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If we wanted, we could burn down Gaza

This is interesting. Ibrahim Daher of Aqsa Radio spreads the love as the Palestinian civil war of words reflects the internecine fighting in the streets. Which side will prevail? Hamas, who wants to destroy Israel immediately and says so in both Arabic and English? Or, will Fatah, who also wants to destroy [...]

Counterterrorism Blog - The Real Deal

Jeffery Imm points to some well-deserved kudos:
US News and World Report listed the Counterterrorism Blog as one of the “Best Blogs of ‘06″ for best “investigative reporting” and “jihadist” research information. As cited by David E. Kaplan, while there are many web sites with “instant experts in counterterrorism”, on the Counterterrorism Blog - “here’s [...]

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Conyers (quietly) admits ethics violations

from The Hill:
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has “accepted responsibility” for possibly violating House rules by requiring his official staff to perform campaign-related work, according to a statement quietly released by the House ethics committee late Friday evening.
As much as Nancy Pelsosi [...]

Unedited Video of Saddam Execution

Bodiaz over at the revver video hosting site has uncut video of the hanging. WARNING Very Graphic.
see also: He’s dead, Jim
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Most Popular Names … for Dogs

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has just released its annual list of the most popular dog names. I will list them below and, just for kicks, I’ll put in parentheses each name’s rank among the most popular boy or girl baby names in the U.S. If a dog name doesn’t [...]

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He’s Dead, Jim

Al Arabia reported saddam is dead.
CNN: Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein Executed
AP photo
UPDATE: Metalfist has the exclusive video of the Execution of Saddam Hussein (parody)h/t N2L
(Photos from aazmaaish website)
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Religion of Peace targets Buddhists

“This land must be separated between Muslims and the nonbelievers. This land must be liberated, and an Islamic system must be its foundation,” warned a leaflet recently distributed in the south that the Thai military showed to reporters.
“This is a land of war that is no different from Palestine and Afghanistan,” said the leaflet, signed [...]

The Hangman Cometh!

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All Rise For The Hangman

He comes from the land of the dead.
Leaving his victims with eyes full of dread.
The crime has been done and the price will be paid.
All hell breaks loose and justice is being made.
CHORUS:
Stretch the rope, hang it high!
Bring the sinner, he’s about to die!
God cant help [...]

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The Danes love us

Danish reader Viking4worldpeace sends warm his Holiday greetings from across the pond. He was also kind enough to send a link to the Politiken article which brought about a spike in our readership, and many hundreds of Danish visitors to our humble abode.
Også den svenske avis Sydsvenskan har bragt historien om den danske kunstgruppe, [...]

Late Nite Stevie Ray

Ain’t givin’ up, y’all.

G’nite.

Chavez to shut down opposition TV

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will not renew the licence for the country’s second largest TV channel when it expires in March 2007.
In an address to troops, Mr Chavez said he would not tolerate media outlets working toward a coup against him.
Radio Caracas Television, which is aligned with the opposition, supported a strike [...]

Couple pleads guilty to kissing in public during Ramadan

Dubai: An Australian manager and a Filipina receptionist are pleading guilty to hugging and kissing in public besides consuming liquor, a court heard yesterday.
The 37-year-old manager and 35-year-old receptionist confessed to the Dubai Court of Appeal yesterday that they committed an indecent gesture in public after they were caught hugging and kissing during Ramadan in [...]

Edwards announces for Prez

I just noticed the blurb on cable news, John Edwards (trial lawyer-NC) was in the lower 9th in NewOrleans. He announced his candidacy for the ‘08 Democrat nomination.
The photo op was framed nicely. Edwards in his starched work shirt and blue jeans, toting a shovel full of dirt, smiling for the cameras as [...]

Jackalope Alert! FoxNews snookered by gaiaists

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Talk about buying into the global warming hysteria. Ever since FNC offered up Robert Kennedy as a “special correspondent” on [...]

Top aide to Muqtada al-Sadr killed in Iraqi raid

Got another bad guy in Iraq (h/t N2L)
A top aide to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was killed in a raid by US troops Wednesday in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf, an Iraqi lawmaker said.
The US military, however, said American troops participated in a raid led by Iraqi forces that led to the death of [...]

Saddam Supporters Vow Revenge (I am Ba’athist, hear me roar)

Amman - Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party threatened on Wednesday to retaliate if the ousted Iraqi leader was executed, warning in an internet posting that it would target United States interests anywhere.
The statement appeared on a Web site known to represent the Ba’ath, which was disbanded after US-led forces overthrew Saddam in 2003.
The site is believed [...]

Gerald R. Ford

1913–2006 RIP
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Saddam offers self as “sacrifice”

(Even though he doesn’t have a lot of choice in the matter… Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein said in a letter released on Wednesday that he would go to the gallows as a “sacrifice” and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.
Saddam, in a letter written to the Iraqi people from his [...]

Muslims in Spain demand the right to worship at Cordoba Cathedral

Spanish Muslims have written to the Vatican to demand the right to worship at Cordoba Cathedral.
Spain’s Islamic Board wrote to Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, calling on him to grant them permission to worship in the cathedral, parts of which were built as a mosque during Spain’s period of Islamic rule.
The group said in their [...]

Pakistan Plans to Mine Afghan Border

“The Pakistan Army has been tasked to work out modalities for selectively fencing and mining the Pakistan-Afghanistan border,’’ Riaz Mohammad Khan, the Pakistani foreign secretary, said at a news briefing in Islamabad, the capital. “These measures will supplement the measures which are already in force.”
At present, Pakistan has an estimated 80,000 troops on its [...]

True Brit: what was your best pesent this year?

I just thought I would share with you my ‘bestest’ Christmas present this year! Commando comics are small, black and white, and contain spiffing war stories. The enemy are ‘huns’, ‘nip’s and ‘eeities’ and the Brits always, ALWAYS win in the end.
Blissfully un-P.C. they have been part of British culture since ever i was [...]