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May 14, 2005

Do Your Part

I knew it would not be long for Ansar al-Sunnah to re-open their website after two mirrors were taken down. They were hosted briefly on Tripod and on 50Megs until they were taken down.

For those of you who are unaware, groups like Ansar al-Sunnah pop up several sites on the same free webhosts over and over. Because of their content and people that get tired of seeing their drivel on the internet (no names), the companies are contacted and the site is removed. Most companies are fairly easy to work with (uh, so I've been told that is) and take the site down within a couple of days if not within the hour following a complaint.

The new URL for the Army of Ansar al-Sunnah is http://alansar-37.5u.com/. They are again hosted on 50Megs which is accessible here. If you choose to do so, you can contact 50Megs on through email at this link. If you feel inclined, you can call them at 1-801-437-6100. The company is located in Orem, Utah and would be more than willing to listen to phone calls and/or emails.

It should be noted that many of these free webhosting sites do not know who sets up a site on their servers. 50Megs in particular has taken down numerous sites promptly when alerted. Does anyone care to take down a jihadist site? I hope so.

Cross-posted at In the Bullpen

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Bin Laden henchman Â‘seriously woundedÂ’

Most of us were skeptical of this story that came out Wednesday AL-ZARQAWI SERIOUSLY INJURED, SAYS IRAQI OFFICIAL , some cooboration now appears to be surfacing.

IRAQÂ’S most wanted terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been seriously wounded, according to a doctor who claims to have treated him last week.

The doctor told an Iraqi reporter in the western city of Ramadi that Zarqawi was bleeding heavily when he was brought into hospital on Wednesday. After treating his wounds the doctor tried to persuade him to remain, but the Jordanian-born terroristÂ’s minders drove him away.

The claim was supported yesterday by a senior commander in the Iraqi resistance who had been to Ramadi to investigate the report. The doctor, who refused to specify the nature of the wounds and asked not to be identified, was detained by the Americans on Friday for questioning, residents said.

Hopefully the SOB bled to death on his way back.

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69 Year Old Pilot Causes Panic

It's chilling to realize there are people like this buzzing around the skies while you and I are flying from place to place via United or Northwest.

From WAPO:
The pilot who caused a midday panic in Washington on Wednesday failed to get briefings about the weather and restricted airspace and became lost minutes after leaving a Pennsylvania airport, Federal Aviation Administration records show. more...

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May 13, 2005

Predator Missile Offs al Qaeda #3

The last 10 days have been extremely productive for our military in terms of snuffing dirtbags. 100s of insurgents killed, more captured including al-Libbi, al- Rawi, al- Zubaydi and now this. more...

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1 "Let them hate us as long as they fear us"......killed more IslamicNazis!!!!....Hurrah!!!!

Posted by: THANOS35 at May 13, 2005 09:55 PM (mZYh2)

2 An old saying goes"Cut off the head of the snake and the body will die"....Im just waiting for the rest of those dopey-ass Islamic scumbags to get spooked and start popping out so the US forces can frag their ass....nuff said

Posted by: THANOS35 at May 13, 2005 09:58 PM (mZYh2)

3 But was he given a fair trial? /guilt-wracked white Liberal

Posted by: Carlos at May 14, 2005 12:09 AM (8e/V4)

4 Carlos, you're crackin' me up. You need to work on your guilt too. I hear there a self-loathing, re-education, indoctrination class starting next month. Wanna go with me? ;-)

Posted by: Oyster at May 14, 2005 08:24 AM (YudAC)

5 I assumed Carlo's was being sarcastic, I hope he was because his entire concept is way beyond ludicrous.

Posted by: traderrob at May 14, 2005 08:42 AM (3al54)

6 Oyster, I grew up a guilt-wracked hispanic Liberal even though my hispanic mom picked cotton as a child in Texas and my father was exiled from Francoist Spain. Can you imagine feeling guilty about that? Nobody had a bigger claim to victimhood than I. Yet I was guilt-ridden-- precisely because I was a Liberal. It's par for the course. My two brothers are still guilt-ridden. One of them, a school teacher, felt guilty for his comfortable life because it was acquired "on the backs of the poor". LMAO! No jokes. Today I have ridden myself of that guilt in exchange for conservative rage. It's a lot more fun. No jokes. Being a conservative is a blast!

Posted by: Carlos at May 14, 2005 09:10 AM (8e/V4)

7 traderrob the slash line (/) at the end of a post is a symbol that represents sarcasm. So yes, he was joking.

Posted by: Capitalist Infidel at May 14, 2005 04:17 PM (xkIHW)

8 The thing about the guilt ridden while liberals is that they feel that not only is it wrong to profit from the labor of another, it is also wrong for one person to have more than another. Of course, this doesn't stop them from buying Volvos and hiring illeal alien gardeners at starvation wages. Of course, the whole profit and sharing thing doesn't apply to them, only to those evil rich white people, not to be confused with liberals, who are mostly rich white people.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 14, 2005 05:19 PM (0yYS2)

9 The left takes "all men are created equal" to the point of absudity. They believe it to mean all men have equal abilities, talents, motivations and drive to succeed and therefor are entitled to an "equal" piece of the pie. It's a naive interpreation of the psyche of man and highly delusional interpretaion of the intent of our founding fathers.

Posted by: traderrob at May 14, 2005 07:27 PM (3al54)

10 "Predator Missile Offs al Qaeda #3" How many al Qaeda #3 men are there for crying out loud.

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On "The Wisdom of Solomon:" They Fought, They Died, And They Ceased To Be

These Marines fought and died while motormouths at Columbia University spit on the lives that these men sacrificed. To me, these people are anathema. Some academics in America's universities are running their mouths about freedom this and freedom that, but are not willing to lift their little finger in behalf of their own way of life, they just complain. They are against much, and for little. This, while other men, instead, walk the walk, they stand for much and complain little, they fight, they die, and we live on. God bless our Marines and their families, and God bless these men!

"In 96 hours of fighting and ambushes in far western Iraq, the squad had ceased to be. Every member of the squad -- one of three that make up the 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment -- had been killed or wounded, Marines here said. All told, the 1st Platoon -- which Hurley commands -- had sustained 60 percent casualties, demolishing it as a fighting force." - Villainous Company via BlackFive

In a foreign country far from their home, a company of United States Marine Reservists from Ohio,
citizen soldiers all, paid the ultimate price for the freedoms
that academics in the U.S., and especially Columbia University's professors, take for granted. They were very likely,
like most Marines, plain-spoken men. They were men of deeds, not words. The went to war for their country, their loved ones, and our way of life; they fought, they died, they ceased to exist.

HABAN, Iraq, May 11 -

[...]
The explosion enveloped the armored vehicle in
flames, sending orange balls of fire bubbling above the trees along the
Euphrates River near the Syrian border.

Marines in surrounding vehicles threw open
their hatches and took off running across the plowed fields, toward the
already blackening metal of the destroyed vehicle. Shouting, they
pulled to safety those they could, as the flames ignited the bullets,
mortar rounds, flares and grenades inside, rocketing them into the sky
and across pastures.

Gunnery Sgt. Chuck
Hurley emerged from the smoke and turmoil around the vehicle, circling
toward the spot where helicopters would later land to pick up
casualties. As he passed one group of Marines, he uttered one sentence:
"That was the same squad."

Meanwhile, what was going on at Columbia University?

On Friday, the university senate voted by a 53-10 margin, with five
abstentions, against a resolution to re-establish an ROTC program on
campus. Prominent in this roll call of dishonor was President Lee
Bollinger, who voted against, and Provost Alan Brinkley, who gave an
impassioned speech comparing the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
policy to a campus organization that allowed "African-Americans to join
. . . only if they pass for white." Oddly, Mr. Brinkley abstained from
voting, suggesting he lacked even the courage of these convictions.

BlackFive writes that "the university's decision was
remarkable for two reasons. The first is that, though it has obviously
escaped their notice, we are at war. Moreover, Columbia's student body
had previously voted 2-to-1 to bring back ROTC. The second is a
federal law called the Solomon Amendment, which prohibits schools from discriminating against military recruiters. If they refuse, they must forfeit federal funding." But breaking the law doesn't seem to concern America's left that infests her academic institutions. The academic left's traitorous acts in a time of war is kindly addressed by BlackFive in saying that, "America's elite universities
have cloaked their hostility to our armed forces in the language of
civil rights. They portray this as a principled stand against the
military's legal policy of discharging homosexuals ("don't ask, don't
tell" . It's an interesting stance, since these colleges booted ROTC
off campus long before "don't ask, don't tell" became official policy." I, on the other hand, would consider it appropriate to simply say that they are self-centered, egotistical, bubble-minded, cowards that will use almost any excuse to not stand-up for the very country that provides them the bubbles that they live in.

But inasmuch as BlackFive is far more politically correct(and appropriately so) then I can be on this issue right now, I recommend that you go read his perspective ....

Semper Fi, (1960-1965)

Hat tip - Villainous Company via BlackFive

Cross posted at Hyscience

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1 Every time I hear news of this sort it makes my blood boil in me. A good liberal is a dead liberal.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 13, 2005 02:31 PM (0yYS2)

2 Wasn't Columbia University once called the frankfert(sp?) school that was kicked out of Germany in the late 20's early 30's? If so, maybe we should send it back to Germany brick by brick.

