Month: July 2007

Around The Torture World In 80-Seconds

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I didn’t notice any of these recent stories at Amnesty International, so I decided to take a quick tour of current events in the world of torture.This Algerian held at Guantanamo would rather stay there than be returned home.Some of the tortures at Guantanamo were described by this prisoner.

Exodus Reunion Should Stimulate Another Israeli Remembrance

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Hillel Halkin, contributing editor of the New York Sun, reflects on a seemingly lost talent in Israel, occasioned by a reunion of surviving passengers of the Exodus, made famous by the fictional treatment, and exaggeration, of Leon Uris’ book and Otto Preminger’s film.

Corruption Matters

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The conclusion of Andres Oppenheimer’s column from the Miami Herald sparked my curiosity about the World Bank report it’s based upon:With democratic institutions, a free press and a professional – not politicized – civil service, corruption can be reduced anywhere.Of course, certain countries don’t care for that conclusion:Granted, the World Bank didn’t publicly present the figures as a world ranking of corruption, perhaps fearing that member countries would raise hell if ranked at the bottom of the list.

Is there a doctor in the house?

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“Health-care coverage without access is meaningless,” says Massachusetts’ governor.Yet, “universal healthcare” proponents are usually cut from the same cloth as those who want our best and brightest to become doctors at low rewards.

Why demonize Iraq war contractors?

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Al Gore’s former communications director, when Vice-President, sees why: Contractors are the proxy for anti-military sentiments on the political left.Or, The New Republic can find a fabulist, Thomas Beauchamp, husband

Natan Sharansky Discusses Iraq War & Gullibility of Western Media

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Internationally recognized Human Rights activist and former Soviet dissident, Natan Sharansky sat down in Jerusalem today to speak about the Iraq War, democracy and the fight against radical Islam with a gathering of American bloggers.Sharansky is currently the chairman of the Shalem Center’s Institute for Strategic Studies as well as a distinguished fellow.

House Dem Leadership Fears Successes In Iraq

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The Washington Post reports House of Representatives Majority Whip James Clyburn fearing that a “Positive Report by Petraeus Could Split House Democrats on War.” Many Democrats have anticipated that, at best, Petraeus and U.S.

Senate Ethics Bill: Dem Camouflage

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“Captain” Ed Morrissey at Captains Quarters blog points out, “According to sources on Capitol Hill, the bill signals a retreat on earmark reform in several ways,” and provides examples.

The War The Dems May Lose

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I usually write on subjects that aren’t prominently, and better, handled by others.

Rescue Dawn

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Werner Herzog’s new film Rescue Dawn has garnered much praise and usual snarkiness from professional film reviewers.In my post at Democracy-Project last week, I focused on the traits of determination and resilience that surviving POW’s had.

US Sinks North Korean Ship Bound for Iran

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This is from my new best buddy Scott Johnson from Powerline who is traveling with me in Israel.The article is from Debka File which has not always been the most accurate, but anyway if it’s not, blame my buddy:(Vancouver, BC) — “How close were we to seeing an armed nuclear conflict?” That is the question being asked as Syrian nationals temporarily vacated Beirut, Lebanon and the Jordan Valley during mid July according to sources close to ACG-CIS.

Another UN Broken Record

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The United Nations “Peacekeeper” forces have racked up quite a record – for sexual abuse of those it’s supposed to protect.Since the end of the Cold War, the humanitarian focus and political jockeying within the United Nations have actually become more entwined, and the UN’s ability to be a peacemaker declined.

Wonderful To Be Here

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I was surprised that my friend Jim Hoft invited me to guest at Gateway Pundit, as my style at Democracy-Project and elsewhere tends toward non-photo, wonkish essays.

IRAQ WINS ASIAN CUP- People Mass in Streets–Defy Terrorists

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The Iraqi People united in celebration after their soccer team smashed Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup today.Although two terrorists set off car bombs following the semifinal win, Iraqis flocked to the streets to defy those who want only their death.Residents celebrate in Baghdad July 29, 2007, after the Iraq team won the final game of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup soccer tournament against Saudi Arabia in Jakarta.

Lebanese News Says One Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Is Dead

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A year has passed since the unprovoked abduction of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser on the Israeli side of the Lebanese border by the terrorist group Hezbollah.Eldad Regev (Left) and Ehud Goldwasser- Israel ministry of Foreign Affairs Now, Lebanese News is reporting that one of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers has died in captivity.The Jerusalem Post and ROP reported:One of the two Israeli reservists held by Hizbullah for more than a year has died and the other is still alive, the Lebanese daily newspaper an-Nahar reported Saturday.

Activist Burns Rare & Expensive Koran to Make Statement

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Statement indeed!An invitation to a fatwa…Artist, atheist and gay activist Charles Merrill enjoys a moment of peace in Venice.Charles Merrill, the extravagant artist and gay rights activist, burned a $60,000 copy of the Koran to protest Islam’s stance on gay rights.

