I sympathize with these dudes, I really do, but the problem with Islamic prayers are that they are set by the solar time of day in Mecca (ie, sunrise and sunset rather than a certain time of day). What do you expect Dell to do, shut down the entire assembly line because a handful of workers can't keep the same schedule?

The Tennessean:

"They told us that we cannot pray at sunset,'' Nuur said. ''They told us that we would have to wait for our break.''

Oh, wait:

''Dell values diversity in all areas, and that includes religious beliefs,'' Dell spokesman Mark Drury said. ''The company's practice is to accommodate religious beliefs, so long as the accommodations are reasonable, don't disrupt business operations and are consistent with our policies on operating a respectful workplace.

''Employees are allowed time off with pay to pray. We have traffic-free areas for them to use for prayer.''

Sometimes those religious needs conflict with the business, though.

''When granting time off during a shift on a manufacturing line would be disruptive,'' Drury said, ''we have worked out reasonable accommodations, such as a tag-out procedure when employees can leave the line to pray and return, allowing the next employee time to leave the line to pray.''

hat tip: Kevin Aylward

UPDATE: Meanwhile IKEA plays the dhimmi to the tea. This article describes how IKEA only shows men in its instuction brochures (IKEA sells unassembled furniture) so as not to offend the sensibilities of Muslims who might be offended at the thought of *shock* a woman putting together furniture. (hat tip Opinionbug)

Paranthetically, I was once in Sweden on a holiday and visited IKEA in its native land. My take? Swedish women are way overrated.

Posted by: Rusty at 01:15 PM | Comments (23) | Add Comment
Post contains 330 words, total size 2 kb.

Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, better known as "Baghdad Bob", is well-known for his quips about how the US was losing the war. My favorite was "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" even as tanks could be seen across the Euphrates river on live television.

Today, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit joins the ranks of reality deniars such as Baghdad Bob for his denial that American foreign policy is responsible for the sea-change in Iraq. The WaPo artcle is here. Read it, you'll get a good laugh.

My favorite line: ""I think Egypt is a lighthouse for the Middle East." Classic.

The Commissar has more.

Posted by: Rusty at 01:04 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
Post contains 115 words, total size 1 kb.

Dan who?

Posted by: Rusty at 12:49 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 12 words, total size 1 kb.

A homice bomber blew himself up today at a Shiite Mosque in the insurgency stronghold of Mosul. The blast is reported by the AP to have killed at least 36 people and injured 25 others.

Large parts of Mosul are effectively controlled by insurgents. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Mesopotamia (Iraq) is also said to have a stronghold there along with the Kurdish Salafist group Ansar al-Sunnah. Yesterday, Zarqawi claimed personal responsibility in the Sadeer hotel bombing because "there were a large number of Jews" in the buildiing.

AP:

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite mosque during a funeral Thursday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 36 people and injuring 25, witnesses and hospital officials said.

U.S. troops cordoned off the area in the northeastern Tameem neighborhood near the mosque. Civilian vehicles helped ambulance crews in ferrying casualties to hospitals.

At least 36 people were killed, said Dr. Saher Maher, speaking from a hospital in the city.

The explosion took place during a funeral in the courtyard of a mosque that was still under construction.

''As we were inside the mosque, we saw a ball of fire and heard a huge explosion,'' said Tahir Abdullah Sultan. ''After that, blood and pieces of flesh were scattered around the place.''

Rows of overturned white plastic chairs were stained in blood. Body parts, believed to be of the bomber, were spread around the area, and the smell of gunpowder filled the yard. Windows of nearby cars were shattered.

''After the cloud of smoke and dust dispersed, we saw the scattered bodies of the fallen and smelled gunpowder,'' said Adnan al-Bayati, another witness.

The mosque is located in a poor Mosul neighborhood and surrounded by many homes.

Posted by: Rusty at 11:27 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
Post contains 303 words, total size 2 kb.

