.N. control of Web rejected. GENEVA — The United States, backed by the European Union, Japan and Canada, has turned back a bid by developing nations to place ...

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Sunday, December 07, 2003

Palestinian Child Abuse

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 9:26:26 pm PST

A Palestinian boy holds a toy gun as he stands with a masked militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group linked to the Fatah movement during a demonstration against the Geneva Accord, in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday Dec. 7, 2003. Notice how AP ...

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Saudi Student in Idaho Isotope Lab

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 9:10:31 pm PST

Newly released court documents allege that Saudi national Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, while working on a computer science degree at the University of Idaho, may have gained access to a campus lab containing radioactive material: Saudi Student in Idaho Isotope Lab Probed. (Hat tip: TS.) COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho Dec. 7 — ...

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Syed Qutb's Mein Kampf

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 8:58:07 pm PST

Syed Qutb, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and one of the principal promoters of the Islamic supremacist doctrine of violent holy war, published a work titled Milestones shortly before he was executed by Gamal Abdel Nasser’s regime in 1966. This foul work of hatred has been made available on ...

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AOL Blocked

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 8:02:44 pm PST

Once again I must remind our gentle readers that America Online (aka AOL) has been blocked from posting comments at LGF, because ... well, because there are a lot of idiots who use AOL. I’m not saying that everyone who uses AOL is an idiot; but every time I experimentally ...

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Media = Enemy

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 7:28:55 pm PST

Just like the French journalists who watched and took pictures as the mujahideen fired SAMs at a DHL jet, TIME Magazine has been sneaking around with Iraqi terrorists and jihadis, to bring us their viewpoints—and they actually seem proud of themselves: TIME EXCLUSIVE: IRAQ INSURGENTS SHOW OFF FIREPOWER TO TIME. ...

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Steyn Hits the Target Again

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 7:07:55 pm PST

I couldn’t agree more with Mark Steyn when he says, “Islamic terrorism is a beast that has to be killed, not patted and fed:” Bush critics live in their own worlds. Would someone please let the Democratic party in on this reality? But once in a while, even those in ...

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Saudis Blowing Smoke Again

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 6:17:35 pm PST

Yesterday the Saudis released a list of 26 Al Qaeda suspects being hunted by their crack terror investigation team: Saudi terror suspects linked to Afghan training camps. Only trouble with this crack terror investigation team is that it’s being led by Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz, a raving loony who is ...

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Pakistan Is ...

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 5:30:32 pm PST

A story in today’s New York Times Magazine reminds me that the Times is a huge operation, there are still some great writers there, and that real gems can still emerge from the mass of garbage. Barry Bearak has a terrific in-depth report on one of the undeclared members of ...

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Rajoub: Geneva Agreement a Sham

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 5:13:28 pm PST

Commentators in the West have been very quick to applaud the Geneva Agreement for advancing the “peace process” between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs; I’ve seen one writer after another laud the Palestinians for finally giving up the “demand of return” which would allow Palestinians to resettle in areas of ...

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Remembering Pearl Harbor

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 3:10:46 pm PST

Sixty-two years ago today Japan attacked the Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor, hoping to strike a decisive blow that would cripple American strength in the region. But despite the terrible losses of that day, Imperial Japan succeeded only in awakening a sleeping giant and filling it with a terrible resolve—a resolve ...

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The Hate That Shames Us

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 2:41:21 pm PST

Julie Burchill follows up her column of a week ago with a beautifully written piece on the ugliness of antisemitism—and what it reveals about those who have given in to its dark attraction: The hate that shames us. I don't care who's doing it - white, brown or pink-and-purple paisley-patterned ...

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Kucinich Goes Vile

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 12:25:19 pm PST

Dennis “Mind Control Satellites” Kucinich has already shown that he has no compunctions about pandering to radical Islamic front groups, by showing up at CAIR fundraising events. But if you’ve been wondering how low Dennis Kucinich will go, you don’t need to wonder any longer. He’ll go this low, with a ...

