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'Kill Americans' plot: Syrian held - CNN.com

2007-06-08T09:25:00.000-06:00

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- 'Police in Spain and Romania have arrested three men wanted by the United States for conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to a Colombian terrorist organization, the U.S. Embassy in Madrid says.'
[...]
"Kassar and his co-defendants are accused of conspiring to sell surface-to-air missile systems (SAMs), rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs), thousands of machine guns and millions of rounds of ammunition to the FARC," the embassy said.'
[...]
'Kassar was also implicated in the 1985 hijacking of the "Achille Lauro" cruise ship in the Mediterranean, in which four Palestinian terrorists took control, killing wheelchair-bound American Leon Klinghoffer the anti-terrorism source said.'

Document: Iran Caught Red-Handed Shipping Arms to Taliban

2007-06-07T09:25:00.000-06:00

'NATO officials say they have caught Iran red-handed, shipping heavy arms, C4 explosives and advanced roadside bombs to the Taliban for use against NATO forces, in what the officials say is a dramatic escalation of Iran's proxy war against the United States and Great Britain.'

Purple frog among 24 new species found in Suriname | Science | Reuters

2007-06-05T10:02:00.000-06:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 'A purple fluorescent frog is one of 24 new species found in the South American highlands of Suriname, conservationists reported on Monday... The discovery of so many species outside the insect realm is extraordinary and points up the need to survey distant regions, said Leeanne Alonso of Conservation International, which led the expedition that found the new species.'

Report confirms terror dry run - Washington Times

2007-05-30T11:57:00.000-06:00

'A newly released inspector general report backs eyewitness accounts of suspicious behavior by 13 Middle Eastern men on a Northwest Airlines flight in 2004 and reveals several missteps by government officials, including failure to file an incident report until a month after the matter became public.'

American Thinker Blog: The Caracas connection

2007-02-07T13:36:00.000-07:00

'It seems that the ever so efficient Venezuela Connection keeps sending thousands of kilograms of cocaine to airports and ports all around the world. Nearly a year ago, on April 11 2006, Mexican authorities seized 5.5 tonnes of high purity cocaine in Ciudad del Carmen's airport. Today Mexican daily El Universal reports that nearly a ton of cocaine was seized aboard a plane arriving from Venezuela in Mexico City's International Airport: 25 pieces of luggage -from flight 374 of Mexicana de Aviacion- were detected containing the drugs.
But this is not the first instance where drugs coming from Venezuela -in that very flight- have been seized in Mexico City's airport.'

courant.com | Soldier's Mother Defiant

2007-02-07T13:30:00.000-07:00

'The last letter from the Stoughton Ridge Condominium Association arrived in January, notifying her that the American flag, along with her Blue Star flag hung by mothers of soldiers, will be tolerated until Labor Day weekend. Every day after that, she will be subject to a $25 fine.
But Richard is standing firm and vows not to lower her flags after Labor Day, or any other day'

kgw.com - Governor seeks to remove Climatologist who doesn't believe Global Warming is Man-made

2007-02-07T13:27:00.000-07:00

'In the face of evidence agreed upon by hundreds of climate scientists, George Taylor holds firm. He does not believe human activities are the main cause of global climate change.
Taylor also holds a unique title: State Climatologist.
Hundreds of scientists last Friday issued the strongest warning yet on global warming saying humans are "very likely" the cause.
“Most of the climate changes we have seen up until now have been a result of natural variations,” Taylor asserts.
Taylor has held the title of "state climatologist" since 1991 when the legislature created a state climate office at OSU The university created the job title, not the state.
His opinions conflict not only with many other scientists, but with the state of Oregon's policies.
So the governor wants to take that title from Taylor and make it a position that he would appoint.'

WorldNetDaily: Campaign launched on behalf of German teen

2007-02-07T13:22:00.000-07:00

'Homeschool students and their families across America are being urged to flood the German embassy with e-mail, telephone calls and letters in support of a German teen who was taken by police to a psychiatric ward because she was being homeschooled.
WND reported late last week on that situation, when a German organization working in support of homeschooling, even though it's illegal in Germany, contacted the news site.
According to the new announcement, the Home School Legal Defense Association is urging its members to act.
"Many families who have had their children forcibly taken from their home each day and taken to government school have since fled Germany, but there are still some homeschoolers. The latest incident involves 17-year-old Melissa Busekros, the girl sent to the Nuremberg psychiatry unit. What is being done to this sensitive girl – just to set an example of enforcing the compulsory schooling at all costs – is reprehensible and causing trauma to unassuming and lovable Melissa," the group said.'

Two New Books Confirm Global Warming is Natural; Not Caused By Human Activity

2007-01-30T13:11:00.000-07:00

'Two powerful new books say today’s global warming is due not to human activity but primarily to a long, moderate solar-linked cycle. Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years, by physicist Fred Singer and economist Dennis Avery was released just before Christmas. The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change, by Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark and former BBC science writer Nigel Calder (Icon Books), is due out in March.'

