these three Americans have been held by FARC in Colombia since February 13, 2003:Gonsalves, Stansell and Howes were doing drug surveillance for the Department of Defense when they were taken hostage in February.
Michael Totten reports that Syrian forces have already crossed the Lebanon border and are digging in.Ynet News reports that fighting will erupt in one week.MEMRI has a collection of Arab and Iranian media reports predicting the escalation of violence.
The global warming performers gave it their all to persuade earthlings to cut their carbon emissions.There was plenty of booty shakin’ for climate change going on…The Pussycat Dolls’ Kimberly Wyatt and Nicole Scherzinger made everyone think about reducing their carbon footprint during the show.
Battleground Lebanon- If it’s not Iranian-backed Hezbollah in the south creating havoc, it’s the Saudi-backed Fatah al-Islam terrorists in the north.Smoke rises from Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, 06 July 2007.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq threatened to annihilate Iran in a taped recording posted on a website on Sunday.
Among other things, Chairman Julian Bond of the NAACP blames the War in Iraq on the weakened levees in New Orleans.Oh…
Kamangir has this hi-tech news from the Regime in Iran:According to IRNA, the official Islamic Republic news agency, the national Police chief has implicitly verified the news about the confiscation of a number of squirrels, equipped with eavesdropping devices, on the Iranian borders.
Mother Sheehan is back!That pain-filled exodus away from the cameras lasted…
MORE ON PLAYA-GATE…It looks like the LA Times is too busy trying to trash Republican Fred Thompson and getting scooped by American Spectator to notice the enormous scandal erupting out of their own City Hall.Here’s the latest on Hollywood’s summer sizzler from the west side (suburban St.
Dan Riehl puts it together.Hat Tip Larwyn
President Bush blasted democratic leaders while touting the record economy in his radio address today.The unreported surge…The Dow Jones Industrial Average (5 year picture) is just one indicator that shows the remarkable rebound of the economy since the Clinton Recession.
Several of you have already seen the photos of the MSM’s favorite raging Islamic protester from Kashmir.It’s one thing to get the nickname “Rage Boy” but is this abuse really necessary?Here’s more rage boy abuse and further rage boy abuse.Hat Tip to Sean B.
Let Freedom Ring reports on the immense humanitarian efforts going on in Diyala Province in Iraq.From an earlier post on Miss Utah Sgt.
Humble Performers Urge Earthlings to Sacrifice for Planet.Live Earth is today…Singer Enrique Iglesias performs during the Live Earth concert in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2007.
Fausta interviewed Robert Mayer from Publius Pundit about the current free trade agreement with Colombia that was dismissed by the Democratic-led US Congress.** The audio clip is HERE and is very interesting.Publius Pundit is launching a new campaign to Support Free Trade with Colombia.
A ton of mining explosives were used in the blast that killed 26 at a karaoke bar in Liaoning Province earlier this week.A damaged truck is seen near the blast site of a karaoke parlour in Benxi County, northeast China’s Liaoning province July 5, 2007.
***BIG UPDATE BELOW***More on PLAYA-GATE…LA Mayor Villaraigosa talked about trust and keeping promises this week…The Democratic LA Mayor is feeling the summer heat-Blog rumors were flying this morning that there was more to the story than what was being reported on Hillary Clinton’s National Co-Chair and LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s recent affairs.Earlier…
STACLU has the court’s decision nixing last year’s nutty warrantless wiretap ruling by Jimmy Carter appointed Judge Anna s Taylor.
PLAYA-GATE!Hollywood finally comes out with something worth watching!Mayor Villagairosa with another well known…
Michael Yon reports that it is finally sinking in that we want Iraq to succeed!FOX News carries his powerful dispatch from Iraq today.Iraqi fathers constantly dive toward the camera: Got to show those kids off.
Celebrating the 4th of July San Francisco style…Click to EnlargeZombie took pictures at the America-Hating 4th of July events in San Francisco.