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Second Wife Wanted

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 12:00:03 pm PST

So I guess Islamic bigamy is now legal in Australia? Melb Muslims :: View topic - Second Wife Wanted. If anyone knows any sisters who are interested in getting married -- ideally divorcees without childern -- please send me a message. There is a brother who is interested in marriage. ...

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Jihad Means Nothing But Killing

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 10:46:16 am PST

While CAIR and the Muslim Public Affairs Council and every other so-called “mainstream” Islamic group in America continue to push the whitewashed claim that jihad is an inner struggle for self-improvement, and go insane when anyone expresses a different opinion, the leader of Pakistan’s Jaish-e-Mohammed terror gang tells it like ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 10:24:26 am PST

Another Palestinian mother from hell, teaching her children to be good little shaheeds. A Palestinian woman holds up a rifle during a demonstration at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003. Some 800 Palestinians protested against any peace agreement with ...

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Terrorists Will Continue Killing

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 10:18:44 am PST

Once again, Palestinian terror gangs meeting in Egypt can only agree on one thing—there will be no halt to the killing: Palestinians Fail to Make Cease-Fire Deal. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, who joined the talks in Cairo in the hopes of pulling off a deal, left the Egyptian capital ...

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New WMD Evidence

Sun, Dec 7, 2003 at 10:10:14 am PST

The Telegraph interviews an Iraqi colonel who reveals that Saddam’s military not only possessed WMD, they were prepared to launch them within 45 minutes. Lt-Col al-Dabbagh, 40, who was the head of an Iraqi air defence unit in the western desert, said that cases containing WMD warheads were delivered to ...

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Saturday, December 06, 2003

Rooting for the Mujahideen

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 8:41:15 pm PST

Muslim football teams are planning a tournament for the New Year's weekend in Irvine. And the names they’ve chosen for their teams, in an era when sports team names are constantly scrutinized for political correctness, are unbelievably incendiary: Taking the Intifada to the Football Field. "Who cares? Why are people so ...

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Saudis Built Global Terror Network

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 7:12:41 pm PST

Here’s a US News and World Report investigation into Saudi Arabia’s decades-long support and financing of worldwide jihad groups; it’s incredibly damning, not just of the Saudis, but of our own government: How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network. The report is a must-read, not because it’s ...

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Canada Will Not Chide Israeli Ambassador

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 6:02:52 pm PST

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham now says that Canada will not chastise the Israeli ambassador for his statements about Jamal Akkal, arrested in Israel for planning to carry out Hamas-sponsored attacks in Canada and the US. (Hat tip: cba.) Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham apologized Saturday for the statement ...

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Aussie Imam: Gays Should be Beheaded

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 5:42:59 pm PST

One of the most senior Australian Islamic clerics told 1000 people at an end-of-Ramadan service that homosexuals “should have their heads chopped off.” (Hat tip: Baldy.) A complaint made to Victoria Police alleges the chairman of the Board of Imams, Rexhep Idrizi, was reading from the Koran when he made ...

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VDH on BookTV

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 1:28:38 pm PST

Historian Victor Davis Hanson will appear on BookTV in just a few minutes (1:30 pm Pacific, 4:30 pm Eastern) to discuss his new book Ripples of Battle. You can watch the show online here. (Hat tip: Brenda Walker.)

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French Antisemitism Watch

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 12:22:53 pm PST

French “comedian” Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala was reprimanded by the producers of "You Can't Please Everyone" on state-owned France 3 television, for appearing on their show dressed as an Orthodox Jew and shouting “Heil Israel” while making the Nazi salute—although the producers were too cowardly to label this as the ...

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Brazil Opens a New Anti-Israel Front

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 11:27:41 am PST

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, jockeying for Arab support to get Brazil a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, is going to demand that Israel return the Golan Heights to Syria: Lula backs Syria on disputed land. (Hat tip: Thom.) Speaking after a state dinner, Lula said ...