Posted by: Andre at May 13, 2005 04:07 PM (mfvPa)

3 Or her perspective

I'm guest-blogging at B5 this week. Thanks for the link, but even more for being angry about this. It infuriates me. - A Marine wife of 26 years

Posted by: Cassandra at May 13, 2005 04:21 PM (289B8)

4 No, Columbia used to be Kings College, founded in the late 1700s before the Revolution. I believe you are thinking about the New School, which was founded in the 30s and took in a huge number of Jewish scholar refugees that were fleeing Hitler. By the way, does anyone have a link to Columbia so that we may tell them what we think of their decision? I can't find anything relevant on their website. What treasonous asshats. I really hope the SCOTUS upholds Solomon.

Posted by: Scott in CA at May 13, 2005 04:57 PM (XRyrV)

5 7 have died in operation Matador, 6 of them from that squad alone. They got ambushed.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 07:10 PM (8e/V4)

6 As someone born in the Bronx (which is where Columbia really is..this "Upper Manhattan" shit is just those Ivy League fucks trying to stay away from "Darkieville"), I wish someone would show up on their campus all Travis Bickle/Bernie Goetzed and bring the war home to their front door. Someone call PETA, or one of those other numbnut groups, because Columbia's medical research facilities are just waiting to get found out.

Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin at May 14, 2005 01:40 AM (kiH79)

7 And Lee Bolinger is one reason why the University of Michigan got so f**ked up!

Posted by: Macker at May 14, 2005 03:23 PM (R4i3L)

8 " It's an interesting stance, since these colleges booted ROTC off campus long before "don't ask, don't tell" became official policy." " Can you guess whether they liked the previous policy?

Posted by: actus at May 15, 2005 10:49 PM (QPrcU)

9 Hmm. At my university, the senate has no actual authority in these sort of decisions. Instead of letting self-interested faculty make the decisions, they rest solely on the board of regents, who tend to have the best interests of the university in mind, and not some political agenda. Is it different at private institutions?

Posted by: Hammertime at May 16, 2005 12:21 AM (d4dAk)

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Lt. Pantano: Killer or Hero?

Washington Times:

An investigating officer has recommended that the Marine Corps drop murder charges against 2nd Lt. Ilario Pantano, who shot to death two Iraqi insurgents a year ago during a raid on an insurgent hideout in the "Triangle of Death."

Let's pause right there, people. Just for one moment, if you please. Notice they say 'shot to death'. May I remind you that when Pantano 'shot to death' these two 'insurgents' they were refusing to obey his orders? May I also remind you that this 'shooting' occured in the 'Triangle of Death'?

The 16-page report from Lt. Col. Mark E. Winn castigates as unreliable the prosecution's chief witness, Sgt. Daniel L. Coburn, whom Lt. Pantano had removed as squad leader weeks before the April 14, 2004 shooting.

Yep, I'd say that makes him unreliable. Reminds me of the 7th-grade boys I had to reprimand yesterday for giving each other purple nurples.

"The government was not able to produce credible evidence or testimony that the killings were premeditated," Col. Winn wrote in his report, a copy of which was obtained today by The Washington Times.
"I think now [Sgt. Coburn] is in a position where he has told his story so many times, in so many versions that he cannot keep his facts straight anymore," Col. Winn wrote of the chief witness.
Col. Winn's decision follows a five-day pretrial hearing last month at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Lt. Pantano's home base. His role is to conduct the hearing and decide whether a court-martial is warranted.

Hopefully, Pantano will be cleared of these charges. Don't train Marines to defend themselves and their country unless you plan to have them kill.

Cross-posted at Descartes Bar and Grill

For those of you who haven't heard about Pantano, Michael Savage has a great page with more information here.

Pantano's family has set up their own website, Defend the Defenders.

H/T Michelle Malkin

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1 Hero to patriot Americans, killer to other people who know about this meaningless accusation. Only people who know him or are trialing him need to have an opinion on such a small matter like this. Wooptiedoo, he killed some 3rd world people, possibly trying to kill him, in a war zone. So what? Not like they were people from a country that can actually influence something other than desert people and terrorists.

Posted by: A Finn at May 14, 2005 07:36 AM (lGolT)

2 Keeps changing his story? Is Sgt. Coburn any relation to Guiliana Sgrena?

Posted by: Oyster at May 14, 2005 08:04 AM (YudAC)

3 Why can't he be both?

Posted by: A Finn at May 14, 2005 08:07 AM (lGolT)

4 He's a MARINE, for God's sake; he's been trained to kill. His job is to kill the enemy for if he didn't, the enemy is still a danger to the troops in that area. It's his JOB and responsibility and NOT something you hold against him. How's any of the soldiers job to protect and keep others from harm if they are made afraid to shoot the damn enemy?? Everytime a soldier runs into an enemy, how is he supposed to do his job with this kind of threat over his head which will lead to more US and coalition deaths. We're at war, folks and he did exactly what he was supposed to do, nothing more, nothing less. To hold any soldier or marine responsible for the death of the enemy only puts them in harm's way. This situation is so stupid; it should never have arisen in the first place. Cindy

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at May 14, 2005 03:27 PM (PEKrh)

5 I had a friend from the CORPS who was there with the Army. These are people who send children as suicide bombers. YA! Step out of the vehicle, the kids bum rush you. You would like to help but instead you put your gun to the biggest ones head and tell the translater to respond "BACK OFF!!", in a mater of self defense. I was his best man, and he was mine. We served together for 2 yrs at Pendleton, and to read his eyes after being in Iraq for a year and 1/2... Think about it and put yourself in there boots. On the other side of the world where generally your not wanted, and in a combat zone!

Posted by: Mike, former Marine at May 26, 2005 01:23 PM (pO1tP)

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Howdy

I am See-Dubya. I blog here now. We're gonna have us a grand ol' time, Margaret. And when I get out, I'm gonna come over there with an egg beater, and a live chicken, and some peach preserves!

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Viva Las Vegas

By Matt from WMD:

This comes as no surprise to anybody who has been following al Qaeda in the news, but apparently there is still some sort of threat being leveled towards Las Vegas.

The Egypt Election Daily News reports, you decide:

Las Vegas has been revealed as Osama Bin Laden's number one terror target.
Al Qaeda terrorists posing as tourists compiled a detailed dossier on America's gambling mecca, according to a top secret intelligence report. Videos and photographs of a string of landmarks and major hotels were sent back to terror bosses plotting a spectacular sequel to the September 11 attacks.
The security report - marked "restricted" and circulated to U.S. and coalition intelligence agencies - was drawn up by British intelligence agents following the arrest of 21 Al Qaeda operatives. It says: "Based on intelligence, Las Vegas is seen as the prime target for a major impact attack."
It explains later: "It would be the mainland 'spectacular' that we have been hearing about for some time.
"Information indicates that any attack would be multi-centered at several sites and probably take the form of explosive devices.
"Las Vegas represents all that is wrong about the West and so symbolically represents, to them, the ideal choice of target. This elevates it to being probably the most likely target in our assessment based on what we have learned recently."

Naturally, the Homeland Security folks are mum on the subject.

Visit Matt's home blog: Weapons of Mass Discussion

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Gambian Muslim Leader: Female Genital Mutilation "An Honor"

Female genital cutting(mutilation or FGM)is practiced by Muslims and non-Muslims(mostly Muslims - how many Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists or Janists do you know or have ever read of that condone this barbaric procedure?) alike residing mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa in countries that include but are not limited to Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Chad. A more minor form of the procedure is also performed in some parts of the Middle East and South Asia. Degrees of mutilation exist ranging from excision of the hood of the clitoris or clitoris itself to complete infibulation which involves removal of the clitoris, labia minora and labia majora, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.

As you might expect from the description of the procedure, normal sexual intercourse is not possible without a corrective procedure(you can only hope) and childbirth frequently involves severe trauma that can result in life-threatening hemorrhage. Other complications include chronic urinary tract and other infections, infertility, psychological trauma, sexual dysfunction, menstrual problems and several other negative medical and emotional outcomes. The procedure is performed on girls between the ages of infancy and pre-adolescence and is either carried out by a physician, midwife or designated woman from the community. Lack of sterile technique, use of the same instruments on more than one child, and lack of anesthesia all contribute to the complication rate which can even include infection with HIV.

Yet Alhaji Banding Drammeh, president of the Supreme Islamic Council - SIC(great acronym and rather appropriate), says that Â“FGM is a recommendation of the hadiths of the Prophet. It is an honour for a lady to undergo the practice of FGM.Â’Â’ But in fairness, he does say that the practice is optional. That one would hope is the case, and there are probably many women that wish they had never experienced FGM.

Hat tip - Dhimmi Watch

Cross posted at Hyscience

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1 Interestingly enough, the SIC is all male. They all should set the example by undergoing a penictomy or maybe even a beheading of both types. What an even greater honor.

Posted by: the shadow nose at May 13, 2005 09:47 AM (E8xr7)

2 oh, but who are we to judge the little brown people. /guilt-ridden white Liberal

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 09:59 AM (8e/V4)

3 That practice is optional but a good one because the main reason for "clit shorten ceremony" is to make it possible for female gender to control their sexual stimulation.Now you know the secret.Most people that know sex knows that clit is one part of the women's body easily used to stimulate sexual....Only sex crazy freaks don't agree with that practice!On methods of how to do the surgery(genital cutting),it should be upgraded.One more thing, genital surgery or cutting as you dramaticly put it, it helps to keep the private part CLEAN!

