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LGF Archives: December 2005

Saturday, December 31, 2005

Los Angeles Dog Trainer Year in Review

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 9:40:34 pm PST

Don’t miss Patterico’s Los Angeles Dog Trainer Year in Review 2005, for a comprehensive summary of his excellent work exposing the bias of the Los Angeles Times.

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Der Spiegel: US Planning Strike Against Iran

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 7:16:22 pm PST

Several readers emailed about this report at Spiegel Online: The US and Iran: Is Washington Planning a Military Strike? The most talked about story is a Dec. 23 piece by the German news agency DDP from journalist and intelligence expert Udo Ulfkotte. The story has generated controversy not only because of ...

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Suicide Bomber Planned to Attack Kids

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 6:38:44 pm PST

Ha’aretz reports that the Islamic Jihad suicide bomber who blew himself up on Thursday was planning to attack a kids’ Hanukkah party. The suicide bomber who killed an Israel Defense Forces officer and two Palestinians at an army checkpoint near Tul Karm yesterday was apparently planning to blow himself up at ...

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Fiskie 2005 Voting Now Open

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 5:50:56 pm PST

After careful scientific evaluation, I have boiled the list down to 25 highly eligible nominees, and here’s your chance to vote for the person you think most deserves the coveted Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year 2005. You are allowed 3 votes, one at a time. Voting closes ...

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Disenfranchised Palestinians Blow Up UN Drinking Hall

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 4:34:57 pm PST

Gunmen storm into U.N. club in Gaza City. GAZA (Reuters) - Masked Palestinian gunmen stormed into a club for United Nations workers in Gaza City early on Sunday and blew up the drinking hall, in a new sign of unrest in the chaotic territory, police said. Penetrating analysis from al-Reuters. This could ...

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Abu Mazen Says...

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 11:14:21 am PST

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Palestinians Applaud Terror Attacks Against US and Europe

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 9:20:36 am PST

In a poll taken after the Gaza disengagement by Norwegian NGO Fafo, 65% of Palestinians strongly supported Al Qaeda terror attacks in the US and Europe. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) And nearly 80% want their fledgling new state (funded by the same countries they’d like to see attacked) to institute the ...

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Wildly Inappropriate Hostage Reaction Watch

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 8:26:27 am PST

Freed British aid worker to continue work in Gaza. Kate Burton, 24, who was freed with her visiting parents late on Friday night, “remains committed and passionate about working alongside the Palestinians”, said the statement issued via the Foreign Office in London. Britain breathed a collective sigh of relief after Burton and ...

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Palestinian Civil War Watch

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 8:23:05 am PST

Palestinian Gunmen Storm Gov’t Offices. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Dozens of Palestinian gunmen on Saturday stormed several government offices and briefly took the Interior Ministry to demand jobs, security officials and witnesses said. The armed men fired shots in the air, burned tires and blocked the main road of Deir el-Balah, ...

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RoP Strikes in Indonesia

Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 8:15:31 am PST

In the same Indonesian province where three Christian schoolgirls were recently decapitated by emissaries of the Religion of Peace™: Indonesia bomb leaves eight dead. At least eight people have been killed and 45 hurt by a bomb blast at a market in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, police say. Witnesses in the town ...

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Friday, December 30, 2005

Friday Night Wheel

Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 8:02:15 pm PST

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Must Be the Season of the Kidnap

Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 4:36:01 pm PST

The British anti-Israel worker (referred to by the press as a “humanitarian”) kidnapped in Gaza has apparently been released, according to spokesliar Saeb Erekat: Britons released in Gaza safe after ‘shameful’ kidnap: Erakat. Saeb Erekat? I thought he resigned. LONDON (AFP) - Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat confirmed that three Britons kidnapped ...

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Egyptian Police Kill 20 Sudanese Refugees

Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 9:36:14 am PST

Meanwhile in Egypt, twenty people were killed when Egyptian police brutally attacked a Sudanese refugee camp near UN offices in Cairo: Twenty Sudanese die in Cairo raid. Egypt’s interior ministry now says 20 Sudanese migrants have died after riot police broke up a makeshift protest camp in Cairo. Thousands of police stormed ...

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The Cognitive Dissonance Chronicles

Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 9:01:42 am PST

Bummerdietz ruminates on inertia and cognitive dissonance: CogDis II: Tommy Flanagan, Meet Howard Dean.

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VDH: The Plague of Success

Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 8:59:20 am PST

Victor Davis Hanson on the strangeness of American politics: The Plague of Success. Our affluent society is at a complete disconnect with hard physical work and appreciation of how tenuous life was for 2,500 years of civilization. Those in our media circus who deliver our truth can’t weld, fix a car, ...

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EU Observers Flee from Palestinian Police

Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 8:32:14 am PST

When Palestinian “police” stormed the Gaza-Egypt border today, European observers turned tail and fled. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian policemen angry over the killing of a fellow officer stormed the Gaza-Egypt border crossing Friday, firing shots in the air and forcing European monitors to close the border and flee, Palestinian ...

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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Thursday Night Flight

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 7:56:57 pm PST

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Super Secret Spy Couple Outed

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 6:41:21 pm PST

Sometimes there’s no way to improve on a Reuters headline: CIA couple outed by 5-year-old son. HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Washington couple at the heart of the CIA leak investigation had their cover blown by their small son as they tried to sneak away on vacation on Thursday. “My daddy’s famous, my ...

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Hatefest at Georgetown U

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 6:11:22 pm PST

The “Palestine Solidarity Movement” (affiliated in some murky way with the “International Solidarity Movement”) is planning another hatefest at Georgetown University in Washington DC: Palestine Solidarity Movement. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Washington, DC, December 23rd, 2005 – The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announced today that its fifth annual conference will be ...

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Palestinian Kidnapping Watch

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 3:53:30 pm PST

Here’s the latest news in the Palestinian kidnapping of a British “human rights activist” who worked for a virulently anti-Israel group: Intense efforts to free British hostages in Gaza. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Palestinian security officers and British diplomats were working round the clock to secure the release of three members ...

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Thursday Open Thread

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:58:24 am PST

Here’s an open thread for the remains of Thursday morning...

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And Again

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:20:40 am PST

Palestinian Bomber Kills 3 Near Checkpoint. TULKAREM, West Bank - A Palestinian suicide bomber trying to enter Israel blew himself up Thursday at a military checkpoint set up to foil attackers, killing an Israeli soldier and two other Palestinians. The army said it set up the checkpoint in the West Bank ...

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Our Pals the Austrians

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:06:33 am PST

‘Porno posters’ embarrass new EU head. VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) — Spoof posters depicting Britain’s Queen Elizabeth having sex with the U.S. and French presidents that are displayed across Vienna are causing embarrassment just days ahead of Austria’s taking over the EU presidency. The images show two naked female models wearing masks of ...

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Ex-Hostage Makes Bizarre TV Appearance

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 9:40:13 am PST

The Susanne Osthoff case smelled funny before, but today it got really ripe: Former Iraq Hostage Makes Bizarre TV Appearance. (Hat tip: cutterjohn.) If former hostage Susanne Osthoff had been better advised, she probably would have opted against appearing on German television entirely covered in a black headscarf. The hijab, which left ...

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Dhimmis in Bethlehem

Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 9:09:58 am PST

At History News Network, Judith Apter Klinghoffer notes a report that Hamas plans to institute the jizya tax for Christians in Bethlehem—the repressive tax levied on non-Muslims under Islamic rule. The Mayor of Bethlehem is Christian, but It’s Hamas That’s in Charge and they plan to return their Christian brethren to ...

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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Pakistan Honor Killing Watch

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 9:04:14 pm PST

There are no words: Pakistani Describes Killing of Daughters. MULTAN, Pakistan - Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family’s “honor” — a crime that shocked Pakistan. The 40-year old laborer, speaking ...

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Pro Journo Venomfest

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 12:54:14 pm PST

Several readers have emailed to let me know that Wolcott was spitting some more venom my way; his latest says that people who comment at LGF are “a pathological rash,” uncivilized brutes with a “decapitation complex” who get off on “death porn.” That’s some mighty fine word-slingin’. Good to see professional ...

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Pro-Syrian Gang Threatens United Nations

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 11:49:45 am PST

Another Islamic extremist group named “The Strugglers for the Unity and Freedom in al-Sham” has issued a statement threatening to kill the next UN official who investigates Syrian connections to terrorism. A pro-Syrian group that purportedly killed a top Lebanese editor has threatened to kill the next head of the UN ...

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RoP in Germany

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 11:13:41 am PST

An Islamic center in Bavaria called the “Multi-Kultur-Haus” has been shut down by German authorities for spreading violent Islamist propaganda. (Hat tip: Ethel.) BERLIN, Dec. 28, 2005 (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday shut down an Islamic center once attended by a man who accuses the CIA of kidnapping him and sending ...

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The New York Times vs. America

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 10:55:34 am PST

Michelle Malkin’s new column about the leftist agenda of the New York Times contains a shout out to LGF: The New York Times vs. America.

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Indefensible

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 10:10:13 am PST

(From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons.)

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Democracy Palestinian Style

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 10:01:47 am PST

Palestinian Gunmen Seize Election Offices. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Dozens of masked Palestinian gunmen took over election offices in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, demanding spots for an armed group with links to the ruling Fatah faction in the party’s list of candidates for a January parliamentary election, witnesses and ...

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UK Human Rights Activist Kidnapped by Palestinians

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 9:44:16 am PST

Three Britons kidnapped in Gaza. GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three members of a British family became the latest foreigners to be kidnapped in Gaza after being abducted near the Egyptian border, diplomatic and Palestinian security sources said. Witnesses said a group of gunmen snatched a woman, her father and mother, and bundled ...

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RoP Strikes in India

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 9:13:39 am PST

Terror attack on IISc, Bangalore; 1 killed, 6 hurt. (Hat tip: Anant.) One person was killed and six injured after unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate fire in the campus of Bangalore’s Indian Institute of Science late Wednesday evening. The injured included a senior scientist of Indian Institute of Science. The deceased was Professor M ...

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The Wonder of Shari'a

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 9:04:22 am PST

A shari’a court in Malaysia has ignored the family of a recently-deceased mountain climber, and ordered that he be buried as a Muslim by strangers: Muslim burial for Malaysian hero. (Hat tip: ssgopal.) A Malaysian mountaineering hero will be buried as a Muslim, against the wishes of his Hindu wife, who ...

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Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon

Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 8:56:38 am PST

Palestinian “refugees” in Lebanon have begun firing rockets into Israel, and today Israel struck back: Israeli planes hit Lebanon after rocket strike. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes attacked a Palestinian guerrilla group’s training base in Lebanon on Wednesday, the army said, after a rocket strike on an Israeli town raised border ...

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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Tuesday Night Open Thread

Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 10:16:06 pm PST

An open thread for Tuesday evening...

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Lebanon Base Attacked by Israel

Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 8:13:16 pm PST

Israeli Jets Hit Militant Base in Lebanon. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israeli jets attacked a Palestinian militant group’s training base in southern Lebanon early Wednesday, hours after an Israeli border town was hit by rocket fire, the military said. The base located five miles south of Beirut is operated by the Popular Front ...