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A Real War

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 10:57:03 am PST

Another great column from Victor Davis Hanson, on the war against the “new fascism:” A Real War. The new rule is that the more likely you are to help, give to, or worship in the Middle East, the more likely you are to be shot or blown up. Most of the ...

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Mohammad Atta’s Decisive Meeting

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 10:20:34 am PST

The World Press Review reports that Czech intelligence services are sticking to their story that Mohammed Atta met with Iraqi officials in Prague shortly before September 11: Mohammad Atta’s Decisive Meeting. (Hat tip: jake.) Muhammad Atta, 33, an Egyptian, the leader of a 20-member group that committed the attack against ...

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NYT Slobbers Over Angry Dwarf

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 10:16:54 am PST

Today the New York Times has a sticky-sweet, fawning, seemingly endless puff piece about the angriest dwarf, Howard Dean, that reads as if it were written by his campaign manager: The Dean Connection. (Hat tip: davesax.) There seems to be something in Dean's personality that inspires this sort of response. ...

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CAIR Seething at Paul Harvey

Sat, Dec 6, 2003 at 9:11:53 am PST

Now CAIR is going after radio commentator Paul Harvey: Muslims demand apology from Paul Harvey. (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch.) The Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, contends Harvey defamed Islam in his noon commentary Thursday. In a news item in which Harvey described the bloody nature of cockfight gambling ...

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Friday, December 05, 2003

Islamic Jihad Promises More Murder

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 9:50:44 pm PST

As the fools and liars behind the Geneva Farce crow about their meaningless meetings in Washington, the real forces that drive the Arab-Israeli conflict vow to continue murdering Jews. CAIRO (Reuters) - A Palestinian militant group participating in Egyptian-mediated cease-fire talks vowed fresh attacks on Israel and said in a ...

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It's a Two Moonbat Night

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 9:30:24 pm PST

Yes, another moonbat has graced us with its presence on this lovely evening. Many of these creatures take self-aggrandizing names indicating their lofty moral superiority when they venture into our comments, and this one decided it would be known as “truth.”

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Three Clueless Tools Are We

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 7:58:51 pm PST

Geneva Accord supporters Yasser Abed Rabbo, left, a former Palestinian Cabinet minister, and Yossi Beilin, right, a former Israeli Cabinet minister, shake hands with Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, Friday, Dec. 5, 2003. Rabbo and Beilin are the main architects of the alternative peace pact known ...

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Vote Against Kottke

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 7:21:22 pm PST

If you haven’t voted for us yet in the 2003 Weblog Awards, now is a good time. Because the lead has been suddenly grabbed by kottke.org, who linked approvingly today to an interview with vile America-hater Howard Zinn. You don’t have to vote for LGF, but don’t let this guy ...

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Moonbat Alert!

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 7:00:14 pm PST

A true believer from Islam Online has visited LGF, to tell us why we should welcome Canada’s steps toward shari'a: Canadian Shari'a Watch.

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Chirac: Something Aggressive About the Hijab

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 6:54:18 pm PST

I never thought I would write this sentence, but signs of intelligent life have been sighted in the brain of French president Jacques Chirac: Something aggressive about veils, says Chirac. Jacques Chirac hinted strongly yesterday that France will soon introduce legislation banning Muslim girls from wearing headscarves to school, saying ...

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Antisemitic Artists Against Israel

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 6:06:06 pm PST

The lunatic black hole at the center of the Idiotarian Galaxy, otherwise known as Indymedia, has thoughtfully published a list of artists/pond scum who have signed their names to a boycott of Israeli artists and art institutions: BOYCOTT OF ALL ISRAELI ART INSTITUTIONS. (Hat tip: Shifra.)

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Canada to Chide Israeli Ambassador

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 5:26:27 pm PST

Canada’s liberal government never ceases to amaze me with the depths to which they will stoop to appease Muslim voters and accommodate terrorists. Earlier today I linked to a report in the National Post about a Canadian arrested in Israel after being recruited by Hamas to carry out terror attacks ...

