November 11, 2005

Canadian Jihad Website Shuts Down

Jihad Unspun, an English language website devoted to supporting terrorism, is shutting down. The Canadian based website was notorious for its overt support of terrorists actively engaged in fighting against fellow Canadian citizens.

The website claims it is shutting down because of a "decline in credible third party information sources and a lack of translation resources."

However, sources close to The Jawa Report claim that Jihad Unspun and its publisher, Khadija Abdul Qahaarbeen, have been under criminal investigation by Canadian authorities for some time. In addition to calling for armed resistance against Canadian troops in Afghanistan the website routinely publishes content which could be construed as 'hate speech' under Canadian law.

In April the U.S. State Department posted on its Web site an article entitled, A Trio of Disinformers: Islam Memo, Muhammad Abu Nasr, and Jihad Unspun." After noting that the Web site was owned by a Canadian woman who converted to Islam the article commented, "'Jihad Unspun' has a track record of spreading very unreliable allegations." (UPI)

The website has published many inflammatory articles in the past. For instance, Jihad Unspun published an article claiming that a U.S. soldier murdered a little girl on a bet.

GOOD RIDDANCE.

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Stolen Valor and the Forgotten Faker

Interesting and thorough Veteran's Day piece by Anne Morse up over at the Weekly Standard on the phenomenon of people pretending to be war heroes. She notes that they almost always are given away by the magnitude of their lies; they're rarely content just to have been involved in a firefight or seeing a little action, but typically fabricate an improbably romanticized history as a Ranger or SEAL or death-dealing CIA operative (e.g., ahem, a CIA gunrunner behind the lines in Cambodia).

She finishes up talking about the execrable Jimmy Massey, the Marine Sergeant who spread slanderous lies about the awful things our servicemen had done to Iraqi civilians. It's good to keep wailing on Massey, but Morse forgot someone important. Someone the Left wants you to forget. Do y'all remember Micah Wright?

Micah Wright pretended to be a Ranger in Panama and built pretty much his whole career around that big fat stinkin' lie. And apparently he was one of those "you can't have an opinion if you haven't served, man!" types, who parlayed his attitude into a book deal and a lot of anti-war publicity. I first heard about this amazing, bald-faced lying liar over a year ago on what was then a pretty new blog--a fresh faced, take-on-all-comers tyro named Ace of Spades. Now little ol' Ace is all grown up and has his own radio show and everything--but you'll want to check out these cute snapshots from when he was just knee-high to a bloghopper and hadn't yet mastered singular pronouns.

And then you'll really want to skip over to Michele of ASV for her gleefully thorough dismantling of every last scrap of this wretched fake's dignity.

The unmasking of Micah Wright, who was emerging unquestioned into the mainstream as an anti-war voice, remains an unsung triumph of the blogosphere. If you are browsing on Veteran's Day, check out those links and give thanks that bloggers are out there relentlessly fact-checking the MSM's take on the war--and thereby honoring our fighting men.

UPDATE: While Michelle and Jim Treacher deserve credit for fact-checking Wright, keeping the pressure on him, and goading him into demonstrable lies, Washington Post reporter Richard Leiby is the one who got suspicious and filed FOIA requests for Wright's service record--and published an expose on May 2, 2004.

Another good account, by a victim of Wright's self-righteousness-ray, is here. Kevin Parrotts' summary of the event includes this important point about why remembering Wright's deception is important:

As a matter of fact, I think Micah Wright will end up getting more work and making more money off his lies than before they were discovered.

And that's the second reason I almost didn't write this. I have the feeling Micah Wright already knows what I just stated, and is eating up every minute of what's been going on. Micah wins.

Oh, sure, his new book of remixed WWII posters has been cancelled (for now), but no one I've read on the Net seems to have picked up on the hidden message in this sentence from the Seven Stories website:

The author's introduction will be removed from any future printings of YOU BACK THE ATTACK.
and again, from the Washington Post article which exposed him:

It also will remove from future printings of the first book his detailed and wholly fictional account of parachuting into Panama under fire during Operation Just Cause.
Instead of leaving in the lie, and providing some extra editorial commentary to place the incident in proper context, they're going to make it disappear. Just like it never happened at all.

And as for the "cancellation", I'll bet you'll see If You're Not A Terrorist...Then Stop Asking Questions! in print before the end of the year. They're going to wait for things to cool off a bit - then the presses will roll, Amazon will relist, and the Ranger scandal will never be mentioned again. Like it never happened at all.

