John Murtha, if you quit beating down the US troops long enough, you might notice that a real cold blooded killer was arrested in Iraq on Monday.Ahmed Hussein Dabash Samir al-BatawiAl-Batawi, who was arrested in Iraq on monday, has confessed to “hundreds of beheadings”…
The Real Ugly American has posted a discussion between an Iraqi and an American soldier- very inspiring.
You’ve put a huge light on this and many people want the truth and many want to put it in the closet, just walk away.
We all know that despite news reports of massacre and carnage, the civilian death toll in Iraq has gone down considerably since the war to remove Saddam Hussein began back in March 2003.Here are more figures on how the Iraq War stacks up historically:The recorded Iraqi civilian fatalities (including insurgents, military, morgue counts, police, etc.) were down 16% (16% maximum) in 2005…
The Western news giants are keeping the public up on the latest “massacre” news from Haditha:The Washington Post on Saturday, May 27, 2006:In Haditha, Memories of a MassacreCNN, May 29, 2006:Was Haditha massacre covered up?
This news comes via the great Seattle Blog, Sound Politics…** As you choose to sit home this election season, here is one of the Leftwing sites that is working overtime to get the Democrats back into power and get Republicans out.Dan Savage, the editor of The Stranger a Far Left Seattle weekly and the author of “Savage Love,” the internationally syndicated sex advice column, has a new pet project to raise money for democratic candidates and causes…
But, Pajamas Media is following the story.The Spirit of Man has several rare photos from protests in Orumiye, northwestern Iran.
Blue Crab Boulevard has posted A Soldiers Views on Haditha.Mary Katherine Hamm at Hugh Hewitt reports on the facts of the investigation as they stand right.
Fausta has a terrific post today on the Chavista Revolution.
Sadly, the young protesters had to dunk their heads in Puget Sound after their encounter with pepper spray.Thurston County Sheriff’s deputies holds protesters to the ground after clearing the entry to the Port of Olympia on Wednesday afternoon.
Two Memorial Days have come and gone.
Since the democratic hawk is busy trashing the military with accusations of cold blooded murder, the dems have sent in former professional ballet dancer, Rep.
This poor soul.
Four are dead from weekend protest violence in northwest Iran.
Jefferson Barracks, the oldest operational military installation west of the Mississippi River, is 180 years old this year.An early postcard from Jefferson Barracks.Jefferson Barracks National CemetarySt.
And, I would bet that if ten Marines invited John Murtha to a blanket party, that would top naked pyramid, too!Honestly!
Pro-American President Alvaro Uribe, whose father was killed by guerillas 22 years ago, won big in his re-election attempt as Colombian President.Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe watches the ID’s of his sons, Jeronimo, left, and Tomas, center as he lines up to vote during presidential elections in Bogota, Sunday, May 28, 2006.
By the look of the mass protests and ethnic violence throughout the country, it doesn’t look like the US will have to!J.T.W.
Mexican President Vicente Fox flew back to Mexico pleased with the US Senate’s Immigration Plan and thinking he had made out with “the whole enchilada” …But, is this really necessary?
From the People’s Republic of Boulder.
And, they’re hip to Starbucks.
The skinheads threw flares at the police and marchers and pummeled the activists at the first gay rights parade in Moscow,Video HERE”Welcome to Moscow!”Nationalist protesters shout anti-gay slogans outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Saturday, May 27, 2006.
Iraq the Model explains a serious translation problem at CNN.Those brothers at Iraq the Model deserve a medal for all they do!
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The death toll is rising by the hour in Indonesia, as the 3rd major tremor in 18 months strikes the island nation,REUTERS VIDEO HEREThe first reports indicated that 30 individuals had died in the violent earthquake that shook Indonesia earlier today.
It is about the readiness of a multi-ethnic nation to explode…
-Victor Davis Hanson- Looking Back at IraqA war to be proud of.
Sugiero dug up this sick video of Palestinian child abuse.
Kesher Talk was there and has pictures and the story.Freedom for Egyptians notes that the protest in Cairo was not quite as successful as it was in New York, especially for the LA Times reporter who got tear-gassed!