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Who Speaks for Israel?

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 4:56:14 pm PST

Caroline Glick asks: Who speaks for Israel? Whether he knows it or not, Beilin serves anti-Semites in Europe and the Arab world as a fig leaf. It is he who allows them to anti-Israel agenda with immunity. And this is nowhere as important as in the US. It is in ...

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Massachusetts Shari'a Watch

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 2:14:03 pm PST

An Egyptian woman left Saudi Arabia to marry Hossam Mousa in the United States; and entered a living hell: Husband charged in rape, beating. (Hat tip: Austin.) In Egypt, she said, Mousa was a polite, generous, charming suitor, who took her out for elegant dinners. Their whirlwind romance led to ...

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Amiel Calls for Rationality, MPACUK Flips Out

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 12:07:50 pm PST

The British Muslim Public Affairs Committee is flipping out over this Barbara Amiel column: Muslims have just as much to fear from militant Islam. The single most important lesson to be learnt from the events in Turkey is the obvious one, and it is a lesson for Muslims. Namely, that ...

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Vote for Me!

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 12:00:09 pm PST

The voting for the Wizbang blog awards is now open: 2003 Weblog Awards. Vote for LGF! My campaign pledges: a Morlock in every pot, free psychotherapy for idiotarians, and an immediate repeal of the law of gravity.

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NY Times Interviews Iraqi Jihadi

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 10:29:11 am PST

New York Times reporter Ian Fisher interviewed an Iraqi who claimed to be a mujahideen fighting against coalition forces: The Foe: A Tale of War: Iraqi Describes Battling G.I.’s. (Hat tip: PB.) He said his group had mounted about 35 attacks locally, of which he participated in "more than five." ...

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New Al Qaeda Video of WTC Attacks

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 9:35:36 am PST

A new Al Qaeda video shows terrorists training for jihad in Saudi Arabia—and also includes scenes of the planes smashing into the World Trade Center on September 11, from an angle never seen before: Footage of purported al Qaeda cell training in Saudi Arabia surfaces. Footage aired on American television ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 9:03:42 am PST

A Palestinian boy wears a headband reading 'No God but God and Mohammed is the Prophet of Allah' as masked Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade members attend a demonstration against the Geneva Accord, in Bureij refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip, Friday Dec. 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Hamas Accused of Canadian Plot

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 8:56:45 am PST

According to Stewart Bell in the National Post, Israel has arrested a Palestinian-Canadian man who was recruited and trained by Hamas to carry out terrorist attacks inside Canada and the United States: Hamas accused of Canadian plot. (Hat tip: scaramouche.) In what is being described as a new direction for ...

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Religion of Train Bombings

Fri, Dec 5, 2003 at 8:27:34 am PST

A suicide bomber killed 36 people on a commuter train about 750 miles south of Moscow earlier today. The Associated Press report: 36 Killed in Train Blast Near Chechnya. The Reuters report: Russia Train Bomb Kills 36 on Eve of Elections. The BBC report (with their trademark nonsensical sneer quotes): Russian 'suicide' blast ...

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Thursday, December 04, 2003

Bush Derangement Syndrome

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 10:39:01 pm PST

Charles Krauthammer writes about a strange new psychiatric syndrome that appears to afflict pop stars, Hollywood actors, and Democratic presidential candidates: Bush Derangement Syndrome. Bush Derangement Syndrome: the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency -- nay -- the very existence of ...

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Malvo: A Jihad Warrior

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 9:48:59 pm PST

In the trial of sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo, defense lawyers introduced dozens of sketches drawn by Malvo in his jail cell, hoping to prove he was insane. Whether he was insane, I can’t say; but what the sketches do show is a mindset indistinguishable from the rantings of Khalid ...