DC comics will delay publication of his Vigilante series for a few months, because in a few months all of this will have blown over and no one will remember it. There are a lot of people working behind the scenes in different ways to make sure no one remembers it, I'm guessing.

Everyone loves and rewards a liar, it seems. Jayson Blair got a book contract; Stephen Glass got a book contract and ended up being played by Young Darth Vader on the silver screen. What will Micah get?


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Veteran's Day

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It's Veteran's Day.

Memorial Day is when we honor those that died to give us our freedom.

Veteran's Day is the day when you have your chance to say thanks, alive and in person, to those who will soon be memorialized.

I'm not naive, I know many of you do that every chance you get.

I served but never fought, and in some ways that disappoints me. But then I look back at my experience in the Navy and I realize that no matter what, my time in the Navy will guide me well for the rest of my life.

So I say thanks to all of those who went in before me, whose cumulative wisdom helped me become the man I am today.

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We Are All French Today

And so it begins. What many of us thought of as a purely American media tendency to portray police or soldiers as villains while exalting criminals and terrorists is a French sport, as well.

From NEWS.com.au:

TF1, the television channel, showed a young Arab on the outskirts of Lyons objecting politely about the insulting manner of an officer who had demanded his identity papers.
"You want me to take you to a transformer?" the officer sneers back, referring to the electricity station where two teenagers were electrocuted while fleeing an identity check.

The incident sparked the riots.[merde de boeuf - Bluto]

"We don't give a shit if your estate calms down," said the officer, using the disrespectful "tu" rather than "vous".

"In fact, the more it gets f...ed up the happier we are."

Just when the French thought the Intifada was quieting down, a French Kevin Sites has decided to heat things up again. So a cop, who has probably been on duty for days, got fed up with a smartass remark from some arrogant pimple farmer. This minor incident needs to be reported all over the world (NEWS.com.au is an Australian outlet) and used as justification for the Muslim insurrection in Europe? No wonder the US has to step in and save these effeminate jackasses time after time.

A little further on we get some insight into why a cop in France might be a wee bit on edge:

"Casser les keufs" - beating up cops - is what they like doing best, say the young wreckers.

"We torch a car and when the keufs turn up, the fun starts," a teenager said with typical bravado at a northeast Paris estate.

When no cops are available perhaps these little chameaux sales might get into a little "casser les journalistes". Then you can bet you'll see editorials demanding more aggressive police presence.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto, where the French are mocked openly, sometimes in their own language.

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November 10, 2005

Look Up In The Sky! It's A Dictator, It's An Islamofascistprick, Its..

...The Chinless Wonder!

Analysis: Syria's Leader Remains an Enigma

Had it not been for the premature death of the eldest son of the Assad clan, Bashar al-Assad might well be enjoying the quiet life of a private medical practice in Damascus, or London, or perhaps Paris, as he speaks both English and French.

"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England." [er...Syria, - ed.]

But when his brother was killed in an automobile accident in 1994, his father, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad called him home from studies in London and began grooming him for a political life. Six years later, Hafez died and Bashar al-Assad was Syria's new president.

At the recent annual conference of the Middle East Institute in Washington, journalist and political analyst Hisham Melhem of al-Arabiya TV said that was one of the few mistakes by the wily Hafez al-Assad.

"One day, lad, all this will be yours."

"What, the curtains?"

"No, not the curtains, lad, all that you can see stretched out over the valleys and the hills! That'll be your kingdom, lad."

"But I would argue that one of his biggest mistakes, if you will, was to bequeath the realm, so to speak, to his son, a 35-year old inexperienced young man," he said. "Now, Bashar's era shows, I would argue, the pitfalls of political inheritance in the Arab world. And it's very hard, five years after he began his rule, to point out to a single domestic, regional or international decision that this regime made that was wise or farsighted. And I'm not being harsh on him."

"You fell out of the tall tower, you creep!"

"I was saved at the last minute."

But speaking at the Middle East Institute, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh warned against any rush to judgment of Syria, saying the United States has an agenda in the region.

"I'm exceedingly skeptical, and I have been all along, of the point of view of what happened to Hariri," said Mr. Hersh. "The American point of view is that it was Syria with the aid of some people in Lebanon. Despite all the back and forth about how the American press corps was totally manipulated, to its embarrassment, about WMD, I would still argue, we're still being totally manipulated by this administration about Syria and Lebanese involvement."