Posted by: m_o at May 13, 2005 09:59 AM (XlYXO)

4 m o, cutting off the helmet of someone's pecker works wonders for controlling the sex drive too. But I won't bet this will become a common practice over there any time soon.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 10:03 AM (8e/V4)

5 Carlos, your post made me think of my bedtime reading last night. I have two volumes of Kipling next to the bed, and I just happened to open one on the page where "White Man's Burden" began. You are right, and so was he. If the poem were updated to be politically correct, all that would need be changed were three words; "white man" to "civilized person", and "sons" to "children". Take up the Civilized Person's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go, bind your children to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. Take up the Civilized Person's burden-- In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek another's profit And work another's gain. Take up the Civilized Person's burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought. Take up the Civlized Person's burden-- No iron rule of kings, But toil of serf and sweeper-- The tale of common things. The ports ye shall not enter, The roads ye shall not tread, Go, make them with your living And mark them with your dead. Take up the Civlized Person's burden, And reap his old reward-- The blame of those ye better The hate of those ye guard-- The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light:-- "Why brought ye us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?" Take up the Civilized Person's burden-- Ye dare not stoop to less-- Nor call too loud on Freedom To cloak your weariness. By all ye will or whisper, By all ye leave or do, The silent sullen peoples Shall weigh your God and you. Take up the Civlized Person's burden! Have done with childish days-- The lightly-proffered laurel, The easy ungrudged praise: Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers. May I be forgiven for the blasphemy of altering the words of such as Kipling, but I hope the point is well made. As hated as British colonialism was throughout the Empire, at this late date we can see in retrospect that the nations once governed by the British were far better off then than now. I can think of no better example than Zimbabwe, for one, which has under native rule become one of the most repressive, vicious, rapacious hellholes ever to stain Africa. When it was run by colonials, the people were far better fed, educated, and governed, but the blacks were not fully equal to the whites, so the hand-wringing, enlightened liberals of the West teamed with the savages of Communism to destroy it. Now Zimbabwe, formerly the propserous Rhodesia, is a wasteland, with liberals to thank.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 13, 2005 10:51 AM (0yYS2)

6 M O , You are a moron. I could go on but why waste time on an idiot like you. Like now we know the secret. dumbass. If you are so worried about being tempted by evil women with clitoris' why don't you go and get yourself castrated. After all it is the testes that produce the hormones that make you want to screw women as well as that nasty habbit of pulling on your phallus every night.

Posted by: Howie at May 13, 2005 11:04 AM (D3+20)

7 Come on, guys... FGM is an African custom that got absorbed into African Islam. It's not a standard Islamic practice anywhere outside of African influenced regions. It's even a crime in Saudi Arabia.

Posted by: John Burgess at May 13, 2005 12:54 PM (7HZOv)

8 John, it's barbaric no matter if it's African or Islamic.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 12:58 PM (8e/V4)

9 I always stick to my practice of: don't chop off other people's parts unless it's consensual!

Posted by: vaginal crusader at May 13, 2005 01:16 PM (WfZ6a)

10 Tell you what I happen to like seeing womans goods intact. Cutting any part of her is sick, what is next, cutting off nipples so guys won't happen to see the outline of them in a womans shirt? Or will women be compelled to wear cloth bags to hide that feature. I have to wonder about a persons sexuality if they are so afraid of womens' bodies.

Posted by: Andre at May 13, 2005 04:11 PM (mfvPa)

11 I will never, ever understand how such a backwards people, who can barely feed what population they have in their home countries now,can reproduce like freakin cockroaches.....i mean, let them continue this practice, if it will somehow lead to their population decreasing

Posted by: THANOS35 at May 13, 2005 10:16 PM (mZYh2)

12 This practice usually occurs once a woman gets engaged to be married prior to her marriage. Several television shows have brought this savagry to light over the last several years. It is normally done by the eldest woman of the family because the father expects it to be done. The woman or girl could hemmorage to death; it looks like a forcible and mutilating rape (according to doctors here) and the mother will do it with the father watching on. When doctors here realize what it is, they usually find out the mother did not want to do this to their daughter but the father is adament. It's a horrible thing to do to anyone, irregardless of age and is supposed to stop the woman from straying from her marriage partner. It's disgusting and some do not live from it and the nations that practice it should be banned somehow to stop this horrendous mutilation practice. Muslim women in our nation sometimes will be killed by their husbands if they do not do this to their daughters. Everyone of them should be jailed - not the mother's, but the fathers who insist that it be done for they will find someone to do it if the mother or grandmother refuses it. They come here for freedom but carry this burden upon their daughters. It's absolutely disgusting and those mothers that balk against it are in as much danger than the daughter who also refuses it. There has to be a way to stop it here as well as over there. I don't have the answers but I do wish someone would come up with a way to end this torture and mutilation of these young women. ewwwwwwwww It's been going on for centuries and they claim it is not harmful to the woman and no different than male circumcism, which is absolute bullshit. Cindy

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at May 14, 2005 03:52 PM (PEKrh)

13 That's bullshit! It's just another attempt to present Muslims as barbarians. The so-called white-civizled men borrowed the Renaissence from the so-called barbarians. A Ghambians who claims to be Muslim is not representative of the Islam. There's no point of pushing "Muslim" in front of the readers' eyes. Respects to John Burgess!

Posted by: Pax at May 27, 2005 10:15 AM (OygnU)

I will never, ever understand how such a backwards people, who can barely feed what population they have in their home countries now,can reproduce like freakin cockroaches.....i mean, let them continue this practice, if it will somehow lead to their population decreasing

...Thanos35 Hell...You are an ignorant arrogant narrow minded individual...You have no idea what a culture is...and I am sure you don have the mind to understand that...You are full of hate and negative attitude...A frustrated empty westerner! I don think you have outside of your small world...Open up your mind...there is more than what you think of Africa and Africans!

Posted by: malX at June 03, 2005 09:47 AM (BXYFr)

15 muslims, hindus and islamics r a bunch of assholed bastard u cant even respect women! how dumb is that ok u know what me and my 78 friends came over my house and we burnt the butt ugly koran in my fire place i hate that book , i hate muslims they suck HEY U BUTT UGLY, FAT ASS STUPID UGLY SON OF UR BASTARD AFTHERS U ASS SONS AND MEN THAT R SOOO HATING WOMEN GET A FUCKING UPDATE U MUSLIM BASTARDS ITS THE 21ST CENTURY NO ONE HATE WOMEN IN AMERICA SO WHY DONT U MUSLIM BUTT UGLY MEN JUST BURN TO DEATH IN HELL U GUYS R THE ONE THAT R EVIL U RAPE, BURN UR WIVES AND U CALL WOMEN EVIL!!!!!!!! ( ROARING IN RAGE!!!!!!!!) SHUT THE FUK UP U GENITAL CUTTING SONS OF SATAN U GUYS SHOULD BE SADDAM HUSSEINS KIDS U DEMON MUSLIMS AND HINDUS AND ISLAMICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U BASTARD I CANT FIND A WORD STORONG ENOUGH 2 EXPRESS MY RAGE I YELLIN SOOO HARD AT U SONS OF BITCHS U SONOFABITCH GETAN UPDATE U HIDEOS ME OF THAT FUCKED UP MOHOMMED!!!!!!

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The Meaning of Patriotism

By Matt from WMD:

The word has been tossed about with little regard for what it actually means and for purposes both sacred and profane, but what does it really mean to be a patriot?

Most people confuse patriotism with nationalism, which couldn't be further from the definition of actual patriotism if it were spoken on another planet. George William Curtis:

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains and rivers and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

Allegiance to the land is not patriotism. One of the greatest statements of patriotism is the Pledge of Allegiance wherein we express our loyalty to the Republic for which the flag represents. Our Republic is more than just the land: it includes our system of laws which provides for our civil rights, and our way of life as revealed in the promise of the American Dream. more...

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Border Patrol ordered not to arrest illegal aliens in Arizona

This is not at all a surprise to me, but it is sickening nonetheless. Washington Times has learned that agents along the Arizona border were ordered to make the minimum number of arrests possible in order to diminish the positive effects the Minutemen have had.

U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers, The Washington Times has learned.
More than a dozen agents, all of whom asked not to be identified for fear of retribution, said orders relayed by Border Patrol supervisors at the Naco, Ariz., station made it clear that arrests were "not to go up" along the 23-mile section of border that the volunteers monitored to protest illegal immigration.
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Border Patrol Chief David V. Aguilar at the agency's Washington headquarters called the accusations "outright wrong," saying that supervisors at the Naco station had not blocked agents from making arrests and that the station's 350 agents were being "supported in carrying out" their duties.
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But Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, yesterday said "credible sources" within the Border Patrol also had told him of the decision by Naco supervisors to keep new arrests to a minimum, saying he was angry but not surprised.
"It's like telling a cop to stand by and watch burglars loot a store but don't arrest any of them," he said. "This is another example of decisions being made at the highest levels of the Border Patrol that are hurting morale and helping to rot the agency from within.
"I worry about our efforts in Congress to increase the number of agents," he said. "Based on these kinds of orders, we could spend the equivalent of the national debt and never have secure borders."
Mr. Tancredo, chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, blamed the Bush administration for setting an immigration enforcement tone that suggests to those enforcing the law that he is not serious about secure borders.

Not serious about it? Funny, I've sort of gotten that impression myself...hmmm...

Several field agents credited the volunteers with cutting the flow of illegal aliens in the targeted Naco area, saying the number of apprehended illegals dropped from an average of 500 a day to less than 15 a day.
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Area residents, in a half-page ad in the Sunday edition of the Sierra Vista Herald, told the volunteers: "Thanks for doing what our government won't -- close the border to illegal aliens. It was the quietest month we've had in many years ... You made us feel safe because the border was closed."

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1 The head of the INS needs to be held personally responable for this treson what is is name and picture addresses where can be reached home and office phone numbers HE NEEDS TO FEEL THE HEAT!