Thank goodness!Maybe this newspaper will continue to profit unlike the liberal rags that are tanking.
Militants failed to shoot down President Musharraf’s plane today as it was taking off from an Islamabad military base.A combo picture shows a long barrelled anti-aircraft gun (L) and a machinegun (R) after reports that President Pervez Musharraf’s aircraft was fired on from the rooftop of a house in the garrison town of Rawalpindi July 6, 2007.
Moderate British Muslims began a media blitz to condemn the recent attempted car bomb attacks in Great Britain.
The Iranian Regime shut dowm Ham-Mihan, or Compatriot, newspaper on Tuesday, 42 days after it resumed publishing from the last time the regime shut it down.Reformist newspaper Ham Mihan staff members listen to their managing director speak in their office in Tehran, Iran on July 3, 3007.
Over one million Colombians marched from the jungle outpost of Leticia to the Caribbean city of Cartagena to demand liberation of the country’s kidnap victims from Leftist terrorists.People attend a protest against violence and kidnapping, in Medellin July 5, 2007.
Here comes another unconfirmed bombing report out of Baghdad complete with:** Different versions of how the blast occurred** Unauthorized sources** No pictures of the devastation released at this time even though the scene of destruction is clearly described by the sourcesTake a look at the differing accounts:Reuters reported:BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb killed 17 people and wounded 25 others outside a restaurant in a Shi’ite neighbourhood in southern Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi police said.Among the victims were women and children who were part of a group accompanying a newly wed couple.
“Rage Boy” makes the mainstream news today.The Islamic Rage Boy collage from the collection at Snapped Shot.The “Face of Muslim Fury” in Kashmir spoke to the AFP today in an exclusive interview:He has become the face of Muslim fury: an angry young man whose bushy beard and fiery-eyed scowl take centre stage at nearly every pro-Islamic demonstration in Indian Kashmir.Shakeel Bhat, 31, has been displaying his teeth and shaking his fist over anything from Salman Rushdie’s knighthood to Danish cartoons, becoming a photographers’ favourite and earning himself the nickname “Rage Boy” in online columns and blogs.One American columnist has dismissed him as a “professional Muslim protester,” while other bloggers have also held him up for ridicule as a person who appears to be very easily enraged about anything.”I can’t resist injustice.
Director Oliver Stone is the latest unhinged Leftist to see Bush as Ahmadinejad.Oliver Stone sees Bush in Ahmadinejad.Via Drudge and Contact Music:Moviemaker OLIVER STONE has responded to Iranian critics who called him “part of the Great Satan” as they refused his official request to make a movie about President MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD.
On June 12, 2006, Iranian women held a rally at Tir Square in Tehran protesting for more rights…Instead, they got a beatdown.And, several of the women were imprisoned for their animosity against the regime in Iran.This week one of the women arrested during that protest was in court.A women’s rights activist, Delaram Ali, was sentenced to 3 years in jail and 10 whippings for protesting against the regime in Iran.Her sentence was handed down on Monday.Iran Focus reported:On Monday, an Iranian court sentenced a women’s rights activist to almost three years in jail and 10 lashes for attending a banned rally, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
Fighting continued on Thursday at the Red Mosque after leader Maulana Abdul Aziz was caught fleeing the mosque in a burqa.THE UNVEILING…An image taken from the Pakistan Television shows on Thursday, July 5, 2007, the chief cleric of radical Lal mosque Maulana Abdul Aziz, who was arrested by police, Wednesday in Islamabad, Pakistan, removing his veil.
Afghan Lord reports that Radio Taliban- The Voice of Shariah- is broadcasting again from southern Afghanistan.The BBC reported this news back in June and said that the broadcasts included messages from Taliban leader Mullah Omar.In April 2005 there were reports that the station was relaunched.It should be noted that Radio Free Afghanistan remains the most popular station in Afghanistan.