"Oh, fair one, behold, I am your humble servant Sir Launcelot Seymour. I have come to take...Oh, I'm terribly sorry!"

"You got my note!"

"Uh, well, I got a note."

"You've come to rescue me! I knew someone would! I knew that somewhere out there, there must be someone who..."

All this time, there's been something nagging in the back of my brain about Bashar the Chinless Wonder Assad.

Just tonight it hit me. He reminds me of the fruity prince from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.



Heh. First time I've ever been able to fisk something using movie quotes, but then, O Chinless One makes it all too easy.


Cross posted at VAM

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The New Red Crystal

Next month, representatives from 192 signatories to the Geneva Conventions are scheduled to meet to discuss adding a new emblem to represent the Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations. The new emblem is called the "Red Crystal."

Red Cross, Crescent, Crystal
Red Cross - Red Crescent - Red Crystal

The Swiss government is attempting to introduce the new emblem for use by national groups that reject the current Red Cross or Red Crescent. The Red Crystal would have no national, religious, or cultural connotations.

If adopted, it's believed the new emblem would also clear the way for Israel's membership. However, despite the good intentions of the Swiss, I'm convinced that Israel's membership won't occur easily and without controversy.

All that said, my thinking is that the new emblem looks more like a red square or a red diamond, not a red crystal.


[Update 11/11/05]

Interestingly, the geniuses in Geneva might want to consider the fact that the 'Red Crystal' is already being used as a firing range target. Sporting the 'Red Crystal' emblem in the confusion of battle could be a problem.

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Academic Freedom

Rusty wrote about this case the other day, but there's a new writeup here. This is the one where a tenured prof e-mailed a grad student blogger's faculty advisers to tell them he was pro life and get him in trouble.

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ACLU Can Now Accept Money From Terrorists

Hat tip: Stop The ACLU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and 12 other national non-profit organizations today said they have successfully challenged Office of Personnel Management's Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) requirements that all participating charities check their employees and expenditures against several government watch lists for "terrorist activities" and that organizations certify that they do not contribute funds to organizations on those lists.

Well, now that is something to be excited about for the ACLU. Now they can knowingly accept money from terrorists. Furthermore, they can now contribute funds to people on terrorist watch lists.

This is a major victory for non-profit organizations that refused to be subjected to vague government requirements forcing us to become law enforcement officers for the federal government," said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. "We feel vindicated. List checking is not and has not been required by law."

Romero was referring to the Office of Personnel Management's final regulation posted in the Federal Register earlier this week, saying that it is dropping list-checking requirements. The regulation states: "Under the final rule, effective for 2006 and subsequent campaigns, OPM does not mandate that applicants check the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List or the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL)."

What a load of crap. Someone please explain what the CFC are thinking here. The ACLU refused this money at first, and refused to obey by the rules of the CFC. They later found a loop hole, by saying, "hey, notice the word "knowingly"? We could just not check the list, and then we could say we didn't know." Clever, eh? So they continued to get the money. Other organizations that tried to give the ACLU money and abide by the rules of the CFC were downright refused by the ACLU.

In October of 2004, the ACLU turned down $1.15 million in funding from two of it's most generous and loyal contributors, the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, saying new anti-terrorism restrictions demanded by the institutions make it unable to accept their funds.

"The Ford Foundation now bars recipients of its funds from engaging in any activity that "promotes violence, terrorism, bigotry, or the destruction of any state."

The Rockefeller Foundation's provisions state that recipients of its funds may not "directly or indirectly engage in, promote, or support other organizations or individuals who engage in or promote terrorist activity."

Well, no worries now! Its victory for the ACLU, as they put it. Its victory for those who want to harm America, thats what it is.

In 2003, the CFC generated more than $248 million from approximately 1,345,000 federal employees, according to the ACLU. The funds went to more than 10,000 participating non-profits that support our country's health and education systems, the arts and the environment, childrens' services and religious life. CFC contributions earmarked for the ACLU typically totaled about $500,000 per year; as a result of the policy, the organization lost more than $1 million in contributions.

Money, money, money, money!!!! Thats what the ACLU's talking about! I wonder what kind of religious life the ACLU are seeking to protect with this money. Most decent organizations wouldn't mind making sure their money didn't go to America's enemies, but for some strange reason the ACLU found this requirement burdensome. Oh, thats right, they are not decent.

"Watch list requirements and other misguided policies of today remind us of the now- discredited anti-Communist list checking of the early 1950's," said Romero. "It is no more justified now than it was then."