Throngs in Venezuela protest Chavez plan - Yahoo! News

2007-01-24T11:55:00.000-07:00

CARACAS, Venezuela - 'Blowing whistles and waving flags, hundreds of Venezuelans protested Tuesday against a congressional measure that would grant President Hugo Chavez the power to pass laws by decree in areas from the economy to defense.
Some 400 to 500 protesters stood in a Caracas plaza and shouted in unison: "Faced with authoritarianism, more democracy!"
The protest came as lawmakers in the entirely pro-Chavez National Assembly announced they would postpone until next Tuesday a session to grant final approval of a so-called "enabling law" allowing Chavez to enact laws by decree during an 18-month period. Chavez is seeking special powers to quickly push through changes from nationalizing electrical companies to imposing new taxes on the rich.'

Salt Lake Tribune - Utah Imam is fired amid allegations of domestic violence, shirked duty

2007-01-22T15:28:00.000-07:00

WEST VALLEY CITY - 'Imam Shuaib-ud Din has been terminated from his position as religious leader of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake amid allegations of domestic violence.
Contacted by phone, a relative of the imam said he was in Chicago now but would not comment on the allegations. The relative acknowledged that Din and his wife were having marital problems but said the imam was driven out of town by disgruntled members of the society's board.'

WorldNetDaily: The secret for which Sandy risked his all

2007-01-18T11:22:00.000-07:00

'A logical deduction from existing evidence is that Clarke put the "planes-as-bombs" talk on hold for the five or six years after the TWA Flight 800 disaster lest such talk evoke unanswered questions about that fateful crash. Berger's task, I surmise, was to make sure all references to Bojinka, planes-as-bombs, and/or TWA Flight 800 were rooted from the Archives, especially any documents with handwritten notes that led back to co-conspirators Berger, Clarke and Clinton.'

WSJ.Com - OpinionJournal - The Berger Files

2007-01-15T09:46:00.000-07:00

'One incident is particularly suggestive. By his fourth and final visit to review documents and prepare for testimony before the 9/11 Commission, the Archives staff had grown suspicious of how Mr. Berger was handling the documents, so they numbered each one he was given in pencil on the back of the document. When one of them--No. 217--was apparently removed from the files by Mr. Berger, the staff reprinted a copy and replaced it for his review. According to the report, Mr. Berger then proceeded to slip the second copy "under his portfolio also." In other words, he stole the same document twice.'

WorldNetDaily: Kwanzaa: Holiday from the FBI

2006-12-28T10:44:00.000-07:00

'Kwanzaa itself is a lunatic blend of schmaltzy '60s rhetoric, black racism and Marxism. Indeed, the seven "principles" of Kwanzaa praise collectivism in every possible arena of life – economics, work, personality, even litter removal.
Coincidentally, the seven principles of Kwanzaa are the very same seven principles of the Symbionese Liberation Army. . .'

The Blotter: London Braces for Attack

2006-12-21T12:54:00.000-07:00

'British intelligence and law enforcement officials have passed on a grim assessment to their U.S. counterparts, "It will be a miracle if there isn't a terror attack over the holidays in London," a senior American law enforcement official tells ABCNews.com.'

How an Ex-Aide to President Clinton Stashed Classified Documents - December 21, 2006 - The New York Sun

2006-12-21T12:50:00.000-07:00

" Mr. Berger exited the archive onto Pennsylvania Avenue," the report says, recounting the story the former national security chief told investigators. "He did not want to run the risk of bringing the documents back in the building. … He headed toward a construction area on 9th Street. Mr. Berger looked up and down the street, up into the windows of the archives and the DOJ, and did not see anyone. He removed the documents from his pockets, folded the notes in a ‘V' shape, and inserted the documents in the center. He walked inside the construction fence and slid the documents under a trailer."

WorldNetDaily: Government declares war on homeschooling families

2006-12-21T12:23:00.000-07:00

'The German government, in a throwback to its National Socialist Workers Party heritage, has declared war on homeschool families, promising to bring those with banned "religious convictions" into alignment with the state regulations.'

lgf: Dutch Muslim Faces US Terror Trial

2006-12-20T14:23:00.000-07:00

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - 'A court on Tuesday rejected a last-ditch attempt to block the extradition of a Dutch citizen charged with terror attacks on American troops in his native Iraq in 2003. Wesam al Delaema, 32, is set to become the first suspect tried in a U.S. court for alleged terrorism in Iraq’s bloody insurgency. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.'

Jihad Watch: UK Police Killer Escapes in Veil

2006-12-20T14:17:00.000-07:00

'A SUSPECTED police killer escaped capture by fleeing Britain disguised as a Muslim woman. Asylum seeker Mustaf Jama hid beneath a full-face niqab veil to sneak through Heathrow posing as his sister. Jama, who is wanted for the murder of policewoman Sharon Beshenivsky, also wore a flowing head-to-toe jilbab as he fled to Somalia.'

