Month: April 2005

Reader Adam Smith sent me this article on Pastor Bori Oginni of Lighted Path Ministries in Florissant, Mo: Oginni pastors Lighted Path Ministries International, a non-denominational Christian church, serving St.

Representatives from the Muslim Faith in London staged a protest today against the heavy pressure by authorities: Up to 2000 people from more than 50 Islamic organisations in Britain have demonstrated in London to condemn what they called heavy-handed procedures in the fight against global terrorism.

The US verses Giuliana “They napalmed Fallujah” Sgrena Defendent– The United States U.S.

Shi Tao, a Chinese writer, poet, and artist, was sentenced to 10 years in jail today for passing “national secrets”: Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist, was on Saturday sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for being found guilty of illegally providing top state secrets to overseas organizations.

So, when will the Leftists in the States and the Communists in Italy start to change their mind about our rescue of Iraq?

From Interfax: Belarussian opposition leader Anatoly Lebedko intends to visit Tbilisi on May 10 and try to meet with U.S.

Not just “any sheik”, but the Head of The Supreme Council in Saudi Arabia Earlier this week I posted here on the Saudi Sheik who says one thing when the camera is on and something completely different when the camera goes off.

Does anyone else out there notice all of the protests waged by college or high school students lately?

An Israeli military expert has predicted tough times ahead for Syria’s Assad: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could be ousted from power as his regime fractures under immense political pressure, the head of Israel’s military intelligence said in an interview published Friday.

* 100+ deaths reported by Opposition* 7,000 refugees flee the violence* German Cultural Center torched* Opposition official’s home surrounded The Opposition Party has told news sources that over 100 people have died in the aftermath of Sunday’s flawed elections.

Son of Slain President Clubbed at Protest Army troops and riot police made repeated baton charges to stop irate families and relatives of Lebanese prisoners in Syria from storming into the Lebanese parliament as it opened a vote of confidence debate in Lebanon’s new government Tuesday.

Russian officials held up the original ruling banning Jewish groups by saying that the ruling was “not” Anti-Semitic.

Laying a wreath at Arafat’s grave Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the grave site of the late Palestinian leader and terrorist Yassir Arafat: Russian President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath on the late-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s tomb Friday morning and held talks with Arafat’s successor, Mahmoud Abbas, but Palestinians held out little hope for concrete results.

A Cardboard Coffin for a 6-Year-old boy who was shot by pro-government militia men in Togo.

Now, this is ridiculous!

Well, these democrats did not run for the border like their Texan kin, but they still did not show up for work in the Oklahoma Senate today.

A “MoveOn”… Er, Hezbollah Rally Hezbollah plans on staying in Lebanon and is upset with Kofi’s UN insisting that they disarm.

So, how long can the liberals continue to obstruct, ridicule and tear down the Republican agenda without the country realizing that they offer no ideas of their own?

The St.

Student protesters at SIUE just found out that the protest they just supported means less money in their pockets.

Egyptians protested for reform in 15 cities.

More from the basketball world… Yao Ming was awarded the “Model Worker Award” in China ahead of the May Day ceremonies there.

John Robert Holden is the first black to play for a Russian National Team The first black to play for a Russian National Team ‘ever’ was anounced this Tuesday: U.S.

A fourteen year old activist at the Minsk, Belarus rally was injured during his arrest by SWAT police dring the protest on Tuesday.

The Palestinian Authority is funding a sheik who accuses Israel and the US of conquering Arab world: Official Palestinian Authority (PA) sponsored television broadcast a sermon this past Friday that accused Israel and the United States of seeking to conquer the Arab world.

Slingshots and Rocks The Military went door to door in Lome to get people out on the street to clean the city: Many of the people using dustpans, bare hands and bundles of reeds to clear the streets in Lome’s opposition stronghold of Be said they had been forced to work by police and soldiers, who stood nearby or watched from trucks mounted with machine guns.

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It is not like this is the first time that he has done this… While in Egypt Vladimir Putin made some remarkably ignorant democracy statements in an attempt to oppose the current US (Bush Doctrine)policy: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he opposes attempts “to export democracy from one country to another.” “Institutions and principles of democracy cannot be effectively enforced in a territory without taking due account of the national traditions and setup,” Putin said at a press conference in Cairo on Wednesday.