When was the anti-Communist list discredited? Oh, it was discredited by the ACLU's rewritten history. It was discredited because the ACLU say so.

Here's what the CFC letter said.

"I certify that as of (date), the organization in this application does not knowingly employ individuals or contribute funds to organizations found on the following terrorist related lists promulgated by the U.S. Government, the United Nations, or the European Union. Presently these lists include the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals List, the Department of Justice's Terrorist Exclusion List, and the list annexed to Executive Order 13224. Should any change of circumstances occur during the year OPM will be notified within 15 days of such change."

Obviously the ACLU had a problem exluding terrorists from its funds and employment. What a shame. It begs two major questions here. Why would the ACLU have a problem exluding its funds from terrorists? And what is the CFC thinking by dropping this?

I don't know about you, but I feel safer already. Thanks ACLU!

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DEATH TO AL-ZAQUEERY

Yes my pet name for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi but I’m not the only one who wants him dead now. Today there were massive demonstrations in Jordan calling for Mr Zaqueery to quote “Burn in Hell”. Now there is one group of chanting protesters I can agree with. Early in the year it was apparent after the bombings in Egypt that Al-Qaeda in Iraq’s methods caused political problems for them. Mr. Zaqueery must have a short memory for now he has bombed Jordan. Moslems even those who sympathize with the cause or the root cause can no longer deny the pure evil of the Al-Qaeda doctrine. Even Palestine whom Al-Qaeda claims to be helping finds itself today a victim of the terrorists who kill in a cowardly random fashion. Coupled with protests in Morocco last week it is now apparent that the war on terror will be won. Both our pressure and the pure evil of their tactics have put the writing on the wall. The harder they try the more people hate them including peoples all over the Middle East. The world is shrinking every day for Al-Qaeda soon they will be history.

Palestinians murdered by Al-Qaeda this week CNN:

Officials from other governments, however, were among the dead. Four Palestinians, including Maj. Gen. Bashir Nafeh, head of Palestinian military intelligence, died in the blast at the Grand Hyatt, said chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat. Also killed was Col. Abed Allun; Jihad Fattouh, the brother of the Palestinian parliament speaker; and Mosab Khoma, Erakat said. The four were on their way back from Cairo, Egypt, he said, adding his condemnation of the attacks.

Way to go moron yeah you Zaqueery you rat bastard son of a thousand dogs.

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Chief Bomb Maker for Jemaah Islamiyah Splodes Himself.

He saved the Indonesians the trouble and as far as I know the 27 raisins donÂ’t count when you blow yourself up to avoid capture. Nope no raisins for you Mr Azahari Husin maybe if you had been Japanese and used Saki and a sword, looser!!!! Mr. Husin has been pursued relentlessly by Indonesian police and had been quite slippery barely escaping several times. Today his luck ran out.

CNN: The Australian-educated Azahari is accused of being a mastermind behind the deadly Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005Â… Â… Azahari Husin, a Malaysian in his late 40s, was believed to be the bomb expert for the Islamic terror network Jemaah Islamiyah, and to have written its bomb manual.

Dead manÂ’s profile on TKB but his business has been taken care of.

Filthy seems pleased.

When informed of the passing of Mr. Husin my Aussie cube mate said, “Cool!”


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The Politics of Identity and the Birth of a Meme

Max Boot has about the best analysis of the French riots, and their underlying causes, that I've seen. (h/t: Instapundit) It incorporates insights like those of Gabriel Gonzolez at Winds of Change without leaving the false impression that multiculturalism has been vindicated. But it isn't quite clear enough, for my taste, about why multiculturalism is bound to be a failed experiment.

The false account that is emerging is this: France has had a legacy of "assimilation" that derives from its history of colonialism, and in that view all assimilated peoples, of whatever race or religion, are "French." The argument is that this "assimilation paradigm" leaves no place for an independent ethnic identity, so its attempts to force everyone into a single category are bound to fail. Stating the problem this way leads to the conclusion that France simply hasn't been sufficiently multicultural. It's a convenient way of looking at the problem if one wants to avoid the obvious criticism that multiculturalism might be the problem, rather than the solution.

The flaw in this perspective is that it ought to be obvious to even the casual observer that the problem isn't that France has assimilated all of its colonial aspirants into the single "idea" of Gaulic Nationhood, but that it has utterly failed to do so. And the reason, as Boot points out, is also rather obvious: It's easier for an individual from an ethnic or religious minority to think of himself as American than French, because being American isn't a matter of ethnicity, while being French... is. The problem is one of identity.