Navy Vice Admiral Albert Church will testify before Congress today that while prisoner abuse and torture has occured at the hands of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, the abuse was not due to US policy, was not wide spread, and not systematic--multiple sources are reporting this morning. The Church report also outlines a number of new recommendations aimed at further reducing prisoner abuse.

The New York Times (subscription) sums up the findings:

Admiral Church's report faults senior American officials for failing to establish clear interrogation policies for Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving commanders there to develop some practices that were unauthorized, according to the report summary. But the inquiry found that Pentagon officials and senior commanders were not directly responsible for the detainee abuses, and that there was no policy that approved mistreatment of detainees at prisons in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

1. There was no policy that condoned torture.

2. There was no policy that encouraged abuse.

3. There was a lot of inconsistency across interrogation techniques. Many of those techniques were developed in the combat theater and migrated to other areas.

4. There was a general lack of military command guidance in dealing with the CIA. [Church] found 30 ghost detainees. One such detainee was in that status for 45 days.

5. There were missed interrogation opportunities in part because the military failed to take account of lessons from prior conflicts
.
6. There was no guidance to CENTCOM or by CENTCOM on interrogations.

It is our opinion that the specific tales of abuse should have remained classified and the report should only contain a general accounting of abuses. The inevetable outcome of the public airing of specific abuses will be to bolster the claims of terrorists that the fight against Coalition forces in Iraq is a just one. Members of Congress could have been briefed on the classified portions of the document in private.

The goal of the report, it should be remembered, is to find ways to prevent abuse in the future. The Times claims that:

Three senior defense officials said Wednesday that the new procedures clarified the prohibition against the use of muzzled dogs in interrogations, gave specific guidance to field units as to how long they could hold prisoners before releasing them or sending them to higher headquarters for detention, and made clear command responsibilities for detainee operations.

UPDATE: Interesting note from Wired:

A 21-page unclassified summary of the report was to be released at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The full 368-page report is classified.

Posted by: Rusty at 11:07 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
Post contains 1267 words, total size 9 kb.

In several communications, yesterday, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Mesopotamia (Iraq) claimed responsibility for the Sadeer hotel bombing. In a statement allegedly written by Zarqawi himself, al Qaeda claims that the hotel was bombed because "there were a large number of Jews and Israeli Mossad agents in the hotel." (full translation here)

On the progress front, though, the Iraqi Interim government now claims that 18 of 20 top leaders of the terrorist network have been killed or captured.

The two leaders that remain at large are Zarqawi and Abu Talha. Evan Kohlmann, of the Counterterrorism Blog, has a translation of the press release here.

Posted by: Rusty at 11:04 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
Post contains 123 words, total size 1 kb.

In another contradiction from earlier stories, Giuliana Sgrena's boyfriend now claims she "collected handfuls of bullets on the seats." In related news, eye-witnesses to the Sgrena shooting now are reporting that they heard shots fired from "the grassy noll". Developing....... (multiple shout-outs to the many people who tipped me on this)

Posted by: Rusty at 08:45 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 61 words, total size 1 kb.

Isn't it more likely that the military official who told ABC that Sgrena's car "was traveling in excess of 100 mph" is a little confused about the metric system and meant to say "100 kph"? That would be about 60 mph, still too fast for a bombed out Baghdad road yet consistent with Sgrena's (or at least, one of her contradictory) version and the US version of the story.

Posted by: Rusty at 05:05 PM | Comments (24) | Add Comment
Post contains 79 words, total size 1 kb.

Let me just put in a quick plug for Hagganah Internet. What we do here is make fun of terrorists and expose their evil agenda. What he does there is he takes those bitches out!

What many in America do not understand is that terrorists are linked together with a common ideology. That ideology is not 'terrorism'. 'Terrorism' is a means to an end, the end, however is just as frightening as the means. The ends are the global caliphate under sharia law as first envisioned by The Muslim Brotherhood at the fall of the Turkish empire.

I condemn the IRA, but I don't consider them a major threat to Western Civilization. On the other hand, The Muslim Brotherhood has (at least publicly) renounced violence yet I consider them a far more dangerous organization.

