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"Human rights champions...preach morality to Israel...while accepting the morality of establishing an apartheid, racist, Palestinian state which openly and proudly states its intention of being Judenrein"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:08 GMT

Calling hypocrisy what it is. "Endorsing Palestinian apartheid: Why does world accept notion of Palestinian state free of Jews?," by Jonathan Dahoah-Halevi for Ynet News, July 2 (thanks to Manny): [...] The Palestinians have won international recognition for their demand...

Sudanese Islamic preacher: "President Hussein" must blame the Jews for 9/11

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:09 GMT

This is the typical jihadist displacement of responsibility and paranoid Jew-hatred, but I had to laugh at the references to "President Hussein." I thought only wicked "Islamophobes" called him that. Has Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri been reading Atlas Shrugs? "Friday...

JihadTube indeed

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:14 GMT

YouTube is widely known as JihadTube for good reasons. And here&os;s another, from Internet Haganah (thanks to Sr. Soph). The question that is being answered in the chart above is "which is the best place to distribute news of...

6 New Personality Disorders Caused by the Internet

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:02 GMT

The Internet makes people crazy. We all know this.

Does Obama need a brain scan?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29 GMT

"I sincerely hope that when the president goes in for his annual check-up, the doctors at Bethesda will do a brain scan. Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a...

Melanie Phillips: "America has a pro-Islamist President"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:27 GMT

Articulating the obvious for the benefit of the willfully blind. "Obamas deadly hand revealed," by the incomparable Melanie Phillips for the Jewish Chronicle, June 26 (thanks to Dan): [...] For the past six months, while Obama has been holding out...

Jews-Control-The-World Contest!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00 GMT

Some Thursday afternoon fun: who made the following statements? Paranoid Jew-hatred is a staple of Islamic jihadist discourse, of course, but these statements about how the Jews control the U.S. and the world come from some sources that are not...

Major Military Campaign in Afghanistan

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:21 GMT

A massive military offensive is under way in Afghanistan against the Taliban.

NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.

One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban government in 2001.

The offensive will test the Obama administration’s new strategy of holding territory and letting the Afghan government sink roots in Helmand province. The insurgency has proven particularly resilient in this area, where foreign troops have never before operated in such large numbers.

President Barack Obama told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday that he has a “very narrow definition of success when it comes to our national security interests” in the region. “And that is that al-Qaida and its affiliates cannot set up safe havens from which to attack Americans.”

And Long War Journal has some disturbing news from eastern Afghanistan: Haqqani Network captures US soldier in Afghanistan.

The Haqqani Network has captured a US soldier who was based in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. The soldier, who has not been identified, had reportedly been captured after walking off of his small outpost.

The US military has confirmed a solider has been missing since June 30 and believes he has been captured by the Taliban.

Canadian Arab Federation exec: "F--- Canada Day"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:06 GMT

Islam transcends nationality. Traditional Islam teaches that Muslims should respect only their allegiance to the umma, not to the nation-state in which they live. "Arab group exec quits after online tirade," by Brett Clarkson and Joe Warmington for the Toronto...

"The question that arises out of the overwhelmingly angry reaction to Sarkozys view is whether anything associated with the religion of Islam is beyond intense scrutiny and interrogation"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:17 GMT

In this somewhat confused article, Sentletse Diakanyo claims that "the Taliban had imposed strict rules on the people of Afghanistan based on their incorrect interpretation of the religious prescriptions contained in the Quran as well as the Hadith (set of...

Amnesty International ignores Hamas' boasting about using civilians as human shields, says they didn't use them but Israel did, accuses Israel of "war crimes"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:24 GMT

Dhimmitude at Amnesty. The evidence is abundant. Amnesty International ignored it. Here is some of it: Hamas placed children on rooftops as human shields preventing Israeli attack on Qassam workshops and warehouses Video of Palestinian jihadists using children as human...

