Jerusalem dedicates 9/11 monument

(Ynet) Eight years after deadly terror attack on United States that took thousands of lives, including those of five Israelis, Jerusalem dedicates monument to victims, including all 2,980 names, nationalities.

"All the feelings that we've been through came back to me, tears simply fell from my eyes," said Miriam Avraham, who lost her daughter Alona in the New York City World Trade Center attack eight years ago. Abraham attended a ceremony dedicating a new Jerusalem monument in memory of the victims of the September 11 attack on the United States.

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France: Israel's Attack Option On Iran Is Very Much 'Alive'

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."

(Ynet) In a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy got the impression that as far as Israel is concerned, the military option against Iran's nuclear plans is very much alive, and he was sure to pass this message on to Syrian President Bashar Assad, "knowledgeable" French sources told al-Hayat newspaper.

According to the report published in the Arabic-language, London-based newspaper on Saturday, during the meeting that took place between Assad and Sarkozy on Friday, the Syrian president said Tehran's steps should be closely watched and not rejected automatically.

Sarkozy said in response that he believes no false expectations should be developed in the matter of Iran's position.

According to the French sources, Sarkozy warned in the meeting that if talks do not yield results, this could lead to a sensitive situation, especially in light of the fact that military opposition from Israel is a real possibility.

The sources said that Sarkozy got this impression from Netanyahu during their meeting last week.

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Netanyahu: If Palestinians act unilaterally, so will Israel

In response to the Palestinian not-so-veiled threat of seeking UN backing to their unilateral declaration of statehood, Israel made a counter threat that any unilateral Palestinian steps will result in unilateral Israeli steps.

(Haaretz) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel would respond to any unilateral Palestinian steps - particularly declarations of statehood - with one-sided steps of its own.

This was the prime minister's first response to a Palestinian initiative to ask the United Nations Security Council to endorse a Palestinian state, seen as an appeal for international backing.

In his address to the Saban Forum in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said that Israel wants negotiations toward a full peace accord. There is no substitute for negotiations, he said, and unilateral action would only unravel earlier agreements between Israel and the Palestinians.

"There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and any unilateral path will only unravel the framework of agreements between us and will only bring unilateral steps from Israel's side," Netanyahu said.

The path to peace in the Middle East was at the negotiating table, said Netanyahu, adding that he was not interested in "negotiating for the sake of negotiations."

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Report: J Street Collaborates With Iran Lobby

On Friday, the Washington Times' Eli Lake broke a story detailing the alleged lobbying activities of the National Iranian American Council. If proven true, the group's lobbying would be a violation of federal law.

Ben Smith at Politico has dug deepeer to find that the liberal lobbying group J Street collaborated with NIAC on its pro-Iran agenda.

"Participants in the discussions include NIAC as well as the liberal Jewish group J Street, anti-war groups like Peace Action and the American Friends Service Committee, and the business lobby that opposes Iran sanctions, USA*Engage."

All this leads Jennifer Rubin at Contentions to ask: "It seems as though the issue as to whether J Street is 'pro-Israel' has been superseded by another. Now we must ask: is it pro-mullah?"

Terry the Irish Taliban

(Pakistan) Irish male nurse Terry Kelly no longer goes by that name and today requests to known as Khalid.

Born in Dublin, Khalid left for a so called better life working at the King Faisal hospital. Problem being, Khalid got nicked and sent down for bootlegging. While inside, he met an Afghan who introduced him to radical Islam, and with the fires of jihad burning inside, Khalid did the best thing going and moved to England. There he met a pure Pakistani woman who opened her legs and bore him a child. However, Khalid the Muslim felt there was something missing from his life, so leaving his wife and child behind to live a life on benefits, Khalid up sticks and moved to Pakistan in which to fight the good fight.

Which is where the London Times met and interviewed him. During his 15 seconds of fame, Khalid expressed a wish to meet and fight the British Army or, if that isn’t possible, an American soldier will do. He also expressed the view that Ireland is a legitimate target because it allows the US to run an embassy within its borders.

Yup, Terry the Taliban with his 5 hours of training on the M16 (who admits to being out of shape) considers himself to be a soldier of war and ready to fight the good fight.

I’m sure that if the Pakistani army don’t slot him, the Brits or the Yanks will kindly oblige. The thing for wannabe terrorists like Terry, is that once they are caught, all they do is cry, cry and cry.

Which, I'm sure, Terry will do as he lies dying in some rat infested gutter after getting shot by his side.

Palestinians to Seek U.N. Endorsement of Statehood

Heh. Not going to happen.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian officials said Sunday they are preparing to ask the United Nations to endorse an independent state without Israel's consent because they are losing faith in the peace talks.

The idea appeared to be largely symbolic. The U.S., Israel's closest ally, would likely veto any initiative at the United Nations, and Israel controls the areas where the Palestinians want to establish their homeland. Nonetheless, the move reflected growing Palestinian frustration with the deadlock in peace efforts.

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Pissed off British Soldiers

(Afghanistan) In a multi-attack operation designed to give substance to the Left in the West, the Taliban has launched a number of attacks in which to follow up on their success of murdering 5 British soldiers inside a police station by an Afghan policeman.

Unfortunately for the Taliban, the Grenadier Guards were waiting for them and they walked into an ambush which saw 60 of the bBC's favourite freedom fighters go to Paradise without collecting $200.

Kicking off the ambush were 2 teams of snipers who took out the lead men of the Taliban attacks. This was followed up by the fire teams inside who took out the main attackers. And this was all finished off by how a Javelin missile was used to take out a meeting by the Taliban leaders.

Problem is, just like what transpired in Vietnam, the left-wing media in the UK (The bBC) promotes this vision that we are all losing and that we should pull out of Afghanistan and concentrate on the defence of the UK. Which, funny enough, is what they said when we had troops in Iraq but instead of defending the UK they quoted Afghanistan.

Amazing how the Left keep on changing their minds in line with the weather.

CNN Report: Spreading Islam in Britain

November 12, 2009 — Nic Robertson reports on a radical Islamic fringe active in Europe and close to al Qaeda.

White House to Begin Push on Immigration Overhaul in 2010

Obama administration and the Democrats working hard to change the political landscape by bringing 12 million third world voters into the system.

(NYT) The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.

In her first major speech on the overhaul, Ms. Napolitano dispelled any suggestion that the administration — with health care, energy and other major issues crowding its agenda — would postpone the most contentious piece of immigration legislation until after midterm elections next November.

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Bombshel Video From 2007: Obama Says KSM Will Get ‘Full Military Trial’

Of course, as we now know, it was a lie.

Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills 11, including 4 children

Allah's warrior on a suicide mission took out 11, mostly civilians, including 4 children, and the Taliban proudly claimed responsibility hinting that the best is yet to come.

(AP) A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 people, including four children, the latest in a wave of militant attacks that have claimed more than 300 lives in the past month.

On Saturday, a Taliban commander claimed responsibility for that attack and another targeting a police station the same day in neighboring Bannu district. He vowed the violence would continue.

"The suicide bombers were trained by me and I have a lot more volunteers to carry out more attacks," Qari Hussain Mehsud told an Associated Press reporter by telephone. The reporter had met the commander in the past and recognized his voice.

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Muslims must quit British Forces, says Iranian envoy

(UK) While Iran clamps down on the freedom of speech within its own borders, I was very surprised to learn that it is allowed to run an Islamic mission here in the UK which, while on paper is there to administer to the spiritual needs of Iranians living in the UK, it is seen as being used by the theological regime in Tehran in which to keep an eye of Iranian dissidents.

Anyway, in an example of free speech, denied to the vast majority of peoples under Islamic rule, the Iranian special envoy to the UK Ayatollah Moezi has told Muslim servicemen and women to quit the British Armed Forces, saying that their involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is forbidden by Islam.

Yup, the regime which has a proven track record of telling the whole world (but usually the US, UK and Israel) to keep their noses out of Iranian day to day dealings (such as killing its own, stealing elections and purifying uranium), has aired a message to any Muslims serving the British Armed Forces to leave, as it is against Islam.

He also spoke on how the September 11 attacks and the London bombings were wrong, but accused the forces of “Zionist imperialism” of using the atrocities to smear Islam and its followers.

Well, that answers all my questions about how 'Islam' really is a religion of peace.

Chinese greet 'Oba Mao'

And it's not only China where these theme is so popular. Washington, DC too is filled with this crap.

BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese have learned English from his speeches and celebrated the way he rolls up his sleeves. Now President Barack Obama is finally coming, and he's being greeted with "Oba Mao" T-shirts and a statue of him that bursts into flames.

Sunday's arrival of a U.S. president admired for his charisma is already a source of profit and brief fame for some Chinese.

Strangest is the burning Obama, tucked away in a Beijing warehouse. Artist Liu Bolin hopes Obama can take time from his visit to drop by.

"He's so hot right now, so I wanted to translate that through my work," said Liu, who was inspired by the idea of the first black U.S. president.

The bronze Obama bust is modeled on Time magazine's "Man of the Year" cover and is speckled with holes for gas that ignites every couple of minutes.

It's a positive work, Liu said.

"Yes, setting something on fire can have negative connotations, but this piece represents energy and life that Obama has given to the world," said the 38-year-old, who made a similar piece for former revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.

"We're eager to see what he can do for China and U.S. relations."

One Beijing shop owner wanted to see what Obama could do for sales. Liu Mingjie created "Oba Mao" T-shirts, with the president wearing the uniform of the Red Guards, who caused chaos during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.

"It's just kind of avant garde," Liu said of the images, saying they were no longer political, just fashion.

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Ex-congressman William Jefferson (D) gets 13 years in freezer cash case

Jefferson was convicted in August of 11 counts, including bribery and racketeering. According to the prosecution, he took roughly $500,000 in bribes and sought millions more.

Wikipedia describes Jefferson as "an American politician, a convicted felon, and a published author".

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.

The sentence handed down in suburban Washington was far less than the nearly 30 years prosecutors had sought for William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans for nearly 20 years.

Agents investigating the case found $90,000 wrapped in foil and hidden in boxes of frozen pie crusts in his freezer. [...]

Jefferson said nothing in court after he was sentenced. He was convicted in August of 11 counts, including bribery and racketeering. Prosecutors at his two-month trial said he took roughly $500,000 in bribes and sought millions more. He was acquitted of five other charges, including the one most closely associated with the money in his freezer.

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Religion of Peace™ poetry

(MEMRI) "Then We Will Go Inside America, We Will Blow up the Earth of New York; By Using the Plough of Jihad We, We Will Eliminate the Infidels from Earth"

Haftroza Al-Qalam, an Urdu-language weekly Pakistani magazine, has published a poem inciting jihad against the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan. The magazine owes its allegiance to the Sunni militant organization Jaish-e-Muhammad. [...]

The poem, which was published in the November 6-12, 2009 issue of Haftroza Al-Qalam, is written by Maulana Abu Jandal, probably a pen name.

It pays to remember that, according to Obama's Cairo speech, "throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality."

Very funny: Assad asks Obama to draft Israel-Syria peace plan

PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that U.S. President Barack Obama should come up with a firm plan of action to renew peace talks between Syria and Israel.

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Obviously he expects Obama's "plan" to pressure Israel into giving up Golan Heights.

Not going to happen.

Obama to bring 5 terrorists from Gitmo to New York to be tried in civilian court; NYT refers to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as a "9/11 suspect"

NYT: Key 9/11 Suspect to Be Tried in New York.

What could possibly go wrong?

(AP) In the military system, the five Sept. 11 suspects had faced the death penalty, but the official would not say if the Justice Department would also seek capital punishment against the men once they are in the federal system.

The administration has already sent one Guantanamo detainee, Ahmed Ghailani, to New York to face trial, but chose not to seek death in that case.

At the last major trial of al-Qaida suspects held at that courthouse in 2001, prosecutors did seek death for some of the defendants.

Mohammed already has an outstanding terror indictment against him in New York, for an unsuccessful plot called “Bojinka” to simultaneously take down multiple airliners over the Pacific Ocean in the 1990’s.

Some members of Congress have fought any effort to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial in the United States, saying it would be too dangerous for nearby civilians. The Obama administration has defended the planned trials, saying many terrorists have been safely tried, convicted, and imprisoned in the United States, including the 1993 World Trade Center bomber, Ramzi Yousef.

Mohammed and the four others — Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali — are accused of orchestrating the attacks that killed 2,973 people on Sept. 11, 2001.

Mohammed admitted to interrogators that he was the mastermind of the attacks — he allegedly proposed the concept to Osama bin Laden as early as 1996, obtained funding for the attacks from bin Laden, oversaw the operation and trained the hijackers in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Gee, who wouldn't trust Erdogan?

Turkey wants to store Iranian uranium.

(JPost) Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Friday that if asked, his country would be willing to temporarily store Iran's enriched uranium to help defuse a standoff over Western suspicions that Teheran is trying to build an atomic bomb.