The jihadi networks are bound together through internet sites and discussion boards where they give each other support, instruction, and even coordinate attacks.

The FBI and CIA still operate in pre-9/11 mode when it comes to these terrorist web sites. That is, the operators of these websites are largely ignored or when attention is paid to them it is in the guise of a criminal indictment. If 9/11 taught us anything, it is that we cannot treat the jihadi terrorists as criminals. This is war, and pro-active cyber-warfare must be part of that strategy.

Internet Hagganah is committed to exposing the terrorists by revealing the web sites they use and hosting companies which allow them to operate. Many might be surprised to learn that the majority of jihadi websites are hosted on American or European servers.

If you have, er, special skills that might help in taking down some of these websites you might want to pay Aaron's Internet Hagganah a visit.

In the past few weeks a number of jihadi sites have been, er, forced to find other hosts. For instance, the Aaryan Nation website which openly encourages the jihad against America has recently been *cough* shut down.

If you don't have these special skills, another strategy is to contact the webhost and pressure them to remove the terrorists' content. Internet Hagganah on an almost daily basis reveals who those webhosts are. For instance, a company in Denmark has been hosting a website which raises money under the guise of an 'Islamic Charity' but which openly boasts in Arabic about how those funds are used in Iraq to fuel the insurgency.

Last bleg--if you want to help make Internet Hagganah a semi-regular visit.

Posted by: Rusty at 04:56 PM | Comments (22) | Add Comment
Post contains 424 words, total size 3 kb.

1 Keep up the good work Rusty! Thank you for keeping everyone informed with sites like Hagganah Internet!

Posted by: infidel2005 at March 09, 2005 08:41 PM (kijOw)

2 Hold on there, Dr., you make a subtle but vastly important misstatement; those, like bin-Laden, who wish to restore the Caliphate want to do just that, restore the historical boundaries of the Caliphate. They are not interested in a global Caliphate, ruling North American for example. Without understand the enemies strategic goals, you cannot formulat a strategic response. See exhibit A, Iraq policy. And read Sun-Tzu.

Posted by: The Third Policeman at March 09, 2005 08:56 PM (+wRRM)

3 third, I think you are wrong, so I will give you my evidence, which may or may not change your perspective,. "Muslim institutions, schools and economic power should be strengthened in America. Those who stay in America should be open to society without melting, keeping Mosques open so anyone can come and learn about Islam. If you choose to live here, you have a responsibility to deliver themessage of Islam ...... Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth." Omar Ahmad Co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ://www.ds-osac.org/view.cfm?KEY=7E4251454656&type=2B170C1E0A3A0F162820 http://www.prophetofdoom.net/ "The Muslim Students' Association on american campuses ~~ Queensborough Community College in New York in March 2003 "We reject the U.N., reject America, reject all law and order. Don't lobby Congress or protest because we don't recognize Congress. The only relationship you should have with America is to topple it Â… Eventually there will be a Muslim in the White House dictating the laws of Shariah." http://www.meforum.org/article/603

Posted by: rumcrook at March 09, 2005 10:36 PM (vB5JO)

4 third, with all respect, ive got many more examples of statements made by so-called mainstream muslim advocates and groups in the u.s. saying that everything and anything that can be done to bring done our present system and replace it with islamic law should and will be done. so your thinking that the "caliphate will stop in the middle east because thats all they really want is woefully blind to the facts of thier actions and words.

Posted by: rumcrook at March 09, 2005 10:42 PM (vB5JO)

5 Yes, Aaron does good work. I would hope by now the feds have realized the Net is how these folks communicate. Either directly or concealed in posts on these sites. We should be exploiting this and taking this battle to them in cyberspace. Also on a separate note the Iranian people have the potential to implode the rulling theocracy of the Mad Mullahs of Iran. We can support them by keeping the communications lines open and facilitating instant messaging within Iran. See these links on our site: Link Here and Link Here

Posted by: Ron Wright at March 09, 2005 10:53 PM (aSGdk)

6 So you are saying that Eric Rudolph, that cyanide bomb ring in Tyler Texas, the KKK, the Oklahoma City bombing and all the terroist attacks against family planning clinics are a direct expression of Sharia law? Are you insane or simply stupid?