Hitler's Mideast helpers - Los Angeles Times

2006-12-20T13:53:00.000-07:00

'POINTLESS though it may be to argue with a madman, it is worth noting that Muslims were not as blameless in the genocide of the Jews as Ahmadinejad and his ilk would have it. Arabs were, on a small scale, cheerleaders and enablers of the Final Solution. The most famous example was Haj Amin Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem (and uncle of Yasser Arafat), who took refuge in Berlin in World War II. A rabid Nazi, he personally lobbied Hitler to kill as many Jews as possible and even helped out by recruiting Bosnian Muslims to serve in the Waffen SS.

'Robert Satloff, one of the world's smartest Arabists, reveals other links between the Arabs and the Holocaust in his groundbreaking new book, "Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach Into Arab Lands." He shows how the Nazis set up the machinery of death in North Africa. Although "only" 4,000 to 5,000 Jews died before the Allies liberated the area in 1943, many more were consigned to forced labor camps in hellish conditions.

"Arabs played a role at every level," Satloff wrote. "Some went door to door with the Germans, pointing out Jews for arrest. Others led Jewish workers on forced marches or served as overseers at labor camps."

OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today

2006-12-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

"U.S.-led forces captured a senior al-Qaida leader who was responsible for hundreds of civilian deaths and housed foreign fighters who carried out suicide bombings, the U.S. military said Wednesday," the Associated Press reports from Baghdad:

The leader, who was not identified, was arrested in a raid in Mosul on Dec. 14, the military said in a statement.

It said the suspect served as al-Qaida's military chief in Mosul in 2005, and then took up the same job in western Baghdad.

"During that time, he coordinated car vehicle-borne improvised explosives device attacks and kidnap for ransom operations in Baghdad," the military said. It cited reports that said he organized an attempt to shoot down a U.S. military helicopter in May this year."

Florida professor admits he was Cuban spy - CNN.com

2006-12-20T12:44:00.000-07:00

'Alvarez acknowledged Tuesday he had worked as a Cuban covert intelligence agent on behalf of the Havana government for nearly three decades. Alvarez said he had gathered and transmitted information about Cuban exile groups to Cuban intelligence agents.'

Jungle secrets: 52 new species found in Borneo's 'Lost World' | the Daily Mail

2006-12-19T09:53:00.000-07:00

'More than 50 new species of animals and plants that have never been seen before have been discovered in a 'Lost World' on the island of Borneo in just 18 months, say scientists. Among them are two tree frogs, a whole range of plants and trees and 30 brand new types of fish including a tiny one less than a centimetre long and a catfish with an adhesive belly that allows it to stick to rocks.'

WorldNetDaily: Jimmy Carter plagiarized book, professor claims

2006-12-08T15:19:00.000-07:00

"Jimmy Carter plagiarized book, professor claims
'Palestine Peace Not Apartheid' also has 'simply invented segments'

American Thinker Blog: A Norwegian tip-off

2006-12-04T13:44:00.000-07:00

'Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post reports very disturbing news from Oslo about a terror suspect eluding the CIA, thanks to an apparent tip-off by a Norwegian official:

Shortly after the agents arrived in the spring of 2003, an Islamic militant living in Oslo known as Mullah Krekar received a warning from an anonymous Norwegian official, according to Krekar's lawyer. The message: Krekar, then head of a Kurdish insurgent group, was a CIA target and should watch his back.'

FrontPage magazine.com :: Imams Gone Wild by Paul Sperry

2006-11-30T10:17:00.000-07:00

'Here's what happened: On Oct. 23, 2003, Sheikh Ahmed Hamman Mahmoud Hamman claimed he needed assistance as he boarded Delta Flight 1586. Banducci, who was flight coordinator that day, escorted the Egyptian imam, dressed in a flowing robe, to his seat. As she helped him get seated, Hamman remarked in heavily accented English how good she smelled and asked her name.
'As she began to recoil from the bearded man's passes, he suddenly grabbed her face with one hand and wouldn't let go. Banducci told him he was hurting her and asked for help from passengers in the immediate area. She was able to pull away, but then His Most Holiness grabbed both her breasts and again would not release his grip. Banducci yelled at him to let go, but he refused, squeezing even harder. Only after she screamed for help and two air marshals broke cover did the man back down.
'As authorities questioned him, Hamman acted like he couldn't speak any English. The Miami-Dade Police Department took him into custody where he was booked the next day for felony battery, the police report says. Delta did not press charges, however, and kept the incident from the press.'