Yildiz stated that storing low-level enriched uranium in Turkey would not pose a problem, adding that although such a request had not been made, the issue was still being discussed.

If asked, he concluded, "we would not say no."

The idea that Turkey could play a role in the crisis was raised in an American television interview by IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei, who noted that Turkey, a Muslim country and a NATO member, has good relations with both neighboring Iran and the US.

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"Islam means peace"

(England) How many times have you heard the above? It seems that a man called Mohammed Islam (yes, that is his name) hadn't. Last October he wandered drunk (bad Muslim) into a late night supermarket, and when confronted about his inability to pay for the bottle of Whiskey in his hands, he head-butted the female manager and then tried to knee her.

Yesterday, the man of peace named after the Islamic man of peace found out he will have to make his peace with the prison showers as the inmates there show him the correct use of butts.

Bomb hits Pakistan's spy agency in Peshawar

At least 7 killed and 35 wounded. In Pakistan, it's already Friday (which is known to be a Muslim holy day).

(Telegraph) The blast badly damaged much of the three-story building and many cars on the street outside. It was heard and felt throughout the city, sending huge clouds of smoke spewing into the sky and littering the ground with debris.

Early reports said at least seven people had been killed and 35 injured. The dead and injured were mainly civilians and the toll was expected to rise. Witnesses said they saw bodies being carried out of what remained of the building.

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Update: Another suicide attack in the area killed 6 more.

Egyptian Christian Man Attacked By Mob for Frequenting A Muslim Brothel

The man was stabbed 16 times, acid was thrown on him before he was stabbed. Islam is peace™.

(AINA) -- A state of fear has gripped the Christian inhabitants in the Upper Egyptian town of Mallawi after a Muslim mob tried to kill a Christian man for frequenting a Muslim-run brothel. Christian inhabitants are staying indoors, have closed their businesses, and are keeping their children -- especially girls -- away from schools. They fear wide-scale Muslim violence against them, similar to the violence which took place against Christians in Dairout on October 24,2009. (AINA 10-27-2009).

The latest incident in Mallawi was prompted when a Muslim mob learned of the presence of a Coptic man inside a Muslim-run brothel. A group of Muslims broke into the brothel, dragged him to the streets where he was stabbed 16 times. "Acid was thrown on him, before being stabbed. He was taken to Minya General Hospital where his condition is still very critical," said Wagih Yacoub of Middle East Christian Association.

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Boston Globe: Stimulus job boost “wildly exaggerated”

It's important to note that Boston Globe is one the most leftist newspapers in one of the most leftist states in the country. And its study points out that all those upbeat reports on "jobs created or saved" by the Obama administration are an outright lie.

Think about it. From the time the "stimulus" bill was signed, the unemployment jumped from below 8% to over 10%, and Obama lies though his teeth that it "created or saved" millions of jobs.

(Boston Globe) While Massachusetts recipients of federal stimulus money collectively report 12,374 jobs saved or created, a Globe review shows that number is wildly exaggerated. Organizations that received stimulus money miscounted jobs, filed erroneous figures, or claimed jobs for work that has not yet started.

The Globe’s finding is based on the federal government’s just-released accounts of stimulus spending at the end of October. It lists the nearly $4 billion in stimulus awards made to an array of Massachusetts government agencies, universities, hospitals, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations, and notes how many jobs each created or saved.

But in interviews with recipients, the Globe found that several openly acknowledged creating far fewer jobs than they have been credited for.

One of the largest reported jobs figures comes from Bridgewater State College, which is listed as using $77,181 in stimulus money for 160 full-time work-study jobs for students. But Bridgewater State spokesman Bryan Baldwin said the college made a mistake and the actual number of new jobs was “almost nothing.’’ Bridgewater has submitted a correction, but it is not yet reflected in the report.

In other cases, federal money that recipients already receive annually - subsidies for affordable housing, for example - was reclassified this year as stimulus spending, and the existing jobs already supported by those programs were credited to stimulus spending. Some of these recipients said they did not even know the money they were getting was classified as stimulus funds until September, when federal officials told them they had to file reports.

“There were no jobs created. It was just shuffling around of the funds,’’ said Susan Kelly, director of property management for Boston Land Co., which reported retaining 26 jobs with $2.7 million in rental subsidies for its affordable housing developments in Waltham. “It’s hard to figure out if you did the paperwork right. We never asked for this.’’

Make sure you read the whole thing.

Feds Seize 4 Mosques, NYC Skyscraper Linked to Iranian Government

The U.S. Has Accused Iran of Bankrolling Terrorism and Seeking a Nuclear Bomb.

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.

In what could prove to be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, prosecutors filed a civil complaint in federal court against the Alavi Foundation, seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million in assets.

The assets include bank accounts; Islamic centers consisting of schools and mosques in New York City, Maryland, California and Houston; more than 100 acres in Virginia; and a 36-story glass office tower in New York.

Prosecutors said the Alavi Foundation managed the office tower on behalf of the Iranian government and, working with a front company known as Assa Corp., illegally funneled millions in rental income to Iran's state-owned Bank Melli. Bank Melli has been accused by a U.S. Treasury official of providing support for Iran's nuclear program, and it is illegal in the United States to do business with the bank.

The U.S. has long suspected the foundation was an arm of the Iranian government; a 97-page complaint details involvement in foundation business by several top Iranian officials, including the deputy prime minister and ambassadors to the United Nations.

"For two decades, the Alavi Foundation's affairs have been directed by various Iranian officials, including Iranian ambassadors to the United Nations, in violation of a series of American laws," U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

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Teens sign up for jihad at Stockholm youth centre

Jihad pushers are using taxpayers' money to recruit Allah's little helpers.

(Stockholm) Swedish taxpayers helped fund a youth recreation centre in the north Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby which served as a recruiting station for the Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabaab.

More than ten young people from the predominantly immigrant neighbourhood who spoke with Sveriges Radio (SR), said that the recruitment drive was led by a youth leader at the Kreativitetshuset recreation centre.

The recreation centre was started by a mosque and received a total of 480,000 kronor ($70,400) from the Stockholm city sports and recreation administration over four years before closing down in 2008.

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Every day brings something new about Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan

Hasan called himself a 'soldier of Allah' on business cards...

(FOX News) Major Nidal Malik Hasan called himself a "soldier of Allah" on business cards found in his apartment after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood in which he is accused of murdering 13 people.

... and frequented local strip club.

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist authorities say killed 13 people and wounded 29 others at the Fort Hood Army Base Thursday was a recent and frequent customer at a local strip club, employees of the club told FoxNews.com exclusively.

