WorldNetDaily: Court upholds Nazi-era ban on homeschooling

"A new ruling from the European Human Rights Court has affirmed the German nation's Nazi-era ban on homeschooling, concluding that society has an significant interest in preventing the development of dissent through "separate philosophical convictions."

BILL PARDONED TERROR By JOSEPH F. CONNER - New York Post Online Edition: Seven

"What made his self-righteousness especially burn for me is that fact that Clinton pardoned terrorists from the group that killed my father - and did it simply to help his wife's (successful) bid for a Senate seat. Now he wants me to believe he took the threat seriously?

Clinton claimed to have implemented a "comprehensive anti-terror strategy" that was in place when President Bush and his team entered the White House on Jan. 20, 2001. As others have pointed out since Sunday, this "strategy" had some obvious holes - such as not linking the 1993 World Trade Center bombers to the greater terror war against America, and not raising the stakes against terrorism after the Khobar Towers bombing, the U.S. embassy bombings and the USS Cole attack.

But those were (mostly) sins of omission. The pardons were a sin of commission."

BILL PARDONED TERROR By JOSEPH F. CONNER - New York Post Online Edition: Seven

"What made his self-righteousness especially burn for me is that fact that Clinton pardoned terrorists from the group that killed my father - and did it simply to help his wife's (successful) bid for a Senate seat. Now he wants me to believe he took the threat seriously?

Clinton claimed to have implemented a "comprehensive anti-terror strategy" that was in place when President Bush and his team entered the White House on Jan. 20, 2001. As others have pointed out since Sunday, this "strategy" had some obvious holes - such as not linking the 1993 World Trade Center bombers to the greater terror war against America, and not raising the stakes against terrorism after the Khobar Towers bombing, the U.S. embassy bombings and the USS Cole attack.

But those were (mostly) sins of omission. The pardons were a sin of commission."

Telegraph | News | Beijing secretly fires lasers to disable US satellites

"China has secretly fired powerful laser weapons designed to disable American spy satellites by "blinding" their sensitive surveillance devices, it was reported yesterday. The hitherto unreported attacks have been kept secret by the Bush administration for fear that it would damage attempts to co-opt China in diplomatic offensives against North Korea and Iran."

Michelle Malkin: Hazmat License Fraud Ring

"More than 200 Somalian and Bosnian immigrants illegally obtained Missouri commercial driver's licenses or certifications to handle hazardous materials through a West Plains truck-driving school that had a contract with the state, federal prosecutors said Thursday."

Counterterrorism Blog: Somalia and the Establishment of the Islamist Caliphate

"The situation is going from bad to worse in Somalia, as the Islamist leaders become more and more like the Taliban and less and less the moderates they pretended to be. A population beaten down by years of abuse and civil war welcomes the initial stability and removal of armed groups. Then the hammer comes down. Nuns are assassinated. Theaters closed, radios censored, dress codes imposed.

This matters on more than just a humanitarian level or from the vantage point of a spreading conflict in a region that is fragile at best. It is important to understand that Islamists view the holding of a territory, virtually any territory, as vital to the re-establishment of the Caliphate."

Telegraph | News | Shia killers rake in �500,000 a day from crime, says US

"Shia militias behind widespread sectarian killings in Baghdad are earning at least £500,000 [$US 1,000,000] a day through criminal enterprises, the US military believes. The groups, which are accused of operating death squads to terrorise the city's Sunni population, are therefore able to spend freely on weapons, pay salaries to the militiamen who carry out the murders and buy the loyalty of the Shia population by funding social welfare programmes."

Rep. Weldon: Pentagon Report a 'Whitewash'

WASHINGTON -– "Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., called a Pentagon report he had requested about pre-9/11 intelligence on al-Qaida operations in the United States "emphatically wrong" and a "whitewash," aimed at discrediting him as he faces the toughest re-election campaign of his career.

The report was leaked to the press on Wednesday, but Weldon was not briefed on its contents until Thursday afternoon, despite his instrumental role in requesting the investigation."

Norway Prevented U.S., Israel Embassy Bomb Plot

OSLO, Norway -- "Norwegian prosecutors unveiled on Friday evidence against four men detained on suspicion of plotting to blow up the U.S. and Israeli embassies and of participating in a shooting at the Oslo synagogue last weekend."

The American Thinker: British Surrender Over Criminal Courts

"Believe it or not, but Britain is about to surrender a critical piece of its sovereignty to the EU, without all the fuss and bother of a vote in Parliament. According to The Times:

"BRITAIN is ready to surrender its veto over European Union decisions on police and judicial matters in a dramatic policy change. ... The move, to be proposed at a meeting of EU justice ministers in Tampere, Finland, will be subject to a series of conditions but has already provoked an outcry from the Conservatives …The European Commission has been pushing for the move because it insists that it will speed up the EU’s response to cross-border terrorist activity."

DEBKAfile - Iran’s Terror-cum-Intelligence Networks Thrown across Three Continents

"The three-way talks have thus far yielded a solid decision for Iranian intelligence agents, some of them sabotage specialists, to be sent soon to Cuba and Venezuela. They will operate in the guise of road network and industrial development experts. Their real mission will be to conduct surveys on the practicability of using Cuba and Venezuela as bases for subversive activities against the United States and other parts of Latin America. Iran is also busy creating similar bases in E. Africa, favoring Sudan and Somalia."

Midia Sem Mascara (Media Unmasked): The sad ending of Salvador Allende:finally discovered?