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British Muslim Threatens to Behead Bush, Mutilate Former President's Wife


A terrorist supporter from Bolton, England wishes he could behead the President of the United States and mutilate the former first lady, Barbara Bush. Here is a comment he left on a post about terrorists beheading an Iraqi:

FUK U ALL AMERICAN FUKKKKK EVERY MUTHA FUKIN AMERICAN FUKK GEORGE BUSH I WISH I CUD BEHEAD HIS ASS N CUT HIS MUMZ NIPZ OFF BUSH U DIEEE MUTHA FUKA N BLAIR U BURN IN HELL 2 N EVRY1 HU SUPPORT IM DIE WIV EM DIEE ALL U COWARD WYT BAASTARDZZ DIEEE U ALL GON GOT BEHEADED U BASTARDZ!!!....

Y DA FUK IZZIT DAT SUMFIN HAPPNZ N AMERICA ALWAYZ CHT SHIT BUSH FINKZ HES IT N HES DA MAN WEL HE GON DIE LYK AN ANIMAL

Hmm, I believe that such speech is illegal in Britain. Even if it comes from a wanna-be gangsta punk.

He also wants you to know that hurricane Katrina is Allah's retribution for too much drinking and too many girls, er, dancing:

W8 N C NO WONDA AMERICA GETIN FLOODED OH N YALL TELIN US 2 BLEEV UR GOD JESUS?? GOD BLESS AMERICA?? WERS GOD WEN ITS GETIN FLOODED?? DATS CUMIN FROM GOD AS A PUNISHMENT N U FUKIN SHITBAGZ DESERV IT FUK YALL HU SPORT BUSH N BLAIR COZ U GON DIE WIV EM NOT CUMIN FROM NO TERRORISTS NOT CUMIN FROM NO MUSLIMZ NOT CUMIN FROM NO1 DATS CUMIN FROM GODD!! N DRINKIN DANCIN GIRLZ N ALL DAT SHIT U TOKIN BOUT?
Oh, and Allah bless bin Laden:
ISLAM 4 LYF TIL DEF N DA END GOD IS WIV MUSLIMZ GOD IS WIV BIN LADEN -MEMBA DA FRASE( U CAN RUN BUT U CNT HYD?) WELL FINK TWICE BIN LADEN MDE DA IMPOSSIBLE REALITY N U WIL NEVA FIND IM COZ GOD IS WIV UZ!!
In another message he puts Jawa readers to a challenge
EVERY SINGLE MUTHA FUKA ON ERE U GOTA A PROBLEM DEN CUM FUK WID ME IF U GOT BALLZ!! YALL PUSSYZ SCARED OF BIN LADEN

Why not drop da hustla a line? He did invite you. nazam04@hotmail.com You don't need to be civil, but since numnuts did leave a valid IP this has been reported to the authorities in Britain, so don't say anything that could be construed as a threat.

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Complaining About Big Breasts, Small Butts

Check out a recent feminist complaint from Australia.

A beer advertisement championing females with large breasts and a small behind has been slammed as portraying Australians as "a bunch of crude, sexist yobbos." The Foster's beer ad has been seen extensively throughout the Russian Federation. It depicts a bikini with a small top and a large bottom above the caption "the law of life." Below that is a bikini with a large top and a small bottom captioned "the law of Foster's."

The ad has prompted an angry response from Australian women. Women's Electoral Lobby Australia chairwoman Eva Cox said: "It is bloody stupid. "Why would they bother antagonising a whole pile of women who could drink Foster's? "Companies have got to get a bit smarter about this sort of stuff." (more)

Now, excuse me for being dense about this, but why would women be antagonized for being physically attractive? One could easily believe that Eva Cox wants women, in general, and any reference to female physical attributes, in particular, to be excluded from all advertising. Why? I don't know, but I'd suggest that this woman named Eva Cox would benefit from a day of stiff homonyms. She needs to lighten up.

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Al Qaeda Claims Amman Blasts

According to a an unverified statement on an Islamist website, Al Qaeda in Iraq takes responsibility for the triple bomb attacks on Amman hotels.

From ABC News Online:

"A group of our best lions launched a new attack on some dens," the statement said.

"After casing the targets, some hotels were chosen which the Jordanian despot turned into a backyard for the enemies of the faith, the Jews and crusaders."

The statement was signed by a spokesman for Al Qaeda in Iraq.