Hezbollah Chief Bozo Complains Obama Favors Israel

Yeas after the 2nd Lebanese-Israeli was over, "victorious" Nasrallah is still afraid of showing his stupid-looking face in public. He prefers to whine from an undisclosed location.

(IsraelNN.com) Hizbullah terrorist chief Hassan Nasrallah complained bitterly in a speech broadcast Wednesday that U.S. President Barack Obama favors Israel over Arabs and Muslims. The fiery remarks, beamed to tens of thousands of supporters in a southern Beirut suburb, marked Lebanon's "Shahid Day."

Nasrallah rarely has spoken in public since the 2006 Second Lebanon War, beaming his addresses to the public by a video hook-up from a secret hideout, due to fears of assassination by Israeli intelligence agents. His second-in-command, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed in a February 2008 car bomb attack in Damascus by unknown assassins. Since the assassination, Nasrallah has tightened his personal security arrangements even further.

Referring to President Obama, Nasrallah said, "When he was elected, many relied on him and believed it would mark a major turnaround in favor of the Arab world, but this notion quickly dissipated." Instead, he claimed, Obama has strengthened his commitment to the security of the Jewish State. The evidence, he said, was to be found in Obama's videotaped message to participants at a memorial rally in Rabin Square to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. In his address, Obama told the crowd "The strong bond between the United States and Israel cannot be broken. Our support in defending Israel's security will never waver..."

Nasrallah accused Obama of conspiring together with Israel to make a show of demanding the Jewish State freeze all construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem as a "tactic" before gradually backing down, calling it a "ploy to pass the time and gain Arab sympathy."

He lamented that the world had hoped a new face in the White House would "try and change the savage American policy," but said that what has resulted instead is even worse.

"What we see is absolute American commitment to Israeli interests, Israeli conditions and Israeli security... while disregarding the dignity or feelings of the Arab and Muslim people and their nations and governments," according to Nasrallah.

Noting that the joint U.S.-Israel Juniper Cobra military exercise had just ended, he declared, "The Americans are coming for the first time in decades, and perhaps the first time since Israel's existence, to be a field partner in any confrontation that Israel might force on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria or Iran."

The joint military drill was held to test an air missile defense system that would protect Israel from attack. During the 2006 Second Lebanon War, Hizbullah fired thousands of short and medium-range Katyusha missiles at the Jewish State, nearly reaching the central region. More recently, just prior to and during the counterterrorist Operation Cast Lead carried out by the IDF in Gaza, the Hamas terrorist organization launched Kassam and Grad missiles at southern Israel that reached as far north and east as Ashdod, Be'er Sheva and Yavne.

The Hizbullah secretary-general accused Obama of providing even stronger military support for the Jewish State than had his predecessor, former President George W. Bush. He added, "We did not see this during the Bush Administration."

The stinging criticism reflected a deep anger; Bush was despised by much of the Arab world due to his declared war on terror, the U.S. invasion of Iraq and his willingness to bluntly label PLO chairman Yasser Arafat "a terrorist."

Pakistan: Gunmen kill Pakistani working at Iranian Consulate

Just a regular day in the Dar al-Islam.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen killed a Pakistani working at the Iranian Consulate in Peshawar on Thursday, the latest in a wave of attacks in or near the largest city in the militant-riddled northwest, said police.

The attacks have killed more than 40 people in the last week alone and come amid a major army offensive against the Taliban's main sanctuary in the lawless tribal areas near the Afghan border.

Gunmen attacked Abul Hasan Jaffri, who was working as the director of public relations at the consulate, near his home in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, police official Mohammad Kamal told The Associated Press.

Jaffri was critically wounded in the attack and later died from his injures at a military hospital, he said. The gunmen escaped after the shooting.

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CAIR speaker to Muslims: OK to attack Fort Bragg

CAIR Speaker imam Zaid Shakir, citing Islamic law, exhorts Islamic faithful to target planes carrying troops from the 82nd Airborne Division.

(WND) A Council on American-Islamic Relations adviser and regular speaker at its events has suggested Islamic law permits Muslims to attack C-130 military transport planes carrying the 82nd Airborne out of Fort Bragg, N.C., according to a stunning new book exposing Washington-based CAIR's inner workings.

Radical Islamic cleric Zaid Shakir, a frequent guest speaker at CAIR events, tells his Muslim audiences: "Jihad is physically fighting the enemies of Islam to protect and advance the religion of Islam. This is jihad."

Acceptable targets of jihad, he says, include U.S. military aircraft.

"Islam doesn't permit us to hijack airplanes filled with civilian people," Shakir once told a Muslim audience. However, "If you hijack an airplane filled with the 82nd Airborne, that's something else."

The 82nd Airborne Division's elite paratroopers fly out of Fort Bragg, N.C., which is part of North Carolina state Sen. Larry Shaw's district. Shaw is CAIR's new chairman.

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And this is where appeasement to Islam gets you

(Spain) Eleven Islamist extremists have gone on trial in Spain, charged with involvement in a plot to stage suicide attacks on the Barcelona metro. They have been charged with belonging to a terrorist organisation, possessing explosive substances and falsifying official documents.

The irony here is that after Spain pulled her troops out of Iraq, gave amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, allowed mosques to be built and started funding lots of aid projects across the water in Morocco, the faithful decided that that wasn't enough and they had to be taught a lesson. (Again)

The good news is, this time they caught them in time.

Italy: Neo-Nazis detained for founding 'Hitler Youth'

This is sick.

Bolzano, 11 Nov. (AKI) - Seventeen young Italian men were detained by police Italian man in the northern city of Bolzano on Wednesday for allegedly founding a neo-Nazi group called the "Hitler Youth of Naturno" or "Naturns Hitlerjugend".

Nine of the group who were detained were under the age of 18 and one was as young as 16 years-old, Italian media reports said.

Police claimed to have discovered considerable online neo-Nazi propaganda during raids, and said the group had made a video showing some members throwing a Molotov cocktail and beating up another man.

Naturno is a small commune of 5,500 people in the northern region of Trentino Alto-Adige, where a majority of people speak German as their mother tongue.

In late 2007, a group of neo-Nazis from Bolzano travelled to the German concentration camp of Dachau where they posed for photos giving the Nazi salute.

At the time, Italian authorities said the strength of the neo-Nazi movement had been underestimated, adding that there were at least five neo-Nazi organisations operating in Alto-Adige.

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FBI: 10% of U.S. Mosques Preach Jihad

But shhhhhh! We don't want to offend anyone.

(Newsmax) Imams preach jihad and extremism in 10 percent of the 2,000 mosques in the United States, the FBI estimates.