Posted by: Zebrab5 at May 13, 2005 01:30 AM (DoxEP)

2 Does it surprise me? Not in the least. The Feds just want to make it look as if the Minutemen were an anomoly. Or maybe they are just trying to appease Senor Fox for arresting 8 of his citizens in an illegal border crossing. We'll see what happens when the Minutemen do this along the Texas Border. I don't think the guys in the cesspool of Washington, D.C. will be happy until someone sneaks a bomb across the border and explodes it in Pheonix or in Dallas.

Posted by: Joe Wiess at May 13, 2005 01:55 AM (LtbPK)

3 I'm a Mexican citizen living in Mexico, and I think this is a grave mistake on the part of the American authorities. There was a boicot in Arizona yesterday by the Hispanics (mostly illegals) and the non-Hispanics, didn't do a damn thing to counter it. (Like going out and buy more at the boicoted stores, for instance). Americans are not doing their part, which I know is difficult, but the infiltration of who-knows-who in the US society is amazing. My 2 c.

Posted by: Mi at May 13, 2005 02:40 AM (s1Dcn)

4 Don't worry Mi, if things continue you'll see non-Mexicans do something. White people are notorious for going on killing spree's, taking countries and enslaving minorities. I figure eventually most of the south will be pissed off and take things into their own hands. If I was an illegal in this country I'd try to keep a low profile -- flaunting innaction and egging on a people with such a vicious past is just asking for trouble.

Posted by: Digger at May 13, 2005 03:28 AM (c2i02)

5 The Naco supervisors said that their impact on illegals was "negligible"? So the border crossing arrests in April of '04 was over 11,000 and in April of this year it was under 4,000 - and their presence was negligible? Digger, forgive me if I've misenterpreted you, but are you saying it's wrong for these people to demand that our government enforce the immigration laws? I found no reports of "viciousness" in their efforts to draw attention to the problem. Tell me, how many of the minuteman volunteers were whites with a desire for enslavement, taking countries (other than their own) and hoped for an opportunity to go on a killing spree? Especially the enslavement part. Sheesh, you'd think then that they would prefer to capture the illegals and make them work for nothing rather than send them back. In fact, it's the "coyotes" carrying them over the border in hot boxes that are doing the enslaving. They're actually taking bids for their work and keeping a cut. They're trafficking humans for pete's sake. And they're not whites. We forget who is committing the crimes here. The lack of action by our government hurts both sides.

Posted by: Oyster at May 13, 2005 07:25 AM (YudAC)

6 Oyster Your sense of white guilt is not acute enough. Please report to a liberal re-education camp as soon as possible.

Posted by: Defense Guy at May 13, 2005 08:36 AM (jPCiN)

7 That's so bogus! I love those minutmen. The number of illegals here is getting outta control. Someone needs to take control and stop trying to be nice and enjoyable for everyone. Put the illegals back where they belong. Don't give them drivers licenses. Don't even let em cross the border. I think money should be invested to boost our border patrol people by about 200% - 400%.

Posted by: tyler at May 13, 2005 08:48 AM (Y9Lwb)

8 Digger, white folks and America are so evil that everybody is falling all over themselves to get here just as quick as they can. But it's precisely your attitute that will keep Liberals in the minority, well, forever. And your "compassion" doesn't help anybody involved. The American worker suffers from uncontrolled immigration, and so does Mexico because as long as Vicente Fox and his fellow elites can let off steam north of the border they'll never have to fix Mexico's problems. So you, in your compassion, hurt the interests of just about everybody involved. And isn't that just typical of Liberalism.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 09:00 AM (8e/V4)

9 Ever notice that 50,000 mexicans can get across but somehow the 3 or 4 (that I know of) muslims or people from muslim countries seem to get caught. Fishy if you ask me. Some covert quid pro quo going on down there that the minutemen are not supposed to discover. some other realities also lead me to believe that there is more to this than meets the eye. That's my conspiracy theory for the week.

Posted by: Howie at May 13, 2005 09:03 AM (D3+20)

10 "Several field agents credited the volunteers with cutting the flow of illegal aliens in the targeted Naco area, saying the number of apprehended illegals dropped from an average of 500 a day to less than 15 a day." No shit. The Mexicans aren't stupid, they're going around this 15 mile stretch of border. I doubt the net flow of immigration is being affected. As a Texan I can tell you without reservation that if the Minutemen set up inTexas it is going to lead to untold atrocities such as rapes, beatings and murders. No one will ever know about these as they'll be buried in the desert. The last thing we need is a bunch of angry white men who aren't trained guarding our borders. I recently hired a crew of illegals to add a fireplace to my house. They do masonry with incredible artistry and I saved a bundle (sure, my lime green tape measure and a few other tools walked off but it was worth it). Had I hired Whitey he would have charged me twice as much and used his own crew of illegals. I note that three of the largest state economies, California, Texas and New York have extremely high rates of immigration. Immigrants are good for this country. If we legalized them they could help take the pressure off of social security.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 09:33 AM (/+dAV)

11 As a Texan I can tell you without reservation that if the Minutemen set up inTexas it is going to lead to untold atrocities such as rapes, beatings and murders. greg, you know it's not my way, but I just can't help myself. As a fellow Texan, you're full of shit. That's exactly what the guilt-ridden white Liberals and Latino activistas were predicting for the Minutemen in Arizona/New Mexico, and nothing happenned. Minutemen even gave anecdotal evidence of how these Libs were purposely trying to provoke the Minutemen to violence, and still nothing happened. There's no violence around here against hispanics. It's safe to say the naysayers are just about always wrong. What a load of crap from you people.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 09:50 AM (8e/V4)

12 Notice the difference: conservative Minutemen peacefully patrol our borders, but Liberal Minutemen run an insurgency out of Iraq shooting our troops and commiting all manner of atrocities against the Iraqi people. Could the symbolism of how both sides use the word "minutemen" be any starker?

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 09:56 AM (8e/V4)

13 Carlos, I don't think we have a handle on the rate that crimes are being perpetrated on illegals, after all they can hardly call the police. Any crimes committed become the secret of the desert.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 10:18 AM (/+dAV)

14 greg, But that's what is so much fun about being a naysayer-- you don't need any proof or evidence to make your accusations.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 10:29 AM (8e/V4)

15 Carlos, I know Texas well enough to understand the dynamics between Anglos and Hispanics. White vigilantism isn't the answer.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 10:46 AM (/+dAV)

16 And as the Minutemen proved with a month's worth of legal actions in Arizona, the only illegal activity happening in the desert were illegals sneaking over the border, and ACLU "observers" getting stoned and trying to provolk fights. Once again, liberals offer no solutions to problems, and only try to hamper those that do offer solutions.

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at May 13, 2005 10:54 AM (Z9A4+)

17 greg, the minutemen have proven to be far more law-abiding than even our own government. Dynamics notwithstanding, the evidence is against you. The people who volunteer for such duty aren't racists looking for an excuse to kill Mexicans. I know that's what you think of all conservatives, but they aren't. They're simply people who take their patriotism to heart and want to do something constructive for their communities. I've even considered volunteering myself if possible if it happens in Texas. I don't see how uncontrolled immigration is good for our country. And it's not good for Mexico either. I'm sure those wetbacks would rather be making a living wage closer to home, but that won't happen because the corporate interests on both sides of the border benefit from the status quo. You'll not find a more perfect illustration of Liberal shortsightedness and conservative pragmatism-- one looks good/compassionate, but is bad. The other looks selfish/bad, but is good. Conservatism is about results, Liberalism is about compassion. But it's a compassion that appeals to men's basest impulses, so it doesn't work. The difference in the ideologies couln't be more clear.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 11:01 AM (8e/V4)

18 I'll bet that if all he illegals packed up and left Texas today to return to Mexico, Texas' economy would collapse.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 11:13 AM (/+dAV)

19 "But we have to control the flow and know "who" is here and "why". As to the "why", does anyone think Mexicans come here to cause terrorism? Hell no. They're guilty of nothing but "crossing the line" so they can eke out a living. I say, let them in legally.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 11:49 AM (/+dAV)

20 You know guys, greg, being liberal, and therefore, right, has a point. Why not let the little brown people do all the menial labor? After all, it's clearly all they're good for, and blacks, being too lazy, should be allowed to draw welfare and food stamps all their lives instead of being expected to work. Whites should stay in their ivory towers high above the hallowed halls of academia and not bother themselves with the dirty business of manual labor, for which they would, no doubt, expect fair compensation. The difference between liberals and sane people on the issue of illegal immigration is that sane people would like to see the other nations of the hemisphere not be the corrupt petty dictatorships that they are, but rather free nations of free people, but liberals either don't care for liberating others, or don't think them capable of understanding the concept, pearls before swine, if you will. I have all the best hopes and wishes for Mexicans and all other people, but their prosperity must not come at the price of our ruin. They must abide by our laws, as must those who employ them. I wonder how much greg paid those illegals he hired? I doubt it was much, probably not minimum wage, and here the liberals are so bent on raising the minimum wage. Hypocrisy, liberal is thy name.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 13, 2005 12:04 PM (0yYS2)

21 I'll bet that if all he illegals packed up and left Texas today to return to Mexico, Texas' economy would collapse. greg, in the short run, yes. And the price of veggies would go up, but in the long run we'd see good results because we'd be able to hire locals to do the work and pay them a decent wage. We'd have to scrap NAFTA and the WTO, to be sure. The sooner the better.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 12:07 PM (8e/V4)

22 Improbulus, my brother is a good Liberal, in favor of higher taxes and worker's rights, etc. But he prefers to hire illegal aliens because they're cheaper rather than local contractors, and come tax season, he's always looking for tax deductions so he doesn't have to pay as much in taxes. Liberalism, hypocrisy is your name.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 12:11 PM (8e/V4)