The Right Honourable Tony Blair, M.P., Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, spoke on the challenges facing the international community in the 21st century and on the policies and institutions needed to address these challenges in Gaston Hall on the campus of Georgetown University.Speech Webcast HerePresident Bush, left, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, pause outside the Oval Office to look at the Rose Garden before walking down the Colonnade of the White House on their way to lunch, Friday, May 26, 2006 in Washington.
The AP was not so kind, or truthful, in speaking of Tony Blair’s visit to the White House today and later his speech on reforming the UN:…The prime minister was a rare European ally of President Bush(?) in going to war, and like Bush he has suffered political consequences.
Even though the Dr.
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“This is the moment that millions of people have been hoping for.
The latest bunch of suicide bomber hopefuls completed their training and celebrated their graduation in Tehran…
Russia may have boycotted Georgian wine, but that doesn’t mean you have to.Please join Georgian President Saakashvili and enjoy a taste of Georgian wine.Elephants in Academia has more on this controversial boycott by Russia.Cheers!Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, left holds up his glass of Georgian wine to toast visitors to a Festival of Georgian Wine in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on Monday, May 22, 2006.
Protests were held today at American University in Cairo, the Egyptian Supreme Court House, and several other worldwide locations for Egyptian Freedom Day.Sandmonkey was at the protest in Cairo.He shares this text message a friend sent him before the protest:”Are you going to tomorrow’s protest?
**George Bush and Tony Blair speak on Winning Iraq.**President George Bush on Prime Minister Tony Blair…”You know, the amazing thing about dealing with Prime Minister Blair is never once has he said to me on the phone, we better change our tactics because of the political opinion polls.
OPFOR has the report.
The Good Senator Talent gave a speech on the Senate floor yesterday opposing amnesty.Obviously, those calls and emails are working!Senator Talent said he received 4,000 calls or emails on immigration.Here is what Senator Talent had to say today about that speech:(and you can watch it HERE)Over the past few weeks, I have had thousands of constituents call, email and write me to share their views on immigration reform.
Former Democratic Presidential Candidate and NATO General Wesley Clark’s quagmire may finally be turning the corner.
What is it with Democrats?
Those tolerant Democrats…Larry Darby agrees with his peer, “hang” illegal Mexicans!
According to the BBC:Joan Baez, who led anti-war protests in the 1960s, sang “We Shall Overcome” to reporters gathered around the tree.
Euan Blair, eldest son of Tony Blair, and Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi the Yale Taliban will both find themselves in New Haven next year.Evidently, young Euan Blair had heard enough after two weeks in the office of Democratic Representative Jane Harman (D-CALI):British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s eldest son, Euan, has shunned politics – walking away from a gig as an intern at a congresswoman’s office – to pursue a master’s degree at Yale.
RedState is hoping eBay has something on the auction block.
Atlas has an amazing post up today about her day in Washington DC including a look at the power players in DC.This is really good!Paul Mirengoff from Powerline was also at the Joint Session.
I don’t think I have read anything this wacky since they started pulling frozen logs of greenbacks from the freezers of Congress!The little darlings were so well behaved……After all, they did not torch the stage or physically assault the speaker at the New School graduation.
75% of Americans are positive and optimistic.The other 25%, however, sure is nasty!
John Stephenson has the latest on Mt.
After weeks of threats, violence, death, marches, bombings, and trading gunfire, the media is reporting today that the Palestinian situation is close to a civil war.
Could there have been…
Vicente Fox stirred things up in the Beehive State when he pushed for a guest worker program for the millions of illegal Mexicans in the US…
Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) and Chaiman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign has a lot of nerve commenting on William “Cold Hard Cash” Jefferson (D-LA).
But, to the dismay of many…
Ethiopia is now blocking blogs.Maybe Jimmy Carter should be called since the dictator Meles Zenawi, owes him one, big time.Global Voices has more.
Students at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University protested against the repressive mullacracy today and yesterday.ed photos of demonstration at Iran FocusTuesday’s protest turned violent as reported in an earlier Iran Focus article:During Tuesday’s protest, students threw stones at the university dean’s office, shattering several windows, after they were prevented from entering the campus by agents of Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF).The demonstrators then forced their way through the guards into the building where they began chanting anti-government slogans.