The admission comes as no surprise since al Qaeda was suspected from the very beginning. That said, it is odd that many hours transpired before they claimed responsibility.

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Perspective

Scooter Libby, SCOTUS, off year elections...

Kristallnacht.

History has a bad habit of slapping us with the hand of reality, doesn't it?

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The New Troll From Seoul

Some of you readers have expressed your irritation at a persistent troll in the comments section calling itself "Route Irish". The IP traces back to Seoul, just like another infamous lefty spamtard we used to have around here.

Such creatures never engage in debate, they just come in and leave links to "From the Wilderness" and droll asides like BUSHY McCHIMPHITLERBACON!!!.

Do other bloggers have this persistent problem of Kim-Jong-Illin' Commie-troll Nork-Porkers leaving anti-American scat in their comments? Or is the Jawa Report just unusually fortunate?

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November 09, 2005

Idle Speculation

I wonder whether the imminent attack that was foiled in Australia was planned to go down today. It would be consistent with Al Qaeda's M.O. to try to arrange simultaneous attacks--and quite ambitious to try it on different continents.

UPDATE: Commenter Patrick points out that it's 11-9.

Or as the English and many other countries would represent the date, it's 09/11/2005.

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Explosions in Amman, Jordan

(Amman, Jordan) Eighteen people are reported dead from explosions at three major Amman hotels about two hours ago. Suicide bombers are suspected. More than 120 injured.

From the JPost:

"The attacks carry the trademark of al-Qaida," one police official said on condition of anonymity in line with police regulations. "However it is not certain. We are investigating."

The explosions struck the Grand Hyatt, Radisson SAS and Days Inn hotels. A police officer at the Radisson site said it was caused "apparently by a bomb."

The hotels, in the commercial Jebel Amman district, are frequented by American and European businessmen and diplomats. The Radisson, in particular, is popular with Israeli tourists, and was a target of several foiled al-Qaida plots in the past.

Developing ...


[Update 1625 EST]

From Reuters, at least 23 people are now reported dead from three suspected suicide bombers in the three hotels.

The explosion at the Radisson Hotel occurred in a banquet room where 300 people were attending a wedding reception. The room was adjacent to a bar which security sources believe was the intended target.

The stone entrance to the Grand Hyatt was completely shattered. Hyatt General Manager Otto Steenbeek stated the explosion was in the bar area and caused many casualties.

The blasts came without warning or any hint from intelligence. Thus far, no claims of responsibility have been received.

Television news reports that suicide bombers are believed to have walked into the hotels. Videotape surveillance footage should be available. Similarities are being drawn to last month's bombings in Bali where suicide bombers walked into restaurants.


[Update 1640 EST]

Fox News reports that a Jordanian security force spokesman has confirmed that there are 53 dead. The explosions are believed to be the first organized simultaneous terrorist attacks in Jordan.


[Update 1700 EST]

From Lawhawk, it seems there may have been some warning that Jordan was a target for an imminent attack. Check out Hammorabi who posts an alert that Zarqawi has been planning an attack in Jordan. The source of the information is not clear.


[Update 1745 EST]

(via television newscasts) The Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher said there were two suicide bombers and a car bomb. The Hyatt and Radisson were attacked by suicide walk-ins, the Days Inn was attacked with a car bomb. The death toll has increased to 57.

The AP reports approximately 300 wounded. The borders of Jordan have been sealed and a search is underway for collaborators.

Jordan's King Abdullah blamed a "deviant and misled group" for the attacks. The Jordanian cabinet is in an emergency session.

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'Deport non-French rioters'

Sacre Bleu! A Frenchman actually displaying some stones.

Paris - Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday issued orders for non-French rioters convicted in the wave of urban violence to be deported - a measure directed at youths of Arab and African background living in the high-immigrant neighbourhoods involved in the unrest.

Sarkozy told prefects, or regional governors, to apply the order to foreigners including those who have valid French residency visas.

He told parliament that "120 foreigners, not all of whom are here illegally, have been convicted" of taking part in the nightly rampages that have occurred since October 27.

"I have asked the prefects to deport them from our national territory without delay, including those who have a residency visa," he said.

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WTW On the Elevator with KISS.

IÂ’m sorry IÂ’m just beyond words this is a whole new level of suckage.

You canÂ’t believe your eyes (or ears)
What you heard werenÂ’t lies
My love is too much to hold
This canÂ’t be sold, Oh NOOOOO!!!!!.

Here are your White Trash Wednesday bloggers

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