23 "I wonder how much greg paid those illegals he hired? I doubt it was much, probably not minimum wage, and here the liberals are so bent on raising the minimum wage. Hypocrisy, liberal is thy name."-Glutamus Maximus I paid them $3500.00 for 4 days of work for a crew of 5. That's 20 man days times 8 hours per day is 160 hours. It works out to $22 per hour less their cost for materials (I'd estimate $1000.00, so the adjusted hourly wage is $15.60. Whitey wanted twice that. By the way, I'm a Libertarian Catholic which totally screws up your right/left paradigm.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 01:20 PM (/+dAV)

24 "my brother is a good Liberal, in favor of higher taxes and worker's rights, etc."-Carlos Oh my Lord, not worker's rights! Let them drink trickled down piss. Oh, he's in favor of higher taxes is he? For whom? Himself? I doubt that. Could it be that your bro recognizes that after WWII corporations paid 81% and workers 19% of the taxes. Today those percentages have nearly switched. Is it by the people for the people or by multinational corporations for multinational corporations? The average corporate tax rate is 6% snd nearly half of of them pay NOTHING. I pay way more than that. Fuck it! I'm guessing you got the good looks and your bro got the smarts.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 01:45 PM (/+dAV)

25 Carl, dude--Greg thinks you're good-looking!

Posted by: youngdude at May 13, 2005 03:47 PM (x+5JB)

26 Ask yourself, who benefits from the illegal immigrant workers? Corporate America, that's who, with lowered labor costs. Perhaps that's why GW and his regime are so slow on this issue, even for conservatives. GW doesnt want to bite the hands (Walmart) that feed him.

Posted by: Seany Boy at May 13, 2005 06:04 PM (+Tm72)

27 "As to the "why", does anyone think Mexicans come here to cause terrorism?" I can't believe you even said that! Check stats. How many are drug smugglers, gang members, human traffickers, etc? We're not talking just terrorism, we're talking a myriad of nefarious activities. Dude, wake up. And Greg, you're no Libertarian, except by some weird definition made up in your own head. Carlos, My brother is a good Liberal too. He says we need to pay the higher taxes to cover our social programs and reduce the debt and deficit. Then he, too, cheats on his taxes. He said to me last Thanksgiving, "Oh, c'mon, everybody cheats on their taxes." To which I responded, "No, they don't. I am one of those who doesn't. The IRS frightens me too much." These people think in circles. They never come to any real conclusion on anything and routinely contradict themselves. I love my brother but he's a moron.

Posted by: Oyster at May 14, 2005 08:18 AM (YudAC)

28 There's more to this story..... Cindy

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at May 14, 2005 03:54 PM (PEKrh)

29 >>>"I love my brother but he's a moron." Same here. He thinks in outdated platitudes that fly in the face of reality. And when I shatter his platitudes, his typical response to everything I say is "oh, cmon!", and that's pretty much it. He finds simple facts and realities to be simply unbelievable and not worthy of his response. And this bro's a doctor-- supposedly one of the smart kind of Libs. But lately I've gotten the feeling from both of them that they're becoming slightly jaded of Liberalism-- that's what the social radicals and atheists have done to the Liberal movement. Yet that doesn't mean they're anywhere near converting to conservatism. They still see conservatism in terms of Leftist platitudes, like we're evil, and racist, and and just plain mean people who hate everybody who isn't a white anglo-saxon protestant.

Posted by: Carlos at May 14, 2005 05:20 PM (8e/V4)

30 Greg, I know on several stuff we agree, but this time I not there. It could be because dealing with the INS myself has turned me against the I.A. (illegal aliens). When my new Aunt (aunt through marriage), came over, she had to wait about 4 months for her Fiancee visa to be approved, and then about 6 months to get her green card with conditions. We applied for my now wife, right after Bush allowed all the I.A. cockroaches to come out of the woodwork and apply for legit status. Since there was so many of these, they got to go the front of the INS line. My wife did not get her visa for 20 months. Then were not given her work permit for 18 months, and her Social Security for 6 months. Once she got that she could apply for a driver's license. All of this because "CRIMINALs" broke our laws can snuck into America. Look at all the people who are trying to do it the right way. They are being screwed. Now it is true, that these people work cheaper, but maybe, if their sorry asses were not here, then legal aliens could get the jobs for a higher wage. And now this might mean that the CEO's, CFO's, Presidents, and Vice Presidents might not get to steal money from companies or countries they way they have been. If I had my way, I would put out another nation wide, come out IA and sign up and we will make you legal residents campaign again. When everyone signed up, I would go collect up every last one I could find, and shipped them back to their home countries to make them Legal. I would also charge the home countries the cost of exporting their crappy citizens, either by direct money or lowering their financial aid. Don't get me wrong. I am not against immigrants coming to our country. But I agree with Shawn of the Dead, that we need to control who is here and why. Also it is much safer when things are under government control. (maybe not much but a little.) Example, in Germany, and Nevada, prostitution is legal. The girls are made to take periodic exams to stay healthy and not spread disease, less deaths of prostitutes happen when they are in a control environment. If we can control the IA environment, a lot less rapes, murders and robberies would be done. Just my 2 cents worth. Oh and while we are talking about INS, here is a poem I wrote. I don't know if they style actually has a name, but it goes 1 syllable, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3 ,2 1. If this is a style of poems, please let me know what it is called. I and she want to be made into we but INC is incomptent so for now I'm still me.

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Greetings

Hi, my name is Suzanne. I'm one of the people who's going to help Rusty blog.

In other news, the pilot of the Cessna 150 is still in
custody.

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1 Has anyone been able to learn this pilot's name or seen a photo/mugshot/news coverage? Typically, names of the accused are released immediately and photos are plastered all over the cable news channels. But not in this case. Why? Makes me wonder if his name is Abdul Mohammed something-or-other.

Posted by: jonturner at May 13, 2005 01:10 AM (YR9y8)

2 Even if they're now sure it wasn't a terrorist attack, they probably need him to sign some papers that forbid him from sueing them for causing unnecessary mental and physical stress, and most likely some sort of confidentiality agreement to assure he won't start publicly mocking the people handling the crisis for their overreacting.

Posted by: A Finn at May 13, 2005 04:01 AM (cWMi4)

3 Last month a private plane violated restricted airspace over Helsinki. Oddly enough, no one gave a shit

Posted by: Brad at May 13, 2005 08:46 AM (pO1tP)

4 And how many Pentagon's were mated with a jet in Helsinki? How many World Trade Center's came tumbling down with catastrophic loss of life over there? Unfortunately, they don't get it...and consequently, that's why no one "gave a shit" as you so eloquently put it.

Posted by: Matt Hurley at May 13, 2005 09:24 AM (vQcWL)

5 Let's hope it wasn't a plane under VFR in Vantaa's landing approach and no one cared. If Finland isn't concerned about it's restrictive airspace then we should set up some web cams for exciting crashes that will follow.

Posted by: Charles at May 13, 2005 11:21 AM (wQbc6)

6 Wecome Susanne, It is odd for them to hold the pilot this long. Sever other incidents have resulted in the pilot being released quickly once it was determined it was simply accidental. I'm waiting for the rest of the story whatever that is.

Posted by: Howie at May 13, 2005 11:22 AM (D3+20)

7 Hey Finn, bummer about the Russians eliminating your hockey team yesterday.

Posted by: Brad at May 13, 2005 11:35 AM (jH4e4)

8 I hope they gave him a full cavity search just for being so stupid.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 13, 2005 12:06 PM (0yYS2)

9 "I hope they gave him a full cavity search just for being so stupid."-Glutamus Maximus And you're just the man to administer it I reckon; a graduate of Abu Grabass University.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 01:52 PM (/+dAV)

10 Yeah, just don't offer to sell a videotape of the cavity search, greg's mastercard is already over its limit.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at May 13, 2005 02:41 PM (xauGB)

11 Oh, you're so witty Robin! So, so sad.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 03:42 PM (/+dAV)

12 Brad: Darn those Russians... Czecks sent you packing as well. Now there's no reason to watch the matches. The next world champion will be Canada, or maybe Sweden... No, Canada. Matt, Brad and Charles: Yep, we don't have to think of every plane as a possible tool for terrorists. I don't think we have restricted air spaces outside military bases.

Posted by: A Finn at May 14, 2005 05:51 AM (lGolT)

13 Finn, I think they should play sudden death overtime if it's tied after 3 periods. These shoot outs are a joke. Matt does make a good point Finn. I would rather have our people over react than get caught sleeping. Sometimes the world forgets, we were attacked.

Posted by: Brad at May 14, 2005 11:10 AM (pO1tP)

14 Yep, shoot outs stink. At least twice more overtime before them would be good. Overreacting isn't a bad thing as long as no-one gets killed.

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May 12, 2005

Note to Friends About D.C. Trip

Friends,

I'm heading out of here tomorrow for Washington, D.C. Last call for those in the area to meet at a small gathering set for Saturday, May 21st at about 8 p.m. at an undisclosed downtown location. E-mail me at mypetjawa-at-gmail.com for details.

I apologize for the lack of linkage to all my fellow bloggers of late. Just too dang busy. The same goes for answering a lot of e-mail. Trust me, finals week sucks twice as bad for us as it does for the students.

Anyway, I will be blogging some from D.C. Maybe I'll put up a photo or two, but posting will be very light for the next week.

Lucky for me I have some great people filling in. I know you'll enjoy what they have to say. See you in D.C.