That sums up the problem facing us as we ponder the meaning of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s slayings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas. Given his association with a pro-al-Qaida imam in northern Virginia and his preoccupation with radical Islamic Web sites, it’s clear that the radical element of Islam influenced Hasan.

About a quarter of the Muslims in America ages 18 through 29 believe that suicide bombings can be justified, according to a Pew Research Center poll. Generating those attitudes are imams who preach jihad and hatred in American mosques and postings on the Internet, according to FBI counterterrorism officials interviewed for my book “The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack.”

Saying he is being conservative, an FBI counterterrorism official told me in interviews for the book that 1 in 10 imams preach jihad. [...]

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Palestinians Mark AIDS Day in Gaza

(BBC) Thousands of Palestinians have flocked to the grave of their former leader, Yasser Arafat, in Ramallah to mark five years since his death. [...]

Father, 4 Sons Charged in Missouri Child Rape Case

Prime candidates for death penalty.

(FOX News) In what investigators are calling a "horrendous" case of child abuse, five members of a Missouri family — a father and his four adult sons — are being charged with a host of shocking crimes against children as young as 11 years old.

Burrell Edward Mohler Sr. and his sons were charged with committing sex crimes against children and other offenses.

Police said Wednesday they were searching for more potential victims, including possible bodies on land owned by the family. Five victims have been located, but the number "could possibly expand," said Cpl. Bill Lowe of the Missouri highway patrol. He said all were under the age of 12 at the time of the alleged abuse.

“There may be other victims out there,” Lafayette County Sheriff Kerrick Alumbaugh told reporters at a news conference.

Charged with multiple counts of child rape are 77-year-old Burrell Edward Mohler Sr. of Independence, Mo., and sons Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, of Independence, and 48-year-old Jared Leroy Mohler of Columbia, Mo. David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa, was charged with one count of child rape, and Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City, Mo., is accused of using a child in a sexual performance — a felony. The suspects also face sodomy charges.

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Incredible video of rockslide closing Tennessee highway

U.S. Recognizes Iran’s “Right” to Nuclear Power

This reads like a comedy skit. Or like a really bad dream come true.

(IsraelNN.com) U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns told the Middle East Institute in Washington on Tuesday that the U.S. recognizes the Iranian regime’s “right” to nuclear power, does not seek regime change and is ready for more talks with Iran.

"We seek a relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran based upon mutual interest and mutual respect. We do not seek regime change. We have condemned terrorist attacks against Iran. We have recognized Iran's international right to peaceful nuclear power. With our partners in the international community, we have demonstrated our willingness to take creative confidence-building steps, including our support for the IAEA's offer of fuel for the Tehran research reactor."

"With our partners in the international community, we are ready for a serious dialogue with Iran about how it can resolve longstanding doubts about the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear ambitions, doubts only reinforced by the recent revelation of a clandestine enrichment facility near Qom. With our partners in the international community, we are ready to move with Iran along a pathway of cooperation, not confrontation, of integration, not animosity. But that depends squarely on the choices that Iran makes, on its willingness to meet its international obligations and responsibilities."

Kansas: Man charged in Islamic ‘marriage’ to 14-year-old girl

Some say we have to be respectful of others' religious customs.

(Kansas City) Vincent Mosby signed a marriage contract and paid a dowry in a religious ceremony in August, police said.

Mosby, 23, of Kansas City didn’t legally wed his 14-year-old bride, however, because Missouri law won’t allow it without a judge’s order. Police said she was pressured into the union because her mother and stepfather thought she was going to be sexually active with a boy her age.

Although the bride’s stepfather arranged the “marriage,” according to court records, other relatives frowned upon the union and told police in late August. The relatives also took the girl to protect her from further sexual abuse, according to court records.

A relative told police that Mosby called and threatened violence if family members didn’t “give me back my wife in 72 hours,” according to court records. Two days later, on Sept. 9, someone fired three shots into the Kansas City home of the girl’s aunt. No one was hit.

Two members of the mosque attended, but the bride “was not allowed to be present,” court records said. She waited in her room upstairs. Her stepfather allegedly came upstairs after the ceremony, which consisted of prayers and a contract signing, to announce that she was married.

Police say they have the “marriage contract” with the signatures of Mosby, the girl and the stepfather.

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Senior Official: More Hasan Ties to People Under Investigation by FBI

But according to the ACLU, most of the congressional Democrats and garden variety Muslim "advocacy" groups, profiling and monitoring suspicious communications of the risk groups are so wrong.

(ABC) A senior government official tells ABC News that investigators have found that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan had "more unexplained connections to people being tracked by the FBI" than just radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki. The official declined to name the individuals but Congressional sources said their names and countries of origin were likely to emerge soon.

Questions already surround Major Hasan's contact with Awlaki, a radical cleric based in Yemen whom authorities consider a recruiter for al Qaeda. U.S. officials now confirm Hasan sent as many as 20 e-mails to Awlaki. Authorities intercepted the e-mails but later deemed them innocent or protected by the first amendment.

The FBI said it turned over the information to the Army, but Defense Department officials today denied that. One military investigator on a joint terror task force with the FBI was shown the e-mails, but they were never forwarded in a formal way to more senior officials at the Pentagon, and the Army did not learn of the contacts until after the shootings.

Ahmadinejad: Obama must choose between Israel and Iran

OK, this should be interesting -- Bamster can't vote present on this one.

(JPost) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to choose between Israel and Iran on Tuesday night, Army Radio Reported on Wednesday.

Ahmadinejad reportedly said that for a real change in relations to take place, a choice must be made.

Speaking in Istanbul, the Iranian president said that it was up to US President Barack Obmaa to illustrate his motto of "Change."

"The support of both Israel and Iran can't go hand in hand," he was quoted as saying.

Veterans Day 2009

It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given us Freedom of the Press.

It's the soldier, not the poet, who has given us Freedom of Speech.

It's the soldier, not the community organizer, who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.

It's the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the Right to a Fair Trial.

It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag.

Pakistan: Helicopter gunships kill 10 terrorists

Terrorists attacked the security checkpoint killing 2 and injuring 3 soldiers. Helicopter gunships were called in and helped the terrorists to the big mosque in the sky.

PARACHINAR: Ten suspected militants were killed after helicopter gunships shelled militant hide-outs in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region.

The operation followed an attack on a security checkpoint in the area that killed two paramilitary soldiers.

An intelligence official said gunmen also injured three soldiers when they attacked the checkpoint Tuesday night in Mohmand region.