Protesters Burning a Picture of Lukashenko in Minsk A rally in Minsk commemorating the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear incident landed 40 youth demonstrators from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia into jail: Among the detainees are the leader of the All-Ukrainian youth public association “National Alliance”, deputy of Lutsk city council Ihor Guz, the chairperson of Minsk regional branch of the United Civil Party Maryna Bahdanovioch, the leader of the Belarusian youth organization “Young Front” Zmitser Dashkevich, and activist of the Young Front Pavel Lisichonak, the leader of the Freedom Party Syarzhuk Vysotski and others.

Things are getting ugly as the Democrats are breaking over 200 years of tradition with their filibusters of qualified judicial nominees.

Hamas Founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in a theater near you!

Chrenkoff has some choice quotes from leftists in Congress but this one is my favorite from Sen.

Eleven deaths have now been officially reported in clashes between the ruling party and opposition forces in Togo in the aftermath of the disputed Sunday election.

Sheik Saleh Al Luhaiden is the Head of the Supreme Council in Saudi Arabia, the judicial branch of the Kingdom, and a country accused of numerous human rights violations.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Sports Her Trademark Hairdo on Elle The China Daily reports that this month Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has appeared on the front cover of Elle magazine in Ukraine posing in a designer dress.

The extreme elements of the US Main Stream Media are teaming with Aljazeera to paint a very ugly and untrue picture of the United States and the Bush Administration.

Black Smoke Over Togo Violence broke out in the Capital of Lome as the dictator’s son was just announced the winner of the Togo presidential election with 60% of the vote.

Evidently, word is spreading among Iraqi bloggers about the more recent efforts in the West to criticize the Iraqi War as this huge mistake.

Riding Bikes, Reading Marx Ebedmelech at Ropes and Rags is having a Che contest.

Earlier, I had written about the communist writing Italian hostage here and here.

In Togo, Get Your Whistle.

Ahmad from Iraqi Expat wrote a very informative post today about a truth that has been lost from the MSM.

Since the environmentalists insisted on banning the use of DDT in Africa in fighting malaria, the malaria cases have more than tripled.

Although the Palestinian Authority was supposedly on the road to hate-free rhetoric on the airwaves, that has not exactly been the case, as this article from Arutz-Sheva suggests: “Our enemy has become strong and fed on us like prey in our lands, in the East and in the West, because we are weak, and our only strength lies in the Koran,” Mudeiris said in his speech.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently anounced the opening of their first London office: Recognizing that it can no longer achieve its mission merely by watching policy-makers in Washington, D.C., and state capitals nationwide, the American Civil Liberties Union announced yesterday that it is going global.

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) sent a letter to U.S.

This crew of construction workers weren’t too impressed with his leadership style, I guess: The mayor of Iran’s second largest city has been beaten up after he challenged workers on an illegal construction site, the conservative Kayhan newspaper reported Sunday.

**Reports of Violence, Death and Destruction in the Aftermath of Togo’s Presidential Election** * From 1-3 deaths reported in the capital of Lome already* Police and military are accused of firing on opposition crowds* Massive voter fraud accusations from both sides* Hospitals are filling* Destruction in the streets I had been posting on the upcoming election in Togo all week here, here, here, here and here.

“Conservatives See Win in Rise of New Pope” This was one of the most insulting headlines I have seen in quite some time!

Adam S.

Christian Minister Hamid Pourmand with his family.

Today’s online Post Dispatch has a lengthly article about Ziyad Sadaqa, the man who purchased a much used and much traveled phone for the OBL network and the Islamic American Relief Agency that Sadaqa worked for in Columbia, MO.

Maybe Republicans in Washington State, Milwaukee, or East St.

Women Queue in Lome, Togo.

Iran releases bloggers of charges: The court of justice examining lawsuits of several ladies accused of weblogging cleared them of the charge, Judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimi-Rad said.

Iran held a grand peace parade in the troubled city of Ahwaz in southern Iran on Friday.

A report from Iran Press News states that the government in Iran staged the anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Monafeqin, march in Ahwaz yesterday (no surprise).

Polipundit cites an interview of John O’Neill of swiftboat fame today.

A United Opposition Rally on Friday in Lome If I were telling the news… If I were a news man this is what I would say.