We take exception to the description of Vonnegut as “one of the greatest living US writers,” but report his words nonetheless. From The Australian, : ONE of the greatest living US writers has praised terrorists as “very brave people” and used drug culture slang to describe the “amazing high” suicide bombers must feel before blowing […]
Senior al Qaeda militant destroyed in Chechnya
From Itar-Tass, : KHANKALA – Russian secret services destroyed a senior al Qaeda representative in Chechnya, head of the regional headquarters in control of the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus Col-Gen Arkady Yedelev told reporters here on Friday. The operation was carried out by an army elite reconnaissance unit near the village of Avtury, […]
Monograph Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society
From IMRA, with thanks to Looney Tunes: The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is proud to offer the following link to Professor Justus Reid Weiner’s new Monograph Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society. It is a 1.4 megabyte PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the file, but it is available […]
Daniels: The Suburbs Are Burning
Anthony Daniels, also known as Theodore Dalrymple, writes in National Review (subscription required): For the last two weeks, the French have been watching the numbers of cars burnt the night before in the suburbs the way New Yorkers watch the Dow Jones index. Does 463 mean that the riots are now in recession, or is […]
Pakistan Gets Pledges of $5.4 Billion to Rebuild After Quake
From Bloomberg: Pakistan gained pledges of $5.4 billion from international donors and lenders, more than the south Asian nation was seeking, to rebuild cities and rehabilitate people devastated by last month’s earthquake. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the northern Himalayan territory of Kashmir on Oct. 8, killing more than 74,000 people and leaving millions homeless. […]
Iran, in U.S. newspaper ad, defends nuclear program
Which newspaper? Why the New Duranty Times, where else? This story comes from Reuters: WASHINGTON – Iran on Friday took the highly unusual step of running a costly full-page ad in the New York Times defending its nuclear activities and accusing the United States and European allies of creating an “unnecessary crisis.” As U.S. and […]
House GOP Seeks Quick Veto of Iraq Pullout
From AP: WASHINGTON – House Republicans maneuvered for swift rejection Friday of any notion of immediately pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, sparking a nasty, sometimes personal debate over the war and a Democratic lawmaker’s own call for withdrawal. Furious Democrats accused the GOP of orchestrating a political stunt, leaving little time for debate and […]
Al-Zarqawi Threatens to Kill Jordan’s King
From AP: An audiotape purportedly from the head of al-Qaida in Iraq said Friday the group’s suicide bombers did not intend to bomb a Jordanian wedding party at an Amman hotel last week, killing about 30 people. The speaker on the tape, identified as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, also threatened to kill Jordan’s King Abdullah II […]
Ban Asian marriages of cousins, says MP
Showing how biology has social consequences and sociology has biological consequences: from the Telegraph, with thanks to Looney Tunes. Marriages between cousins should be banned after research showed alarming rates in defective births among Asian communities in Britain, a Labour MP said last night. The report, commissioned by Ann Cryer, revealed that the Pakistani community […]
India fences off Bangladesh to keep out Muslim terror
From TimesOnline: INDIA is accelerating the construction of a 2,500-mile fence to seal its border with Bangladesh amid growing fears that its Muslim neighbour could become “a new Afghanistan”. Indian officials and western diplomats have been alarmed by an increase in terrorist attacks by militant groups linked to Al-Qaeda and by the Dhaka government’s failure […]