Posted by: JRI at March 10, 2005 06:52 AM (EeQUM)

7 JRI, Perhaps you failed basic statistics. If so, here is a refresher. N=13 is a smaller number than N=1,456 Third Policeman, I hope you come back to read this. Al Qaeda has just released (last week) a new magazine (ironically called "The Tip of the Camel's Hump"). I linked to it last week. What I didn't link to was a translation of one of the articles which was essentially a long-term strategy for global domination. Phase 1 of ought to be called "oeration mayhem" because it calls for destabilitzation efforts in the "apostate regimes" (Saude Arabia, Egypt, etc.) Phase 2 calls for tawhid of the umma or unification of the Muslim nation. That is the gradual unification of Muslim lands into the greater caliphate which would comprise all lands where Muslims dominate. Phase 3 is the evenual conquering of the world.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 10, 2005 08:09 AM (JQjhA)

8 You should have underlined and bolded this line: The ends are the global caliphate under sharia law as first envisioned by The Muslim Brotherhood at the fall of the Turkish empire. Because that is the reason for jihad and only reason the terrorists work, or at least that's how it started. Cindy

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at March 10, 2005 09:01 AM (PEKrh)

9 JRI: What does the KKK have to do with any to the bullshit you are raving about?

Posted by: greyrooster at March 10, 2005 11:39 PM (CBNGy)

10 JRI: What does the KKK have to do with any of the bullshit you are raving about?

Posted by: greyrooster at March 10, 2005 11:40 PM (CBNGy)

11 Methinks somebody touched a bit of a raw nerve there

Posted by: sparky at March 11, 2005 07:43 PM (F1nba)

12 I sense a "ROPE trip" coming on. Am I right?

Posted by: sparky at March 11, 2005 07:51 PM (F1nba)

13 You bet!

Posted by: greyrooster at March 11, 2005 10:18 PM (CBNGy)

14 Hell, All we do is stand around the fire and drink beer. Why do we get blamed for everything? We haven't lynched anyone lately. The church used to burn people at the stake. Why not use them for examples of cruelty. Not us. We do it quick. Before the law comes.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 11, 2005 10:24 PM (CBNGy)

15 The Church did burn some people at the stake, but that was before environmental concerns were an issue.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 13, 2005 09:18 AM (5DzD1)

16 We quit using rubber tires for that reason. We care about the enviroment. That is why we try to clean it up.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 12:52 PM (CBNGy)

17 A kinder, gentler Brotherhood. :>) I've found that a little bleach gets those whites looking looking brand new again. (I prefer Clorox.))

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 13, 2005 03:27 PM (5DzD1)

18 It's not the dirt. It's the smokey smell that hangs no matter how many time you wash them. I store my outfit by rolling it up in pine needles. That way even the blood hounds can't trace you. We're gettin high tech. Besides, we raised the hounds. Heh, heh.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 13, 2005 10:12 PM (CBNGy)

19 The capitalist within me smells money. Can we turn this into new product and make some big bucks? 50/50! Our target area will be south of the Mason-Dixon. "New Nighty-Knight Laundry detergent!" "Keeps your sheets white, soft, and static-free! Don't be hounded by smoke smell! Try our new fresh pine scent!" Meanwhile, I'll keep the day job.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 14, 2005 07:44 AM (x+5JB)