** Read Bryan’s report at HotAir.Here is proof that the Clinton lying never ends.Bill and Hillary Clinton are lashing out at George Bush again today hoping that America will forget about the family, friends, associates, thieves, fraudsters, embezzlers, drug traffickers, and terrorists who were pardoned by Bill Clinton.
-Yikes-The new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has already surrendered.This is not a good sign for the Brits.Via and Iraq Slogger:With British confidence in their leaders at a low ebb, new Prime Minister Gordon Brown assumed office last week pledging to undertake measures designed to restore public trust in the government.
“Obviously she is bright and attractive, but most important, she’s a terrific soldier.” Maj.
UPDATE: Here is the brave leader…A picture released of Maulana Abdul Aziz on his walk of shame clad in burqa.A grab of Ajj TV shows, in circle, Abdul Aziz, chief cleric of the Red Mosque, as he is surrounded by security officials after his arrest near The Red Mosque in Islamabad.
Happy Independence Day 2007Congratulations to the 160 US Troops naturalized at Camp Victory in Iraq today!Newly naturalized US soldiers raise their hands during a ceremony at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 4, 2007, at which soldiers reenlisted and some were naturalized as United States citizens.
After 16 weeks in captivity, BBC journalist Alan Johnston is released in Gaza.Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist, is surrounded by Hamas fighters after he was released in Gaza July 4, 2007.
Mainstream News insanity.
More Competition…Iran Press TV is here!It launched today- with a mission to expose the plots of the propaganda networks of the enemy.Great another biased network!It sounds like your typical CNN or NBC or BBC format…
Ronald Reagan speaks on socialized medicine.
It’s not clear exactly which Palestinian cause the “brothers” were supporting, Fatah or Hamas, but most likely the Iranian trained and funded Hamas terror group.During his recent trip to Tehran to visit his ‘ideological brother’ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud joined in political solidarity with Palestinians by donning the keffiyah during one of their propaganda stops.Brothers forever.A tender moment.
Radical Islamists are rising up in support of the Red Mosque extremists in Pakistan after government forces exchanged gunfire with the radical students in bloody clashes earlier today.At least 13 were killed in the clashes on Tuesday including police and students.There were several protests held throughout Pakistan on Tuesday in support of the Red Mosque radicals.Islamic religious students chant slogans in Mansehra July 3, 2007 in protest against clashes at the Red mosque in Islamabad.
The verdict may still be out on Great Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown, but this was not a very promising sign.The Daily Express and ROP reported: Gordon Brown has banned ministers from using the word “Muslim” in connection with the terrorism crisis.The Prime Minister has also instructed his team – including new Home Secretary Jacqui Smith – that the phrase “war on terror” is to be dropped.The shake-up is part of a fresh attempt to improve community relations and avoid offending Muslims, adopting a more “consensual” tone than existed under Tony Blair.However, the change provoked claims last night that ministers are indulging in yet more political correctness.The sudden shift in tone emerged in comments by Mr Brown and Ms Smith in the wake of the failed attacks in London and Glasgow.Mr Brown’s spokesman acknowledged yesterday that ministers had been given specific guidelines to avoid inflammatory language.
Yesterday, the US provided extensive irrefutable evidence that Iran is supporting and training terrorists in Iraq.It was the most extensive evidence released by US officials to date linking the Iranian Regime to the terrorist insurgency in Iraq.US officials discussed evidence of Iranian involvement in terrorist activities in Iraq.
** 7 Doctors have been arrested in connection with the attempted car bomb attacks in Great Britain.One of the doctors who was severely burned during the attack on the Glasgow Airport is now being treated at the same hospital he worked at.Two Asian men tried to escape the attack in Glasgow, with one being badly burned.