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The Fisk Version of Media Bias

Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 6:37:24 pm PST

Here’s why our Idiotarian of the Year Award is named the “Fiskie,” after Osama bin Laden’s favorite Western journalist, Robert Fisk. A commentary for the LA Times in which Fisk actually argues that world media are biased in favor of Israel: Telling it like it isn’t. Back in the old days, we ...

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Tuesday Afternoon Open Thread

Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 2:52:08 pm PST

An open thread for a Tuesday afternoon...

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Why European Women Are Turning to Islam

Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 11:40:48 am PST

Here’s a piece in the Christian Science Monitor on Why European women are turning to Islam. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) PARIS – Mary Fallot looks as unlike a terrorist suspect as one could possibly imagine: a petite and demure white Frenchwoman chatting with friends on a cell-phone, indistinguishable from any other ...

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Munich Terrorist Spurns Spielberg

Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 10:11:03 am PST

Here’s a cold dose of reality, as the Palestinian mass murderer who led the PLO terrorists at the Munich Olympics terrorists vilifies Steven Spielberg, and says he has no regrets for his crimes. GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian mastermind of the Munich Olympics attack in which 11 Israeli athletes died said ...

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The Big Story

Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 9:50:07 am PST

Austin Bay calls for suggestions for his poll of The Big Story of 2005.

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First Annual Anti-Idiotarian Award

Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 9:10:40 am PST

This year we’ll be hosting a companion award to the Fiskie: the LGF Anti-Idiotarian Award, for the person who epitomizes the good side of the struggle between stupid and clever. For example, Rudy Giuliani would qualify for his refusal of $10 million of bloodstained Saudi money after September 11. Post nominations ...

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Monday, December 26, 2005

Fiskie Nominees, Round Two

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 8:18:43 pm PST

I’m trying to limit the number of nominees for the LGF Annual Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year (Fiskie for short), and I’ve boiled it down to a Top 20 (or so) list (in no particular order), culled from the most popular nominees in this topic: Cindy Sheehan Harry Reid Mary ...

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Sleeping French Suburb Rage

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 8:06:31 pm PST

In French suburbs, rage ‘is only asleep’. (Hat tip: Ethel.) BONDY, France “Burn!” A knot of young men join their voices in a battle cry as they edge closer to the silhouette of a parked Mercedes, some of them aiming what look like handguns, others reaching for lighters. In the harsh light ...

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RoP Threatens Indonesian President

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 7:50:27 pm PST

Indonesia’s president under threat of attack: spokesman. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesia’s president is under threat of assassination, his spokesman said, amid stepped-up security nationwide for the New Year holiday period over fears of extremist attacks. Security forces in the world’s most populous Muslim nation have been on high alert over ...

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Everybody Loves Monkeys

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 7:03:31 pm PST

I don’t know about you, but I’m about ready for a picture of Japanese snow monkeys protecting their baby from the cold. (Click picture to expand.) If you’re a baby monkey, that’s where you want to be.

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Aussie Imam: Trying to Stop Terrorism Creates Terrorism

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 5:34:02 pm PST

Try not to get mental whiplash following the twists of illogic in this radical imam’s litany of projection, denial, and homicidal rage: Blame PM, not us: imam. FIREBRAND Muslim cleric Mohammad Omran has blamed the Howard Government for radicalising young Muslims, claiming that demonising Islam was driving its followers towards a ...

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Tsunami: God's Revenge Against Women

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 4:24:04 pm PST

In Banda Aceh one year after the tsunami, the purveyors of shari’a blame women for the disaster. MARLUDDIN JALIL, a Sharia judge who has ordered the punishment of women for not wearing headscarves, was uncompromising: “The tsunami was because of the sins of the people of Aceh.” Thundering into a microphone at ...

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Breaking: Mahmoud Abbas Hospitalized?

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 3:35:50 pm PST

Channelnewsasia.com has a report from AFP that Palestinian prime minister/president/El Supremo Mahmoud Abbas/Abu Mazen has been rushed to a hospital. RAMALLAH, West Bank : Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas was hospitalised urgently in Ramallah, medical sources said. The sources did not provide any additional information about his health condition or the reason ...

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Wildly Inappropriate Hostage Reaction Watch

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 1:14:01 pm PST

Susanne Osthoff, the German archaeologist who converted to Islam, says her kidnappers acted professionally and were not criminals: German hostage in Iraq told she was safe as Muslim. DUBAI (Reuters) - A German held hostage in Iraq for three weeks said on Monday that the kidnappers who freed her a week ...

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Boxing Day Open Thread

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 11:50:00 am PST

Here’s an open thread for Boxing Day...

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Breaking: Gas Attack in Russian Store

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 9:50:48 am PST

Gas Sickens 78 in Russian Store. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - More than 70 people at a home-supply store were sickened Monday as employees at three other outlets of the chain found gas-filled containers and timers hidden in boxes. Police said they believed a commercial dispute or blackmail ...

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RoP in Trinidad

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 9:43:09 am PST

The Caribbean branch of the global jihad was apparently planning an attack: Trinidad police arrest two members of Islamic group after bomb found. (Hat tip: Dave.) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidad authorities found a bomb at the residence of two members of an Islamic group and have arrested the ...

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A Third of UN Tsunami Relief Wasted

Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 9:14:26 am PST

One year after the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean, UPI reports that about a third of the relief money collected by the United Nations never reached the victims: Overheads take up to 1/3 of tsunami funds. (Hat tip: Riding Sun.) NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Up to about a ...

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Sunday, December 25, 2005

Shari'a Justice

Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 11:20:37 pm PST

An Indian migrant worker in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced by a Saudi “court” to have an eye gouged out. (Hat tip: Ethel.) THE lawyer for an Indian migrant worker sentenced to have his eye gouged out as punishment by a Saudi Arabian court said he has launched a new appeal ...

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Islamic Extremism in Boston

Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 10:58:10 pm PST

At the Boston Globe, Charles Jacobs of the David Project has a letter to the editor about the Islamic Society of Boston and their connections to extremists, and the legal harassment they’re using to try to shut down their critics: Mosque on hold. THE STORY on the lawsuit filed against us ...

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Apartheid Saudi Arabia Thumbs Nose at WTO

Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 9:33:01 pm PST

The apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues its barbaric policy toward Israel, and the World Trade Organization pretends not to notice: First-Degree Boycott of Israel to Continue. JEDDAH, 22 December 2005 — Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that it would maintain its first-degree boycott of Israeli products despite joining the World Trade ...

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Open Christmas Thread

Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 1:06:53 pm PST

Here’s an open thread for Christmas Day 2005...

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Reading Iran

Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 10:53:29 am PST

At the UK’s Prospect Magazine, an interesting article by Tom Porteous on the confluence of politics and religious ideology in Iran, and president Ahmadinejad’s connections to the apocalyptic cult of the hidden imam: Reading Iran. (Hat tip: Ayatollah Ghilmeini.) We had arrived at Jamkaran, a holy shrine outside the Iranian city ...

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Season's Greetings to the Lizard-Based Community

Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 8:53:29 am PST

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all LGF readers!

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Saturday, December 24, 2005

The French? Biased?

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 7:43:37 pm PST

In this insanely biased release from Agence France Presse, you can almost hear the French accent: Bush’s ‘imperial’ drift could take at least short-term political toll. WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush’s administration has hit political turbulence that has shed light on its long-term drive to bolster presidential powers, and ...

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Saturday Night Palm

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 7:29:26 pm PST

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Algerian Group Suspected of Planning US Attacks

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 4:34:35 pm PST

The Algerian branch of the RoP known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat may be planning attacks in the United States, if this report from Italy is correct: Plans to ‘top’ 9/11 strikes. (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.) Rome - Three Algerians arrested in an anti-terrorist operation in southern Italy ...

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Pakistan Honor Killing Watch

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 3:49:07 pm PST

Pakistani Man Kills Daughter for Marrying. MULTAN, Pakistan - A father angry that his eldest daughter married for love slit her throat as she slept, then killed three other daughters in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Saturday. Nazir Ahmad, a laborer in his 40s, feared the younger girls, ...

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Reality-Based Community Falls for Hoax

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 2:16:18 pm PST

It was a story that spread through the “reality-based” community like wildfire; a UMass Dartmouth student who said he’d been visited by agents from the Department of Homeland Security after he requested a copy of “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung” from the library. It was the perfect illustration of the horrors ...

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Saturday Morning Open Thread

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 9:20:36 am PST

Merry Christmas Eve day to the lizard-based community, and here’s the open thread for Saturday morning...

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Hizballah, the Good Guys

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 9:12:56 am PST

Lebanon’s Daily Star would like us to know that Hizballah and Al Qaeda really hate each other, and they would never work together, ever, uh uh, no way: Hizbullah is Lebanon’s bulwark against Al-Qaeda. Hizbullah’s director of media relations Mohammad Afif Naboulsi firmly denies the alleged links to the militant jihadi ...

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Italian Court Wants to Arrest CIA Agents

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 9:03:16 am PST

Italian prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for American CIA agents, with the same “counter-terrorism” law they use against Islamic terrorists: Italian court issues arrest warrant for CIA agents. An Italian court yesterday issued a Europe-wide arrest warrant for 22 CIA agents accused of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from Milan and flying ...

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The Diplomatic Jihad

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 8:56:32 am PST

The Arab League does what they do best—condemn Israel: Arab League slams Israel’s ‘dangerous’ Jerusalem vote ban. CAIRO (AFP) - The Arab League slammed Israel’s refusal to allow next month’s Palestinian elections in occupied east Jerusalem as a move aimed at pre-empting the final status of the disputed city. “The Arab League ...

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Iran's "Nuclear Rights"

Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 8:37:57 am PST

In a hate session at Tehran University, prayer leader Ahmad Khatami let loose with an Islamic supremacist rant about Iran’s right to nuclear weapons: Iranians to defend nuclear rights to last blood drop: Khatami. (Hat tip: jcmount.) Addressing thousands of worshipers at Tehran University Campus, Khatami said that westerners should know ...

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Friday, December 23, 2005

CAIR Seething Over FBI Nuke Defense Program

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 7:47:14 pm PST

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil rights and radical Islamic front group, is very upset tonight about the FBI’s program that monitors mosques for increases in radiation levels that might signal the presence of nuclear weapons: FBI Official Defends Radiation Monitoring. U.S. News and World Report first reported the ...

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Breaking: Four Arrested in Stolen Explosives Case

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 7:14:19 pm PST

Four Arrested in Stolen Explosives Case. (Hat tip: Bubbaman.) ALBUQUERQUE - Four men, including two brothers, were taken into custody Friday by federal authorities in connection with the theft of 400 pounds of explosives from a storage depot southwest of Albuquerque. Three of the arrests were made in Bloomfield, in the northwest ...

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Friday Night Fence

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 6:51:03 pm PST

With well used water fountains...

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Deranged Iranian Political Analysts

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 3:50:01 pm PST

Courtesy of MEMRI TV, another glimpse into the world of Iranian television; a world in which “political analysts” calmly share their insights into the timely topics of Holocaust denial and Jewish blood libel. [Video]

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Friday Open Thread

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 10:30:01 am PST

Here’s an open thread for Friday morning, kicked off with This Is London’s slideshow of Osama bin Laden’s niece...