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Possible Muslim Hijackers in Bolivia

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 8:13:24 pm PST

Bolivia’s state news agency is reporting that 16 Muslims have been arrested for planning to hijack a plane and attack targets in the United States—and most of them have already been either released or deported to an unknown location: Bolivia Detains 16 Muslims on Terror Tipoff. It quoted Interior Minister ...

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German Shari'a Watch

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 8:06:46 pm PST

An Islamic school in Germany that teaches jihad to its students will be allowed to continue churning out murder-minded Islamobots, after Saudi Arabia applied a little diplomatic pressure to Gerhard Schroeder: Terror 101. THE GERMAN SCHOOL, the King Fahd Academy in Bonn, provoked an uproar two months ago when German ...

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Hamas Feels at Home in Qatar and Syria

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 6:27:09 pm PST

Arab media site Dar al Hayat fawns over a genocidal Islamic terrorist—Khaled Mishaal, one of the founders of the Hamas murder gang, who says he sleeps most peacefully in Qatar and Syria: The Khaled Mishaal Interview. (Hat tip: Dom.) * In which capital do you sleep in peace? - I sleep ...

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Analysis of the Anthrax Cases

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 5:50:18 pm PST

Here’s a very interesting site that collects much of the available information about the anthrax attacks shortly after September 11: Analysis of the US anthrax cases. (Hat tip: iceman.)

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El Baradei: Not My Fault

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 4:31:38 pm PST

Mohamed El Baradei, director-general of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, says the IAEA didn’t miss a thing about Iran’s nuclear program. Oh sure, Iran has had an active program for almost 20 years now, but the IAEA didn’t miss a thing. And even better—if Iran does actually begin making nuclear ...

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The British Moonbat Party

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 3:55:19 pm PST

A new British political party is being formed by a coalition of George Galloway, trades unions, the Muslim Association of Britain, and the reigning king of Moonbatland, the man whose name may in fact be French for “moonbat,” George Monbiot. (Hat tip: The Daily Ablution.) LGF reader Laura SF provides a ...

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Geneva is a Blueprint for War

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 8:33:05 am PST

Here’s the plain truth about the Geneva agreement between unelected Israelis and untrustworthy Palestinians, by Jeff Jacoby: Geneva is a blueprint for war, not peace. (Hat tip: Elmo.) The premise of the Geneva agreement is that Israeli surrender will bring Mideast peace. It would require Israel to relinquish land, weaken ...

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Ron Silver: Not Schtoopid

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 8:15:34 am PST

Roger L. Simon points out one Hollywood star who will not be in the running for this year’s Fiskie Award: Ron Silver.

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Thugs Discuss Extortion in Egypt

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 7:49:32 am PST

Palestinian terror gangs are meeting in Egypt to discuss yet another phony truce, and decide how much extortion they might be able to get away with: Palestinian Groups Meet to Discuss Truce. Delegates to the talks said they were weighing two proposals: a partial cease-fire halting strikes on civilians inside ...

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Arafish Says...

Thu, Dec 4, 2003 at 7:45:51 am PST

(Hat tip: Viking.)

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Wednesday, December 03, 2003

European Shari'a Watch

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 10:35:24 pm PST

At National Review, an article on the ominous spread of the barbaric code of shari'a throughout the old continent: European Dishonor. Young women killed for dating. Limbs amputated for petty theft. Makeshift courts deciding the fates of members of local Muslim communities. The Western world has grown accustomed to hearing ...

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Texas Prison Jihad

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 9:54:23 pm PST

Muslim prison inmates in Texas have been shown a disturbing video recruiting them for jihad, featuring a Californian imam expressing open support for terrorist organizations: Jail House Jihad - Part 1. The confiscated video is titled “A Message to the Oppressed” and carried a militant Islamic sermon in praise of ...

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Anthrax - Again

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 9:07:02 pm PST

Oh yes, the anthrax attacks. Remember them? Derek Lowe writes about a new article in Science Magazine (not available without paid subscription) that asks more questions than it answers about the sophistication of the agent used in those attacks: Anthrax - Again. The big question has always been: were the ...