20 Hello, What you seem to not have understood by now is there method of attacks. What you tihnk is the war in irak isn't really the true war, its just a veil that has been put over your eyes to blind you from the truth. The real attacks started a long time ago in america. And it is "Reproduction" they intend to topple over america through reproduction, how? Well, its simple... human multiply themselves exponentially, now according to the qu'ran a muslim has the right to have 4 wives... meaning if he has 2 children with each wife, it makes eight, the process is recursive since the children will in turn manage to either have 4 wifes if they are boys or be one of the 4 wives of yet another muslim. In the long term this process makes them become a majority in the country they are living, hence in the end becomes a political weight in that country, and as you know politician will need their vote and will do anything to get elected (everywhere its the same). But as time goes on and on, they will become a vast majority and hence will be able to topple any government. Take the example of both France and UK, those 2 countries are nearing the crisis, since now they have multiplied enough to voice out their opinion and to protest for tihngs they want, to topple the france and the uk's government to replace em by an islamic leader is just now a matter of time. Another point, is that these people is using a very very fine exploit, yes, there's a big security hole our system. We always want to make a good face in the society and will not do anything that may make us appear bad in the eye of the world. They know we can't torture, legally, they know we can't force them to shift religion, they know we can't prevent anyone to join islam, they know we can't support one religion without supporting all the others along, they know we can't prevent them from making business with anyone, they know we can't won't be using alternatives energy sources because the petorl companies have a vast monopoly over these sources (since our own ppl buy the lbue prints of inventions and hide them so as they can still squeze money out of petrol), they know we just can't do anything bad against them, because we are bound by our good nature. Hence over the years they take advatange of the system day by day, we just can't retaliate without having any good reasons, else the entire world will blame us. hope you'll make good usage of that information. anonymously yours Mr. Anonymous

Posted by: the small bug at June 24, 2005 11:55 PM (yfnxY)

21 on 7th july 2005, warriors from the europe brigade of christian fighters from the church of england carried out the attack on 3 tube stations and the number 30 bus. we did this attack because of our increasing hatred for mr tony blair. we are planning attacks against violent nations and states.

Posted by: christian fighters from the church of england at July 13, 2005 10:32 AM (XMJRf)

22 Caling all Hackers. It's time to take up arms against these terrorists that are using the internet as a way of recruting more nutcases into there fold. Thier use of the internet for communication / recruiting and showing movies of them killing people is becoming a very big problem and those who stand up in our british streets and incite murder & violence against us should be deported back to thier own country where they can say what they like, but our laws won't alow it (Well our soft law's are complete asses). Shutting these people down with viruses or raiding thier bank accounts (I dont' think the law would be too upset about knicking terrorist money !). and the chance for the best hackers to become famous for doing damage instead of being condemed is a challenge the world would love you for. It's brilliant way of fighting back all be it in a small way, but we all know how frustrating it is when the computer keeps crashing or someone steels information from our computers. So if there are any really good Hackers out there who want to do good for the majoriity of the world and piss of a load of extremists at the same time then please give it some thought. If I could do it I would !.I wish I had some real hacking skills, that I could put to good use. I would be blowing up thier computers with every virus I could find instead of watching them killing people ! on the news. I will watch this space and the news with anticipation in the hope that the best of the best of you take this up as a serious challenge.

Posted by: Martin at July 26, 2005 02:44 PM (nK14Y)

Hide Comments | Add Comment

.....man, I miss living in the Mountain West. This is why.

Posted by: Rusty at 04:20 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
Post contains 13 words, total size 1 kb.

Kuna:

Iraqi security forces arrested a leader of one of Musaab Al-Zarqawi's terrorist cells in Baquba, northeast of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad on Wednesday.

An Iraqi police source told reporters that soldiers of the Iraqi Army captured Taifor Abdulsattar Malallah one of the "princes" of Musaeb Al-Zaraqi's terrorist group in Baquba.

The source who preferred anonymity said the army raid resulted in the capture of Bakir Al-Hiraibi, one of Malallah's close aides, and five others of his cell members wanted by the Iraqi government. The captured have "confessed to executing many criminal attacks against Iraqi police and National Guard in addition to planting explosive devices," he said.

Interrogations have revealed that all those arrested have relations with a country neighboring Iraq, he said.

Posted by: Rusty at 03:20 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
Post contains 153 words, total size 1 kb.