The Devil's Excrement: One Last Picture of Anti-Chavez Rally in Venezuela

2006-11-29T10:51:00.000-07:00

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Telegraph | News | Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes

2006-11-29T10:09:00.000-07:00

'Islamic sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in parts of Britain, a report claims.
Sharia, derived from several sources including the Koran, is applied to varying degrees in predominantly Muslim countries but it has no binding status in Britain.
However, the BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action produced evidence yesterday that it was being used by some Muslims as an alternative to English criminal law. Aydarus Yusuf, 29, a youth worker from Somalia, recalled a stabbing case that was decided by an unofficial Somali "court" sitting in Woolwich, south-east London.
Mr Yusuf said a group of Somali youths were arrested on suspicion of stabbing another Somali teenager. The victim's family told the police it would be settled out of court and the suspects were released on bail.'
A hearing was convened and elders ordered the assailants to compensate their victim. "All their uncles and their fathers were there," said Mr Yusuf. "So they all put something towards that and apologised for the wrongdoing."

The 751 No-Go Zones of France [Weblog] - Daniel Pipes

2006-11-28T14:07:00.000-07:00

'They go by the euphemistic term Zones Urbaines Sensibles, or Sensitive Urban Zones, with the even more antiseptic acronym ZUS, and there are 751 of them as of last count. They are convienently listed on one long webpage, complete with street demarcations and map delineations.
What are they? Those places in France that the French state does not control. They range from two zones in the medieval town of Carcassone to twelve in the heavily Muslim town of Marseilles, with hardly a town in France lacking in its ZUS. The ZUS came into existence in late 1996 and according to a 2004 estimate, nearly 5 million people live in them.
A more precise name for these zones would be Dar al-Islam, the place where Muslims rule.'

Hundreds of Thousands March Against Hugo Chavez in Venezuela

2006-11-28T13:55:00.000-07:00

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French police the target in urban guerrilla war - Yahoo! News

2006-11-28T11:15:00.000-07:00

PARIS (Reuters) - 'Stoned, beaten and insulted, their vehicles torched by crowds of hostile youths, French police say they face an urban guerrilla war when they enter the run-down neighborhoods that ring the major cities.
"Our role is to guarantee the safety of people and property but the great difficulty today is that police are having problems ensuring their own safety," said Jerome Hanarte of the Alliance-Police Nationale union.
Bedside television interviews with officers hospitalized after beatings in "les banlieues," or suburbs, support statistics showing a 6.7 percent jump in violent crime in the 12 months to August.
Fourteen officers are hurt every day in the line of duty, unions estimate, and law and order is sure to feature prominently in next year's presidential election.'

adn.com | warming : Arctic resists warming

2006-11-17T10:54:00.000-07:00

'. . . researchers also found new patterns of cooling ocean currents and prevailing winds that suggested the Arctic, long considered a bellwether of global warming, may be reverting in some ways to more normal conditions not seen since the 1970s.'

Expatica: German Court: Sept. 11th Conspirator Let Off too Lightly

2006-11-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) - 'Germany's High Court scolded judges Thursday for letting off Mounir al-Motassadeq too lightly for conspiring in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Appeal judges ordered a limited new trial, where the evidence from the previous trial will stand and only the penalty must be decided.
Last year the Moroccan student was sent to jail for seven years for being a member of the Hamburg terrorist cell led by Mohammed Atta and two other suicide pilots. But he was acquitted at trial of being an accessory to 3,000 murders of plane and building occupants.'

Today's Good News

2006-11-16T12:50:00.000-07:00

BREITBART.COM - House Democrats Name Hoyer to No. 2 Post
'House Democrats on Thursday chose Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer to be House majority leader over Rep. John Murtha, the choice of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in line to become speaker.
Hoyer was elected on a vote of 149-86.'

2 local imams arrested in alleged visa scheme - The Boston Globe

2006-11-16T12:08:00.000-07:00

'Federal immigration agents arrested imams from two Boston-area mosques yesterday on charges they were involved in a scheme that provided religious worker visas to immigrants who used them to enter the United States and work instead as gas station attendants, truck drivers, and factory laborers.'
"This was a nationwide religious worker visa fraud scheme designed to help illegal aliens," said Grenier. "These people had to be solely engaged in religious employment, and in many cases were not."

BREITBART.COM - Airport Arrest Turns Up Nuclear Info

2006-11-16T09:25:00.000-07:00

'A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying more than $78,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide.
Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unemployed U.S. citizen, was arrested Tuesday after a dog caught the scent of narcotics on cash he was carrying, according to an affidavit filed in court.
When agents asked him if he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files.'

Counterterrorism Blog: Saudi Prison Escapees Killed in Iraq

2006-11-15T13:31:00.000-07:00

'Less than one week ago, reports began to filter in from Al-Qaida supporters claiming that two wanted Saudi Arabian terror suspects -- Abdelaziz al-Massud and Abdelaziz al-Falaj -- had been killed in clashes with security forces in neighboring Iraq. Though the Saudis have thus far been unable to confirm these reports, a video posted today on the Internet and marked with the logo of Iraq's Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC) appears to do just that. The recording--which was not officially released by the MSC through its usual channels--features close-up footage of the corpses of the two men and pays homage to them as "martyrs."
Al-Massud and al-Falaj were among a group of at least eight terrorist suspects who managed to escape from a Saudi prison in Riyadh last July. Al-Massud had already attempted to travel to Iraq on at least one prior occasion in 2006 in order to join Al-Qaida, but was intercepted before he could cross the border by Saudi security forces.'