Taliban buying children, turning them into suicide bombers

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:17 GMT

Mehsud, like many who are unshakably convinced of their own correctness, no doubt does not realize his own cruelty and heartlessness. "EXCLUSIVE: Taliban buying children for suicide bombers," by Sara A. Carter for the Washington Times, July 2 (thanks to...

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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:13 GMT

The Washington Post 'Salon'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:48 GMT

Oh brother. The Washington Post was apparently planning to sell access to top Obama officials and other VIPs, at a price of $25,000 to $250,000 a pop, in a “salon program” at the private home of CEO Katharine Weymouth.

The Washington Post has long prided itself on its access to the capital’s elite. Now, it appears, the paper is willing to sell that access.

In a flier circulated to Beltway lobbyists, the Post touted a “salon” program which gives “exclusive access” to “Obama administration officials, Congress members, business leaders, advocacy leaders and other select minds” for between $25,000 and $250,000. (View an image of the flier.)

White House officials said privately Thursday that the administration had no idea that the Post was peddling access to its officials.

The first event, entitled “Health-Care Reform: Better or Worse for Americans” is scheduled for July 21, at the home of Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth.

“Spirited? Yes. Confrontational? No,” the flier states. “The relaxed setting in the home of Katharine Weymouth assures it.”

The flier, first reported by former Post editor Mike Allen on the Politico web site, offers the chance to “hear and be heard as an equal with key policy-makers and other stakeholders,” including Weymouth, Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli and health-care “reporting and editorial staff members” at the Post.

Post company spokeswoman Kris Coratti issued a statement Thursday morning claiming that the flier was a “draft” that hadn’t been “properly vetted” before being dispatched.

Pakistan: "Unidentified people" kidnap Christian pastor at gunpoint

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:27 GMT

Hmmmm. Who could these "unidentified people" be? Methodists on an anti-Presbyterian crusade? Militant vegetarians? Renegade Buddhists? It&os;s a mystery! "Pakistani Presbyterian Pastor attacked at gunpoint," by Dan Wooding and Sheraz Khurram Khan for ASSIST News Service, July 1 (thanks to...

"Muslims went out in the streets, dancing and chanting 'Come to Jihad' and the 'Cross is the enemy of God', with the security forces chanting along with them!"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:39 GMT

"Since early 2007 the Egyptian government has been appeasing Muslim fundamentalists by settling matters of sectarian conflict out of court in line with Islamic Sharia law." Which, of course, works to the detriment of Egyptian Christians. "The government brokers &os;reconciliation&os;...

Arab Fists Still Clenched

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:17 GMT

Imagine my surprise; Barack Obama’s bold new initiative for Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel is getting nowhere.

The U.S. administration has not been successful in securing commitments from Arab countries to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, a senior source in Jerusalem said Wednesday.

The source said U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent meeting with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia did not produce a commitment to encourage the other Arab states to begin normalization.

“In such a situation, the Americans can’t continue demanding gestures only from Israel, such as the demand that Israel freeze settlement construction,” the source said.

So naturally, since the Arab countries remain committed (as they always have been) to the destruction of Israel, Obama will continue asking them to unclench.

In response, a senior White House source said talks with the Arab states are continuing with the aim of obtaining a commitment to make gestures toward Israel, and there is still hope for progress.

North Korea Launches Four Missiles

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:12 GMT

As North Korea continues preparations for a long-range ballistic missile test, possibly this weekend, today they test-fired four short-range missiles that apparently landed in the China Sea.

Reports say these were ground-to-ship missiles; this bit of saber-rattling is probably intended as a threat to South Korea.

The Path to Darkness

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49 GMT

Here is a trailer for The Path to Darkness, a masterful new film by Pierre Rehov about the myths and falsehoods that dominate our public debate: "A genocide is perpetrated against Palestinians, Suicide Killers are kamikazes, or freedom fighters,...

Muslims torch two church buildings in Zanzibar

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:04 GMT

"And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality." -- Barack Obama, Cairo, June 4, 2009 We dont want churches on our street. Today we are going to burn the church,...