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The Great Al Qaeda Surveillance Debate

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 10:22:31 am PST

At the Washington Post, it’s Tom Daschle (Power We Didn’t Grant) versus Charles Krauthammer (Impeachment Nonsense).

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Gaza Settlements to Become No-Man's Land?

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 10:03:51 am PST

Three months after Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, they’re forced to use air strikes and artillery to stop Palestinians from attacking: Israel threatens Gaza strikes to clear rocket zone. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel threatened on Friday to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets from the Gaza Strip by using airstrikes and ...

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Taheri: Iran is Not Just Israel's Problem

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 9:47:48 am PST

Amir Taheri points out another disturbing implication of Iran’s plans to build as many as eight nuclear facilities in a seismically active area of the Persian Gulf: Not just Israel’s problem. Iran’s first nuclear power station, expected to go on stream next year, is located at the Bushehr Peninsula on the ...

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Deep Thoughts from THK

Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 8:55:58 am PST

In a column for The Forward, Teresa Heinz Kerry writes about The Outrageous Silence of George W. Bush, in response to the Holocaust denial of Iranian “president” Ahmadinejad. (Hat tip: poletowner.) She’s half right. Ahmadinejad’s open Jew-hatred is repellent, and should have received a more forceful response, not only from the ...

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Thursday, December 22, 2005

ISM Tool Refuses to Leave Israel

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 10:27:20 pm PST

The International Solidarity Movement and its deluded foot soldiers are still causing trouble, supporting the wrong side in a battle they don’t understand: Pro-Palestinian Brit refuses to leave. A British citizen and member of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement, arrested a month ago after allegedly assaulting a soldier in Hebron, cannot ...

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Mullahs Versus the Bloggers

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 9:57:54 pm PST

Will the blogosphere bring down the mullahs? (Hat tip: Allah.) THE MUSIC OF Eric Clapton was banned in Iran this week. Broadcasters were ordered to cease playing “decadent” western songs and stick to “fine Iranian music”. Not content with denying the Holocaust, Israel’s right to exist, and advertising hoardings featuring David ...

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The Rear Triangle

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 8:43:04 pm PST

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A Wonderful Day in the Reality-Based Community

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 7:21:44 pm PST

Hey kidz! It’s time for The Wonderful World of Kos. Lots of buzz (just check out Memeorandum) over this Washington Monthly profile of our ol’ buddy Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. Some highlights and lowlights: The site, which has existed for only around three and a half years, now has 3.7 million readers ...

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Terrorist Released by Germany Walks Free in Lebanon

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 5:20:53 pm PST

I saw this one coming. After taking him into custody for a day, Lebanon has freed Mohammad Ali Hammadi, the creature who tortured and murdered US Navy diver Robert Stethem on a hijacked airplane: Lebanon questions US demand to hand over hijacker. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon criticized on Wednesday U.S. demands ...

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Muslim Brotherhood Holocaust Denial

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 4:05:42 pm PST

The head of the Muslim Brotherhood, obviously emboldened by the lack of serious outrage at the statements of Iranian “president” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now joins the Holocaust Deniers’ Chorus: Egypt’s Brotherhood leader calls Holocaust a myth. None of this comes as a surprise to readers of LGF, of course; the only new ...

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Wolcott Hits Another Low

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 3:57:39 pm PST

Vanity Fair’s resident vitriolic moonbat James Wolcott calls Daniel Pipes “a patronizing little sh-t:” Daniel Pipes Loses Control of His Facilities. That’s the sort of high-toned writin’ that made Vanity Fair the journalistic juggernaut it is today.

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RoP Training Camps in Mindanao

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 3:48:37 pm PST

Jemaah Islamiah has set up shop on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao: JI chief training terror recruits. (Hat tip: Van Impe.) A FORMER Australian-based leader of Jemaah Islamiah has been discovered on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, where the feared terrorist group runs military training camps for terror recruits. Abdul ...

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Thursday Open Thread

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 8:37:19 am PST

Thread #18,644 is now open...

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Newsweek: US = Apartheid South Africa

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 8:35:40 am PST

Newsweek’s Arlene Getz likens the wire-tapping of suspected Al Qaeda agents to apartheid South Africa, with George W. Bush playing the part of P. W. Botha. Yes, really. Where’s the Outrage?

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Zarqawi's European Network

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 8:24:18 am PST

At the Telegraph: Arrests reveal Zarqawi network in Europe. A wave of arrests across Europe has thrown new light on a European terrorist network being developed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most prominent insurgent in Iraq. A growing number of terrorism investigations in Britain, Germany, Bosnia, Denmark and most recently Spain and ...

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New City in the Apartheid Kingdom

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 8:09:00 am PST

It’s boom time in the center of Wahhabism: Saudi to build 26-billion-dollar new city. Oil-rich Saudi Arabia unveiled a 26.6-billion-dollar project to build a state-of-the art residential and industrial city, timed with its new membership to the World Trade Organisation. King Abdullah Economic City will be located near the western industrial ...

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Yasser Abbas

Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 8:05:27 am PST

In the Wall Street Journal, Tom Gross has an excellent, clear-eyed look at the death cult society of the Palestinians, and Western media’s refusal to report the truth: Yasser Abbas. On the very day that five Israelis were murdered and over 60 injured outside a shopping mall in the coastal city ...

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Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Wednesday Night Bird

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 11:14:30 pm PST

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Arab Lawyers Union Planning Mock Trial

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 11:05:25 pm PST

As the dictator Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Iraq, the Arab Lawyers Union is planning a little trial of their own: Arabs plan mock trial for Bush, Sharon. The Arab Lawyers Union, a Cairo-based organization which includes twenty-four national bar associations of Arab countries, has decided to hold a moot ...

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Laying the Foundation for the Mahdi's Return

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 9:49:02 pm PST

Madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is just the latest representative of a centuries-old Islamic apocalyptic movement: Waiting for the rapture in Iran. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) JAMKARAN, IRAN For those who believe, the devotion is real. Tears stream down the cheeks of 2,000 men ripe for the return of the Mahdi, the ...

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UK Cozies Up to the House of Saud

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 8:36:41 pm PST

Britain is going to supply new fighter jets to the Saudi air force. LONDON (AFP) - Britain and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to strengthen their defence ties that primarily benefits British company BAE Systems, the British defence ministry said. The governments of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding aimed ...

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Giuliani: Taking Liberties With the Nation's Security

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 7:48:43 pm PST

Rudy Giuliani at the New York Times: Taking Liberties With the Nation’s Security. YESTERDAY the Senate failed to reauthorize the USA Patriot Act, as a Democratic-led filibuster prevented a vote. This action - which leaves the act, key elements of which are due to expire on Dec. 31, in limbo - ...

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Schwarzenegger Vs. Graz

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 7:30:07 pm PST

All of Austria is heartbroken at Arnold Schwarzenegger’s support of the death penalty for mass murderers, but none more than his home town: Mayor begs Schwarzenegger not to cut ties. VIENNA, Austria - The mayor of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Austrian hometown on Tuesday begged the California governor to reconsider his decision to ...

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Hollywood Says: Terrorists Are People Too

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 6:07:34 pm PST

Yes, it really has come to this: Films show terrorists as people.

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Wednesday Open Thread

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:25:54 am PST

An open thread for the remainder of Wednesday morning...

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Germany Releases Convicted Terrorist (Update)

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 9:51:14 am PST

Debbie Schlussel has a lot of information about the Hizballah terrorist released by Germany, probably in exchange for hostage Susanne Osthoff (a convert to Islam). Mediacrity notices that the New York Times, in their story about the release of hijacker/murderer Mohammad Ali Hamadi, doesn’t think we need to know that Hamadi ...

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Democracy Palestinian Style

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 9:15:25 am PST

In the contest between the Death Cult Party (Hamas) and the Phased Conquest Party (Fatah), Holocaust-denying Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) may just call the whole thing off: Palestinians Threaten to Cancel Elections. JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority will cancel Jan. 25 parliamentary elections if Israel goes ahead with ...

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Saddam Has a Change of Heart

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 9:05:15 am PST

In today’s episode, Saddam Hussein comes out as a crusader against torture: Saddam says torturers deserve punishment. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein said on Wednesday those guilty of violence against witnesses who have spoken against him at his trial should be punished, apparently dissociating himself from their accusations of torture. “When I ...

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Iraq Weapons Cache Discovered

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 8:47:18 am PST

A huge cache of weapons has been discovered in Iraq—and notice where the weapons came from. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) “In our eyes, every one of these rockets represents one less IED,” said 2nd Lt. Patrick Vardaro, 23, of Norwood, Mass., a platoon leader in the division’s 187th Infantry Regiment. Vardaro would ...

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Nerve Gas Suspected in Chechnya

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 8:34:37 am PST

The jihadis in Chechnya may have launched a nerve gas attack against a school: Nerve-gas fears after 45 fall sick. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) AT LEAST 45 people, most of them children, have been hospitalised in the Russian region of Chechnya with an illness that doctors say might be nerve-gas poisoning. Pupils, ...

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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Tuesday Night Beach

Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 11:02:48 pm PST

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Christmas, Palestinian Style

Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 8:17:20 pm PST

Gunmen Briefly Seize Bethlehem’s City Hall. BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Palestinian gunmen disrupted Christmas preparations in Bethlehem on Tuesday, briefly taking over the municipality building across from the Church of Nativity, leading clergy to close the ancient shrine for several hours. It was a scene that has played itself out in other ...

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Springtime for Kos Kidz

Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 1:18:46 pm PST

It’s a Hitler-fest at Daily Kos! Daily Kos: Slouching Toward Kristallnacht. (Hat tip: Soxblog.) It won’t come in the same form. It never does. But it’s coming. The lure of fascism is too powerful for men like the ones currently pissing all over our Constitution. Probably won’t be the Jews. Maybe Arabs. ...

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Thomas Klocek's Free Speech Struggle with DePaul

Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 10:04:52 am PST

Marathon Pundit has a useful collection of links to blog posts on the story of Thomas Klocek, the DePaul University Professor who was suspended following a verbal altercation with Muslim student groups (an Outrage of the Day earlier this year at LGF). The Chicago Tribune published an article ...

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Germany Releases Convicted Terrorist

Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 9:54:19 am PST

Hizballah terrorist Mohammed Ali Hamadi, convicted in Germany of murdering US Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem aboard a hijacked airplane, has been freed. (Hat tip: Ace of Spades.) BEIRUT - Hezbollah member Mohammed Ali Hamadi has returned to Lebanon after being secretly released in Germany, where he was serving a life ...

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What Media Bias?

Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 9:42:11 am PST

More than a few LGF readers have emailed about the new study from UCLA on media bias; the only thing surprising is that the study’s authors seem to think their conclusions are surprising: Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist. While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal ...