The Blotter: Abramoff Reports to Prison; Officials Focus on Reid, Others

2006-11-15T13:22:00.000-07:00

'As convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff reported to federal prison today, a source close to the investigation surrounding his activities told ABC News that Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was one of the members of Congress Abramoff had allegedly implicated in his cooperation with federal prosecutors.
A source close to the investigation says Abramoff told prosecutors that more than $30,000 in campaign contributions to Reid from Abramoff's clients "were no accident and were in fact requested by Reid."
In addition to Reid, the sources say Abramoff has been most closely questioned about his contacts with Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), who was defeated in last week's election.'

BREITBART.COM - Report: Lab in Landis case made 'administrative error' on 'B' sample

2006-11-15T12:58:00.000-07:00

PARIS (AP) - 'The French anti-doping lab that tested American cyclist Floyd Landis' urine samples made an "administrative error" when reporting its findings on his backup "B" sample, the French newspaper Le Monde reported Wednesday.
Landis' lawyer, Howard Jacobs, has already alleged that the French lab made repeated errors in its analyses, including mismatched sample code numbers.
In a letter sent to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in September, Jacobs said the positive finding on the "B" sample came from a sample number not assigned to Landis.
"It's incredibly sloppy," Jacobs said at the time. "It has to make you wonder about the accuracy of the work."

Telegraph: British Muslim Lawyer refuses to take off veil

2006-11-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

'A senior judge has been asked to decide whether female Muslim advocates may wear the veil in court.
The question was referred to Mr Justice Hodge, president of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, by an immigration judge at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, who had difficulty in hearing a veiled legal executive.
Shabnam Mughal was dressed completely in black with a full-face veil leaving only her eyes visible.'

Orson Scott Card - RealClearPolitics - The Only Issue This Election Day

2006-11-07T13:03:00.000-07:00

'I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations.
But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war. And since the Democratic Party seems hellbent on losing it -- and in the most damaging possible way -- I have no choice but to advocate that my party be kept from getting its hands on the reins of national power, until it proves itself once again to be capable of recognizing our core national interests instead of its own temporary partisan advantages.'

Bloomberg.com: Venezuela's Rosales Kicks Off Campaign March Through Caracas

2006-11-06T13:43:00.000-07:00

Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- 'Venezuelan opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, who is seeking to unseat President Hugo Chavez, kicked off a 26-kilometer (15.6-mile) march that will take him from one end of the capital of Caracas to the other.
Thousands of blue and yellow T-shirt clad supporters joined Rosales and opposition leaders in the working class neighborhood of La Vega in the eastern part of the capital. The march will end in the working class neighborhood of Petare in western Caracas, where Rosales will speak.'

PoughkeepsieJournal.com - Valley's dead cast their votes

2006-11-06T13:37:00.000-07:00

'The new statewide database of registered voters contains as many as 77,000 dead people on its rolls, and as many as 2,600 of them have cast votes from the grave, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal computer-assisted analysis.
The Journal's analysis is the first to examine the potential for errors and fraud in New York's three-month-old database. It matched names, dates of birth and ZIP codes in the state's database of 11.7 million voter registration records against the same information in the Social Security Administration's "Death Master File," a database of 77 million records of deaths dating to 1937.
The state database was current as of Oct. 4, the master death index through the second quarter of 2006.
The same process has been used to identify deceased registrants in other states, but is not yet being used in New York.'

Ray Robison: NYT article on nuclear sensitive releases at DOD website

2006-11-03T13:48:00.000-07:00

"What to keep in mind when you read the NYT article.

'Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi reports written in the 1990s and in 2002 for United Nations inspectors in charge of making sure Iraq had abandoned its unconventional arms programs after the Persian Gulf war. Experts say that at the time, Mr. Hussein’s scientists were on the verge of building an atom bomb, as little as a year away.'

Steyn's book can't be found in Canada

2006-11-03T13:38:00.000-07:00

'A Canadian author's book about the need to defend Western civilization against Islam's demographic juggernaut -- and the United States' vital role in that effort -- has become a best-seller in the United States, but remains all but impossible to buy at stores in [Canada].
Conservative columnist Mark Steyn's book America Alone has shot up best-seller lists: It stands at 13th on The New York Times list and 23rd on Amazon.com.
But Canada's largest book seller, Indigo Books and Music Inc., does not have the book in stock at its Chapters outlets or its other book-selling subsidiaries.
Mr. Steyn has charged that Indigo and its chief executive officer, Heather Reisman, underestimated demand for his book as a means of "boycotting" it.'

Pajamas Media: Burning Buses: “She was black but she looked white, her skin was peeled."

