Month: November 2006

Pope Benedict XVI Prays Inside Mosque in Turkey

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Pope Benedict XVI became only the 2nd pontiff ever to enter a mosque today…Pope Benedict XVI prays with Istanbul’s Grand Mufti Mustafa Cagrici (R) and other Muslim clerics as he visits the Sultanahmet, or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul November 30, 2006.

Al Qaeda Suicide Bombers Strike in Somalia

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Al Qaeda linked suicide bombers including a veiled woman struck in Somalia earlier today killing six individuals including the suicide attackers. Somali women pose with assault rifles at a rally in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday Nov.

Iraqi Death Rates & Bogus AP Sources: Correlation or Coincidence?

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Strategy Page has a report on the latest tragic numbers coming from Iraq with some interesting comparisons including this:BTW- Only 10% of Iraqi deaths have been caused by US troops.Here is how today’s numbers compare to Saddam’s violent rule…Michelle Malkin pointed out yesterday that Multi-Forces Iraq and Iraqi officials have a long list of problematic Iraqi Police/Ministry of Interior spokesmen quoted by the AP and other news services that the military says it cannot verify as legitimate employees.

New York Times Publishes Another Classified Memo to Hurt Bush

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The New York Times again published a classified memo that ends up hurting President Bush, hurting President al Maliki from Iraq, hurting the Iraq War efforts, hurting democracy efforts in Iraq, hurting the Iraqi people, and hurting American efforts in the Mideast.But, remember…

Wacky Leftist Judge Strikes Down Terrorist Funding Law

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A wacky leftist judge from California struck down the president’s right to designate a group as being a terrorist organization!Funny, the AP today forgot to mention that this same wacky judge ruled the Patriot Act unlawful in 2004!Gee…

Sorry AP… Your Torched Sunni Report Is Still Very Bogus!

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BIG UPDATE BELOW: The imam at the mosque in question where the “6 Sunni torchings” supposedly took place is accused of being a member of Saddam’s secret police by his own congregation!** The AP is outraged that Centcom is questioning their 2nd or 3rd-person accounts!

What Republicans Must Learn From Kazakhstan

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If Minority Leader John Boehner read the blogs……Today would be an excellent day for the Minority Leader to read the blogs.Minority Leader Boehner and Republicans could learn a great lesson from Kazakhstan.Kazakhstan was having a hard time getting its message out to the masses.

Turkey Welcomes Pope Benedict XVI With Protests & Petitions

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The Islamic Party of Turkey let the Pope know on Sunday how they felt about his planned visit to their country.Members of the Islamic party “Saadet Partisi” (the Felicity Party) followers protest against this week’s visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey.

A Letter to President George W. Bush

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Winston is writing a letter and is asking for help.Elie Wiesel is demanding that the UN expel Ahmadinejad’s murderous regime.Hat Tip Free Thoughts

Sunnis and Shiites Live in Peace in Basra

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The following is a Haider Ajina translation of a headline and article, which appeared in Iraq’s Almuatin on November 28th:”Iraq’s Basra has not been affected by occurrences in Sadr City, Sunnis live with their Shiites brethren in peace”Sheik Khalid Almulah, Imam and speaker at Alaabanchi (Sunni) Mosque in Basra, said that what happened in Sadr City lately did not affect Basra.

Lt. Maithem Abdul Razzaq- The Other Bogus AP Source

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Flopping Aces discovered this past weekend that the Associated Press is using bogus sources in its reports from Iraq!(Check out the update!)Centcom sent a press release out on Monday and included this information: We at Multi-National Corps – Iraq made it known through MNC-I Press Release Number 20061125-09 and our conversations with your reporters that neither we nor Baghdad Police had any reports of such an incident after investigating it and could find no one to corroborate the story.

Ahmadinejad: "Satanic Dominance of US is Fading"

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Iran offers to assist the Great Satan!Ahmadinejad called on Mideast nations to expel the “enemies who are against humanity from our countries and our sacred lands.”Is this the help the US is wanting?Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, reviews Basij female paramilitary volunteers, affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guard, during their parade ceremony, as he is accompanied by Revolutionary Guard’s commander Yahya Rahim Safavi, left, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov.

Students Clash With Regime Thugs in Tehran

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Winston and Azarmehr are reporting that Tehrani university students are clashing with thugs from the Iranian regime.Abbas Hakimzadeh, Ali Azizi and Majid Tavakoli, staged a sit in at the university entrance after they were kicked off campus for their reporting on the regime.Azarmehr reported:Three students from Amir Kabir university, Abbas Hakimzadeh, Ali Azizi and Majid Tavakoli, staged a sit in at the university entrance today.

Acid Bombs at Wal-Mart

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STACLU reported on the Saturday Maine Wal-Mart blasts.Hat Tip RichTwo 15 year old boys were arrested after they were identified from the Wal-Mart surveillance video and by peers at a local McDonalds.WCSH6 has a video report HEREThe boys set off the bombs in the pet area and toy section of the Wal-Mart store in Skowhegan, Maine.

Students Chuck Stones at Marxist Bolivian President Morales

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The students in Santa Cruz were not impressed with the planned land redistribution by Bolivian President Evo Morales and let him know it!Students of the eastern state of Santa Cruz shout as they demonstrate against the government of Evo Morales in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, some 650 kilometers (404 miles) east of capital La Paz on Tuesday, Nov.