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Newsweek Gets Kos With It

Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 9:14:25 am PST

The mainstream media’s pandemic of Bush Derangement Syndrome has never been displayed more openly than in this Newsweek commentary by Jonathan Alter, claiming that the President asked the New York Times to hold back the Al Qaeda wire-tap story not out of concern for national security—but because it would embarrass ...

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Monday, December 19, 2005

In Honor of Mike Stokely

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:11:57 pm PST

At Mudville Gazette, a letter from the father of an American soldier killed in action in Iraq.

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Jaw-Dropping MSM Moment of the Day

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 5:49:26 pm PST

The Associated Press wins this category by a landslide, as they release a story—not labeled as opinion—with the most in-your-face negative spin I’ve seen in a long time: Bush Leaves Out the Bad News in Iraqi Poll. WASHINGTON - President Bush is making selective use of an opinion poll when he ...

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Canadian MP Candidate: "Islam Won!"

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 5:15:58 pm PST

A disturbing story from Canada, where an openly Islamist candidate has been nominated to run as a Liberal for the Canadian Parliament: Liberal strategy a dangerous mix of religion and politics. (Hat tip: Damian Penny, via John B.) Toronto, Canada Monday, December 19, 2005 - On December 2, the Liberal candidate ...

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ITM: On the Way to a New Government

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:47:27 pm PST

In a post-election update, Omar from

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Monday Morning Open

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 11:33:23 am PST

Here’s the quotidian open thread...

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Kenny G Banned in Islamic Republic

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 11:28:20 am PST

Iran’s President Bans Western Music. (Hat tip: Ethel.) Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western music from Iran’s radio and TV stations, reviving one of the harshest cultural decrees from the early days of 1979 Islamic Revolution. Songs such as George Michael’s “Careless Whisper,” Eric Clapton’s “Rush” and the Eagles’ “Hotel ...

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Death Cult Democracy

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 11:01:35 am PST

The Death Cult Party, Hamas, is stronger than ever following last week’s Palestinian municipal elections: Vote propels militant Hamas. TEL AVIV - Only a few months ago, Hamas seemed an underdog to President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party in the campaign for the Palestinian legislature. But a string of victories for the Islamist ...

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"Dr. Germ" and Other Saddam Cronies Freed

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:25:27 am PST

On the surface, it doesn’t seem like a good idea to release Saddam Hussein’s henchmen (some of whom have knowledge of biological weapons) from prison, and allow them to flee the country: ‘Dr. Germ,’ Others Released in Iraq. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) But maybe this is part of a plan. We ...

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Another Holy Warrior Snuff Film

Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 9:33:29 am PST

Michael Moore calls them “Minute Men.” Democratic Rep. John Murtha wants us to differentiate between them and “terrorists.” Meanwhile, the Iraqi mujahideen have released another snuff film. Video of US Hostage Killing Posted on Internet. Baghdad, 19 Dec. (AKI) - The Islamic Army in Iraq has released a video which it says ...

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Sunday, December 18, 2005

Sunday Night Ocean

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 9:59:14 pm PST

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Feds Try to Plan for NYC Nuke Attack

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 8:39:03 pm PST

A new study of the effects of a nuclear truck bomb in Manhattan: 1.6 million dead. (Hat tip: Allah.) December 18, 2005 — Federal officials are investigating the deaths and horrific injuries that would result if a nuclear truck bomb were set off by terrorists in Manhattan, The Post has learned. A ...

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Everybody's Doing It

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 8:17:56 pm PST

Tim Berners-Lee is blogging: So I have a blog. (Hat tip: Kalle.)

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Pelosi: "It is Time for a New Direction in Iraq"

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 7:51:50 pm PST

Nancy Pelosi wants “a new direction.” A direction called, “Retreat.” WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement tonight in response to President Bush’s speech on Iraq: “Tonight the President acknowledged more of the mistakes he has made in Iraq, but he still does not get ...

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Bush Addresses the Nation

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 6:11:52 pm PST

President Bush’s Address to the Nation is being webcast at the White House web site.

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Let's Give 'Em a State

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 5:33:38 pm PST

Such lovely people: Palestinians fire celebration shots at news of Sharon in hospital. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired celebration shots upon hearing the news of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon being taken to hospital for feeling unwell. A member of the Popular Resistance Committees told Ynet that Sharon fell ill because of ...

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Mama Moonbat's World Tour a Bust

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 3:21:28 pm PST

You know there’s something seriously amiss with her image when Cindy Sheehan can’t even draw a crowd in socialist-governed, anti-war Spain: Sheehan Leads War Protest in Spain. (Hat tip: Barcepundit.) Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan led a small protest Saturday outside the U.S. Embassy to denounce the war in Iraq. About 100 protesters ...

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Palestinian Work Accident Watch

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 10:54:20 am PST

Blast in Southern Gaza Kills Militant. JERUSALEM - An explosion in the southern Gaza Strip killed a militant who fired homemade rockets at Israel on Saturday and wounded three other people, Palestinian officials said. Palestinian security officials said the explosion was the result of an Israeli airstrike. But the Israeli army said ...

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AI Notices Real War Crimes

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 10:49:05 am PST

It’s taken too long, but Amnesty International has finally denounced the bloodthirsty tactics of the Iraqi “insurgents:” Iraqi insurgents ‘war criminals’. Iraqi insurgents are committing war crimes that undermine any claim they may have to be fighting a legitimate cause, Amnesty International says. A report by the UK-based group accuses anti-US forces ...

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Breaking: Sharon Rushed to Hospital

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 10:18:14 am PST

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been hospitalized. (Hat tip: Barcepundit.) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed to hospital in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, Channel 2 television news reported. According to the report, Sharon was taken to Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, after complaining of feeling unwell. Channel 2 said that ...

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RoP in Bali

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 9:28:42 am PST

The leader of the Bali bombing gang obviously didn’t receive the memo about peace and tolerance: Murder ‘infidels’, Mukhlas urges. (Hat tip: Van Impe.) Published on a website on the orders of notorious terror chief Noordin Mohammed Top, the polemic demonstrates the undiminished fervour of Mukhlas, who has been sentenced to ...

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Multiculturalism Intersects with Holocaust Denial

Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 8:55:25 am PST

A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry says their Holocaust denial and Jew-hatred is just another “academic issue,” and Westerners repelled by it are “intolerant:” Iran tells West to be tolerant of Holocaust views. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s denial of the Holocaust is a matter for academic discussion and ...

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Saturday, December 17, 2005

Saturday Night Mast

Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 11:41:01 pm PST

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The Return of Sue Blackwell

Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 10:06:47 pm PST

Sue Blackwell, the British wacademic whose campaign to get UK universities to boycott Israel was narrowly defeated earlier this year, has returned with a vengeance—as an elected member of the Association of University Teachers’ special commission to investigate and develop policies on Israel and “Palestine.” Adloyada has the disheartening details; ...

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RoP in Bangladesh

Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 1:50:14 pm PST

Bangladesh Police Find Bomb Materials. DHAKA, Bangladesh - Police said Saturday they seized two large caches of bomb-making materials and arrested five suspected members of a banned Islamic group that has been blamed for a wave of deadly bombings in this South Asian nation. Bomb materials, including large quantities of a ...

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Iran President's Bodyguard Dies in Ambush

Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 12:09:39 pm PST

There’s been an apparent attempt to assassinate Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran President’s Bodyguard Dies in Ambush. (Hat tip: Rusty Shackleford.) Tehran, Iran — One of the bodyguards of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed and another wounded when an attempt to ambush the presidential motorcade was thwarted in the southeastern ...

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Bush Strikes Back

Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 9:31:57 am PST

At the Corner, Byron York has posted the text of President Bush’s radio address, directly responding to the latest incident of New York Times perfidy: In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on our nation, I authorized the National Security Agency, consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept the ...

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UN Investigator Points Finger at Syria

Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 9:09:25 am PST

Here’s a Saturday surprise; the United Nations investigator responsible for the probe into the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri has unequivocally blamed Syria for the killing. BEIRUT, Lebanon - The chief U.N. investigator into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said in remarks published Saturday that ...

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Second Draft Exposes Al-Durah Fraud

Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 9:00:56 am PST

The Second Draft has a new web site up, to draw attention to one of the great media frauds of recent years: the Muhamed al-Dura case. Who can forget the image of Muhamed al Durah, gunned down in a hail of Israeli bullets” at the very beginning of the Al Aqsa ...

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Friday, December 16, 2005

Gone Surfin'

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 11:20:26 pm PST

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Astounding Headline of the Evening

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 8:54:31 pm PST

Iran Could Be Sanctioned for Riling Israel. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. “Riling Israel?” BRUSSELS, Belgium - Iran could face sanctions if it keeps provoking Israel and the West, European leaders warned Saturday, even as the Tehran regime’s interior minister said the Iranian president’s remarks had ...

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Hatred, Animated

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 8:02:47 pm PST

In a Clay-mation film for children, sponsored by Hizballah’s Al-Manar satellite channel, Jews are turned into monkeys and pigs. [Video]

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Badgers Trump Iraqi Elections

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 7:24:35 pm PST

The day after Iraq’s historic elections, and what does UK newspaper The Independent feature on the front page of their web site? The Culling Fields: Government announce consultation on badger control.

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Patriot Act Not Extended, CAIR Pleased

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:37:46 pm PST

The extension of the Patriot Act has been defeated in the Senate, and the Council on American Islamic Relations is crowing about it: Islamic Advocacy Group Says Civil Liberties Protections Must Be Strengthened. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement: “We applaud the Senate’s decision to reject reauthorization of ...

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Friday Open Thread

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:27:45 am PST

The eagle flies on Friday...

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NYT Puts Sales Ahead of National Security

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 9:26:19 am PST

The New York Times is absolutely shameless. (Hat tip: Bill.) On the front page of today’s NEW YORK TIMES, national security reporter James Risen claims that “months after the September 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States... without ...

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Iran's Government Policy

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 9:15:42 am PST

Iran’s Interior Minister, speaking to the gullible West at an immigration conference in Greece, says “president” Ahmadinejad’s vile remarks about the Holocaust were simply “misunderstood.” (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Iran Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi told The Associated Press that Ahmadinejad’s comments were “misunderstood” by the West. Speaking on the sidelines of an ...

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In Iran, Arming for Armageddon

Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 8:58:44 am PST

The Iraqi elections may be a sign of progress in the Middle East, but Charles Krauthammer reminds us that another nation is very seriously and very methodically Arming for Armageddon. Lest you get carried away with today’s good news from Iraq, consider what’s happening next door in Iran. The wild pronouncements ...

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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Vanishing Point

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 9:32:35 pm PST

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What's Wrong with This Picture?

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 5:24:17 pm PST

On this historic day for democracy in the Middle East, a day that none of us could have imagined just five short years ago, the top story at CNN’s web site is: Freezing rain blasts across Southeast. (Hat tip: MediaBlog.)

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Whitewashing the Muslim Brotherhood

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 2:02:40 pm PST

Egypt’s ambassador mouths soothing words about the success of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt’s parliamentary elections. WASHINGTON - Minimizing election gains by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Ambassador Nabil Fahmy said Thursday his country was moving toward a centrist and not an Islamist political position. Reflecting on monthlong parliamentary elections over breakfast with ...

