Month: January 2007

So much for transparency.Global warming heats up the House.Swamp Leftists rename themselves.

** Updated Below **The New York Times publishes photos and posts video of a dying US soldier!** Now, the suffering Texas family is outraged!

Pro freedom……not Pro-Chavez.Hugo Chavez gets the kiss off from Brazilain model Gisele Bundchen.Via the New York Post:25, 2007 — AMERICANS aren’t the only ones repulsed by bloviating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

You just knew this was going to be a huge hit…Zombie captured the opening night festivities on film.(Boy, those paintings stink!

74 years ago today…On January 30, 1933, around noon, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.

At least we know where they stand.

Afghan Lord attended the public events today in Kabul…Sohrab has video of the bloody whipping ceremony posted on his blog and does us a favor by explaining this religious ritual.Here is the self-flogging Ashura video…(2 minutes- You’ve never seen anything like it!)Also- Check out the pictures Afghan Lord took while attending today’s Ashura festivities!There are some clerics who are speaking out about this bloody practice.

It wasn’t that long ago that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned us that he was preparing the pathway for the return of Abul-Qassem Mohammad, the 12th Imam:According to Shi’ite Muslim teaching, Abul-Qassem Mohammad, the 12th leader whom Shi’ites consider descended from the Prophet Mohammed, disappeared in 941 but will return at the end of time to lead an era of Islamic justice.”Our revolution’s main mission is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi,” Ahmadinejad said in the speech to Friday Prayers leaders from across the country.

Kamangir has photos from the “Hossain’s Toddler Conference” in Tehran.You have to see it to believe it.** Fausta recommends a warning on the links to these photos, so be warned

Sadly, in our current “Culture of Torture” the peace and justice hoodlums who gathered near the US Capital with their duck and dragon puppets and cans of spray paint, could not resist the temptation to mess with the innocent mock-Gitmo detainee.All he was doing was laying there reminding the world of the innocent ones at Guantanamo Bay, when…Mob rule took over!First…

As Shiite Muslims flock to Karbala, US and Iraqi forces thwarted an attack in the Holy city.

The following is an article from the Iraqi independent news agency Aswat Al-Iraq (“Voices of Iraq”- VOI) on January 28, 2007:Sadrists, Islamic Party ink deal to maintain securityBy Wathiq IsmaelBaghdad, Jan 28, (VOI) – The Sadrist bloc, or members of parliament loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, and the Iraqi Islamic Party (Sunni Party) signed an agreement to set up joint committees in the areas inhabited by a mix of Shiites and Sunnis with the aim of preserving security and cooperating with Iraqi security forces, according to Bahaa al-Aaraji, a Sadrist member of parliament, on Sunday.”A meeting was held on Saturday between Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (Sunni Kurd), his deputy Tareq al-Hashimi (Sunni Araba), the Secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party and a leading figure of the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), and al-Aaraji to discuss a host of issues and mechanisms pertaining to the security situation in general and the Baghdad security plan expected to be carried out soon,” Aaraji told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).A statement issued by the Iraqi vice president’s office read “Aaraji has briefed Hashimi on proposals regarding the Sadrist bloc’s position on the security plan, to be in effect during the next few days.”The statement quoted Aaraji as saying, “If the proposals deliberated in the meeting materialized, it would be a historic juncture undoubtedly improving security conditions, especially in Baghdad.””The parties in the meeting agreed to hold further ones in the future,” the statement pointed out, adding “Hashimi has encouraged the Sadrists to adopt stands in important but still pending issues showing the Sadrist bloc’s keenness on helping stop the vicious circle of violence.””Aaraji promised to study and reply to these proposals,” the statement added.Aaraji, however, declined to speak on these issues but hinted, “one of them is about the armed militias.” Haider Ajina comments,It appears from this article that Sunni & Shiite Arabs in the Iraqi government and Parliament are beginning to sit together and hash out a security plan.

Not all of the Leftists were promoting peace yesterday…Leftist protesters spray painted the steps of the US Capital Building on Saturday and were picking fights with the DC police.Protesters surround the Capital Building at the antiwar protests yesterday in Washington DC.

Strategy Page exposes the truth.Let Freedom Ring has “the only resolution worth debating.”Meanwhile, Michael Yon reported on the attacks near Mosul yesterday.

Representative John Conyers calls for defunding the Iraq War today at the anti-war rally in Washington DC.Rep.

National Geographic Channel is airing Inside Saddam’s Reign of Terror tonight at 9 PM Central.For 24 years, Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party executed political rivals, Shias, Kurds and anyone else who dared disagree – or even tell a joke about the dictator.

At Davos, Kerry talks of America- the “international pariah”.

A suicide bomber killed at least 11 in Peshawar, Pakistan before the start of the Shiite festival of Ashoura.A policeman stands beside victims who were injured in a blast, in a local hospital in Peshawar, January 27, 2007.

An Algerian radical Islamic group received a letter from Osama bin Laden which they say proves he is alive and well.The Blotter reports:Although he has not been seen or heard since last July, a militant Islamist group in Algeria says Osama bin Laden gave formal approval this week for the group to change its name.

Now, Nasrallah just wants peace- the Video.(REUTERS) (AP)(AFP)(AP)Even though he says he can topple the government whenever he wants…Hassan Nasrallah called for peace.Michael Totten says Hassan’s riding three tigers at once and losing control.

STACLU has the latest on the moonbat propagandist who is still whining about having to testify.Previously on Watada:How George Washington Would Deal With 1st Lt.

Times have changed.