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Today's Lesson in Islam: The Story of Umm Qirfa

From WikiIslam:

Umm Qirfa was an old Arab woman contemporaneous to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. She belonged to a pagan tribe named Banu Fazara at Wadi Al-Qurra. This old woman who was also a chief of her clan was brutally killed when Muhammad’s followers raided her tribe and won over them. She was tied between two camels which were driven in opposite directions and her body was split apart. Later her decapitated head was presented to Muhammad as a gift who ordered it to be paraded throughout the streets of Medina.

Read more here.

US-born imam wanted in Yemen over al-Qaeda suspicions

This is the imam who was the inspiration for the Toronto 18 and the Nidal Malik Hasan's murderous rampage at Fort Hood.

SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has al-Qaida ties.

Al-Awlaki, who has used his personal Web site to encourage Muslims around the world to kill U.S. troops in Iraq, disappeared in Yemen eight months ago, according to his father. Yemeni security officials say they believe he is hiding in a region of the mountainous nation that has become a refuge for Islamic militants.

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D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad executed

Time of death — 9:11. Payback's a bitch.

JARRATT, Va. (AP) — John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday night as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington metro area for three weeks in October 2002.

He looked calm and stoic, but was twitching and blinking as the injections began, defiant to the end, refusing to utter any final words. Victims' families sat behind glass while watching the execution, separated from the rest of the 27 witnesses.

"He died very peacefully, much more than most of his victims," said Prince William County prosecutor Paul Ebert, who witnessed Muhammad die by injection at 9:11 p.m. at Greensville Correctional Center, south of Richmond. Muhammad, dressed in a blue shirt, jeans and flip-flops, had no final statement.

Muhammad was executed for killing Dean Harold Meyers, who was shot in the head at a Manassas gas station during the three-week spree across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Nelson Rivera, whose wife, Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera, was gunned down as she vacuumed her van at a Maryland gas station said when he watched Muhammad's chest moving for the last time, he was glad.

"I feel better. I think I can breathe better and I'm happy he's gone. Because he's not going to hurt anyone else," he said.

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Fort Hood Hero Kimberly Munley

Profile of a hero next door.

(TIME) The west side of Killeen, Texas, is like countless other places in America's heartland, freshly carved out of prairie pastures with wide streets in bucolic neighborhoods like Sunflower Estates and Bridgewood. But on a glorious, cloudless fall day, the flags at the home-sales center nearby were at half-staff in honor of the 13 fallen at Fort Hood, victims of a gunman whose deadly attack was stopped thanks to a petite, long-haired, blond mom from the neighborhood.

Sergeant Kimberly Munley, 34, a civilian Department of Defense police officer at the base, is credited with stopping the firing rampage of Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan at the Soldier Readiness Center within a few minutes after he launched his attack. The center is a quick five-minute drive from Munley's home, past the new strip centers and the high school football field along wide Cross Creek Boulevard, but a world away from the horrors inflicted in one of the worst incidents of soldier-on-soldier violence in U.S. Army history.

Munley, described by neighbor Brooke Beato as "very petite, with long blond hair and a strong personality," was credited by base officials with preventing further carnage by aggressively engaging Hasan as he shot at her. She rounded a corner, took aim at Hasan and brought him down, officials said. "It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer," base commander Lieut. General Robert Cone said. It was also a tactic straight out of the lessons learned from the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, when first responders waited for additional backup before engaging the shooter.

"She walked up and engaged him," Cone told the Associated Press. As a member of the base's Special Reaction Team, Munley had learned that "if you act aggressively to take out a shooter, you will have less fatalities," Cone said.

Soon after Munley fired at Hasan, taking him down, she fell, wounded, and police radios quickly sent out an "Officer down" call. Wounded three times in the arm and leg, Munley is in stable condition after undergoing surgery on Friday to repair damage to an artery. Base officials said she wished she could have acted even faster and saved more lives and that she spent Thursday evening calling friends and colleagues, expressing those regrets.

While the shooting on Nov. 5 sent a shock wave throughout the tight-knit Killeen community, Beato, whose husband is an Army captain, said she was not surprised when Munley's name surfaced as the police officer who ended the shooting. "It was just like her — she carries herself with confidence," Beato said.

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Fort Hood Shooting: Did the Army Ignore Red Flags Because of Hasan's Religion?

Not only were the red flags ignored, it was as if his actions were getting a green light.

Army officials strongly deny any suggestion that Hasan's religion resulted in his being given special treatment. But one officer who attended the Pentagon's medical school with Hasan disagrees. "He was very vocal about being a Muslim first and holding Sharia law above the Constitution," this officer recalled. When fellow students asked, "How can you be an officer and hold to the Constitution?," the officer said, Hasan would "get visibly upset — sweaty and nervous — and had no good answers." This medical doctor would only speak anonymously because his commanders have ordered him not to talk about Hasan, he said.

This officer said he was so surprised when Hasan gave a talk about "the war on terror being a war on Islam" that he asked the lieutenant colonel running the course what Hasan's presentation had to do with health care. "I raised my hand and asked, `Why are you letting this go on — this has nothing to do with environmental health.' The course director said, `I'm just going to let him go.'" The topic of Hasan's presentation, the officer says, had been approved in advance by the lieutenant colonel.

The officer says he and another colleague complained to staff at the Uniformed University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, but got nowhere. "It was a systemic problem — the same thing was happening at Walter Reed," the Army Medical Center several miles away, where Hasan was working as a psychiatrist. (The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Hasan gave a similar presentation at Walter Reed in which he said Muslims should be released as conscientious objectors rather than being force into combat against fellow Muslims.) But "political correctness" inside the military, the officer asserts, insulated Hasan. "People are afraid to come forward and challenge somebody's ideology," he says, "because they're afraid of getting an equal-opportunity complaint that can end careers."

It's The Jihad, Stupid!

When will the government realize it?

"The quiet, very peaceful person coming in and out of the mosque, I couldn't believe he could have done this," Sheikh Shaker Elsayed told CNN.

They radicalize their mosque members and then play the "OMG! I can't believe he did it!" game after the believer puts the acquired knowledge to use.

But several witnesses, like Pvt. Robert Foster, who was wounded in the hip during the attack, reported Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" -- Arabic for "God is great" -- which Islamic terrorists have used as a battle cry.

"I was sitting in about the second row back when the assailant stood up and yelled 'Allah Akbar' in Arabic and he opened fire," Foster, 21, said Monday on CNN's "American Morning."