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Extreme Brutality Caught on Film

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 11:53:08 am PST

This just in: US Troops Terrorize Iraqi Family! (Hat tip: RaiderDan.)

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Lefty Blogs React to Iraq Poll

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 11:42:50 am PST

Jeff Goldstein has a run around the left-wing blogosphere, to see how they’re taking the news that Iraq held free elections today. With very predictable results: the big ones are doing their best to ignore the whole thing, while the ankle-biters sneer and rant.

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Islamic Arsenal Found Near Paris

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 11:24:04 am PST

French authorities have uncovered a large arsenal of guns and explosives in the Clichy-sous-Bois suburb near Paris. PARIS (Reuters) - French police have seized large quantities of military weapons and explosives as part of a probe into an Islamic militant group said to have indirect links to al Qaeda’s leader in ...

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Lebanese Students: "Fight the Jews and Burn Them Like Hitler"

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 11:11:00 am PST

At MEMRI TV, a clip from the Hizballah television channel Al-Manar shows a symposium of students at Universite Libanaise; a warped, evil version of a US talk show in which the participants discuss “burning Jews like Hitler.” [Video]

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Malaysian Moonbat Raves Again

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 9:48:43 am PST

The antisemitic former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad (lgf: search), told a “global peace forum” today that the US is scheming to launch wars on Iran and Syria, and that the only thing wrong with Ahmadinejad’s statements advocating genocide is that they give the US an “excuse” to attack. KUALA ...

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Blogging the Iraq Elections

Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 9:25:39 am PST

Live reports from the Iraqi elections, from Iraq the Model and reporters in eight provinces, at Pajamas Media. UPDATE at 12/15/05 9:31:38 am: Everybody wants to get into the act: Zarkman Live.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Wednesday Evening Beach

Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:06:02 pm PST

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Violence Spreading in Australia

Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 5:47:59 pm PST

The Australian reports that four churches have been attacked in Sydney by gangs of Lebanese Muslim youths. FOUR churches in Sydney’s southwest have been attacked in 24 hours as the city’s riots spread from race to religion. A community hall linked to a Uniting church was burned to the ground early ...

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Distorted Headline of the Day

Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 1:05:10 pm PST

World media don’t even bother to hide their astounding bias any more. Today’s example: Bush defends Iraq war, says he will attack another nation if necessary. WASHINGTON (AFP) - One day before Iraq’s historic parliamentary elections, US President George W. Bush defiantly defended his case for war and said he would ...

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Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 11:06:28 am PST

Israel has struck the terrorists in Gaza, blowing four of them apart: Four dead in Gaza air strike. And you know what that means. Car Swarm Time, with the obligatory weird captions about “inspecting” and “gathering round” the blasted car and militant body parts.

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Gebran Tueni, R.I.P.

Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 10:50:05 am PST

Claudia Rosett, on the murder of Lebanese newspaperman Gebran Tueni: Gebran Tueni, R.I.P. At a rally of the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon this past March, among the chants of “Death to America” and the banners lauding Syria, some of the demonstrators brandished posters that threatened, in Arabic: “We are going ...

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New Pentagon Briefing Breaks the PC Barrier

Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 10:12:43 am PST

The Pentagon Breaks the Islam Taboo. Four years into the war on terror, U.S. intelligence officials tell me there are no baseline studies of the Muslim prophet Muhammad or his ideological or military doctrine found at either the CIA or Defense Intelligence Agency, or even the war colleges. But that is slowly ...

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Guardian Apologist Has Rude Awakening, Blames West

Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 9:47:21 am PST

The Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland recognizes that Iran’s Ahmadinejad has stepped across a major line, but naturally Freedland’s got to find a way to blame it on himself. In his view, the reason for Ahmadinejad’s genocidal raving is that the Islamic world was “infected” by the West: The sickness bequeathed by ...

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Ahmadinejad: Holocaust Denier

Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 7:40:33 am PST

The “president” of Iran has moved on, from casting doubt on the Holocaust to explicitly denying its existence: Iranian Leader Calls Holocaust a ‘Myth’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The Associated Press says he’s “escalating his rhetoric.” TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad escalated his anti-Israeli rhetoric Wednesday, calling the Holocaust a ...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Iran Tampering with Iraqi Election

Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:31:12 pm PST

Police Seize Forged Ballots Headed to Iraq From Iran. (Hat tip: Ringo.) BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 13 - Less than two days before nationwide elections, the Iraqi border police seized a tanker on Tuesday that had just crossed from Iran filled with thousands of forged ballots, an official at the Interior Ministry ...

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Tuesday Night Fence

Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:20:52 pm PST

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Zombie: Tookie Williams Vigil

Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 8:33:09 pm PST

LGF operative zombie has a new photo report on the over-the-top demonstration in favor of a convicted mass murderer, at The Stanley “Tookie” Williams Vigil at San Quentin, Monday, December 12, 2005.

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Tuesday Afternoon Open Thread

Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 12:16:46 pm PST

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

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Aussie Rioting Spreads

Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:48:08 am PST

Australian Unrest Spreads to Other Cities. (Hat tip: James.) SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The racial unrest that broke out in Sydney’s beachside suburbs over the weekend has spread to two other large Australian cities, where people of Middle Eastern descent were assaulted by whites, police said Tuesday. In New South Wales, where ...

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Abbas Subsidizing Mass Murder

Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:46:31 am PST

Palestinian figurehead Mahmoud Abbas has restarted the Palestinian Authority’s welfare program for suicide bombers: Abbas Approves Monthly Grant To Families of Suicide Bombers. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has approved a new law, providing monetary grants to the families of suicide bombers. Abbas gave ...

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Steyn: Seriously Folks, This Clown is Dangerous

Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:44:34 am PST

A couple of days old, but I just had a chance to read Mark Steyn’s latest for the Sun Times, about the genocidal talk coming from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the world’s oddly muted response: But seriously folks, this clown is dangerous. So let’s see: We have a Holocaust denier ...

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Democracy Palestinian Style

Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 8:45:42 am PST

Gunmen storm Gaza election office, spark gunbattle. (Hat tip: WriterMom.) GAZA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen from President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party stormed election offices in Gaza on Tuesday, sparking a gunbattle with police in a flare-up of violence that could disrupt next month’s parliamentary ballot. The shooting by militants angry ...

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Monday, December 12, 2005

$40M to Spread Islam in US Colleges

Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 10:27:21 pm PST

Four years after September 11, the Saudi prince whose poisoned gift was turned down by Rudy Giuliani is handing over $40M to Harvard and Georgetown Universities. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BOSTON - A Saudi prince believed to be the wealthiest businessman in the Muslim world has donated $40 million for Harvard ...

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Dhimmi of the Year Awards Revealed

Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 2:39:59 pm PST

The Dhimmi of the Year Awards and their counterparts the Anti-Dhimmies, have been announced! At Jihad Watch: The envelopes, please...

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Monday Open

Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 1:12:01 pm PST

Been one of those days ... a million things to do and only two hands ... but here’s an open thread to take up the temporary slack...

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Cathy Seipp Asks a Question

Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 11:19:36 am PST

Where, you overpaid fools, was Little Green Footballs? Heh™.

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France Arrests 20

Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 10:32:14 am PST

French authorities say they’ve broken up an Islamic terror network in the Paris region: France arrests about 20 in terror sweep. (Hat tip: Liz Ard.) PARIS - French counterterrorism agents dismantled an Islamic network suspected of preparing terror attacks, arresting about 20 people in raids early Monday, police said. Anti-terrorism judges ordered ...

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Sunday, December 11, 2005

Sunday Night Beach

Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 8:12:13 pm PST

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Sunday Morning Open

Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 9:36:32 am PST

Here’s an open thread for a sunny Sunday morning...

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"Race-Fuelled" Riots in Sydney

Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 9:18:25 am PST

Man stabbed during altercation. Radio 2GB reported the victim had a knife “embedded in his back. The police spokesman said: “The 23-year-old man was with friends outside a golf club when a group of males of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern appearance approached him. “Following a short conversation the 23-year-old sustained stab wounds. Police ...

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Wake Up Call for Ahmadinejad

Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 9:04:55 am PST

In today’s Sunday Times: Israel readies forces for strike on nuclear Iran. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ISRAEL’S armed forces have been ordered by Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, to be ready by the end of March for possible strikes on secret uranium enrichment sites in Iran, military sources have revealed. The order ...

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Breaking: Fuel Depot Explosion in Britain

Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 12:12:35 am PST

There has been a huge explosion at a fuel depot north of London. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) There are unconfirmed reports that eight people have been killed in a large explosion, followed by several smaller blasts, near Hemel Hempstead, around 25 miles north of London. At least 12 crews have been sent ...

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Saturday, December 10, 2005

Saturday Night Beach

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 7:13:35 pm PST

Today’s ride: 37 miles, on an unseasonably warm, sunny and mild day, with glasnost winds and only one or two anesthetized wanderers onto the bike path...

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Operation Gratitude

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 4:02:48 pm PST

On the weekend of December 17, Operation Gratitude will send their 100,000th care package to a soldier overseas. Really great work.

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RIP: Richard Pryor

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 2:38:04 pm PST

Pathbreaking Comedian Richard Pryor Dies.

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ElBaradei: "Nukes Should Be As Taboo As Slavery"

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 9:12:04 am PST

In a world where Iran is rushing to acquire nuclear weapons, the UN’s toothless nuclear watchdog is focused on disarming everyone else: ElBaradei says nuclear arms should be taboo as slavery. OSLO (Reuters) - The world should work to make nuclear weapons as universally condemned as slavery or genocide, UN nuclear ...

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Saturday Morning Open Thread

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 8:57:25 am PST

It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood, and here’s the Saturday open thread...

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Democrats Seething About Joe Lieberman

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 8:39:34 am PST

In a political party that has gone off the rails, and puts the acquisition of power above the interests of their own country, Joe Lieberman is a marked man: Lieberman’s pro-war views concern Dems. (Hat tip: Vinay.) WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Lieberman’s staunch stay-the-course defense of President Bush’s Iraq policies isn’t ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project Rushes Ahead

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 8:23:46 am PST

As the so-called “international community” sits on its hands and watches, Iran openly declares its intentions—again: Iran Reveals Plans to Produce Nuclear Fuel. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s top nuclear official said Saturday that his country will enrich uranium and produce nuclear fuel despite the U.S.-led international campaign to persuade it to ...

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Jaw-Dropping MSM Moment of the Day

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 8:21:21 am PST

The Washington Post comes out in support of legalizing the Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt’s Ugly Election. (Hat tip: Bubbaman.) The administration’s next steps will be crucial: Will it support the legalization of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has renounced violence and endorsed democracy — and which has proven it has the support of ...

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Mama Moonbat Hangs With Muqtada Al-Sadr Crony

Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 8:14:33 am PST

Over in London, Mother Sheehan is now hanging with the big boys—malevolent British MP George Galloway and, believe it or not, a representative of radical Islamic cleric Muqtada al-Sadr: Sheehan Joins Peace Activists in Britain. Up to 1,500 anti-war protesters and activists gathered for the 10-hour conference, which was organized by ...