2006-11-03T13:37:00.000-07:00

“Facts pop up once in a while like fish bubbles on a quiet lake—hundreds of cars burned on a relatively calm night, at least a hundred every night all year long, 2500 policemen injured since January 2006—and disappear without consequences.”

Another On Bites The Dust

2006-11-03T11:23:00.000-07:00

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — 'A businessman pardoned by former President Clinton has been found dead inside his South Beach condo, authorities said.
Almon Glenn Braswell, 63, was found dead Oct. 28 in his Ocean Drive condo by his employees, and may have died from a previous injury, Miami Beach police said Thursday.
No additional information was released.
Braswell's death has been labeled "unclassified" pending more tests, the Miami-Dade medical examiner's said.'

DRUDGE REPORT: E-Voting Machine Smartcards Missing

2006-11-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

'Political insiders have expressed alarm after 12 voter smartcards have gone missing from one Shelby County, TN early vote location!
The cards are used to activate electronic voting machines.
The location at the center of the controversy is Bishop Byrne High School on E. Shelby Drive in Memphis.
The polling place started out with 25 cards. By Wednesday, 11 were missing, says an eyewitness.
The location was given 5 more smartcards on Thursday.
And another card went missing!'

Church calls for action over gruesome violence toward Christians in Iraq | News | This is London

2006-11-02T09:42:00.000-07:00

'Soaring violence against Christians in Iraq – including the alleged crucifixion of a teenage boy in Basra - has prompted the Catholic Church to call for a safe haven to protect minority groups as the country slides toward civil war.'

WorldNetDaily: Muslim insurgents behead 14-year-old Christian boy

2006-11-02T09:41:00.000-07:00

'A website in Assyria is confirming that a 14-year-old Christian boy who was working a 12-hour shift maintaining an electric generator has been murdered by Muslim insurgents.'

WorldNetDaily: Student's 'Star Chamber' inquisition prompts lawsuit

2006-11-02T09:38:00.000-07:00

'A lawsuit has been filed against Missouri State University after school officials forced a student to endure a "Star Chamber" interrogation because she would not sign a letter endorsing homosexual adoptions.'

RNW: Did imam's sermon incite Van Gogh murder?

2006-11-01T13:37:00.000-07:00

'During the ongoing trial of another Dutch terrorism suspect, Samir Azzouz, it's emerged that Imam Fawaz of the as-Sunnah mosque in The Hague gave a sermon condemning Theo van Gogh just a few weeks before his murder. A recording of the sermon exists and in it the imam is heard uttering a curse against the Dutch director for his film Submission, which is critical of Islam. The film had been shown on television shortly before the sermon.'

Madmen bent on destruction

2006-10-30T14:06:00.000-07:00

'Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will build 20 military bases in Bolivia, which will be situated on the borders with five other nations: Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Those installations will be under the control of Venezuelan and Cuban personnel, in complicity with Bolivian soldiers. Most certainly, the Cubans will carry Venezuelan passports and identification papers. It isn't easy to tell them apart. They're alike, even in their virtues and defects. The cost of the new Venezuelan armaments will rise to $30 billion. Venezuela has become the leading international buyer of arms and military equipment.

The plan reprises an old dream and early strategic concept created by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara: to turn Bolivia, a country in the heart of Latin America, into the subversive bastion of South America. That conviction cost Guevara his own life in 1967.'

Politics Central: France Prepares 50,000 Riot Police for Muslim Attacks

2006-10-26T12:11:00.000-06:00

'As America prepares for Halloween, France is girding for a wave of attacks from Muslim youths—a reprise of the deadly French riots of last year. A leaked French intelligence report warns that during the first week of November, a school holiday (Nov. 1 or All Saint’s Day), Muslim riots could convulse the country.'

BREITBART.COM - [Muslim] Youths Torch Buses Around Paris

2006-10-26T10:10:00.000-06:00

'Youths forced passengers off three buses and set them on fire overnight in suburban Paris, raising tensions Thursday ahead of the first anniversary of the riots that engulfed France's rundown, heavily immigrant neighborhoods. No injuries were reported, but worried bus drivers refused to enter some suburbs after dark, and the prime minister urged a swift, stern response.'

lgf: Musharraf: KSM Killed Daniel Pearl

2006-10-13T14:41:00.000-06:00

'A new book by Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, In the Line of Fire, speculates that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was “the man who may have actually killed Pearl or at least participated in his butchery.” According to Musharraf, “When we later arrested and interrogated him, he admitted his participation.” A new HBO documentary, The Journalist and the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl, leaves the question unresolved; it focuses on the intersecting lives of Pearl and Sheik, the man convicted of the crime, but also cites unnamed U.S. and Pakistani officials who blame Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for the murder.'

