The Local - 'Separate laws for Muslims' idea slammed

"Sweden's largest Muslim organisation has demanded that Sweden introduce separate laws for Muslims, according to Swedish television. Sweden's equality minister Jens Orback called the proposals 'completely unacceptable'."

Subsidizing the Enemy - article by Daniel Pipes

"An Islamic school in London is teaching that non-Muslims are akin to pigs and dogs, and it is doing so with subventions from the British taxpayer. More alarmingly, when notified of this problem, the British authorities indicate they intend to do nothing about it."

The American Spectator: Origins of Iraqi Insurgency

"Among the Iraqi documents released to the public, at least five deal with the construction of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). One such document (CMPC-2003-005914) is a ten-page worksheet.* The first two pages are entitled, "Annual Plan for the Mechanical Workshop, Sheen-27 -- 1999"; the last eight are entitled "First Season Report of the Sheen-27 Work Plan for 1999." The report of the CIA's Iraq Survey Group explains that "Sheen-27" was a section of the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) responsible for producing explosives."

WorldNetDaily: 'American Hiroshima' linked with Iran attack

"Al-Qaida has already obtained nuclear suitcase weapons from the Russian black market, weapons tested in Afghanistan in 2000, and they may have already been forward-deployed inside the U.S., according to the only journalist to interview Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri in the wake of Sept. 11."

WorldNetDaily: 'Tangible proof' al-Qaida deploying nukes

"A terrorism symposium featuring leading experts that starts today will begin with presentation of "tangible proof" al-Qaida not only has developed an arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons but also has begun to deploy them for use in its jihad against the United States and Israel."

The American Thinker: Saddam's Yellowcake

"It is important to understand that yellowcake cannot be directly introduced to the enrichment process. It must first be converted to uranium dioxide. In its final report, the Iraqi Survey Group (ISG) noted that Iraq had over 4,500kg of natural uranium dioxide that was under IAEA safeguards. There was also over 6.5 tons of uranium dioxide that had not been declared to the IAEA and was therefore not monitored by the UN. Saddam had a huge amount of material that given the proper equipment could have been immediately enriched to make nuclear fuel for a reactor or a nuclear weapon."

The American Thinker: Real Lesson of Brazil

"Brazil is better-known for its ethanol, but the bulk of what they are doing to gain fuel self-sufficiency is actually drilling for oil. Eighty percent of Brazil’s energy is its own oil. Less than a week ago Brazil declared independence from imported oil amidst publicity for its ethanol promotion."

The American Thinker

"One aspect of the blast receiving little notice is its timing: over the Eastern Orthodox Easter weekend, when the hotel was full of Copt guests. Steven Hurst of the AP reports:

Hotels and guesthouses were filled with foreigners and with Egyptians celebrating the long Coptic Christian Easter weekend that coincided this year with Shem al-Nessim, the ancient holiday marking the first day of spring.

They hate all non-Muslims."

Ray Robison: IIS Top Secret doc proves intent to hide prohibited items from UN

"Proving intent. Some would believe (or at least claim to believe) that Saddam wanted to comply with UN mandates to get the sanctions removed. This document shows without a doubt (unless proven inauthentic) that this is not the case. The IIS demonstrates that not only is it procuring prohibited items but providing secret facilities to hide them from the UN. I also believe that this demonstrates proof that Iraq did hide prohibited items from the UN which were not found."

WorldNetDaily: 200 million and counting

"Unfortunately, many Americans have no idea that Christian persecution exists. They have no idea that right now 200 million Christians are being tortured, jailed and killed, simply because they love Jesus Christ."

WorldNetDaily: How homosexual school clubs offer sex to students

"No parents" plus homosexual approval is the reason these centers call themselves "safe" places. There is a homosexual youth center now in virtually every medium or large city in the United States. Many are funded by private foundations or connected to a local adult center for "GLBT" people. Some are even funded by United Way. And the kids who attend are given graphic "safe-sex" lectures, the option of free HIV testing without parental permission, group "counseling" and other serious, adult-level situations that few schools would allow on site."

HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE - Author: College Campuses are Marketing Evil by Christopher Flickinger

"Upon hearing of the incident, Kupelian says his initial reaction was, "'Is this an April Fool's spoof?' I mean, the entire faculty voted, without a single dissenting voice, to destroy an innocent man's life by branding him as a sexual harasser -- and all because he recommended that the freshman class read my book? I thought that's what librarians are supposed to do -- recommend books!"

WorldNetDaily: Clintons top all-star cast of fraud-case witnesses

"Bill and Hillary Clinton head an all-star cast of witnesses in a lawsuit by business mogul Peter Franklin Paul that alleges the former president reneged on a $17 million deal in which he promised to promote a business in exchange for massive contributions to his wife's Senate campaign."

PRI: Fact Sheet (pdf)

Some good news on the state of the environment from The non-profit Pacific Research Institute.

www.pacificresearch.org

Brazil quietly pursues own nuclear path

RESENDE, Brazil -- "As Iran faces international pressure over developing the raw material for nuclear weapons, Brazil is quietly preparing to open its own uranium-enrichment center, capable of producing exactly the same fuel. [. . .] Also like Iran, Brazil has cloaked key aspects of its nuclear technology in secrecy while insisting the program is for peaceful purposes, claims nuclear weapons experts have debunked."

Taipei Times - archives

"Chinese police detained five US citizens in a raid last month on a Christian retreat in the country's southwest, an overseas church monitoring group said yesterday. They were released after five hours of interrogation, along with two Taiwanese and 80 Chinese citizens representing congregations worshiping outside the tightly controlled official state Protestant church, the China Aid Association said."

WorldNetDaily: Homeowners ban Bible study

"For 17 years, residents met weekly in the Warner Springs Estates clubhouse for a prayer and Bible study meeting, most recently led by local pastor Andy Graham. But in August 2004, after new leadership took over the homeowner's association, Graham was told in a threatening letter posted at the clubhouse to stop the Wednesday night meetings, according to the United States Justice Foundation, or USJF, which represents residents Susan Eva-Marie Heraver and Catherine Lovejoy."

WorldNetDaily: Osama alive, well, armed with nukes

"Mir, who conducted the only post-9/11 interviews with bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, says that he remains in sporadic indirect contact with the elusive emir and other al-Qaida officials. During one of Mir's interviews, bin Laden announced that he had managed to acquire nuclear weapons for use in the great jihad against the United States."

Scientists cool outlook on global warming�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

"Ms. Hegerl and her four-member team based their conclusions on thermometer readings over the past century, along with "ancient climate records," including tree-ring studies and ice-core samples that revealed hot and cold spells and airborne particulates over a 700-year period. In addition, they created 1,000 computer-based weather simulations for the past 1,000 years. "Ancient and modern evidence suggest limits to future global warming," the study concluded. It was published in the journal Nature."

Fidel Castro is a Communist by Tom DeWeese -- Capitalism Magazine

"The former Miss Czech Republic took photos of Cuban Aids victims and the squalid conditions in a Havana shantytown... The fact that the (government) says there is no poverty, makes a bad situation worse... She was arrested simply for taking the photos, then detained for more than eleven hours and denied access to Czech consular officials. In police custody, the model was forced to turn over a roll of 35 mm film from her camera, but was able to hide the memory chip from her digital camera in her bra. Miss Houdova brought more than 20 photos out of the country, which she is now exhibiting around the world. Miss Houdova decided to take the photos at the urging of her Cuban guide who said, "please talk about it everywhere you can and let the world know what is happening here."

FrontPage magazine.com :: Joe Wilson: Clueless Liar by Christopher Hitchens

by Christopher Hitchens

"In other words (I am prepared to keep on repeating this until at least one cow comes home), Joseph Wilson went to Niger in 2002 to investigate whether or not the country had renewed its uranium-based relationship with Iraq, spent a few days (by his own account) sipping mint tea with officials of that country who were (by his wife's account) already friendly to him, and came back with the news that all was above-board. Again to repeat myself, this must mean either that A) he did not know that Zahawie had come calling or B) that he did know but didn't think it worth mentioning that one of Saddam's point men on nukes had been in town. In neither case, it seems to me, should he be trusted with another mission that requires any sort of curiosity."

WorldNetDaily: Kentucky goes P.C. on B.C., A.D.