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Friday, December 09, 2005

Friday Night Beach

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 10:38:31 pm PST

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Are the Dems Exorcising the Crazies?

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 7:51:41 pm PST

Suddenly tonight, both the New York Times ... Lieberman’s Iraq Stance Brings Widening Split With His Party ... and the Washington Post ... Lieberman Wins Republican Friends, Democratic Enemies With Support for War ... seem to be noticing Joe Lieberman’s relative sanity, compared to the Howard Dean faction’s howling moonbat defeatist madness. Interesting. We may ...

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Iranian Madman Jumps the Gun

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 6:23:35 pm PST

Iran Leader’s Remarks Draw Ire From Saudis. TEHRAN, Iran - Saudis fumed Friday that Iran’s hard-line president marred a summit dedicated to showing Islam’s moderate face by calling for Israel to be moved to Europe, and the chief U.N. nuclear inspector said he was losing patience with the Tehran regime. Even some ...

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Massacre in China

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 5:58:05 pm PST

China Town Sealed After Police Shootings. And this is the country that will host the Olympics. BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2005 (AP) — Armed with guns and shields, hundreds of riot police sealed off a southern Chinese village after fatally shooting demonstrators and searched for the protest organizers, villagers said Friday. Although security ...

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The Definition of "Useful Idiots"

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 5:12:45 pm PST

Oh brother. U.S. Activists Trek Toward Guantanamo. HAVANA - American activists reached the halfway point in a long trek toward the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay to protest treatment of terror suspects, but it appeared unlikely the communist government would let them enter a Cuban military zone to reach the ...

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Friday Morning Open

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 10:29:27 am PST

Here’s an open thread for a wacky Friday...

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LA Times: Iran's Nuke Ambitions Are Israel's Fault

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 9:50:10 am PST

At Pravda West, George Bisharat asks the poignant question, “Should Israel give up its nukes?” (Hat tip: RaiderDan.) Of course, to Bisharat, the answer is “yes, immediately.” So who is George Bisharat? A shill for the PLO. But the LA Times won’t tell you that. Here he is at loony left hate site Counterpunch: ...

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VDH: Democratic Implosion

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 9:38:34 am PST

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for our weekly dose of common sense and wisdom from Victor Davis Hanson: Democratic Implosion. Contrast the Democratic reactions to respective advice offered by Congressman Murtha and Senator Joe Lieberman. The former is a respected but not nationally known Democratic figure; the latter ran for ...

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ElBaradei: "Let Us Not Think We Should Jump the Gun"

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 9:17:42 am PST

The United Nations’ blind, toothless nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, in Oslo to receive his Nobel Peace Prize for Failure, says, “The world is losing patience with Iran.” (Hat tip: Steven.) But his solution is to wait for the smoking gun, which in this case will be a smoking radioactive crater. The Nobel ...

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Human Rights Watch Has CIA Stoolie

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 8:27:23 am PST

The anti-American, anti-Israel group that calls itself Human Rights Watch (lgf: search) says they’re being tipped off by someone inside the CIA: Human Rights Watch Sticks to CIA Claim. Marc Garlasco, a senior military analyst with the rights organization, told Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza that Human Rights Watch had documents corroborating its ...

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Religion of Peace in Bangladesh

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 8:08:45 am PST

Suicide-bomber bicyclist kills seven, wounds dozens in Bangladesh. NETROKONA, Bangladesh - A suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up in a crowded Bangladesh street, killing seven and wounding dozens in the latest attack authorities blamed on extremists wanting to create an Islamic state. Hundreds of people had gathered on the narrow ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project

Fri, Dec 9, 2005 at 12:17:34 am PST

Iran’s radical Islamic “president” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad put his thumb in the eye of the civilized world today and said Iran won’t halt its drive for nuclear fuel. TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday said Iran would not halt its drive to produce its own nuclear fuel because it did ...

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Thursday, December 08, 2005

Thursday Night Beach

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 9:45:00 pm PST

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Now Playing is Now Not Playing

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 8:24:43 pm PST

The only drawback so far of upgrading to the latest version of Mac OS X (10.4.whatever, aka Tiger) is that the Konfabulator tool I used to FTP album covers (from Amazon) and a “recently played” list for LGF’s “Now Playing” feature has stopped working. Anyone know of a replacement that ...

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Mama Moonbat Takes a Trip

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 7:52:49 pm PST

Cindy Sheehan’s protest outside Bush’s Texas ranch became a symbol of opposition to the war. Now she brings her campaign to Britain. And Britain’s al-Guardian is there to welcome her with open arms and a slobbery puff-piece. “This is the 21st century - killing is barbaric,” she says on a taxi ride ...

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Elder: Bush Hatred, the Real Pandemic

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 7:25:23 pm PST

Larry Elder makes the mistake of trying to engage with and debate a victim of full-fledged Bush Derangement Syndrome, and the result is a torrent of illogical abuse—naturally: Bush Hatred - The real pandemic. We could have told you that would happen, Larry. Dear Mr. Elder: At first, I really thought I was ...

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Death Cult Democracy

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 2:02:36 pm PST

Al-Reuters Palestinian propagandist Nidal al-Mughrabi tells the story of one of the most disgusting creatures imaginable, a woman who breeds just to create murderers—now running for “election” to the Palestinian “parliament:” Hamas ‘mother of martyrs’ runs in Palestinian poll. (Hat tip: Laurence Simon.) GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas has chosen a mother ...

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Thursday Open

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 12:52:18 pm PST

Here’s an open thread for a Thursday afternoon...

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Lieberman Next SecDef?

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 10:57:49 am PST

An interesting report in the New York Daily News: Rummy exit rumored; Lieberman eyed for job. (Hat tip: RaiderDan.) WASHINGTON - White House officials are telling associates they expect Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to quit early next year, once a new government is formed in Iraq, sources said yesterday. Rumsfeld’s deputy, Gordon ...

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The Muslim Brotherhood's Project

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 10:46:05 am PST

Scott Burgess has created a page with links to all of his posts about “The Project,” an alleged secret Muslim Brotherhood document discovered by Swiss authorities, that details a plan to establish worldwide Islamic rule by means of infiltration, jihad, and propaganda: The Daily Ablution: Project Permalink.

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Thank A Soldier Week

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 9:56:16 am PST

Townhall.com is sponsoring an important program, and I urge all LGF readers to participate: Thank A Soldier Week. (Hat tip: ciaospirit.)

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Iranian Leader Spews Hatred, Holocaust Denial

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 9:45:42 am PST

Iranian “president” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues making his vile intentions clear to the entire world, in a statement to the Organization of the Islamic Conference spewed in the very center of Islam—Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Iran Leader: ‘Move Jews To Germany’. “Now that you believe the Jews were oppressed, why should the Palestinian ...

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Another Shoe Bomber Feared?

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 9:17:30 am PST

Here’s an absolutely bizarre story at ABC News—bizarre for several reasons: Shoe Bomber Alert Preceded Airport Shooting. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Dec. 8, 2005 — FBI officials report that they have located the Egyptian man whose documents showed discrepancies after he was held at JFK airport last week. The man was in ...

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Breaking: Hostage Murdered

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 8:44:38 am PST

The “holy warriors” are claiming that they’ve murdered one of their Western hostages: Iraq group says killed U.S. hostage. DUBAI (Reuters) - The Islamic Army in Iraq insurgent group said on Thursday it had killed a U.S. security consultant, according to an Internet statement. The group said the man was killed because ...

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China Supplies Arms to Sudan

Thu, Dec 8, 2005 at 8:41:20 am PST

China becomes top arms supplier of Sudan. (Hat tip: Kalle.) Dec. 8, 2005 (UPI) — China has become the top supplier of fighter-bombers to Sudan’s Muslim regime, whose attacks on Christian rebels in the south have made Khartoum notorious. Sudan’s air force recently bought $100 million worth of Shenyang fighter planes, including ...

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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Bolton: "If the Council Won't Speak, the United States Will"

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 10:02:55 pm PST

John Bolton shows the world what the United States is made of: US Blasts Security Council for Failing to Condemn Terror Attack in Israel. Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations has criticized the Security Council for failing to condemn the latest terrorist attack in Israel. The envoy singled out Algeria for ...

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Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 8:25:17 pm PST

Israel struck back against the Palestinian death cult today, and you know what that means ... car swarm!

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Zawahri Rants Again

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 7:45:47 pm PST

Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian physician who’s now Al Qaeda’s main spokesturban, urges the mujahideen to attack the oil fields of the Middle East. CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida’s deputy leader called for attacks against Gulf oil facilities and urged insurgent groups in Iraq to unite to drive out American forces, according to ...

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New Report on Iran's Manhattan Project

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 6:42:39 pm PST

The Media Line has gotten hold of a report by an Iranian opposition group describing in detail Iran’s 20-year long nuclear weapons program, employing more than 400 scientists in a slow-motion Islamic version of the Manhattan Project. They’ve produced a video about the report, available here: Exclusive: New Report on ...

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UN Hits Absolute Bottom, Digs

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 6:21:54 pm PST

On November 29, 2005, the United Nations held their annual “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.” Featured at this event, attended by Kofi Annan, was a prominent display with the Palestinian flag on one side, the UN flag on the other, and a large map of “Palestine” on ...

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UN Appeases Radical Islam in Denmark

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 5:37:47 pm PST

The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten recently published cartoons of Mohammed, and Danish Muslims went crazy, rioting and threatening the newspaper. Now Fjordman translates an outrageous example of UN appeasement, that has to be read to be believed. The UN is Appeasing Muslims - Again. UN Concerned over Prophet Cartoons by Ole Damkjaer The United ...

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Breaking: Air Marshals Shoot Man on Plane

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 1:26:47 pm PST

Man killed at Miami International Airport. Dec. 7, 2005 (UPI delivered by Newstex) — Federal air marshals shot and killed a man Wednesday who said he had a bomb aboard an American Airlines plane at Miami International Airport, CNN said. The man, who allegedly was acting in a threatening manner, reportedly ran ...

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Denmark Cracks Down on Palestinian "Charity"

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 10:23:51 am PST

Danish Muslim group charged with funding terrorism. COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark charged a Muslim organization, the Danish Al-Aqsa Association, on Wednesday with funding terrorism by channelling funds to Palestinian militant group Hamas, the prosecutor said. “We have today charged the organization and two of its members, and seized some of its funds,” ...

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The Roots of Terrorism

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 8:49:53 am PST

The Palestinian Authority continues to “condemn” suicide bombings for the gullible Western audience, while supporting and encouraging mass murder in the death cult society built by Yasser Arafat and surrounding Arab nations. Honest Reporting looks at the real Roots of Terrorism.

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Struggle to Survive

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 8:36:26 am PST

When Palestinian suicide bombers commit mass murder by blowing themselves up in crowded Israeli nightclubs, there’s an understandable focus on the number of people killed. But some unfortunate people live through these savage attacks; here’s the story of one young woman’s struggle to survive, chronicled by photographer Shirley Barenholz: Kinneret. ...