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Watson: CAIR's "Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism" Conference

Let's put the matter of Islamophobia into the right perspective and borrow some comments from DC Watson. American's don't fear Islam; "those who concocted the fake description "Islamophobia" should stop flattering themselves."" The term "Islamophobia" has no basis and supposedly refers to a Â“fear of Islam.Â” In reality it's a phony, made up word that conveys no factual truth. "It is as imaginary as the jabberwock and the unicorn."

Islamists have in fact instilled in Americans only disqust, so they should forget about thinking that they have caused us to fear them.

DC Watson takes aim and scores a direct hit yet again(via Dhimmi Watch):

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Operation Matador Significant Event Log and Other Matters Iraq

Here's a quick roundup of events in Iraq with a focus on Operation Matador, and a few other news events of interest:

"The Adventures Of Chester" offers a "significant events log" of Operation Matador, with a map image for perspective. Numbers on the map correspond to the listed event, listed in rough chronological order.

(...) 1. Sunday, early morning: The bridge crossing(s) that began the
operation were supposedly slower in progress than planned. Did this
give a tip-off to the enemy? Mortar fire hit the bridging sites from
Ubaydi and on the south side of the Euphrates at another site.

(...) 3. One squad of Lima Co, 3/25, spent the better part of Sunday clearing
a particular house in Ubaydi. The enemy had hidden in the basement and
fired armor-piercing bullets through the floor at the Marines. Most of
the day was spent destroying them, by this one squad, reinforced with
heavy machine guns, a tank, and F-18 airstrikes.

(...) 7. Monday night - A US convoy, 7km east of Al Q'aim and Camp Gannon,
was hit with a significant combined arms counterattack, including
multiple dismounted insurgents in buildings along the road with AK-47s,
RPGs, roadside bombs, and two suicide vehicle bombs. The convoy was
sent to retrieve a tank that had been diabled by an AT mine. A suicide
bomber hit one Humvee of Marines and the wounded were retrieved and put
in a tank for transport to an evac site. Shortly after leaving the kill
zone, an M88 tank retriever hit another AT mine. The Abrams towed the
M88 to a safe zone, and after the wounded were evac'ed, both the
original Abrams and the damaged M88 were towed to Camp Gannon. Catch the rest at Chester's ... (update - apparently Chester is having some bandwidth problems and may have inadvertantly moved the post/will fix if and when available).

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1 Our hopes go with these brave young men.

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 09:31 AM (8e/V4)

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About That Little Girl

Remember the picture? That little girl had a name:

Her name was Farah, and she died in the arms of Major Mark Bieger who found her after the car bomb that attacked our guys while Farah and other kids were crowding around.

The name of the guy who snapped the picture is Michael Yon and he has a blog:

"The soldiers here have been angry and sad for two days. They are angry
because the terrorists could just as easily have waited a block or two
and attacked the patrol away from the kids. Instead, the suicide bomber
drove his car and hit the Stryker when about twenty children were
jumping up and down and waving at the soldiers. Major Bieger, I had
seen him help rescue some of our guys a week earlier during another big
attack, took some of our soldiers and rushed this little girl to our
hospital. He wanted her to have American surgeons and not to go to the
Iraqi hospital. She didn't make it. I snapped this picture when Major
Bieger ran to take her away. He kept stopping to talk with her and hug
her."

Michael Yon's blog also gives us some details on rounding up suicide bombers.

Go read it ...

Hat tip - Speed of Thought and Mudville Gazette

Cross posted at Hyscience

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1 The terrorist aren't aiming for a specific person; their aim is to kill as many as possible, without regard to anything. They wish destruction. There is nothing to them buthate. They would not care if the children who were rushing about the soldiers were their own or a neighbors; they just want to destroy.

Posted by: Rachel Ann at May 12, 2005 11:36 PM (3NWuh)

2 Agreed -- the embodiment of pure hate fueled by the bloodthirsty culture of Islam. But do the ordinary citizens see these killers as the murderers they are, or are they viewed as some sort of "freedom fighters?" It seems they're only really effective at killing their own countrymen. Surely they're despised by everyday, ordinary Iraqis?

Posted by: jonturner at May 13, 2005 01:13 AM (YR9y8)

3 Extremely stupid killing in the name of God. Both sides are killing with the same gods permission anyway (well fine, maybe some are fighting with Jesus' permission). Doesn't matter if you call Jumala God, Yahweh, Allah or friggin' Jehova. If you're fighting people who worship the same god under a different name you shouldn't drag Him into it by claiming you're doing His work by killing his other kind of followers.

Posted by: A Finn at May 13, 2005 02:59 AM (cWMi4)

4 Finn: There are huge differences between the worshipped entities you name. They are not the same god (e.g., the Christian God is a Trinity, an idea Islamics deny). But everyone already knows this.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 13, 2005 05:37 AM (NHpg8)

5 "They are not the same god (e.g., the Christian God is a Trinity, an idea Islamics deny)."-YBP I disagree with you YBP. By your logic the Jews also worship a different God since the don't believe in the Holy Trinity. Let's put this "my God is bigger than your God" shit to rest.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 08:25 AM (/+dAV)

6 >>>"But do the ordinary citizens see these killers as the murderers they are, or are they viewed as some sort of "freedom fighters?" I don't know what the ordinary Iraqi thinks, or even what muslims here at home think. But guilt-ridden white Liberals here definitely see them as freedom fighters-- as "minutemen."

Posted by: Carlos at May 13, 2005 09:33 AM (8e/V4)

7 Greg: "By your logic the Jews also worship a different God since the don't believe in the Holy Trinity. Let's put this "my God is bigger than your God" shit to rest." Correct, by my logic they do, as they only acknowledge one facet of God. Is the Christian revelation better? Yes, or else one denies the divinity of Christ. As far as putting theological debates to rest, Catholics are required to defend their faith, verbally and in writing, as have the great theoligians/doctors of the Church (many of them saints) throughout the ages. Indifferentism and latitudinarianism been condemned as heresies By Blessed Pius IX in "Quanta Cura."

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 13, 2005 10:06 AM (x+5JB)

8 Will Jews go to Hell in your opinion?

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 10:22 AM (/+dAV)

9 Regarding the god debate. Islam, Judaism and Christianity all have the same God at their heart. Islam and Judaism recognize Abraham as their patriarch. Since the God of Abraham is their God as well, that means they worship the same God as the basis of their religion. Christians also worship the God of Abraham so that puts us in the same boat. BTW, I don't think Jews refuse to recognize the trinity, in Genesis 4:8, God says "let us go down" thereby implying that He is not alone. Also Psalm 110:1 says, "The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." I think Jews recognize the trinity they just don't recognize Jesus as part of the trinity. We Christians believe that we are right and the old testament of the Bible supports and prophesies the coming of Jesus (see Isaiah 53) and a prophecy in Daniel predicted the exact date that the messiah would enter Jerusalem. Jews and Muslims refuse to worship God as He is and have, instead, created an idol of the way they want God to be. The truth was at the heart of their religions but not in its practice. The one, living God is the source of all three but the truth is found only in Christianity. Now, a nice academic discussion but, A Finn, your whole argument is invalid. US and coalition forces are NOT in Iraq in the name of God. They don't go around claiming they're there to liberate the people in God's name and they sure as hell aren't claiming to be doing His work. Get your facts straight and don't spew idiocy.

Posted by: Brian at May 13, 2005 10:51 AM (pXsN/)

10 Greg, mind if I answer? Jews who don't believe in the Christ will go to Hell. God isn't finished with Israel. There are several prophecies in both the old and new testaments of the Christian Bible which state that in the end, the nation of Israel will believe in Christ and be born again (nation being defined not as every individual but as the believing core that has always been true to God throughout history). I don't know how Jews could believe they will go to paradise today considering without blood sacrifice they aren't relieved of sin and they can't sacrifice anywhere but the Jerusalem temple which hasn't existed since it was destroyed in 760 A.D. The only way, under the dispensation of Grace, to have eternal life with God is to believe that He sent Jesus to earth to provide a once-for-all sacrifice to meet His just and perfect requirements. All we must believe is that Jesus was the Son of God and died to free us from the penalties of our imperfection.

Posted by: Brian at May 13, 2005 10:58 AM (pXsN/)

11 Having killed God's son Jesus, are Jews still the chosen people in your opinion? "Let His blood be on our children's hands."

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 11:06 AM (/+dAV)

12 They are absolutely still His chosen people. He's omniscient and forever. He knew before creating the world to begin with what would happen to Jesus. When Christ died, it was God's plan. Someone had to betray Him and someone had to kill Him. Caiaphas, the high Jewish priest, unwittingly spoke God's plan when he said, as stated in John 11:50, "it is expedient for you that one man die for the people." God sent Jesus to die. It was the plan all along. The Jews paid for the curse they called upon themselves with the destruction of the temple, and therefore their access to God and the temporary forgiveness given through the blood sacrifice, through their scattering, persecution and deaths in atrocities like the WWII holocaust. But God's grace is sufficient to forgive even the killing of His Son. Before Christ died, God knew every sin committed by every person, past present and future and promised that every one of those sins would be forgiven by faith in Christ. So, the Jews are not beyond redemption and they are still God's chosen. How else would they have survived all the efforts throughout all the centuries to exterminate them as a people?

Posted by: Brian at May 13, 2005 11:14 AM (pXsN/)

13 Very nice Brian. I don't take the Bible literally personally. The Jews penned themselves in as the chosen people, but I can't believe an all loving God would love one people more than any of his other creations.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 11:28 AM (/+dAV)

14 Brian has answered nicely. Christians are told to spread the Good News, and I don't think that we need to dwell too much on the bad news (i.e., the certainty of eternal punishment). God has revealed to mankind some pretty good clues about this, and in the end, only He knows. The last question: No. The chosen people are those who will spend eternity with God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ in the New Covenant. Jesus says (paraphrasing here) that "No man comes unto the Father except through Me." Jews (not the race, but those who practice Judaism) deny the divinity of Christ and have thus forsaken a part in the New Covenant. Christians should pray for their conversion. And many HAVE converted, like Edith Stein, now "Blessed," and Eugenio Zolli (a former rabbi). Perhaps we need to save this for another thread, though???