Accountant Gets Death Penalty For Killing 257 in Blasts

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Terrorist-Accountant, Yakub Memon, was sentenced to death for slaughtering 257 in Mumbai, India.Rubina Memon, center, sister-in-law of the 1993 Mumbai bombings mastermind Tiger Memon, arrives at a special court trying the bombings case in Mumbai, India, Friday, July 27, 2007.

British Flood Victims Protest Climate Change

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It’s a natural disaster and since Bush wasn’t around and they had to blame someone, British protesters blame all industrialized societies for their current pain.The bitter Brits slogged through the flooded streets to protest their conditions.Watch out for the kayak!Local residents hold a protest claiming climate change is to blame for the floods ravaging the country in Oxford, England, Wednesday July 25, 2007.

Imprisoned Iranian Students Sexually Assaulted By Regime!

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Imprisoned Iranian students are being sexually tortured by the regime in Iran!A photo from a protest at Amir Kabir University in Tehran earlier this year demanding the release of fellow students arrested by the regime.

Pony's Poverty Tour Tanks- Americans "Unable to Be Moved"

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Jonathan Darman at Newsweek sulks at America’s “inability to be moved” by the suffering spotlighted by the John Edwards’ poverty publicity tour:“There is something tragic about Edwards’s failure to break through.

Hundreds of "Sicko" Doctors Flee Island Paradise For US

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Michael Moore’s favorite doctors are resisting those lucrative $15 per month wages and fleeing to the US.Cuban doctors and graduating medical students sit underneath an image of late revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara during an event in Havana, Cuba.

Iranian Women Protest For Rights- Get Public Flogging Instead!

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Several Iranian women bravely protested for more rights in June of 2006……But, instead of more rights, the women were given a beating by the Iranian regime.Now, the Iranian authorities are trying the women for “plotting against state security” and sentencing them to jail.

Liberal Terror-Master Juan Cole Gets Punked By Osama Bin Laden

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Too funny!The liberal Bush-hating terror expert Juan Cole falls for the re-run tape filmed in 2001!Osama Bin Laden appears in a new Al Qaeda video clip on July 14, 2007 (on left Laura Mansfield) and from a release in May 2002 (filmed in 2001) scratching his noggin (La Republicca)- same session, different release date.** NonParty Politics has the details.This is just further proof that the liberal-socialist party cannot be trusted with national security!

Asymmetrical war? Let's Even It Out

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The very popular former Bolivian Congressman Jose Brechner is having his articles translated into English.Here is Jose’s recent article on the war on terror:Asymmetrical war?

Venezuela-Iran Venture Cranks Out Tractors, Cars & Mosques

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The first “Anti-Imperialist Cars” reached Venezuelan roads this month.Flags of Iran and Venezuela greet you as you enter the VENIRAN tractor plant in Venezuelan provincial capital of Ciudad Bolivar:(VENIRAN)The Islamification of Venezuela is moving along quite nicely according to an article published at Fars News today:Iran, Venezuela Team up for Axis of Unity TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A billboard of Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looms over a motorway in Venezuela, marking the entrance to a factory designed to produce three things: tractors, influence and angst.The influence, less visible but real enough, is for Chavez and Ahmadinejad, two presidents who hope this and other ventures will project their prestige and power.

Iran: "Israel Seeks to Disintegrate Iraq"

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Ali Akbar Velayati, the International Affairs Advisor to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei spoke to an audience of baseej members about the influence of Israel in Iraq today.A photo from one of the rallies to wipe out Israel held in Iran in October, 2005.

30 Less Terrorists to Worry About in Fallujah (Video)

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A Very Proud & Very Successful Engineer Friend sent this video from Fallujah with the following report:This is a video from a F16 doing CAS (close air support) during the recent fighting in Fallujah.

SCOTT THOMAS BEAUCHAMP Comes Out of Shadows at TNR

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This poor sad story telling private is in a heap of trouble!Do you suppose John Murtha and the democrats will support him?Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp (his blog is here) comes out of the shadows at The New Republic:A STATEMENT FROM SCOTT THOMAS BEAUCHAMP:As we’ve noted in this space, some have questioned details that appeared in the Diarist “Shock Troops,” published under the pseudonym Scott Thomas.

"Troops Need You" Organization Sends Supplies to Haditha

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Soldier, co-author and founder of “Troops Need You”, Major Eric Egland, sends an update on the wonderful work his organization is doing to help the soldiers and people of Iraq.Major Eric Egland and his wife Ania.Here Is another military story that you won’t hear on the nightly news…Jim,Thank you for the encouragement.Thank goodness for Midwestern values and common sense.It has been a blessing to run Troops Need You.

Nutroot's Profanity Exceeds Right Wing Profanity— 18 to 1!

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With the latest accusations by Bill O’Reilly on the the profanity at the premier democratic blog Daily Kos and the latest excuses by Daily Kos apologists who defend their God-given right to post profanity and hate speech…I thought it was time to dust off the infamous “7 Words Study” comparing language on the right side of the blogosohere with the language frequently used on the left side of the blogosphere.** You may visit the The NewsBuckit at any time to get the complete results from this intensive look at nutroot’s profanity.This is what happened when the students at News Buckit compared nutroots profanity with profanity on the right.And this is what I found, using what I deemed — through a mix of TTLB and 2006’s Weblog Award lists — to be the 18 biggest Lefty blogs, and 22 biggest Righty blogs.