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PJ BlogJams: The Michael and Marc Show

Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 8:21:22 am PST

Today at Pajamas Media, it’s the first episode of The Michael and Marc Show, featuring Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute and Marc Cooper of The Nation, mixing it up on the important news of the day. The battle starts at 9 am Pacific, 12 noon Eastern. Should be ...

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Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Tuesday Night Bay

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 11:07:25 pm PST

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British Honor Killing Watch

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 7:34:55 pm PST

Twelfth-century barbarism on the rise in 21st-century Britain: Britain grapples with gruesome ‘honor’ crimes. LONDON (Reuters) - Rukhsana Naz was 19 when her mother pinned her to the floor of their family house and her brother strangled her with a length of plastic cable. Sahjda Bibi, 21, was preparing to celebrate her ...

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Ms Streisand Regrets

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 6:50:02 pm PST

Ms Streisand is dropping her subscription to the Los Angeles Times, out of loyalty to Robert Scheer and revulsion at Jonah Goldberg. You can’t make this stuff up. (Hat tip: Silhouette.)

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Danish Muslims Seething Over "Jewish" Cookies

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 6:39:22 pm PST

From the Department of You’ve Gotta Be Kidding: Denmark’s offensive Jewish cookies. (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch.) A group of Danish Muslims refuse to eat traditional “Jewish” cookies because they feel offended by the name. According to the daily Danish newspaper B.T., Ole Poulsen, head of the public food consumer department said ...

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Saudis Have Radicalized 80% of US Mosques

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 5:57:46 pm PST

If you’ve been reading LGF’s extensive coverage of radical Islamic front groups in the US, this story will come as no surprise—but it’s a frightening wake-up call for a nation that has hit the snooze button after our first wake-up call on 9/11: Expert: Saudis have radicalized 80% of US ...

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Saudi Prince Buys Fox News Headline

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 3:24:11 pm PST

Billionaire Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal, whose offer of $10 million after the 9/11 atrocities was rejected by Rudy Giuliani, has a very revealing and very troubling statement reported by Middle East Online. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Al-Walid also criticised US media which he described as “in general ... pro-Israel.” But ...

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Dhimmi of the Year Awards

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 2:11:14 pm PST

At Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer has announced the Dhimmi of the Year Awards.

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Palestinians Celebrate Mass Murder

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 1:59:26 pm PST

(Click pictures to expand.) UPDATE at 12/6/05 2:18:34 pm: And what the hell is this about? Israeli Suicide Bomber Kills Five at Mall. UPDATE at 12/6/05 4:28:58 pm: Justify This! has a screenshot, because this headline may disappear: Yahoo And AP Steal The Lead In Biased And Distorted Reporting. One caveat: this shouldn’t be ...

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Sami Al-Arian Acquitted

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 12:57:08 pm PST

An absolutely horrible miscarriage of justice in Florida: Sami Al-Arian acquitted on eight counts. Yesterday jurors told the judge they had reached verdicts on two of the four defendants. Today the judge got a note from jurors that they are deadlocked on charges against the other two. Jurors have been deliberating ...

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Google Accused of Parasitism

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 12:51:15 pm PST

Group: Online Content Cannot Remain Free. BRUSSELS, Belgium - European publishers warned Tuesday that they cannot keep allowing Internet search engines such as Google Inc. to make money from their content. “The new models of Google and others reverse the traditional permission-based copyright model of content trading that we have built up ...

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PJ BlogJams: Whose Internet is It Anyway? (Part 2)

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 11:42:19 am PST

Coming up at noon Pacific, another Pajamas Media BlogJam on the subject of UN “governance” of the Internet, featuring Tobias S. Buckell, Stephen Green, Laurence Simon, and YAYsports! PJ BlogJams: Whose Internet is It Anyway? (Part 2)

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Ironic Story of the Day

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 11:36:28 am PST

Outages Mar Mugabe’s Speech on Electricity. (Hat tip: Kalle.) HARARE, Zimbabwe, Dec. 6, 2005 — Widespread power outages struck Zimbabwe on Tuesday, blacking out much of President Robert Mugabe’s state of the nation address in which he promised to address the country’s chronic electricity shortages.

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Tuesday Open Thread

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 11:02:38 am PST

Lots of extraneous flotsam and jetsam to deal with this morning, so posting may be a bit slow... but here’s an open thread for those with more time than me...

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Sir Iqbal: Loyalty to UK "Not Incompatible" with Muslims

Tue, Dec 6, 2005 at 9:19:11 am PST

“Sir” Iqbal Sacranie (lgf: search), the secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain and Knight of the British Realm, is seething over the UK’s plan to close mosques where jihad is preached: Muslim group attacks mosque plan. (Hat tip: Spiritualized.) Government plans that could see the closure of mosques suspected of ...

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Monday, December 05, 2005

Monday Night Bay

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 10:05:07 pm PST

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CSM: Sweden's Rising Muslim Tide

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 8:57:03 pm PST

Radical Islam is on the rise throughout Europe, and the so-called moderates are playing the role of the enabler: Sweden’s rising Muslim tide. (Hat tip: NC.) It is a pattern echoed across Europe. While moderate Muslims may disown extremists and bar them from mosques, they do little to challenge extremist ideologies ...

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Religion of Slaughter

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 6:00:41 pm PST

The death cult in Holland: Dutch Islamist trial hears of gruesome films. AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A group of suspected Islamists, including the jailed killer of a Dutch filmmaker, watched films of beheadings, a court heard as they went on trial on Monday for plotting attacks and belonging to a terrorist group. Dutch ...

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AP Shows Love for Saddam

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 5:30:41 pm PST

The Associated Press seems to believe it’s important that we hear the opinions of supporters of that genocidal mass-murdering swine, Saddam Hussein: Saddam’s Outbursts Well-Received by Some. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Watching the Saddam Hussein trial at home on television, Jinan Mushrif said she got chills of pride Monday when she saw ...

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PJ BlogJams: Whose Internet is It Anyway?

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 12:03:08 pm PST

Happening now at Pajamas Media, a BlogJam on the UN’s push to control the Internet’s root servers, featuring Michael Barone of US News & World Report, Perry De Havilland of Samizdata, Franklin Cudjoe of Imani Ghana, and Peng Hwa Ang of the UN’s Working Group on Internet Governance: PJ BlogJams: ...

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Monday Open Thread

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 10:49:19 am PST

And now, without further ado, or actually any ado at all, here’s the Monday open thread...

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Saddam Craves Martyrdom

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 9:59:48 am PST

Saddam says, “I Am Not Afraid of Execution.” Good. That makes it easier. Too bad he wasn’t shot like a rabid dog when they pulled him out of his hole. Would have saved Iraq this ridiculous circus. UPDATE at 12/5/05 10:17:41 am: Saddam trial hears of horror in Room 63. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Men ...

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And Again

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 8:41:38 am PST

The Palestinian death cult has struck again: Five killed in Netanya suicide bombing. Four people were killed and 66 were wounded - three seriously - in an explosion that rocked the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall on Herzl Street in Netanya at 11:25 a.m. Monday morning. Another person died on ...

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The School That Terrorism Built

Mon, Dec 5, 2005 at 8:25:44 am PST

Looks like we’re continuing to finance and support institutions dedicated to bringing down America from within: The School that Terrorism Built. In March of 2003, a domestic non-profit was incorporated within the state of Florida, using the name American Youth Academy. The organization was set up as an Islamic elementary/secondary private ...

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Sunday, December 04, 2005

ElBaradei: Iran Only Months Away from Nukes

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 10:31:04 pm PST

The leader of the UN’s toothless nuclear watchdog says Iran is only months away from having nuclear bombs. (Hat tip: Facts & Logic.) But he also says we need to continue along the same diplomatic path that has led us to this appalling juncture. IAEA chairman Muhammad ElBaradei on Monday confirmed Israel’s ...

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Islamic Nations Obstruct Terrorism Resolution

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 10:22:52 pm PST

Even as they were passing another six resolutions condemning Israel, the United Nations General Assembly failed to define terrorism, because the Organization of the Islamic Conference demanded exceptions for terror gangs like Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the head-hacking Al Qaeda holy warriors in Iraq. “This is a priority for us and ...

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Iran's Manhattan Project

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 10:16:51 pm PST

One thing the mad mullahs of Iran do not lack is brazenness: Iran’s patience running out over nuclear issue. (Hat tip: Ron.) TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s patience regarding Western opposition to its nuclear program is wearing thin and Tehran will give the EU only a few months to settle the issue ...

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Sunday Night Birds

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 10:00:25 pm PST

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UN Representative: Trust Us with the Web

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 7:21:48 pm PST

In a reply to Claudia Rosett’s article for Pajamas Media, Dr. Peng Hwa Ang, a member of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance, explains why we should trust Iran, China, Cuba, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe and Tunisia with the future of the Internet: Choose now this day whom to ...

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LA Times: A Dozen Errors in 2 Sentences

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 4:16:35 pm PST

Bummerdietz points out over 12 mistakes in just two sentences of the Los Angeles Times article on Joseph Wilson.

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Steyn: Dems Determined to Ignore Progress in Iraq

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 4:14:01 pm PST

Mark Steyn says the Dems are determined to ignore progress in Iraq. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, came out with a big statement on Iraq last week. Did you hear about it? Probably not. Everyone was still raving about his Democrat colleague, Rep. Jack Murtha, whose ...

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Palestinian Metal Shop Watch

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 4:01:28 pm PST

A little known fact about the Palestinian Authority is that it houses more metal workshops per square mile than any other place on earth. Israeli Aircraft Fire on Gaza Rocket Lab. JERUSALEM - Israeli aircraft fired missiles at an abandoned building and a rocket launching ground in the northern Gaza Strip ...

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RIP: Kaare Kristiansen

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 3:56:23 pm PST

One of the few with the courage to stand up and denounce the Nobel Peace Prize Committee when they honored arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat, Kaare Kristiansen has passed away. (Hat tip: Ethel.) Kaare Kristiansen, who resigned from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in 1994 to protest the decision to award the Nobel ...

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Sunday Morning Open Thread

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 9:18:28 am PST

An open thread for a sunny Sunday... fascist headwinds currently in retreat...

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LA Times Continues the Big Lie

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 9:05:13 am PST

Rand Simberg notes that the Los Angeles Times continues to promote the lies of Joe Wilson, long after Wilson’s spurious claims were debunked: Continuing the Big Lie.

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"Jihad for the Sake of Allah"

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 8:16:25 am PST

More details on the top Al Qaeda terrorist recently killed in Pakistan, Abu Omar Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Saif (a.k.a. Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Saif al-Jaber)—a high level commander in Chechnya and personal military advisor to Shamil Basayev—at The Counterterrorism Blog: Reports: Senior Saudi Al-Qaida Member Sets Off Suicide Blast in ...

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The Black Book of Saddam Hussein

Sun, Dec 4, 2005 at 7:58:13 am PST

A new 700-page book published in France details the nightmarish dirty deeds of Saddam Hussein: The big black book of horrors. (Hat tip: Lady of Shalott.) The obsession of many journalists and commentators with the fruitless hunt for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons has meant much of the evidence of Saddam’s ...