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Indymedia Seattle Goes the Way of the Dodo

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 8:40:47 pm PST

Pardon me while I shed a bitter tear at the news that Indymedia Seattle is going out of business. (Hat tip: steve miller.) And after that tear falls, bitterly ... I will dance! Like I have never danced before! The moonbat cave is closing. Last call.

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World Gone Insane

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 6:27:52 pm PST

James Morrow reports that violent Jew-hatred is spreading to Australia as well: Sydney Antisemitism Watch: First it was the stencilled "Jews: The New Nazis" grafitti that appeared on sidewalks all around town. Now anti-Semitism in Sydney has taken a new, more violent turn. As reported in my local weekly, the ...

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Mosque of Suicide Bombers

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 6:05:19 pm PST

Two Palestinians were caught today in a West Bank mosque, preparing to launch a suicide bombing against an Israeli school: Israeli Police Catch Two Bomb Suspects. JERUSALEM - Israeli police raided a West Bank mosque on Wednesday, capturing two Palestinians who allegedly were planning to attack a school. One was ...

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Suppressed EU Antisemitism Report (Cleaned Up)

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 5:25:52 pm PST

Aaron Weisburd has done the blogosphere a great service and taken the suppressed EU anti-semitism report that was leaked to the Jerusalem Post, organized it into 22 pages, and added very helpful navigation. Great work. This is the report the European Union didn’t want the world to see, making explicit ...

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Re-Victimize

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 1:51:39 pm PST

From Cox & Forkum.

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LGF: 3rd Best Looking, 2nd Best Overall

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 12:02:51 pm PST

Right Wing News has announced the 2003 Warblogger Awards, and LGF comes in 3rd as the “Best Looking Blog,” 4th as “Best Linker,” and 2nd as “Best Blog Overall.” (The puppy blender beat us again!) Thanks to everyone who voted for LGF!

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The Arab's "Berlin Wall"

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 11:36:07 am PST

Here’s a must-read essay by Arab writer Nonie Darwish, on The Arab's "Berlin Wall." (Hat tip: Elizabeth.) There is an old Arab saying “My brother and I against our cousin, but my cousin and I against a stranger”. That reveals a great deal about Arab culture. There are multiple ...

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Dean Fitted for Tin Foil Beanie

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 8:48:33 am PST

On Monday, Howard Dean joined the Tin Foil Hat Brigade, and came out with a truly amazing statement: Dean: Bush May Have Been Tipped to 9/11 Attacks. "The most interesting theory that I've heard so far - which is nothing more than a theory, it can't be proved - is ...

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Terrorist Conference in Florida

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 8:39:52 am PST

A newly formed group with a deceptively innocuous name, the Universal Heritage Foundation, is planning an Islamic conference in Florida. And they’ve invited a star-studded list of speakers, representing the broad spectrum of radical Islamic views and support for terrorists: Islamic conference speaker draws wrath. (Hat tip: TS.) The conference ...

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Bashir Sentence: Even Lighter

Wed, Dec 3, 2003 at 7:59:29 am PST

Indonesia continues to feed the crocodile of radical Islam; Bali bombing mastermind and “spiritual leader” of Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Bakar Bashir, has had his already scandalously light sentence reduced in Indonesia, from four years to three: Indonesia Court Cuts Militant's Sentence. JAKARTA, Indonesia - An appeals court has overturned the ...

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Tuesday, December 02, 2003

Death Cult Artwork

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 9:27:37 pm PST

At the University of Death (An-Najah University in Nablus), student members of the Hamas death cult proudly show off their latest artwork, no doubt created in a UN-sponsored classroom—a map of Israel, without Israel but with an assault rifle, floating in a simulated sea of blood. Palestinian student supporters of ...