Giuliana Sgrena's version of events leading up to the death of Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari are inconsistent and just don't add up when compared with the physical evidence. But Sgrena's crimes are far worse than the minor infraction of being a propagandist with a political axe to grind against the US. Giuliana Sgrena is a traitor to the Italian people. While Italian troops were in a shooting war with Iraqi insurgents, Sgrena worked to bolster the spirits of those attempting to kill her fellow citizens. An Italian Tokyo Rose, Sgena used the tools of her trade to undermine the morale of Italian soldiers and bolster the spirits of the terrorist forces they were fighting.

Was Giuliana Sgrena a neutral observer reporting both sides of the conflict or was she actively working to undermine Italian efforts in Iraq?

Here is Sgrena in her own words on the plane taking her to Iraq courtesy of a translation by Zacht EI:

Be careful not to get kidnapped,' I told the female Italian journalist sitting next to me in the small plane that was headed for Baghdad. 'Oh no,' she said. 'That won't happen. We are siding with the oppressed Iraqi people. No Iraqi would kidnap us....

'The Americans are the biggest enemies of mankind,' the three women behind me had told me, for Sgrena travelled to Iraq with two Italian colleagues who hated the Americans as well...

'You don't understand the situation. We are anti-imperialists, anti-capitalists, communists,' they said. The Iraqis only kidnap American sympathizers, the enemies of the Americans have nothing to fear.

Wouldn't it have been treasonous for an American to work for the German conquest of Russia during WWII? Would such a traitor be able to claim, "Hey, I'm not against America's war with Germany. I just hope Germany defeats Russia." more...

Posted by: Rusty at 01:01 PM | Comments (54) | Add Comment
Post contains 2189 words, total size 15 kb.

Mount St. Helens is spewing some ash this afternoon. Here is a live images from Johnston's Ridge observatory at Mount St. Helens. Other images and news from the volcano are posted below.

See, I'm interested in all things that explode. After all, volcanos are nature's nuclear bombs!

Here is a live image of Mount St. Helens. If you don't see anything it's either a) night b) erupting. In case of b please evacuate. Thank you.

more...

Posted by: Rusty at 11:27 AM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
Post contains 412 words, total size 3 kb.

I finally got an Instalanche!! Thank you Glenn Reynolds, my life is now complete. I now feel...what's the word? Violated. No, I mean validated.

But contrary to popular belief, an Instalanche isn't the end-all-be-all of blogging. In fact, as a member of that class of Americans known as "white trash" (we prefer to be called people of the soil, but that aint gonna happen) I would prefer an instant lunch over an instalanche.

Resurrected from the vast archives of My Pet Jawa, here is a classic to celebrate my first real Instalanche and White Trash Wednesday. Instalanche vs. Instant Lunch.

How do the two compare?

Instalanche-immediate spike in traffic, lasting up to 48 hours.
Instant Lunch-immediate spike in sodium level, MSG headache up to 12 hours.

Instalanche-expect at least two or three bloggers to get a kick out of your post and add you to the blogroll.
Insant Lunch-expect at least two or three co-workers to get a kick out of you eating the sh*t they swore they'd never touch again their first day out of college.

Instalanche-a sudden feeling of self-satisfaction knowing that somehow your post drew the attention of the right-blogosphere's top blogger.
Instant Lunch-a sudden feeling of stomach-satisfaction, with the caveat that the empty calories you just scarfed down will leave you lethargic for the rest of the day.

Instalanche-with the sudden spike in traffic you can now up your Blog Ad rate to just under covering your total monthly ISP and blog host bill.
Instant Lunch-with the money you saved by eating cheap MSG laden quasi-Asian food you can now afford to run to the video store and rent the latest Adam Sandler film--only to find that you remember neither the food nor the film in the morning.

I'm off to edumacate the masses. For more White Trash Wednesday fun, visit these sites:

Posted by: Rusty at 10:09 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
Post contains 317 words, total size 2 kb.

UPDATE: This is an archive page. For the latest information on terrorist communiques and videos, please go to the MAIN PAGE here.