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 13, 2005 11:30 AM (x+5JB)

15 Greg: He loves his creatures equally, but those who do not acccept the Gift of His Son are shutting themselves from that love. Jesus says "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it" (Matt 7:14). So those who don't accept the gift are not accepting that gift, offered to all by God, who loves all equally. People choose their fate, not God.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 13, 2005 11:40 AM (x+5JB)

16 I think the Jews fucked up when they killed they're own Messiah. They have lost the status of chosen people in my estimation.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 11:59 AM (/+dAV)

17 Greg: The Jews are God's Chosen people in the OT, but this status has shifted to Christians from the NT on. But I agree with Brian that God is never-changing and still extends the gift of salvation to the Jews, just as He does to all people. Historically and religiously speaking, they are His Chosen People, but they have foresaken Him. But the Temple was destroyed in 33 A.D. at Christ's crucifiction. It makes you wonder about the plight of the Jews since this time--nomadic, persecuted, etc. A judement?

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 13, 2005 12:05 PM (x+5JB)

18 YBP, the temple wasn't destroyed in 33 A.D., the veil of the temple was torn, signifying man's new direct access to God, during the earthquake following Christ's death. But the temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. (I mis-typed earlier)during the Roman sack of Jerusalem under Titus. Greg, God is sovereign. He can choose to love one thing more than another if He wants to. He created the Jews and promised they would be a blessing to the whole world, which they have been, through Christ. They may have forsaken Him, but He has not forsaken them. This is a point that YBP and I will have to disagree upon unless he can provide scripture to back up his claim that God rescinded His "chosen people" status. Christian's aren't the chosen people, we are the church. Two different groups.

Posted by: Brian at May 13, 2005 12:25 PM (pXsN/)

19 Did we need to give greg a topic to express more of his anti-semitism?

Posted by: Robin Roberts at May 13, 2005 02:43 PM (xauGB)

20 Brian--You: "They may have forsaken Him, but He has not forsaken them. This is a point that YBP and I will have to disagree upon..." Me: "Historically and religiously speaking, they are His Chosen People, but they have foresaken Him." I was wrong about the year--thank you. I indeed maintain that the Jews hold the title of "Chosen People"--it's an historical fact. I'm using the term in a "NT sense" in that the new "chosen people" are the people to whom God has opened up a new plan of salvation (i.e., Christians). You are "God's son," even though historically, Christ is "God's Son." The former true and is an extention of the biblical "definition."

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 13, 2005 02:47 PM (x+5JB)

21 Robin: Sorry. And wrong thread for this!

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 13, 2005 02:49 PM (x+5JB)

22 Robin is so bossy!

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 03:45 PM (/+dAV)

23 Greg: Fiesty she is.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 13, 2005 08:42 PM (dj7/y)

24 Only Romano-Catholic and most Protestant Churches believe in the Holy Trinity. Orthodox churches and conservative Protestant churches deny Jesus Christs role as a god of some sort, as well as Holy Ghosts. Eventhough Jesus only told people to worship his father, assumeably Yahweh, the Romano-Catholic church made him a divine creature equivalent to God himself, and named the Popes the reincarnations of Jesus and the voice of God on Earth. This twisted idea became popular amongst commoners and even now, when the Popes have lost their place as leaders of the religion and world, Jesus and the Holy Ghost have been raised to the status of God in western churches. So, are the Orthodox Christians actually Jews or Muslims just because they believe in the Holy Trinity? Don't think so. Jesus was just a godspawn, a supernatural man sent to make people worship God more, not an actual God-like creature. And the Holy Ghost is probably just what people call things possessed by God. And now, my own philosophy (quit reading if not willing to actually think about it): God is like cold and darkness. There is no such thing, it's just a name for an absence of another. Like cold is just the absence of warmth, an effect of atom movement speed and collision rate changing down, and like darkness is just the absence of light, rays of fotons and gravitons that reflects differently from various objects giving the ability to define objects by sight. God is the absence of understanding. When understanding is running at a near zero level, actions beyond that are acts of God, until someone understands them. Once mankind understands everything, God is de-existed. There is no God, God is just an excuse for being stupid enough not to know.

Posted by: A heretic Finn at May 14, 2005 05:36 AM (lGolT)

25 Finn: Stick to writing about the stray cats.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 14, 2005 07:20 AM (x+5JB)

26 Nah, blasphemy is a lot more fun now that I think about it. Stray cat thing might've been a nice reason to have a hunting holiday in Wisconsin. Quite an exotic catch a legally hunted cat would be.

Posted by: A Finn at May 14, 2005 07:50 AM (lGolT)

27 Finn: They've just called off the cat killing. Sorry.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 14, 2005 09:22 AM (x+5JB)

28 A very important "don't" was forgotten 2 my posts back, between "because they" and "believe in". Comment-editing possibility would be nice for this. Oh yeah, hate mail to *see e-mail address from Posted by:*

Posted by: A Finn at May 14, 2005 10:09 AM (lGolT)

29 Sad... So many small birds will be targeted by both stray cats and kids with air guns now that those guns were pointed away from the felines... Plus now I guess I'll just go see my moms aunt in Florida and go fishing in Minnesota instead of the great Wisconsin kittie hunt. (I'll try to visit Finland, Minnesota too =) )

Posted by: A Finn at May 14, 2005 12:27 PM (lGolT)

30 I'm very fascinated by history but let's face it; I for one don't have a clue what God is and no freakin unchecked bible source is going to convince me of anything else. If people want to base their beliefs on a book that's fine with me. Personally, I'm still waiting for great Yahweh (or whatever) to show a sign of his holy powers, like partin the Red sea or something really big. I'm not going to hold my breath though. *Yawn*

Posted by: IM at May 14, 2005 03:41 PM (a9tRx)

31 If there is a god, may he smite me dead and write his name with blood on my walls before this time tomorrow. If I'm not here on Monday, believe, if I am, be annoyed as usual.

Posted by: A Finn at May 14, 2005 04:02 PM (lGolT)

32 IM: You missed that parting by a few thousand years!

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 14, 2005 04:26 PM (qtPlK)

33 That was a single-use power? Or maybe God depleted all of his holy powers and needs to re-energize em' for the next 3 thousand years or so. hmm

Posted by: IM at May 14, 2005 04:52 PM (a9tRx)

34 Red Sea parting was probably just Jews crossing the shallow end when the tide was low, and the Pharaoh came too late to cross it before the water rose back. (12h to dead-line, God. I'm waiting)

Posted by: A Finn at May 15, 2005 03:55 AM (lGolT)

35 Finn: O ye of little faith.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 15, 2005 08:31 AM (qtPlK)

36 I live, so be annoyed.

Posted by: A Finn at May 16, 2005 01:50 AM (cWMi4)

37 Finn: No one wants you dead. Just enlightened.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 16, 2005 07:36 AM (x+5JB)

38 "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee." Ezekiel 24:17 Israelis, Muslims and Christians are destroying each other and flaming hatred towards one another, and God, despite the Trinity thing in Romano-Catholic-based-Christianity, is the Lord of all sides + "vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers" => The Lord should crush all of you and them, and leave pasifist atheists to rule the world.

Posted by: A Finn at May 17, 2005 06:03 AM (cWMi4)

39 In this case: create tension between groups = flame hatred = "poison my brothers"

Posted by: A Finn at May 17, 2005 06:05 AM (cWMi4)

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NCTC Teaser and "Right to Bear" in Kashmir

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I'm doing some "post-coding" of the terrorist attack data that was so controversial just last week. Armed Liberal on Winds of Change sent me the data (provided by T.M. Lutas), and I've been reading the narratives in an attempt to put together some sort of measures of magnitude and quality of terrorist attacks, in addition to mere quantity. There are several interisting patterns, though the work is not yet done. more...
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Sick Vacation Blogging
So I went to the doctor to get the pinkeye checked out. Spend two hours waiting. What does he do? Gives me some salve and sets up an appointment with an eye doctor. What a way to waste a vacation, eh?
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1 Dude, he's sending you to another doctor to cover his a$$. If your eyeball falls out, he can say he told you to see an eye doctor.

Posted by: Oyster at May 12, 2005 05:25 PM (YudAC)

2 At least he didn't check your prostate.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 08:28 AM (/+dAV)

3 yeah really no prostate exam is a good thing. Best of luck with the old eyeballs. I prefer the tobramycin drops, they burn a little but don't blur your vision so bad and gum up yer eye. It won't get better on it's own anyway. The salve should work good though. You'll be able to see that bobber when you are crappie fishin. Dr. should cover all the bases as this is eyeballs not a hangnail. I suppose if the salve works good and you get better you could skip the eye dr but they are the only set of eyes you are going to get, best be safe. Grandma channeling through me again.

Posted by: Howie at May 13, 2005 09:23 AM (D3+20)

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ON VACATION!!!!!!!!
It's 12:21 in the morning. There are three of us still at the office on this floor. What idiot decides to schedule finals less than 24 hours before grades are due?
Un-freaking-believable!!
Anyway, I just turned in the last of my grades. I am officially on vacation. Yes, the difficult life of a college professor. I have 75 days of vacation....
...wait a sec...did I forget something...oh....no.....SUMMER SCHOOL!!!
Don't panic. You're teaching a one week course...actually, taking the students to D.C. Gonna meet Stev-o, Maximum Leader, Cranky, Prof. Stotch and others (and maybe Rob-o if he'd grow some nads around the house)....
GOOD TIMES ALL AROUND
Oh, and if Steve the Llama Butcher is reading this post: I'm the bitch?
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1 Yeah, you have 75 days off and in that time you have to teach this summer in DC course and finish the book you're obliged to finish before the end of summer. Don't foster this BS line that we have summers off, as I have never had more than a week to myself during summer.