Hasan, by his own admission was "a Muslim first and an American second". He was praised by his former imam as a Muslim hero for the mass murder he committed, and the 19-year-old convert whom Hasan was mentoring told the reporter: "I will not, absolutely not, condemn him for what he had done" and "I honestly have no pity" for those he killed.

Simply put, Hasan was a walking time bomb.

Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Priest: Muslims pretend to be nice people

New York Mets tell the far Left and the Palestinians to F off

New York Mets Stand Up to Anti-Israel Pressure.

(IsraelNN.com) In the face of far-left, Arab and Muslim opposition, the New York Mets organization has decided to honor its commitment to rent its Caesar's Club for a fundraiser benefiting the Jewish community of Hevron.

Shortly after the venue for the Hebron Fund dinner in support of the Jews of Hevron was publicized, eleven organizations sent a letter to the Mets management calling upon them to disallow the event at Citi Field. Signatories included organizations from Israel, the US and the Palestinian Authority, some of which oppose Israeli sovereignty altogether and others which oppose any Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria.

Despite their own opposition to a minority of Jews living among the Arabs of Hevron, in their November 3 letter the organizations attempted to present the planned fundraiser as "actively promot[ing] racial discrimination". They further presented the argument that the "New York Mets will be facilitating activities that directly violate international law and the Obama administration's call for a freeze in settlement construction...." The warning that the fundraiser would run counter to the US president's stated policy position was repeated throughout the letter.

Now, how funny is this? A bunch of far left and Arab organizations actively oppose the idea of Jews living in Arab-majority areas while accusing those who hold the opposite view of actively promoting racial discrimination. Can you say hypocrisy?

Nonetheless, the Mets organization stood firm in the face of the call to boycott the event supporting a Jewish presence in the Biblical city of Hevron. The annual Hebron Fund event is slated to take place as planned on Saturday night, November 21.

The news of the Mets' decision was greeted by both Jewish organizations and individuals with expressions of great admiration. The National Council of the Young Israel Movement, representing organized Jewish communities and synagogues in the United States, wrote to the New York Mets management:

"Your refusal to be intimidated by abhorrent acts of coercion by the groups calling for the cancellation of the Hebron Fund event is extremely noteworthy. By rejecting the hate-filled calls to inhibit the Hebron Fund’s freedom of expression and standing firm in its beliefs of what is right, the New York Mets organization displayed a degree of intestinal fortitude that is genuinely appreciated not just by our organization, but by the greater Jewish community."

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Unreal: FBI officials admit shrugging off Fort Hood gunman's e-mails to al-Qaeda

Must be what they learned when they had "sensitivity training" from CAIR.

(AP) The FBI knew for nearly a year before his murderous Fort Hood rampage that psycho Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had repeatedly contacted al Qaeda -- but the blundering agency last night admitted it dismissed the lead.

The clueless G-men said that at the time, they simply chalked up the chilling e-mails between Hasan and a radical imam and other terror-tied Islamic figures to his "research" as an Army shrink.

Outraged congressional leaders immediately called for a probe into the debacle -- and the red-faced agency vowed to get to the bottom of things itself.

"I think the very fact that you've got a major in the US Army contacting [a radical imam], or attempting to contact him, would raise some red flags," Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) -- ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee -- told the Los Angeles Times.

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Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire near border, damage reported

South Koreans report that several North Koreans were killed in the shootout which the South says was a North's provocation.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said.

The first naval clash between the two sides in seven years broke out just a week before President Barack Obama is due to visit Seoul, raising suspicions the North's communist regime is trying to rachet up tensions to gain a negotiating advantage.

There were no South Korean casualties, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. South Korea's YTN television reported that one North Korean officer was killed and three other sailors were wounded, citing an unidentified government source. The JCS said it could not confirm the YTN report.

Each side blamed the other for violating the sea border.

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Pakistan: Car bomb kills 24, wounds over 100 in a crowded market

Allah's little helpers are relentless in trying to prove to the world that Islam is the Religion of Peace™.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border.

The bombing, aimed at causing maximum civilian casualties, was the third blast in as many days in or close to Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, an area bordering the tribal region where the army is pushing into a key Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary.

The blast in Charsadda, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Peshawar, was caused by some 90 pounds (40 kilograms) of explosives stuffed into a van, said the senior police chief in Peshawar, Liaqat Ali Khan. Authorities were investigating whether the attack, which killed at least 24 people and wounded 102 others, was carried out by a suicide bomber, he said.

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Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hasan reached out to radical anti-American imam Anwar al-Awlaki

The military was aware of the communications since last year but no action was taken, no doubt out of desire to be politically correct. Now, that worked out great, didn't it?

(AP) Hasan communicated 10 to 20 times with a radical imam overseas who in the past came under scrutiny for possible links to terror groups, the investigative officials and another U.S. official disclosed. The investigative officials said the communications began last year and continued into this year and “were consistent with the subject matter of his research.” The U.S. official said the communications were with the imam, Anwar al-Awlaki.

U.S. officials were aware of the communications since last year, but no formal investigation was ever opened based on them, the officials said.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they said they were not authorized to discuss the investigation on the record. Al-Awlaki, who was released from a jail in Yemen last year, writes a blog that denounces U.S. policies as anti-Muslim.

The officials said Hasan would be tried in a military court. Authorities have not said when charges would be filed.

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Al Awlaki praised Hasan as a hero and urged Muslims in the US military to follow in his footsteps. He also said that American Muslims who condemned Hasan attack are hypocrites who have committed treason against their religion.

(AP) The personal Web site for a radical American imam living in Yemen who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers is praising alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero.

The posting Monday on the Web site for Anwar al Awlaki, who was a spiritual leader at two mosques where three 9/11 hijackers worshipped, said American Muslims who condemned the attacks on the Texas military base last week are hypocrites who have committed treason against their religion.

Two U.S. intelligence officials told The Associated Press the Web site was Al Awlaki's. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence collection.

Anwar said the only way a Muslim can justify serving in the U.S. military is if he intends to "follow in the footsteps of men like Nidal."

Supreme Court Declines to Block Execution of Washington Sniper John Mohammed

A Muslim convert responsible for the murders of 10 people in the DC area in 2002 has lost his appeal and will be executed Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

WASHINGTON (NYT) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to block the execution of John A. Muhammad, the sniper who terrorized the Washington area seven years ago. The step cleared the way for Mr. Muhammad to be put to death on Tuesday unless Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia intervenes.

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"The step cleared the way for Mr. Muhammad to be put to death...". There's a bit of the symbolism in this statement.

I'm sure Nidal Malik Hasan will follow in his footsteps.

Saudis sentence man to death for 'black magic'

And these people want to rule the world.