The American Thinker: Reid, not Hastert, should step down

2006-10-13T14:22:00.000-06:00

'Reid, not Hastert, should step down. That’s the conclusion of A.J. Strata, who examines the complex maneuvers whereby Harry Reid walked away with a over a million dollar profit on a land deal, following government decisions which suddenly added enormous value to the property in question.

Strata also notices what had struck me all along as most peculiar: Reid is acting entirely contrary to the objectives of his Democrat base. Conservation restrictions on land development are a fundamental tenet of the greenies. By blowing away these restrictions and building a strip mall (!), Reid became a wealthy man.'

The American Thinker: Harry Reid's Backstory

2006-10-13T14:20:00.000-06:00

'The current inattention Harry Reid is receiving from the MSM regarding his shady land deals prompted me to enter his name at Google. Very interesting info out there on Dingy Harry. For instance, at Political Gateway you can read a Steve Bowers column “The Log In Harry Reid’s Eyes” about his pushing through the innocuous-sounding 2002 legislation titled the ” Clark County (Nevada) Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act.”

Business change to lure Muslim investors - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com

2006-10-13T14:14:00.000-06:00

'By following financial rules that are part of the Islamic code called Shariah, Caribou is among a small but growing list of Western businesses looking to make themselves as attractive as possible to Muslim investors. Some, like Caribou, are motivated by principle, while others see Muslim investors as an attractive new source of money.'

China admits its guards killed nun - World - Times Online

2006-10-13T14:09:00.000-06:00

'CHINA confirmed yesterday that its border guards had shot dead a refugee, believed to be a nun, trying to cross the border from Tibet into Nepal, but said the soldiers acted in self defence.

Such an official confirmation is rare. The government in the restive region of Tibet may have felt forced to respond after dozens of foreign mountaineers, including two Britons, described watching from their Himalayan base camp as Chinese border guards opened fire on the group of fleeing Tibetans on September 30.'

WorldNetDaily: Corruption claimed in Harry Reid deal

2006-10-12T10:14:00.000-06:00

'The AP said Reid bought the undeveloped residential property on the outskirts of Las Vegas for about $400,000 and sold it in 2001 for the same price to Brown's limited liability corporation.

Reid did not disclose the sale on his annual public ethics report or tell Congress he had any stake in Brown's company, the AP notes, but continued to report to Congress that he personally owned the land.

Brown then convinced local officials to rezone the property for a shopping center before his company sold the land in 2004 to other developers.

Reid nearly tripled his investment, taking $1.1 million of the proceeds. He then reported it to Congress as a personal land sale.'

The American Thinker: Muslim Violence in UK

2006-10-09T15:55:00.000-06:00

'Update: Even worse violence overnight in Windsor. The Sun reports, MUSLIM mobs who wrecked a house to stop four brave soldiers moving in after returning from Afghanistan sparked outrage last night. The house in a village near riot-torn Windsor had BRICKS thrown through windows and was DAUBED with messages of hate. Four young Household Cavalry officers who had planned to rent it were also the target of phone THREATS.'

The American Thinker:

2006-10-09T15:53:00.000-06:00

PAIN IN SLUMS OF CHAVEZ By DOUGLAS MONTERO - New York Post Online Edition: Seven

2006-10-09T13:11:00.000-06:00

October 3, 2006 -- 'I'D LIKE Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to meet one of his countrymen, 15-year-old Manuel Gonzalez. Manuel, who's never been to school, lives in a tin-roofed shack with walls made of slabs of half-inch-thick wood, cardboard and flattened oil drums. His "house" clings precariously to La Vega, one of hundreds of hillside slums that dot Chavez's oil-rich capital. Each day, Manuel lugs buckets of water or propane tanks so his pregnant mother, 12-year-old sister and 1-year-old brother can eat, bathe and flush the toilet. "I'm scared. I don't want to live here, but I have to take care of my family," Manuel told me.'

BBC NEWS | Americas | Mass Venezuela opposition rally

2006-10-09T12:56:00.000-06:00

'Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, in support of the main opposition candidate, Manuel Rosales. Mr Rosales will face President Hugo Chavez in December's presidential poll.'

WorldNetDaily: Campus protesters quash Minuteman speech

2006-10-05T12:05:00.000-06:00

'Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist was attacked by angry, violent protesters last night who stormed the stage during his speech at Columbia University in New York City, forcing an abrupt end to the event. An African-American member of the Minuteman board who spoke prior to Gilchrist was taunted with the "n-word," according to WND columnist Jerome Corsi.'

CNN.com - Harvard committee recommends returning religion to curriculum - Oct 4, 2006

2006-10-05T11:23:00.001-06:00

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- 'Harvard University, founded 370 years ago to train Puritan ministers, should again require all undergraduates to study religion, along with U.S. history and ethics, a faculty committee is recommending.

The surprisingly bold recommendations come after years of rancorous internal debate over what courses should be required of all Harvard students. The current core curriculum has been criticized for focusing on narrow academic questions rather than real-world issues students would likely confront beyond the wrought-iron gates of Harvard Square.'