"The Kentucky State Board of Education has recommended textbooks in the state include the secular dating abbreviations of B.C.E. and C.E. alongside the traditional Christian-based B.C. and A.D.

B.C.E., or Before Common Era, and C.E., for Common Era, have become popular among academics and some historians, largely because B.C., or Before Christ, and A.D., Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord, are based on Christianity."

WorldNetDaily: University faculty bans WND book

"French is referring to the vote of the entire faculty of Ohio State University (Mansfield campus) to investigate a librarian on allegations of "sexual harassment" and complaints that he made the campus "unsafe" and "threatening" – just by suggesting the school's freshman class read WND Managing Editor David Kupelian's book, "The Marketing of Evil."

Hugh Hewitt: Charity From the Cheneys

"How Much Money Did The Cheneys Donate To Charity?
by Hugh Hewitt
April 17, 2006 03:05 PM PST

$6.87 million.

See if you stumble across that number anywhere in press accounts of the Cheneys' taxes."

The American Thinker: The Saddam Files

"jveritas who has been doing a yeoman job translating the captured Saddam documents, seems to have found evidence of Saddam moving chemical weapons on March 2003"

WorldNetDaily: Family of missing American sues Syria

"The family of a Brooklyn-born Israeli soldier who was captured by Syrian forces 23 years ago has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against the Syrian government and its top officials – including Syrian President Bashar Assad – for abduction and illegal imprisonment."

Domestic Terrorist Group Behind Immigrant Rallies

"ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), a front for the communist/socialist Workers World Party, which was identified by former FBI Director Louis Freeh as a "domestic terrorist group," is behind the immigrant rallies taking place around the nation."

(Muslim?) Youths are destroying Oslo (Norway)

"Criminal youths are in the process of destroying the social environment in Oslo, concludes the Oslo City Court. Small girls are raped and robbed. Schoolchildren’s are threatened with death, robbed and assaulted. The Stovner-police is now uncovering another violent gang in the Grorudvalley on the outskirts of Oslo. Four boys were robbed Sunday night, February 5. Eight youths, ranging from 15 to 18 years old, were arrested, and are now charged with the robberies. All suspects are of foreign origin."

Muslim father enlisted wives' help in raping daughters

Singapore, April 14 (DPA) "A Muslim father who enlisted the help of his multiple wives to rape five teenage daughters pleaded guilty in one of the most heinous cases of sexual abuse in Singapore, news reports said Friday."

The American Thinker: More Good News From Iraq

"Multi-National Forces-Iraq announced April 13 the killing of a wanted terrorist and known al-Qaida associate, Rafid Ibrahim Fattah aka Abu Umar al Kurdi. Abu Umar al Kurdi died in an early morning raid March 27 in the vicinity of Abu Ghraib, Baghdad . Officials confirmed he had ties to Jaysh al-Islami, Ansar al Sunnah, Taliban members in Afghanistan , Pakistani-based extremists, and senior al-Qaida leaders to include Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri."

(Muslim) Teenager killed his sister for living a Western life - World - Times Online

"AYHAN SURUCU was so angry when his sister started to wear make-up and date German men that he put a gun to her head at a bus stop and killed her. Boys at a nearby school, attended mainly by the children of immigrant Muslim families, cheered and applauded when news of the murder reached them."

Independent Online: Grey Crime Wave in Japan

"The percentage of over-65s in prison has trebled in the past decade and exceeds 10 per cent of the total prison population - four times the UK figure. Japan has the highest rate of incarceration for pensioners in the industrialised world."

Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World

"The body of an Arab resident of Jerusalem who had been accused of selling his apartment to Jews was found on Thursday morning in Jericho. Fatah gunmen claimed responsibility for the murder."

Bill Clinton Aided Iran in Quest for Nukes

"Dubbed "Operation Merlin," the plan was supposed to steer Iranian physicists off track by incorporating design flaws in the blueprints that would render the information worthless. But in what may turn out to be one of the greatest foreign policy blunders of all time, Operation Merlin backfired when the Russian scientist spotted the design flaws immediately - and even offered to help Iran fix the problems."

deseretnews.com | Miller, U. group to discuss concerns about talk

-- The Uninivestity of Utah's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center wants to muzzle Larry H. Miller and keep him from speaking on campus. --

CNN.com - Attacks on Egypt (Christian) churches: 1 dead - Apr 14, 2006

"A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, characterized the men as "insane" and said they were carrying tranquilizing medication."