UPDATE 4/23/05: Islamic Army in Iraq releases video of downed civilian helicopter, murders American survivor. Story, images, and video HERE.
-------------------------

The Islamic Army in Iraq has released a video of two Sudanese truck drivers now held hostage. The names of the hostages are Mohammed Haroun Hamad and Maher Ataya, Reuters reports. In the video the truck drivers plea with other Muslims to stay out of Iraq. Images from the video will be posted here later.

In similar videos in the past, the jihadis execute the truck drivers after forcing them to 'confess' to the 'crime' of working with the Coalition or with the Iraqi Interim government. The helpless victims are then branded apostates. Under Islamic law the maximum penalty for apostasy is death.

"This work is an abandonment of Islam. I advise others to leave any work with the occupying infidel because the hand of justice will reach them wherever they are," the hostages said, reading from a statement." (Reuters)

The two said they worked for a Turkish firm driving out of a base in Northern Iraq. Scores of Turkish truck drivers have been murdered by terrorist forces in Iraq, many of them have been beheaded.

The Islamic Army in Iraq is allied with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Mesopotamia (Iraq) terrorist organization. What is odd about this video is that The Islamic Army in Iraq generally operates in areas south of Baghdad. The Sunni triangle and borders of Kurdistan are usually the territory of Ansar al-Sunna or Zarqawi's al Qaeda.

Posted by: Rusty at 08:29 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
Post contains 293 words, total size 2 kb.

Bill Dauterive
But Chris Matthews said the eyetalian reporter said the guys that that kidnapped her said the Americans didn't want her to get out alive. Why would he say she said they said that?

Dale Gribble Rusty Shackleford
It's a conspiracy! I told you before, this all goes back to Bush bein' a member of Skull and Bones.

Hank Hill
Damnit Dale! Dubya is a Texan, and there are three things that I can't abide by - people speakin' ill of the president of the United States, people speakin' ill of Texans, and people speakin' ill of propane and propane accessories.

Dale Gribble
I still say the Illuminati are involved in this somehow.

John from Wuzzadem has the rest.

and speaking of Giuliana Sgrena, Phin went Moonbat watching and spotted the illusive "journalista osor americanus antepilanum" in its native habitat here.

Posted by: Rusty at 08:13 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
Post contains 160 words, total size 1 kb.

Hey, here's a funny one from an anti-Semite in New Zealand.

"Anyone who uses the term 'blood libel' just has to be Jewish, and most
likely zionist.... which neatly brackets the objectivity of garbage on your
blog.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Never wrestle with a pig.
You just get dirty, and the pig enjoys it."

Cause you know, J-O-Os can't be 'objective'....I mean, not like good Protestants like, say, Dan Rather.

*I am not Jewish, but take the accusation as a compliment. How about, honorary J-O-O??

Posted by: Rusty at 08:03 AM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
Post contains 93 words, total size 1 kb.

1 Ha ha.... The information contained in this blog would only prove that Rusty Shackelford is not a Jew, nor a Zionist..... The Pig part well... he doesn't oink, and seems to have a resonable command of the English language as well as an intimate understanding of politics, and world affairs. Probably not a pig in the real sense of the word at least. You know 4 legs, cloven hooves, tasty at suppertime, Good Bacon maker. Chris

Posted by: Chris at March 09, 2005 08:12 AM (kYgJw)

2 Sometimes when I take a shower and look down I think "Yup, Jewish." But that's about as close to being Hebrew as I've gotten.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 09, 2005 08:36 AM (JQjhA)

3 That's them Joo knees, Rusty. Give 'em away every time.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at March 09, 2005 09:21 AM (xauGB)

4 Are jawas even kosher? I think not.

Posted by: Attila (Pillage Idiot) at March 09, 2005 01:13 PM (5cgEa)

5 Kinky Friedman for Governor of Texas Â… How Hard Can It Be? My governor will soon be a Jewish Cowboy! Vote for Kinky! His most famous song is, "They don't make Jews like Jesus anymore." So you are in good company!