Posted by: Leopold Stotch at May 12, 2005 10:49 AM (p8Vri)

2 NEW Â– Report: Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Jumps 52 Percent (CAIR Manufactures News Report -- The Big Lie)on FREEPER RIGHT NOW

Posted by: 72VIRGINS at May 12, 2005 11:38 AM (dhRpo)

3 Seriously, you need to make some commenting rules and get your blog back.

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May 11, 2005

Dead Again, or Is Zarqawi a Zombie?
The thing about the living-dead is this: you can shoot them but they just keep getting up and coming after your brain.
If Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a zombie, it would also explain his decapitation fetish. It's so much easier to get to the most tender portions of the brain that way.
Nope. Never heard this one before. Thanks to Tim from Opinion Bug for e-mailing this while I was busy grading. ADNKI:
Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is "serious injured, possibly dead" according to Colonel Fouad Hani Hassan, commander of the fifth division of the Iraqi armed forces, cited by 'Elaph', a popular website in the Arab world. Al-Zarqawi, considered al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, is believed to have been injured in the major offensive US-led forces have been carrying out in the western Anbar province over the last few days. ...
While Operation Matador is not specifically aimed at catching al-Zarqawi, Brig. Gen. James Conway told a Pentagon news briefing on Tuesday that "it would be a welcome event to come across him or his body."
Note to General Conway: Approach the body of a zombie with extreme caution. Sometimes they just play dead waiting for you to bring your cranium closer.
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1 This is, what, the fifth time that Zarqawi has died? He is the Kenny of terrorists. Anyway, hopefully he's gone for real this time.

Posted by: Kazmin at May 11, 2005 06:09 PM (hp7es)

2 Seriously, wake me when they get him.

Posted by: Carlos at May 11, 2005 06:56 PM (8e/V4)

3 Oh my G*d, they killed Zarqawi! You bastards!

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at May 11, 2005 07:17 PM (JQjhA)

4 Ding-Dong, The witch is dead!!!!

Posted by: THANOS35 at May 11, 2005 07:49 PM (mZYh2)

5 If true this will make the liberals very upset.

Posted by: Capitalist Infidel at May 11, 2005 09:47 PM (xkIHW)

6 Bin Laden and Al -Zarquawi are bitches. Let them keep killing all the "innocent civilians". So, when they are done, there's nobody left but the terrorists, then we can bomb the ass wipes back to Kingdom Come!

Posted by: DickHead at May 11, 2005 10:51 PM (Vc7PO)

7 When are you planning to leave Afganistan? If both bin Laden and al Zarqawi are dead/dying, there are no serious terrorist leaders alive to fear in there, except George Bush senior and junior, but they only terrorize armed Muslims in countries with oil, so there's no need to expect anything of them.

Posted by: A Finn at May 12, 2005 04:42 AM (cWMi4)

8 "Let them keep killing all the "innocent civilians". So, when they are done, there's nobody left but the terrorists, then we can bomb the ass wipes back to Kingdom Come! "-Dick Head An example of Zionazism stripped of its phony veneer. Dick Head expresses what each of you feel but are ashamed to admit. Your goal is total genocide. How is this different than the Nazis? You have a mental illness. Forget medication, get some psychoanalysis. Filthy Blood Lusters!

Posted by: greg at May 12, 2005 08:46 AM (/+dAV)

9 smelly mathafucker

Posted by: rody fabila at May 12, 2005 10:51 AM (K9SYG)

10 Dude, you've got to retake your blog.

Posted by: Leopold Stotch at May 12, 2005 11:05 AM (p8Vri)

11 Actually what I heard was taht Zarqawi was just doing some character research. I heard he has been cast as one of the major zombies in the new remake of Night of the Living dead.

Posted by: Butch at May 12, 2005 12:18 PM (Gqhi9)

12 FLASHBACK: 'Iraq was Invaded to Secure Israel,' says Senator Hollings, and 'Everybody Knows It.' Â“When a prominent American political figure speaks boldly about Jewish-Zionist power, that's news. So the recent remarks by South Carolina's senior Senator that Iraq was invaded "to secure Israel," and that "everybody" in Washington knows it, are indeed remarkable.Â” http://www.ihr.org/news/040716_hollings.shtml I remember this cartoon when I was a kid. It was about two dogs, a small smart one and a big stupid one. The smart small dog would bully the stupid big dog physically and intellectually, slapping him in the chops at will. This is the sort of power Israel holds over America. Do you feel that Israeli dick in your ass? You should. The Mossad and the CIA engineered 9-11 to manipulate you. In so doing they killed our Constitutional Republic. It is up to us to reestablish the Republic and seek justice for the betrayal of America. But Greg, our government would never attack its own people. Yes it would. In the following declassified document you can read about how our government had developed a plan to shoot down a plane full of Americans so they could blame the Cubans in order to justify an invasion. Kennedy rejected this plan, but he had much more character than Bush. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/northwoods.pdf

Posted by: greg at May 12, 2005 02:38 PM (/+dAV)

13 Rusty, frankly if I was you, I wouldn't want any one posting links to IHR in my blog. For that matter, the anti-semites don't wash the floor after they piddle on it.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at May 12, 2005 03:47 PM (xauGB)

14 Robin, No one is posting links to IHR on YOUR blog.

Posted by: greg at May 12, 2005 03:56 PM (/+dAV)

15 Anyone hear that Twilight Zone music?

Posted by: Oyster at May 12, 2005 05:28 PM (YudAC)

16 Oyster I may be wrong but i dont think the A Finn that is posting is the A finn we think he is.

Posted by: sparky at May 12, 2005 05:56 PM (F1nba)

17 greg and AFinn, do you guys smoke crack, perchance???...you should stop, a mind is a terrible thing to waste...that is if you have minds left...nuff said...oh one last thing...stop watching "Conspiracy Theory" so much, would ya???

Posted by: THANOS35 at May 12, 2005 08:26 PM (mZYh2)

18 I've always been the same Finn, at least I've never seen any other Finn-comments than those I've written myself.

Posted by: A Finn at May 13, 2005 04:04 AM (cWMi4)

19 No, I don't do drugs, but since 1-6 oz of pure alcohol per day in the form of lager or other dark beer prevents various cancers, wounds and digestion problems in the food processing system, keeps flus, coughs and blood clogs away, cleans the whole system, burns colesterole, prevents osteoporosis and creates a feeling of pleasance (most of this only in people who don't smoke), my alcohol consumption may have an effect on my writings and opinions.

Posted by: A Finn at May 13, 2005 04:15 AM (cWMi4)

20 What I would really really really like to know, is how is the cat hunting legalization process in Wisconsin doing? Also, the wholphins are a thing that demands some attention.

Posted by: A Finn at May 13, 2005 04:27 AM (cWMi4)

21 Never seen any movies titled "Conspiracy Theory", so I've probably never seen it unless they've shown it under the Finnish title as a "Lauantaiaction"-movie on MTV3.

Posted by: A Finn at May 13, 2005 04:46 AM (cWMi4)

22 Oh that movie... Julia Roberts looked annoying as usual, never watched the movie from start to the end, just some good action parts. Same kind of "what you think is true, is really true even if every ounce of reason in you says it's not true"-stuff Matrix was all about. Oh yeah: Gillette - the best way to get rid of unwanted Bush

Posted by: A Finn at May 13, 2005 04:55 AM (cWMi4)

23 >>*if I was you*, I wouldn't want any one posting links to IHR in my blog. > >No one is posting links to IHR on YOUR blog. Reading comprehension obviously isn't greg's forte. (Hmm...maybe I should rewrite the above with fewer polysyllabic words so he'll be sure to understand what I'm saying.) In other words, greg, you're not very good at getting the meaning of what you read.

Posted by: salfter at May 13, 2005 11:45 AM (+Epz5)

24 Safter's a retard.

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 01:55 PM (/+dAV)

25 That still puts him two standard deviation's above your IQ, greg.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at May 13, 2005 02:44 PM (xauGB)

26 Sorry finn just seems like sometimes your different people it must be me

Posted by: sparky at May 13, 2005 02:58 PM (F1nba)

27 Or that lager

Posted by: sparky at May 13, 2005 03:18 PM (F1nba)

28 Robin must be out of diesel fuel for her vibrator again. PLAUPTHUMP PLAUPTHUMP PLAUPTHUMP!

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 03:51 PM (/+dAV)

29 Robin, "deviation's"?

Posted by: greg at May 13, 2005 03:54 PM (/+dAV)

30 hmmmmmmm, A Finn comes back with smart ass remarks...."pure alcohol" would probally kill you, Finn...you know, moonhsine....would make you go blind as it eats youre brain away....so if you are drinking that, it explains youre madness....and greg???....are you 12 years old???....you gotta be in that area what with the lowbrow, middle school cracks of a sexual nature.....oh yea, youre just so fuckin funny, i just bust a rib....NOT...ill stick with George Carlin if i wanna laugh....nuff said

Posted by: THANOS35 at May 13, 2005 10:28 PM (mZYh2)

31 Pure alcohol as in an amount of pure alcohol included in the stuff one is drinking... It's impossible to make 100% pure alcohol that stays liquid.

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