Michelle Malkin writes in Townhall: Newsweek. Amnesty International. Jimmy Carter. Dick Durbin. The Guantanamo Bay-bashing continues. In a rant published Tuesday, the Minnesota Star Tribune actually castigated Durbin for “caving in” on his slanderous remarks comparing U.S. treatment of detainees at Gitmo to torture and genocide by Nazis, Soviets and Pol Pot. The paper wrote […]
Archives for June 2005
Israeli army continues cracking down on Islamic Jihad
From Xinhuanet: RAMALLAH — The Israeli army and security forces continued on Wednesday their crack down on members and militants of the Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank. An Islamic Jihad militant in the city of Tulkarem in the West Bank said that the clashes took place between Israeli soldiers and militants of his […]
US strategy in Iraq: Is it working?
An interesting analytical piece from the Christian Science Monitor: The US military strategy in Iraq has been consistent for months now: Use aggressive military operations to disrupt the flow of foreign fighters entering the country and the insurgent support lines that run along the Euphrates River west to the Syrian border. Simultaneously, the US is […]
Vines: US may begin drawdown after Iraqi elections
From the Pakistan Tribune, “4 Day Operation Ended in Western Iraq” U.S. and Iraqi forces have ended a four-day operation, Spear, aimed at clearing insurgent bases and training camps in western Iraq. Military officials say forces killed some 50 fighters and discovered more than a dozen car bombs in and around the town of Karabilah […]
Pakistanis assure Afghans of support on security
From Reuters: KABUL – Pakistan has assured Afghanistan of its support and cooperation in the war on terror after angry words between the neighbours over accusations Pakistan is not doing enough to stop Taliban violence. The assurance comes as fears mount that Taliban fighters launching attacks from Pakistan will disrupt a September parliamentary election in […]
Vincent: Baffled in Basra
Steven Vincent writes an interesting article on the situation in Basra in National Review Online: …Basra’s police force isn’t the only example of the social and psychological dysfunctionalities that plague this city of 1.5 million residents. Even as brave and dedicated people here begin to reconstruct their lives in the face of daunting problems “” […]
Kahn: When “academic freedom” justifies academic terror
Tzvi Kahn writes in The American Thinker: According to the logic of a recent report issued by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), denying accused criminals a job constitutes an unethical breach of “academic freedom.” So, if Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein had doctorates and respectable publication records, could they receive teaching positions […]
New U.S. Ambassador ‘Horrified’ By Iraq Violence
From Radio Free Europe: Baghdad — The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said today he is horrified at the level of violence wracking the country, and that Islamic extremists and former members of Saddam Hussein’s outlawed Ba’ath Party are trying to start a civil war in Iraq. Khalilzad said after meeting in Baghdad […]
UK: Manchester arrest ‘connected to Iraq suicide attacks’
From the UK TimesOnline: The housemate of a man who allegedly travelled to Iraq to carry out a suicide bomb attack has been arrested in Manchester, police said. The 40-year-old man was arrested under the Terrorism Act after a dawn raid in the Moss Side area of the city. It is believed that another man […]
‘Palestinian prisoner destroyed Quran’
Another silly story of Qur’an abuse. Prison Service says female security prisoner goes on rampage during body search, tosses Quran pages toward toilet. From YNet News: ASHKELON – A female Palestinian security prisoner in Ashkelon’s Shikma Prison tore up pages from a copy of the Quran and threw them toward the toilet during a routine […]