Madina – After a two-year trial, a Madina court sentenced a Lebanese man, 47, to death Monday for practicing black magic.

The court held 10 hearing sessions to review the list of charges presented by the general prosecutor including using black magic, fraud, and breaking up marriages, which the man admitted.

The man, who had appeared on satellite channels practicing black magic, was caught red-handed in a hotel room in the Central Area in Madina two years ago with herbs, talismans, and some papers with strange drawings and writings.

The man has the right to appeal the sentence within 33 days. The Court of Cassations will review the sentence for approval.

Barack Obama’s shameful absence from the 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Four Key Reasons why the President stayed away:

[...] 1/ Obama is uncomfortable with the idea of American greatness

The fall of the Berlin Wall was the direct result of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher’s determination to confront and defeat Soviet communism. Obama is distinctly uncomfortable with the notion of celebrating the successes of American global power. Practically every speech he has given on foreign soil since taking office has been marked by an apology or apologies for America’s past. A recognition of American leadership, especially an acknowledgement of Ronald Reagan’s leadership, would have been an awkward moment for a US president who seems ashamed of American greatness and exceptionalism.

2/ Obama attaches little importance to the advancement of human rights on the world stage

The Wall’s downfall symbolized the defeat of a brutal ideology, Communism, that enslaved hundreds of millions in Europe. It marked the end of a dictatorial regime in East Germany that oppressed its own people under the auspices of an evil Empire. Barack Obama simply does not view the world as Reagan did, in terms of good versus evil, as a world divided between the forces of freedom on one side and totalitarianism on the other. For the Obama administration the advancement of human rights and individual liberty on the world stage is a distinctly low priority, as we have seen with its engagement strategy towards the likes of Iran, Burma, Sudan, Venezuela and Russia.

3/ Obama cares little about the transatlantic alliance

Obama has paid less attention to the transatlantic alliance than any US president since the Second World War. With the exception of Russia, relations with Europe appear to be of only passing interest to Obama, as is the NATO alliance, unless it involves matters of European integration. The only European issue that seems to energize the Obama administration is the EU’s drive to create a federal European superstate, which is enthusiastically supported by Washington despite the threat it poses to US interests.

4/ Obama is keen to appease Russia

The Obama administration has gone to great lengths to avoid doing anything to offend the Russians, as part of its “reset” strategy. This was exemplified by its monumental surrender to Moscow by reversing the American policy of installing Third Site missile defences in Poland and the Czech Republic. In effect, Obama threw key US allies in eastern and central Europe under the bus in order to placate Russian demands. The White House no doubt calculated that Obama’s presence in Berlin would be interpreted by hawks in Russia as provocative triumphalism on the part of the Americans. Embarrassingly for Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev actually showed up at the Berlin celebrations, while the leader of the free world was nowhere to be seen.


The striking absence of the leader of the most powerful nation on the face of the earth from ceremonies marking the fall of the Berlin Wall is yet another damning indictment of Barack Obama’s world leadership, or lack of it. The United States is currently faced with an array of challenges as great as those confronted by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, from the war in Afghanistan and the global fight against Islamist terrorism, to the rise of a nuclear-armed Iran.

America today badly needs Reagan’s vision of forceful US leadership if it is to remain as the world’s dominant power. Instead its position is being rapidly undermined by a foreign policy of weakness and indecision, one that will only strengthen the hand of its enemies.

'Going Muslim'

(Forbes) "Going postal" is a piquant American phrase that describes the phenomenon of violent rage in which a worker--archetypically a postal worker--"snaps" and guns down his colleagues.

As the enormity of the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sinks in, we must ask whether we are confronting a new phenomenon of violent rage, one we might dub--disconcertingly--"Going Muslim." This phrase would describe the turn of events where a seemingly integrated Muslim-American--a friendly donut vendor in New York, say, or an officer in the U.S. Army at Fort Hood--discards his apparent integration into American society and elects to vindicate his religion in an act of messianic violence against his fellow Americans. This would appear to be what happened in the case of Maj. Hasan.

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So true.

Daily fail report: WH has "all but lost hope" for deal with Iran

(NYT) [M]embers of the Obama administration, in interviews over the weekend, said that they had now all but lost hope that Iran would follow through with an agreement reached in Geneva on Oct. 1 to send its fuel out of the country temporarily — buying some time for negotiations over its nuclear program.

It took them that long to see the obvious.

It appears Bamster's administration has lost its hope for change.

Hah Who would've thought of that?

So where are the anti-war crowds?

(Caracas) The peoples of Venezuela aren't happy. And no wonder. Blessed with the 8th largest fresh water river in the world (Orinoco), some of the largest deposits of hydrocarbons in the world, it is twice the size of California but has a much smaller population (26 million as opposed to 36 million).

With such an abundance of natural resources to fall back on you would think that the peoples of Venezuela wouldn't have much to grumble about.

Well, after 10 years of Hugo Chavez it seems they have. They are facing power cuts, they are facing water cuts, food prices are rising and the murder rate has never been so high. And how does Hugo react?

Well, he's only informed his nation to prepare for war with Columbia. Yup, nothing like a little bit of rabble rousing in which to get the blood flowing and irk that nationalistic spirit.

However, I don't think even the Venezuelan people are as stupid as Hugo presumes they are.

Thing is, I've not heard a squeak from the anti-war crowd.

Terrorists behead teacher who taught underprivileged youths in Muslim areas

(Philippines) It seems that nothing fails to offend Islamic terrorists.

Take the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group who are fighting for their own Islamic homeland in the south of the Philippines. So offended they were by Gabriel Canizares who taught underprivileged Islamic children, they kidnapped him and chopped off his head because his family couldn't pay the ransom money.

And people wonder why Islamic children do so badly at school -- nobody other than mullahs will take the risk of teaching them.

China executes 9 for rioting

(Xinjiang) Unlike the rest of the non-Islamic world, when Muslims choose to riot in China, instead of everybody backing off, the media proclaiming that "Actually, Muslims are more loyal than the rest of us" and the local chapter of CAIR demanding an apology. The Chinese just line the naughty people up and send them on their way with a bullet to the back of the head.

Which is what they have just done with the ring leaders of a bunch of Allah's finest who decided to cause a riot against the the non-Islamic Han Chinese population resulting in the deaths of over 197 people.

Hey, I'm not saying that the Chinese are right, but you have to admit, if we shot a few of the really evil people in the West, it certainly would make a few think twice before they played the victim card over why they decided to plot to murder as many people as possible.

I'm sure Human Rights Watch and Ham-nasty international won't agree with the above.