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Saturday, December 03, 2005

Marriott Hotels Pander to Radical Islam

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 11:36:22 pm PST

The Marriott hotel chain has refused to host a conference by The People’s Truth Forum, because they’re worried about a violent reaction from Muslim students of Georgetown University: Keith Thomas, Marriott Special Services Department, Corporate Headquarters, November 16, 2005: “Due to the high density of Muslim students on the Georgetown campus, ...

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Washington Post Says We've Lost

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 11:13:08 pm PST

The Washington Post advocates cutting and running: All Over but the Pullback.

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Cycle of Violence: Wind God in Bad Mood

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 7:45:02 pm PST

Man, talk about your fascist headwinds. Today’s ride was 41.3 miles of exhilarating fun going south (28 mph with almost no effort) and struggling nightmarish pain going back to point A (12 to 13 mph with an insane amount of effort). Ehecatl, the Aztec God of Wind, was apparently in ...

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Palestinian Civil War Watch

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 2:56:20 pm PST

Five killed as clans clash in Gaza. GAZA (Reuters) - Five Palestinians, including a policeman, were killed and many were wounded, some seriously, on Saturday as members of two rival clans clashed in a fierce firefight in Gaza, local medics and witnesses said. Palestinian security forces were having difficulty restoring calm and ...

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Al Jazeera Broadcasts Enemy Propaganda (Again)

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 10:17:48 am PST

JihadTV. All jihad, all the time. Al-Jazeera Airs Tape of Attack on Troops. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Al-Jazeera broadcast an insurgent videotape Saturday showing a huge explosion targeting a U.S. foot patrol near Fallujah. However, the tape did not directly link the explosion to Thursday’s attacks that killed 10 Marines there. The Al-Jazeera ...

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Bilious Leftist Rant of the Day

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 10:15:09 am PST

In a comment about a cable industry proposal to allow viewers to pay only for the shows they actually watch, we see that special brand of tolerance and love we’ve come to expect from the deranged left; at The Smirking Chimp, of course. F****** a******* Kill thousands of innocent people in an ...

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Bolton: "The UN is Not Useful in Solving Actual Problems"

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 9:14:52 am PST

John Bolton stands up against the appallingly corrupt United Nations, who passed six more resolutions condemning Israel on Thursday: Bolton Says Palestinian Resolutions Demonstrate UN Irrelevance. Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the United Nations General Assembly demonstrated its irrelevance today by adopting six resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian ...

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MSM Spreads Al Qaeda Propaganda

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 8:58:05 am PST

At ThreatsWatch, Bill Roggio posts on the media’s use of old footage to spread Al Qaeda propaganda about a “mini-Tet offensive” in Ramadi—that never happened: The Ramadi Debacle. UPDATE at 12/3/05 9:01:54 am: Big Lizards has more on the media’s relentless campaign of defeatism that leads to debacles like these.

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Saturday Morning Open Thread

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 8:51:34 am PST

Here’s an open thread for a sunny Saturday morning...

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Iran's Manhattan Project

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 8:00:03 am PST

Here’s a classic example of “morally neutral” journalism from AP writer Nasser Karimi, making sure to give equal weight to Iran’s transparently false denials that they’re rushing to acquire nuclear weapons: Iran OKs Bill to Block Nuclear Inspections. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s hard-line constitutional watchdog approved a bill Saturday blocking international ...

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Got a Big Fish in Pakistan

Sat, Dec 3, 2005 at 7:55:13 am PST

It’s not clear whether it was a work accident or a missile from a helicopter, but a top Al Qaeda freakazoid has been killed in Pakistan. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A senior al Qaeda commander is believed to have been killed in a tribal region of Pakistan bordering ...

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Friday, December 02, 2005

Friday Night Fence

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 10:36:28 pm PST

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The Truth About Eurabian Reaction to 9/11

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 7:44:14 pm PST

Four years after the September 11 attacks, we’re just beginning to learn about the appalling reaction to these atrocities in Muslim communities in Europe: In Germany, Muslims grow apart. (Hat tip: Still Rolling.) There is a new wall rising in Berlin. Looking over that wall, one sees the parallel world of ...

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AP's Daily Death Count, Renamed

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 6:23:06 pm PST

The Associated Press quickly realized that their Daily Death Count was a public relations nightmare, revealing a little too much of their agenda. So they no longer call it that. Now it’s just A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq.

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RoP in Bangladesh

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 6:19:11 pm PST

Bangladesh faces ‘national crisis’ after serial bomb blasts. DHAKA (AFP) - A government minister and Islamic party leader warned that Bangladesh faced a national crisis after a series of deadly bomb blasts by religious extremists calling for the imposition of strict Muslim law. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid called on Bangladeshis to unit ...

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Palestinian Child Abuse

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 5:53:30 pm PST

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Hitchens: Sticking Up for Saddam

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 5:48:40 pm PST

Christopher Hitchens eviscerates International ANSWER’s waterboy, the execrable Ramsey Clark: Sticking Up for Saddam. The first charge being brought against Saddam Hussein is that in 1982, after his motorcade came under fire near the mainly Shiite town of Dujail, he ordered the torture and murder of 148 men and boys. It’s ...

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Russia to Sell $1B Worth of Weapons to Iran

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 3:25:32 pm PST

Our pals the Russians are apparently arming and equipping a nuclear proxy state in Iran: Reports: Russia to Sell Missiles to Iran. MOSCOW - Russia has agreed to sell more than $1 billion worth of missiles and other defense systems to Iran, Russian news media reported Friday, a move expected to ...

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Zombie Soldiers and Mama Moonbat

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 1:06:07 pm PST

In a Village Voice review reeking of Bush Derangement Syndrome, we learn of Joe Dante’s new project: Homecoming, in which soldiers return from the dead to demand impeachment. The Voice’s Dennis Lim calls it “easily one of the most important political films of the Bush II era.” (Hat tip: agentzero.) TURIN, ...

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VDH: A Moral War

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 10:28:06 am PST

Victor Davis Hanson, right on target as usual: A Moral War. The White House, as is true in all wars, has made mistakes, but only one critical lapse — and it is not the Herculean effort to establish a consensual government at the nexus of the Middle East in less than ...

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Irving's Books in Jail Library

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 10:24:51 am PST

Antisemitic nutbar “historian” David Irving, recently arrested in Austria, has found plenty of interesting reading material in the jail library. David Irving, the British historian, has embarrassed Austria’s judicial authorities by finding his own books in a prison library while in custody on charges of Holocaust denial. Irving, 67, who will spend ...

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Steve Bell Keeps Digging

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 9:46:20 am PST

What passes for a political cartoon at the Guardian: Steve Bell on the prospect of an Iraq pullout. (Hat tip: Allah.)

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American Airlines Pilot Reports Missile at LAX

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 9:05:15 am PST

Pilot Reports ‘Missile’ Fired at Jetliner Near LAX. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport. Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, ...

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Palestinians Break Deal (Dog Bites Man)

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 8:22:16 am PST

Palestinians Let Militants Back Into Gaza. JERUSALEM - Palestinians have allowed up to 15 militants wanted by Israel to return to the Gaza Strip in recent days, officials said Friday, in what Israel said was a violation of U.S.-brokered deal for securing the border. The dispute over the entry of the Hamas ...

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Noam Chomsky Would Agree

Fri, Dec 2, 2005 at 8:18:36 am PST

Al-Reuters helpfully informs us that Arab nations are deeply suspicious of US motives. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arab nations are acutely suspicious of the Bush administration’s “democracy” agenda in the Middle East and believe the U.S. invasion of Iraq has made the region less secure, said a poll released on Friday. The poll, ...

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Thursday, December 01, 2005

Iran's Manhattan Project

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 8:34:20 pm PST

Iran’s Manhattan Project is rushing toward its inevitable conclusion, and Israel is their first target. But if the mullahs succeed, Israel won’t be the last target, and time is running out. Farkash sets deadline for strike on Iran. After March Israel must be prepared to use means other than diplomacy to halt Iran’s ...

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The Radical Loser

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 6:26:31 pm PST

Here’s a powerful and thought-provoking essay by German writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger, on the ideological forces that drive The Radical Loser. (Hat tip: Benjamin.) Contrary to what the West appears to believe, the destructive energy of Islamist actions is directed mainly against Muslims. This is not a tactical error, not a ...

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The Crab Nebula

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 6:10:22 pm PST

A mind-blowing new photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the six-light-year-wide Crab Nebula, the remnant of a supernova explosion nearly a thousand years ago. (Hat tip: The New Editor.)

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Pure Palestinian Propaganda

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 4:25:19 pm PST

Here’s AP Palestinian propagandist Mohammed Daraghmeh, with a real howler of an article: Young Palestinians Could Help Peace Effort. RAMALLAH, West Bank - They are graduates of two bloody uprisings, spent years in Israeli prisons, speak fluent Hebrew and are now capturing top spots in the ruling Fatah Party’s slate for ...

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Palestinian Civil War Watch

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 10:29:59 am PST

Fatah gunmen storm Gaza offices. GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen burst into a government complex in the Gaza Strip on Thursday to demand that ruling party primaries, suspended because of fraud and violence, be allowed to proceed. The protest by dozens of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants came just three days after gunmen ...

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What Media Bias?

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 10:27:06 am PST

More crummy behavior from mainstream media, exposed at NewsBusters.org: ABC Reporter Exploits Tour of Christmas Decorations to Hit First Lady on Exiting Iraq. ABC’s Jessica Yellin, live on Wednesday’s Good Morning America, exploited First Lady Laura Bush’s tour of White House Christmas displays, cards and decorations to hit her with an ...

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Fiskie Nominations Now Open

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 10:18:39 am PST

Yes, it’s the first of December, and that means it’s time to open the nominations for LGF’s Annual Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year (Fiskie for short). There’s only one hard and fast rule for this award: previous “winners” are disqualified from further competition. Post your nominations ...

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Palestinian Depravity

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 9:15:26 am PST

These are the people supported by the International Solidarity Movement and Christian Peacemaker Teams, people who keep severed heads and display them to children: Islamic Jihad Video of Beheaded Israeli in Gaza Emerges. (Warning. Gruesome images.)

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Dershowitz vs. Chomskybot

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 8:47:39 am PST

At Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Alan Dershwowitz debates the anti-American professor BBC viewers would like to see rule the world, Noam Chomsky: FORUM: ISRAEL and PALESTINE AFTER DISENGAGEMENT: Where Do We Go From Here? (Hat tip: LGF readers.) The video, in Real format, is here.

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Pacifists Who Hang Out with Terrorists

Thu, Dec 1, 2005 at 8:30:31 am PST

The Associated Press continues to carry water for the “anti-war” movement, with an article about the four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams kidnapped by the mujahideen in Iraq: Pacifist Group Experienced in War Zones. CHICAGO - Four Christian peace activists taken hostage in Iraq belong to a group that has ...

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Exploding Chocolate Poodle

Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 11:33:05 pm PST

In addition to their knee-jerk anti-Americanism and fine chocolate, Belgium can now be proud of having produced the first known Western female suicide bomber. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MIREILLE, who was born in Belgium to a white, middle-class Christian family, blew herself to pieces last month in a suicide attack against ...

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