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ISM Targets California High School Students

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 7:11:30 pm PST

The International Solidarity Movement is now joining forces with Marxist group Voices in the Wilderness, and working together on corrupting the minds of high school students in Mendocino, California: Wheels of Justice Bus Tour to roll through county. (Hat tip: Haiku.) Billed as "The Wheels of Justice Bus Tour," a ...

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Loved Ones

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 6:08:01 pm PST

A Palestinian woman holds pictures of loved ones being held in an Israeli jail as she chants slogans against the Geneva Accord at a gathering of groups opposed to the agreement in Gaza City, Monday, Dec. 1, 2003.

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Egyptian Insanity Watch

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 4:30:48 pm PST

The new Alexandria Library, renovated by the Egyptian and Italian governments via UNESCO, recently opened a manuscript museum with a display case containing the holy books of the monotheistic religions. Next to the Torah, the museum director placed the infamous Russian antisemitic forgery “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” MEMRI ...

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Dean's Howlers

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 3:50:54 pm PST

Here’s the transcript of Howard Dean’s appearance on the “Hardball” show last night, bursting at the seams with so much idiocy that it must be read to be believed: Hardball with Chris Matthews for Dec. 1. I’ll just pick out two real howlers to illustrate this man’s incredible superficiality and ...

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Bosnian Muslims to be Tried

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 1:30:06 pm PST

Jihad Watch points out a report at VOA that the two highest-ranking Bosnian Muslims will be facing trial at the war crimes tribunal in the Hague: Prosecutor Ekkehard Withopf told the tribunal Tuesday that this trial shows members of all sides in the conflict committed war crimes. He said among ...

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Iraqi Governing Council Backs US Plan

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 12:57:16 pm PST

Shawn Deats has a good analysis of an encouraging development in Iraq, where the Governing Council appears to be resisting pressure from an Iranian-backed cleric (the Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani) to rush into elections that would be dominated by the Shi'ite majority—and probably result in yet another Islamic dictatorship.

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EU Ambassador: Antisemitism? Who Knows?

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 8:52:16 am PST

Another glimpse into the bizarre, twisted thinking that increasingly dominates political discourse in Europe: EU envoy: Anti-Muslim sentiment on rise. European Union Ambassador Giancarlo Chevallard said Monday that while he can't say whether there has been an increase in European anti-Semitism, there has definitely been an increase in anti-Muslim and ...

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Jimmah's Final Solution

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 8:18:59 am PST

Jimmy Carter, in an interview at the farce in Geneva, said that if he had been reelected to a second term, he would have done what no one else has been able to do: Informal Peace Plan for Mideast Is Unveiled in Geneva. (Hat tip: Best of the Web.) Mr. ...

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108 Nations Refuse to Fight Terror

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 8:11:59 am PST

Howard Dean was just loathsome last night on the Chris Matthews show; if anyone finds a transcript please post the link in the comments here. As he made an incredibly lame case that we need more international support for the War on Terror, the Washington Times this morning reports that ...

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Israel Not Happy with Colin...

Tue, Dec 2, 2003 at 7:44:53 am PST

...and neither am I. In the United States, a person who negotiates with a foreign government without authorization can be prosecuted under the Logan Act. So why the hell is Colin Powell showing approval of the same borderline treasonous behavior when it’s carried out by Yossi Beilin? The double standard ...

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Monday, December 01, 2003

Geneva Hosts Anti-Israel Festival

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 9:39:36 pm PST

In Geneva, the festival of clowns, buffoons, discredited politicians and lying terrorist enablers turned into a forum for bashing Israel. All in the name of peace, of course. "The road map's first basic phase has been substantially rejected as the Israeli government has ignored mild American objection and continued to ...

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Annan Announces Solidarity with Terrorists

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 9:27:55 pm PST

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan expressed his “deepest solidarity” with the Palestinian Arabs and their desire to annihilate the state of Israel: UN's Annan announces 'solidarity' with Palestinians. UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered a message of support to the Palestinians, saying he felt the "deepest ...