AP Wire | 04/13/2006 | Allegations of bogus voting, coercion emerge in tiny LA suburb

"The bizarre, and some say illegal, decision comes as the latest eyebrow-raising political turn in Vernon, a city on the edge of Los Angeles where the mayor and City Council members have served for decades and most of the voters hold municipal jobs while living in city-owned houses."

WorldNetDaily: Author hammers congressman over probe

Davis also says Rohrabacher told her last year he had "a lot of Arab friends" and that they would be angry with him for looking into an Arab connection. The author points to an OC Weekly article that reports Rohrabacher's "long, close association with three Muslim Americans investigated by federal authorities for alleged support of anti-U.S. terrorist activities." In 2004, author and columnist Kenneth Timmerman wrote in FrontPage of what he called Rohrabacher's ties to "radical Islamic groups."

Reason: The Myth of the Passive Indian: Was America before Columbus just a “continent of patsies”? by Amy H. Sturgis

"Each new revelation underscores Holmberg’s error. Native Americans prior to and after 1492, like other peoples across the globe, interacted in innovative, deliberate, and fascinating ways with each other and their environment. If we can transcend petty current politics long enough to investigate these discoveries with all the tools at our disposal, we may learn not only about them but also from them."

But Iraq did try to buy uranium in Niger. By Christopher Hitchens

"In February 1999, Zahawie left his Vatican office for a few days and paid an official visit to Niger, a country known for absolutely nothing except its vast deposits of uranium ore. It was from Niger that Iraq had originally acquired uranium in 1981, as confirmed in the Duelfer Report."

BREITBART.COM - 5 1/2 Tons of Cocaine Found on Venezuela Plane

"Mexican soldiers seized 5 1/2 tons of cocaine from a commercial plane arriving from Venezuela, Mexico's Defense Department announced Tuesday."

Telegraph | There IS a problem with global warming... it stopped in 1998

"Consider the simple fact, drawn from the official temperature records of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, that for the years 1998-2005 global average temperature did not increase (there was actually a slight decrease, though not at a rate that differs significantly from zero)."

Arrival of aliens ousts U.S. workers�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

"An Alabama employment agency that sent 70 laborers and construction workers to job sites in that state in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina says the men were sent home after just two weeks on the job by employers who told them "the Mexicans had arrived" and were willing to work for less."

WorldNetDaily: Google hosts 'boy love' site

"A marriage and family therapist intern is trying to convince Google to drop a website from its popular, free blog host that promotes "boy love," sexual relationships between men and adolescents."

Iran Enriches Uranium

EHRAN, Iran (AP) -- "Iran has successfully enriched uranium for the first time, a major development in its fuel cycle technology, news agencies quoted former President Hashemi Rafsanjani as saying Tuesday."

FrontPage magazine.com :: The Criminalization of Christianity by Roberta Leguizamon

"At this very moment, the government of Eritrea, a small country on the northeastern coast of Africa, which is bordered by Ethiopia, the Sudan and the Red Sea, is perpetrating vicious human rights abuses against its Christian population. Although Eritrea’s draft constitution reportedly allows freedom of religion, the ruling party, the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), has severely restricted religious rights in the country."

WorldNetDaily: Forced testing for elected officials?

"Some Pennsylvania voters see this measure as a reaction to the Upper St. Clair School Board that recently voted to oust the International Baccalaureate program from the school curriculum. . . The IB program was adopted in 1998 as an "academically rigorous curriculum that offers students a chance to earn college credits," and teaches students to "look at subjects through an international perspective." When parents began to examine the program, they learned that it actually promotes global values such as the Earth Charter, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as superior to the apparently obsolete concepts of national sovereignty and individual freedom."

The American Thinker: The CIA's War with the White House

"How can anyone possibly understand the motivations, the actions, or the thinking in the White House during this crucial time without taking into account the war being conducted against them by the CIA?"