Truther Attacks Thompson

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Fred Thompson might as well get used to this crazy aggressive Leftist behavior.This tactic seemed to work well for the Left in the last election- we are likely to see much more deranged Leftist antics the closer we get to the 2008 elections.

Asinine Mugabe Apologist Comment of the Day

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The Zimbabwe Crisis Today- The reality is that the inflation rate is running at 3,700%, the unemployment rate is at 80%, and tens of thousands are homeless…

Terrorists Bomb Soccer Fans in Baghdad!

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Thousands of Iraqis celebrated in the streets of Baghdad after the national soccer team won the semifinal in the Asian Cup.The barbarians were waiting for them.The barbarians will allow no joy.Iraqis celebrate in Baghdad.

Terrorists Bomb Tour de France

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ETA separatists bombed the Tour de France today.The pack of riders cycle in the Pyrenees mountains during the 16th stage of the 94th Tour de France cycling race between Orthez and Gourette-Col d’Aubisque, July 25, 2007.

Feds Raid Two Islamic Charities In Dearborn

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The US raided the offices of two suspected terror front groups in Dearborn, Michigan yesterday:WASHINGTON – The Bush administration took action Tuesday against an Iran-based foundation, including its U.S.

Taliban Kills South Korean Hostage- Dumps Body on Highway

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The Taliban went ahead and killed one of the male Evangelical Christian hostages from Korea.His body was dumped next to the main Kabul-Kandahar highway.A man holds a South Korean newspaper with a front page showing an image of a group of South Korean Christians posing for a commemorative photograph, taken 13 July, 2007, before leaving for Afghanistan.

Baathists Announce Plans For Iraq Once Democrats Complete Withdrawal

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This didn’t get much play in the press for some reason.The Baathists are looking forward to US helicopters fleeing the embassy in Baghdad just like they did in Vietnam.The former Baathists of Saddam’s regime met briefly in Damascus, Syria yesterday before the Assad Regime called off the event.

IRANIAN REGIME EXECUTES ARRESTED STUDENT ACTIVIST!

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THE REGIME IN IRAN EXECUTED MEISAM LOTFI AFTER HIS BRUTAL ARREST IN MAY.MEISAM LOFTI WAS A STUDENT ACTIVIST AND NOT A CRIMINAL!KAMANGIR has details on this horrible human rights violation:Meisam Lofti was reportedly executed for being a gang-member.

Chutch Faces Firing Squad at CU Today

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UPDATE: (6:40 PM CST) Churchill Is Canned!** Slapstick Politics is live-blogging the Ward Churchill firing powwow at CU today complete with photos.Ward’s minions showed their support:The regents are meeting to see if the America-hating fraudster should be released.Slapstick says, “Ward’s followers “promise” to be peaceful.

Camel-Riding Former Gitmo Detainee Blows Himself Up

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Abdullah Mehsud pulled the pin on his grenade today in southwestern Pakistan.Abdullah Mehsud, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, talks to the media as his bodyguard stand guard near Chagmalai in South Waziristan along the Afghan border in this Oct 14, 2004 file photo.

Syria Scraps "Iraqi Resistance" Conference in Damascus

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While the US and Iran were meeting in Baghdad to iron out(?) Iraqi security issues, the planned meeting of former Baathists and Saddam’s henchmen was scrapped in Damascus.ADN Kronos reported:Syrian authorities cancelled, just hours before it was set to take place, a conference Tuesday in Damascus by groups representing the so-called “Iraqi resistance” – including former members of Saddam Hussein’s regime – opposing the Baghdad government and its US-led international backers.No reason was given for the scrapping of the event.Some 500 delegates – including former officers from Saddam’s army, the Council of the Muslim Ulama, the banned former ruling Baath Party, Communists as well as several tribal chiefs – were expected to attend the gathering.The aim of the conference was to bring together the different, mostly Sunni Muslim groups under a single political programme with delegates issuing a final joint declaration.Syria is the home of many political exiles who fled Iraq when Saddam was toppled in 2003 following the US-led invasion.However, not all dissident groups in the Sunni camp were in favour of the conference with former Iraqi deputy-president Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri (pictured), reportedly a leader of the new, underground Baath movement, dismissing delegates as not being representative.

MNF-Iraq Releases Statement on TNR's Soldier Stories

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TNR’s bogus attacks on the military are starting to make headlines!…The Weekly Standard Blog has been leading the charge to find the truth behind the disgusting anti-military hit pieces that The New Republic says are coming from a “group of active duty soldiers in Iraq.”The New York Times is even reporting on The New Republic soldier scandal today.According to the Times, the TNR staff are still investigating the incredulous claims by anonymous reporter, “Scott Thomas”:Franklin Foer, the editor of The New Republic, will not reveal the author’s identity but says the magazine is investigating the accuracy of his articles.