"Salvador Allende did not commit suicide, nor died under the bullets of the military coup participants the 11th, September, 1973. During the assault against La Moneda palace, the president of Chile was cowardly assassinated by one of the Cuban agents who were in charge of their protection."

Minister Welcomes Sharia In Netherlands If Majority Wants It

THE HAGUE, 13/09/06 - [Justice Minister Piet Hein] Donner strongly disagrees with a recent plea by CDA parliamentary leader Maxime Verhagen for a ban on parties seeking to launch Sharia (Islamic law) in the Netherlands. "For me it is clear: if two-thirds of the Dutch population should want to introduce the Sharia tomorrow, then the possibility should exist," according to Donner. "It would be a disgrace to say: 'That is not allowed!'."

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2006

Novak, attempting to set the record straight, writes: "First, Armitage did not, as he now indicates, merely pass on something he had heard and that he 'thought' might be so. Rather, he identified to me the CIA division where Mrs. Wilson worked, and said flatly that she recommended the mission to Niger by her husband, former Amb. Joseph Wilson. Second, Armitage did not slip me this information as idle chitchat, as he now suggests. He made clear he considered it especially suited for my column."

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WorldNetDaily: Clinton aide says 9/11 film 'correct'

Patterson told WND he recognizes the television production conflates several events, but, in terms of conveying how the Clinton administration handled its opportunities to get bin Laden, it's "100 percent factually correct," he said. "I was there with Clinton and (National Security Adviser Sandy) Berger and watched the missed opportunities occur," Patterson declared.

WorldNetDaily: Christian beaten for drinking water

"He drew water and drank from a glass chained to a cemented public water tank next to a mosque, which was reserved for 'all' poor people," the VOM report said. "Returning to the construction site, a Muslim man asked him, 'Why did you drink water from this glass since you are a Christian?' The man then accused Nasir of polluting the glass, yanked the glass off the iron chain, broke it and threw it in a garbage can. He also summoned other militant Muslims nearby. "This man polluted our glass," he told them."

The result was an incensed mob that beat Nasir, yelling that a "Christian dog" drank from their glass.

Bystanders encouraged the beating, because it would be a "good" deed that would help them in heaven, the report said.

Denigrating Women Who Change Diapers | The Progressive

"Political philosopher Linda Hirshman pulls no punches in her critique of women who make career sacrifices to take care of their children. The idea of "Ph.D.s who are wiping butts," she tells Mindy Farabee in an interview posted on Alternet, is "horrifying" and "immoral."

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Patient loses "right-to-food" case

LONDON (Reuters) - "A terminally-ill patient has lost the last stage of a legal challenge for the right to receive nutrition and drink when he is close to death, his lawyers said on Tuesday. Leslie Burke, 46, who has a degenerative brain condition, fears artificial nutrition could be stopped against his wishes when he cannot talk anymore. The condition causes lack of coordination, but does not affect mental faculties."

WorldNetDaily: Britain discovers secret army of well-trained jihadi terrorists

* A massive MI5 anti-terrorism operation discovers Britain's first Islamic "school for terror."

* Al-Qaida has supplied its estimated 2,000 sleeper agents in Britain with what MI5 Director Eliza Manningham-Buller tells Home Secretary John Reid is "the most sophisticated terror manual ever found in this country."

* MI5 is checking all Britain's universities and technical schools for Middle East students with a qualification in thermochemistry – the science that includes creating liquid explosives.

* MI6, Britain's secret intelligence service, has established that Continuity-IRA, the extreme Irish terror group, is providing Hezbollah and Iran's Revolutionary Guard with expertise on how to make ultra-sophisticated roadside bombs.

BREITBART.COM - Cardinal says Vatican informers spied on Pope John Paul for Communist bloc

ROME (AP) - "Priests working in the Vatican for Poland's secret services during the Communist era extensively spied on Pope John Paul II, a Polish cardinal was quoted as saying Tuesday. Jozef Cardinal Glemp, the primate of Poland, was quoted by Italian news agency ANSA as saying John Paul was monitored on orders from Moscow by clergymen who collaborated with the feared security forces who kept tabs on Poles' daily lives under the Communists. John Paul was "spied on, and how," Glemp said on the sidelines of an interfaith meeting in Assisi in quotes confirmed by the conference's organizers. "In the Vatican there were spies. Moscow had every interest in knowing what was going on in Rome with a Polish pope" in office."

BREITBART.COM - Nine arrested in Denmark's 'most serious' terrorism case

"Nine men have been arrested in Denmark suspected of planning terrorist attacks, the Danish intelligence service PET said in what the second major anti-terrorism raid in less than a year. Danish Justice Minister Lene Espersen told Danish television TV2 the terrorist case was "the most serious in the country". Authorities provided no details on the target of the attacks, but said the police raid overnight had uncovered "materials" for the production of explosives.
In October 2005, another Danish anti-terrorism operation led to the arrest of seven young Muslims in Copenhagen. The identity of the new detainees was not revealed, but authorities said they were aged 18 to 33 and arrested during a police raid overnight in the heavily immigrant-populated neighbourhood of Vollsmose in the town of Odense. PET chief Lars Findsen said in a statement that the arrests took place without incident after a lengthy period of surveillance."

Missile fired at McCain escort helicopter during European visit

"A missile was fired at a helicopter escorting Sen. John McCain during a visit to the Republic of Georgia last week. A statement from that nation’s interior ministry says the surface-to-air missile was aimed at a chopper involved in a visit of a U.S. Senate delegation to the former Soviet republic. McCain was mentioned as the leader of the group."