Posted by: ZiPpo at March 09, 2005 01:39 PM (P7XXv)

6 I'd vote for kinky just so I could say "I vote kinky"!

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 09, 2005 01:53 PM (JQjhA)

7 Do jewish Jawa's have anything to circumsize? I dunno but kosher jawa dogs rule!!! I get em at costco all the time.

Posted by: joey at March 09, 2005 03:54 PM (nyxv/)

8 Jawas, by definition, cannot be Jewish. See "Jawas Explained: A guide to MY PET JAWA"

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at March 09, 2005 04:16 PM (JQjhA)

9 Hah, reminds me of the episode of south park where the boys try to build a ladder to heaven to see their friend kenny, for the candy shopping spree tickets. They get above the clouds and cartman says "maybe we aren't seeing them because we don't all believe in angels or something...one of us is a J-O-O (spells it out)" oh man I couldn't stop laughing.

Posted by: Henry at March 10, 2005 03:16 AM (xrs5R)

10 Ah Jews, just like Kinky says. They just want to doodle a christian girl and they killed God's only son. Where's my sheet.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 11, 2005 08:48 PM (CBNGy)

Hide Comments | Add Comment

A jobs-creation group funded by business and supported by Gov. Schwarzenegger, Citizens to Save California (CSC), has been outsourcing work to India. The move has been defended as being a small part of the group's total effort. Nonetheless, political opponents and critics are accusing the organization of being disingenuous because there is no shortage of Californians able to do the work.

Responding in a press release, the CSC stated that the controversy "is another desperate, political stunt" and a "thinly veiled attempt to derail" the reforms needed to improve the job climate.

The outfall of the controversy remains to be seen, but one thing is certain. With the outsourcing and jobs issues always potentially explosive, it seems the CSC committed a serious political blunder by allowing the outsourcing of work to India. Tsk, tsk.

Companion post at Interested-Participant.

Posted by: Mike Pechar at 03:34 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
Post contains 148 words, total size 1 kb.

Disclaimer: I'm not sure how Rusty feels about this issue, and for all I know we're diametrically opposed... so just make sure this post isn't attributed to him. I should also note that I'm not exactly a "liberal pushover." I believe, wholeheartedly, in the "ownership society." That said:

I'm sorry, but there's just something obscene about the way this Bankruptcy Bill is sailing to passage, without even token opposition from anyone. It seems almost self-evident to me that if it's such a walk in the park to file bankruptcy under current statute then the appropriate reaction from a responsible credit industry would be to... lend less, or at least cut the predatory lending, deception, etc.. That being the case, there's simply no way to interpret the desire to make bankruptcy as painful as having the skin stripped off your back by a cat-o-nine-tails (instead of just losing a hand or something), unless it's an over-arching GRUNCH (what R. Buckminster Fuller used to call the "Great Universal Cash Heist.") Gosh, you'd think that'd be a Democrat issue, right? I mean them being the guardians of the poor and disadvantaged and all.

We know how that worked out, for Iraq and the Middle East.
more...

Posted by: Demosophist at 01:11 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
Post contains 600 words, total size 4 kb.

UPDATE: Clearer images via AP (hat tip: House of Wheels)

UPDATE: Welcome minions of Glenn Reynolds, Reason and NRO's The Corner (thank you Jonah!). Please, for the love of all that is good and holy, Blogroll The Jawa Report! and come back often for all your commie-propagandist fisking needs.

UPDATE 3/09: A new post is up documenting Giuliana Sgrena's Lies, Inconsistencies, and Treason.

Italian television station Tg1 is running images of a car purported to be the one used by Giuliana Sgrena. If this is the car then it would contradict earlier reports that Sgrena's rescuers had used a truck. If accurate, the condition of the car would also directly contradict the story told by Sgrena in which she claimed 300-400 bullets were fired, one of which hit Italian secret-service agent Nicola Calipari. Earlier reports of what was purported to be Sgrena's get away car proved inaccurate.

UPDATE: I am inserting these AP photos because they are much clearer. I found them via House of Wheels who in turn got them from Charles Johnson. more...

Posted by: Rusty at 09:20 PM | Comments (85) | Add Comment
Post contains 1304 words, total size 13 kb.