Just when you think things can’t possibly get more absurd: “Terrorists’ new mission: Protect President Bush,” by Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily.com (thanks to Ruth King): JERUSALEM — Members of the most active West Bank terror organization are set to participate in security forces being deployed to protect President Bush during his visit to the Palestinian […]
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Israel captures two leading Islamic Jihad members
…while Reuters once again shows its true colors by referring to the “occupied West Bank.” “Israel captures Islamic Jihad members in West Bank,” from Reuters (thanks to all who sent this in): NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli troops captured two top members of the Islamic Jihad militant group in raids in the occupied West […]
Israel: Saying “Muhammad is dead” is racist
A lame soccer chant brings a charge of racism. “Soccer: Betar J’lem punished for fans’ racist chants,” by Allon Sinai in the Jerusalem Post (thanks to Carl in Jerusalem): Betar Jerusalem will play its next home match at Teddy Stadium in front of empty stands after an Israeli Football Association tribunal found the club’s fans […]
Iran behind flood of weapons to Taliban?
But…but…the Shi’ites would never aid the Sunnis, right? Right? Isn’t that what the learned analysts always tell us? Wake-up call for the learned analysts, were it possible to wake them up: “Iran behind flood of weapons to Taliban, MacKay charges,” from the Ottawa Citizen : KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – Canada has challenged the Iranian […]
Britain in secret talks with the Taliban
Still more short-sighted realpolitik. There seems to be an endless supply, and no amount of evidence will shake the false assumptions on which this sort of thing is based. By Thomas Harding and Tom Coghlan for the Telegraph (thanks to all who sent this in): Agents from MI6 entered secret talks with Taliban leaders despite […]
Iraqi hairdressers forced underground
Because “making women look pretty can get a person killed in her Sunni-dominated Baghdad neighborhood.” By Diaa Hadid for Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 46 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq – Umm Doha cuts hair and waxes eyebrows in secret from her living room because making women look pretty can get a person killed in her […]
15-year-old bomber stopped at Bhutto rally
Feel the love. From News.com.au (thanks to all who sent this in): POLICE in Pakistan have stopped a 15-year-old boy they say was carrying a bomb made of dynamite and nails from gettnig into a rally by opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The boy got past the first of four security checkpoints set up outside the […]
Israel: No more “anti-Arab discrimination” at airport
Imagine the conversation among the Israeli authorities: Who cares if we get blown up? At least we won’t be discriminating! “Mofaz: No More Anti-Arab Discrimination at Airport,” from Israel National News (thanks to Romy): (IsraelNN.com) Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz will eliminate the criterion of nationality from airport security checks, thus making these checks “less racist” […]
The U.N. Insignia Emerges as a Global Target for Al-Qaeda Attacks
Al-Qaeda fails to recognize one of its greatest allies. By Colum Lynch for the Washington Post (thanks to all who sent this in): UNITED NATIONS — The suicide bombings that ripped apart the U.N. headquarters building in Algiers on Dec. 11 and killed at least 37 people, including 17 U.N. employees, provided a bloody demonstration […]
Child sings on Hamas TV: “We Liberated Gaza by Force”
No, the Israelis gave it away — didn’t they? Sure. But they did so after relentless jihad terror attacks against civilians, combined with a fascination with the oft-discredited notion that land concessions would bring peace, convinced them that it was better to give it up than to try to keep up. And now Saraa Barhoum, […]