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CG Links to LGF, But Hides It

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 7:18:08 pm PST

LGF has been linked in a hidden topic at the infamous ClearGuidance forum for bloodthirsty Muslim kidz, also known as “Islam on crack.” Do any lizardoid minions have a ClearGuidance password? If so, here’s the link.

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 6:55:31 pm PST

A Palestinian boy carries a toy gun as he marches at the front of a small demonstration against the Geneva Accord, in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 1, 2003. “A toy gun?” I don’t think so. Nice try, Associated Press. (Hat tip: zulubaby.) Notice the Che ...

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Fiskie Nominations

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 5:37:05 pm PST

Speaking of awards, it’s time to open the nominations process for the 2003 Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year (Fiskie for short). Please post your nominations in the comments for this thread. Note that the Idiotarian of the Year Award is devoted to “honoring” the useful idiots of the ...

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2003 Weblog Awards

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 5:24:09 pm PST

Wizbang has announced the 2003 Weblog Awards nominations, and yours truly is on the list of Best Overall Blogs: 2003 Weblog Award Nominees Archives.

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Photos of DHL Jet Hit By SAM

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 4:33:02 pm PST

Here are some pictures of the DHL cargo jet that was hit by a surface to air missile, while French journalists watched and took photos of the attackers: Eyeballing DHL Aircraft Hit by SAM. From the extent of the damage, it’s pretty amazing the jet didn’t crash. (Hat tip: reaganite.) ...

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Censored EU Antisemitism Report at JPost

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 4:15:07 pm PST

The Jerusalem Post has obtained a copy of the European Union report on antisemitism that was suppressed because it reached the (rather obvious) conclusion that Muslims and pro-Palestinian groups were responsible for most of the incidents it examined: Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the European Union.

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Canadian Terror Suspect Trained with Al Qaeda

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 3:06:45 pm PST

Abdurahman Khadr, recently released from Guantanamo Bay after being captured in Afghanistan, admits that he spent three months at an Al Qaeda training camp—but still insists that the only reason he was detained by the US is because he is an Arab. Abdurahman Khadr spent three months in 1998 learning ...

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Carter Slams Israel

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 1:42:32 pm PST

Absolutely astounding moral bankruptcy and history-challenged ignorance from Jimmy Carter in Geneva, who is seemingly on an end of the year push to retain his title as Idiotarian of the Year: Carter slams Israel, Bush in Geneva speech. Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, blamed US President George W. Bush for ...

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Iran Encouraged by EU Fecklessness

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 9:27:25 am PST

Iran says it is encouraged by the European Union’s willingness to look the other way while the Iranian Manhattan Project rushes toward its goal: Iran encouraged by EU's stance on its nukes. (Hat tip: Dr. Dweeble.) Of course they’re encouraged. The EU and the UN, whose main intent is to obstruct ...

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How Terrorists Think

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 9:04:29 am PST

At the New York Post, a look at the bizarre, psychotic motions being filed by Zacarias Moussaoui in his terrorism trial: How Terrorists Think. (Hat tip: Michael S.) He labels Brinkema "little bitch" and "dirty joke" and "daughter of evil." He's furious that she's a woman in what he sees ...

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Report from U of T Terrorfest

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 8:35:37 am PST

LGF reader “Deathberg” has a first person report from the anti-Israel hatefest held this weekend at the University of Toronto. Good work! Another reader emailed to let me know that the key organizer of this conference from Al Awda is Fayyub Sbaihat—an active member of the Palestinian terror gang PFLP, listed ...

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Kindergarten Teacher From Hell

Mon, Dec 1, 2003 at 7:53:03 am PST

A Palestinian teacher tells children to wave Islamic Jihad flags and shout slogans against the Geneva Accord, during a gathering of groups who oppose to the agreement, in Gaza City, December 1, 2003. Palestinian kindergarten children carry Islamic Jihad flags during a protest against the Geneva Accord agreement, ...

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