CNN.com - Harvard committee recommends returning religion to curriculum - Oct 4, 2006

2006-10-05T11:23:00.000-06:00

Telegraph | News | China tried to poach supergun inventor

2006-10-04T12:30:00.000-06:00

'Chinese secret agents have made repeated attempts to poach an Australian scientist behind the invention of a high-speed gun that could revolutionise warfare. The gun with its electronic firing mechanism, called Metal Storm, was invented by Mike O'Dwyer, who is based in Brisbane. He claimed this week that Chinese government agents offered him more than $100 million to move to China and work on the gun.'

WorldNetDaily: Muslim rips down tribute to 9/11 hero

2006-10-03T13:07:00.000-06:00

'A 26-year-old Muslim man tore down a portion of a memorial in New York City to a fallen hero of 9/11, screaming "This is political."

Turkish-born Adnan Emre was charged yesterday with destroying the tribute to New York City police officer Paul Talty, who was one of the first responders to the 9/11 attack, rushing into the south tower of the World Trade Center as it fell, the New York Post reported.'

WorldNetDaily: Court upholds Nazi-era ban on homeschooling

2006-09-29T14:56:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-28T13:34:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-28T13:32:00.000-06:00

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

2006-09-28T10:25:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-22T14:54:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-22T14:33:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-22T11:45:00.000-06:00

"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'

2006-09-22T11:29:00.000-06:00

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

2006-09-22T11:28:00.000-06:00

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

2006-09-21T15:53:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-21T13:22:00.000-06:00

"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?

2006-09-19T13:02:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-13T11:40:00.000-06:00

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

2006-09-13T11:25:00.000-06:00

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."

THIS WILL MAKE YOU PROUD

2006-09-12T16:50:00.000-06:00

Meet Brian Chontosh -

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

2006-09-08T15:48:00.000-06:00

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

2006-09-07T09:56:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-06T16:33:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-06T16:31:00.000-06:00

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

2006-09-06T16:26:00.000-06:00

* 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

2006-09-05T12:49:00.000-06:00

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

2006-09-05T12:47:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-09-05T12:44:00.000-06:00

"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."

Senator George Allen Pushing Anti-Property Rights Initiative

2006-08-31T13:42:00.000-06:00

"Senator Allen is the chief sponsor of legislation that would create a massive federal "National Heritage Area" that would stretch from Charlottesville, VA, through Frederick County, MD, and end in Gettysburg, PA. Such areas are best described as heavily regulated corridors where property rights may be strictly curtailed. Allen's bill would deputize special interest groups -- many with clear anti-property rights agendas -- and federal employees to oversee land use policy in the corridor."

Americans for Truth � The Thought Police of Minneapolis

2006-08-31T11:21:00.000-06:00

". . .the Minneapolis Police Department has suspended a Police Psychologist, Dr. Michael Campion of Campion, Barrow & Associates, at the behest of pro-homosexual activists. What was Dr. Campion’s crime? It seems that until last year he was a board member with the Illinois Family Institute (IFI), a Christian organization which advocates traditional family values. The Minneapolis Police Department admits that because of Dr. Campion’s Christian beliefs, and his former affiliation with IFI, he is now under suspension pending an investigation into his beliefs."

Syria, Venezuela Unite Against American 'Imperialism'

2006-08-31T11:17:00.000-06:00

DAMASCUS, Syria — "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a hero's welcome in Syria, where he said Wednesday that the two countries will "build a new world" free of U.S. domination and vowed to one day "dig the grave of U.S. imperialism."

Counterterrorism Blog: Islamic Court Consildates Power in Somalia

2006-08-24T12:50:00.000-06:00

"Somalia continues the slide into the darkness of a radical Islamist state. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the al-Qaeda linked leader of the Islamic Courts is consolidating power in Somalia by taking control of vital lines of communications, organizing the army of the Islamic Courts, and instituting shariah law throughout the areas it controls."

Zenit News Agency - Iraqi Archbishop of Kirkuk Kidnapped

2006-08-24T11:44:00.000-06:00

"The kidnapping comes amid a sudden deterioration of life for Christians in Iraq -- a number of lay Christians have been killed in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, another Baghdad Chaldean priest, Father Raad Washan, was kidnapped though he was released 48 hours later. Archbishop Sako mentioned that the lives of other priests have been threatened."

WorldNetDaily: Illegal aliens linked to gang-rape wave

2006-08-22T12:10:00.000-06:00

"The study found approximately 240,000 illegal-immigrant sex offenders reside in the United States – while 93 sex offenders and 12 serial sexual offenders come across U.S. borders illegally every day."
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Study Shows Abstinence Education Reduces Teenage Sexual Behavior

2006-08-16T10:06:00.000-06:00

"A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania finds that teaching abstinence education to young teenagers in public schools reduces their sexual behavior. The study found that abstinence helped delay the starting point at which teenagers begin having sexual relations."