This just stinks…The current Congressional Approval Rating is at an all-time low at a wretched 14%.The last time that Congressional approval rating was so low, was the last time democrats were the majority in Congress when it reached a low of 18%.That didn’t take long now did it?Here is how the democrats rank compared to other institutions:The democratic Congress has such a low approval that it even ranks lower than the liberal newspapers and television news that support it.AHN reported:Just 14 percent of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress, marking an all-time low, and the lowest of any of the 16 institutions tested in this year’s Gallop’s Confidence in Institutions survey.
“Two Americas” indeed!
Thousands of Chinese protesters clashed with police in Youyang, an ethnic county in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, after the murder of a student by other youths at a local school.AFP reported:Thousands of villagers in southwest China smashed cars and fought with police in a protest over a murdered student, an official and a rights group said Monday.The clashes occurred on Thursday last week in the sprawling Chongqing municipality, they said, adding to the seemingly fast-growing number of riots and protests from marginalised members of society throughout China.The latest riot flared after the parents of the murdered boy were taken into custody for protesting his killing the previous day at the middle school he attended, the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said.After the parents were brought in by local police, relatives and other parents marched on the Youyang county government offices, where the crowds grew to as large as 10,000 people, the group said in a statement.Authorities called in up to 200 riot police to disperse the crowd, and the protests ended on Thursday night, it said.A Yougang county government spokesman confirmed there were violent protests and that some rioters had been arrested, but gave a more toned-down version of events.”There were only several thousand people at the gates of the county government, after a while a small group of bad people started to destroy things, destroyed police cars,” a Youyang county spokesman told AFP by phone.”Some people have been arrested, but I don’t know how many.”Tempers had flared after the parents of the boy, who was stabbed in a dispute with other students, accused the school of not sending their son to the hospital fast enough, leading to his death.A report in the government-run Youyang Daily newspaper, said the parents had been arrested but only taken into government offices to discuss how the case should be handled.According to the latest figures from the ministry of public security, 87,000 protests, officially termed “mass incidents,” were reported across China in 2005, up 6.6 percent on 2004 and 50 percent on 2003.
Happy Independence Day, Scooter!President Bush stands up against Lewis Libby’s excessive sentence and commuted his time in prison today.The White House reported:The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C.
The suspected ringleader of the failed bomb plot, Mohammed Asha, is a ‘brilliant neurologist’.
Youssef Bouchlarhem shouted- “Allah is great…
Iranian Film critics announced their plans to invite Michael Moore to their upcoming “Reality Cinema” festival in October.Mehr News reported:The Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) plans to invite enfant terrible of the U.S.
It is likely we will see more and more of episodes like this in the future…British Infidels shoot up the Koran after radical Islamic operations in London and Glasgow this past week:This probably won’t be up long on YouTube before it gets yanked.Hat Tip Robert O.Meanwhile…
(Updated Below)This is the most extensive evidence released by US officials to date on the Iranian Regime’s links to the terrorist insurgency in Iraq.The US released information today on Ali Mussa Daqduq, the Hezbollah leader apprehended in Iraq, who is responsible for terrorist acts and is funded by the Iranian Regime.(MNF-I)The Multi-National Force Iraq announced today that Hezbollah leader Ali Mussa Daqduq was captured in southern Iraq by Coalition Forces on March 20th of this year.It’s going to be hard for Iran to deny military intervention in Iraq after this damning evidence…U.S.
Police now say the terrorists behind the attacks this weekend in Great Britain are linked to Al-Qaeda.Fried…
The Guardian posted this amazing letter today from a former radical to the Muslim community.In response to the attacks and attempted bombings this weekend a former radical Islamist, Hassan Butt (pictured), called out to Muslims to renounce terror:When I was still a member of what is probably best termed the British Jihadi Network, a series of semi-autonomous British Muslim terrorist groups linked by a single ideology, I remember how we used to laugh in celebration whenever people on TV proclaimed that the sole cause for Islamic acts of terror like 9/11, the Madrid bombings and 7/7 was Western foreign policy.