Grim Benchmark Reminder

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The AP repeats the Far Left insanity today: It now has taken the US longer to squelch the insurgency in Iraq than win the Second World War.

Palestinians Take About An Hour to Break Ceasefire!

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Earlier today the media was gloating over the grand announcement that Israel and the Palestinians had agreed to a ceasefire!The Jerusalem Post reported that the ceasefire would go into effect at 6:00 AM:(Via LGF)Israel announced on Saturday, following a telephone conversation between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, that it would accept the Palestinian factions’ offer of a ceasefire.

Another Massive Anti-Chavez Protest in Caracas

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Amazing!It was the largest protest in Venezuelan history!V-Crisis has the story and more photos from the demonstration today in Caracas.(Hat Tip Instapundit)Venezuela News and Views has video!Wow!

The Torched Sunni Story Goes Up in Flames

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It looks like the story about the 6 Sunnis who were dragged from a mosque and torched……Is bogus!The AP story is full of enemy propaganda.Unbelievable!

Lebanese Cabinet Approves International Hariri Tribunal

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Despite threats from Hezbollah to take down the government and the assassination of Pierre Gemayel earlier in the week, the Lebanese cabinet went ahead and approved an international tribunal to investigate the 2005 Hariri assassination.Hezbollah says it will take to the streets next week to take down the government.Amin Gemayel, father of slain cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, prays with his wife over the coffin of their son.

Al Sadr Threatens to Provoke Collapse of Iraqi Government

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The 30 member block of Muqtada al-Sadr representatives say they will walk out of (the 270 member) Parliament if al-Maliki meets with President Bush this week.Withdrawing his 30 representatives and 6 cabinet ministers would hurt Maliki’s party and could cause a collapse of the government!The radical cleric is blaming the US for the attacks in Sadr City this week that killed over 200 Iraqis:Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr warned they will suspend their membership in parliament and the Cabinet if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meets U.S.

UN Blames Israel for Minefield in Southern Lebanon

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The United Nations condemned Israel for planting landmines along the southern Lebanese border after the 33 Day War this past summer:Four members of an international demining team have been wounded in an Israeli-laid minefield in south Lebanon, a UN spokeswoman said, adding it was the first evidence of use by the Jewish state of anti-personnel mines in the summer conflict.

4,000 Executions

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An estimated 100,000 Iranians have been executed under the mullahs of Iran……Including 4,000 gays.They are given their “Choice of Deathstyles”- Pajamas Media -A Jacksonian points out this link to the Boroumand Foundation.

Iran Claims US and Zionists Are Behind Gemayel's Murder

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During Friday prayers in Tehran the Iranian Regime claimed that the US and Zionists were behind the assassination of Pierre Gemayel in Beirut:Tehran’s substitute Friday prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Ahmad Khatami on Friday held the US and the Zionist Regime of Israel responsible for assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel.

Hezbollah Protests, Business Leaders Strike in Lebanon

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Hezbollah Shia supporters protested what they said were insults against Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah at the funeral of an assassinated anti-Syrian minister Pierre Gemayel earlier in the day by blocking the road to the airport on Thursday night.Lebanese Shi’ite Muslims protest in the street in Beirut suburbs November 23, 2006.

Alleged Child Molester Prays for a Dick Cheney Heart Attack

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Happy Thanksgiving from the Leftists at the Huffington Post!A Little Prayer and Lot of Hatred from one of the loons at the HuffPo.English satirist, writer and accused child molester offers holiday cheer as can’t give the Bush hatred a rest, not even for a day.Here’s more on the Leftist moralist chosen to give the Thanksgiving prayer:Hendra’s daughter, Jessica Hendra (wife of Kurt Fuller), has written a book (How to Cook Your Daughter) in which she describes being sexually abused by Hendra when she was a young girl.The Washington Post reported:Initially she wrote an account of the alleged molestation as an op-ed piece and submitted it to the Times.

Shocking Report Implicates Syria in Gemayel's Assassination!

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A shocking report from Kuwait says that Syrian reporters were calling Lebanese newspapers inquiring about Gemayel’s murder before his assassination took place!Lebanese mourners carry the coffin of Lebanon’s Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel in Bekfaya, November 22, 2006.

Iranian Student Murdered For Talking to His Wife in Public

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The Iranian religious police frown on couples mingling in public.Stefania has more pictures from this “love arrest” at Publius Pundit.While the regime in Tehran denounced the taser incident at UCLA, an Iranian student in Sabzevar was murdered for talking to his wife at a public bus stop.Via Azarmehr and Middle East Times:An Iranian university student talking with his wife at a bus stop was murdered by another student upset over a public conversation between the sexes, the ISNA student news agency reported Sunday.

Those Six Showboating Imams

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A Muslim friend writes in about those 6 praying imams removed from the US Airways flight in Minneapolis:Greetings Jim,As a person raised a Muslim and practicing Islam.

Six Imams Detained at Minneapolis Airport

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The men were chanting ‘Allah, Allah, Allah,’ as they were transported down the jetway.Omar Shahin from Phoenix was removed from the US Airways plane after he stood and recited Muslim prayer with 5 other imams on the plane before takeoff.