February 28, 2006
BEAUMONT - John Caffery called it an act of cowardice by U.S. newspapers for not publishing controversial Muslim-based cartoons, so the local resident decided to take matters into his own hands.On the corner of Daisy and Norwood drives, Caffery erected a large sign Sunday afternoon with one of the cartoons. It also carries a message about the subsequent rioting throughout the world caused by the publishing of the cartoons in a Danish newspaper.
Caffery couldn't understand why American newspapers opted to omit the cartoons but write about the rioting. He said newspapers were not giving the public all of the information they needed to understand.
So he decided to be a source of information, he said, because it's a matter of free speech. At the very least, he can let his local community know the rioting, violence and denouncement of the United States is over a cartoon.
"It's cowardly for (a) newspaper giving in to the pressure from the Muslims for these so-called offending cartoons," Caffery said. "Most of the cartoons are pretty silly. The one out there on the sign is probably one of the least offending cartoons."
The sign is four feet by eight feet, according to Caffery's estimation, and was made as "large as it feasibly" could be made, he said. A cartoon of Muhammad's head shaped like a lit bomb is depicted to the left and a statement on the right reads "For This Cartoon In Danish and Nowegian [sic] Newspapers Muslems [sic] Worldwide Have Rioted, and Killed and Now Offer $11 Million Reward to Kill The Cartoonist."
At the beginning of the statement, an arrow points to the cartoon.
Caffery, 67, lists his e-mail address and phone number. He said he encourages people to call or write him to receive information about the cartoons.
"It's not that I'm anti-Islam," he said. "It's that I'm anti-anybody who says you have to do as they insist or they're going to kill you."
Well, they are up on the site, and so is my little addition to the fray.
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February 27, 2006
Storm the White HouseMulti-Day Event, Beginning March 15, come when you can and stay as long as you can - we are taking over the White House until they leave. Torture, Occupation, Genocide - Must End Now.
Wednesday, March 15th 2006 12:00 AM
Washington, DC USA
TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE BY STORM - Stop Genocide, Torture and Occupation
U.N. SOS - We need your help to end the reign of international criminals.
It is our duty and the duty of the United Nations to rescue the people of the world from the U.S. dictators. Murder for occupation and theft of land is illegal. Murder of journalists is criminal. Remove the traitors who have stolen the U.S. budget and used it to commit international crimes against humanity.If we were being bombed and our journalists were being murdered here in the U.S. by a foreign country's military, we would hope that the people of that country would stop what they are doing and go to their president's office and demand that it was stopped. If we were the ones burying thousands and thousands of our family members and watching the destruction of the homes, schools, churches and offices that we had worked for decades to build, we would hope that someone, somewhere would care enough to do something for us. We must stop the criminals in our government NOW. There is no meeting with Congress that is going to change what they are doing. We must put the power of the people into action and stay there until they leave!
Inviting everyone to the White House for a protest rally to show that we do not accept the criminal government, illegal wars and the permanent occupation planned for Iraq and Afghanistan. For Nat Turner, For Martin and Coretta, For all the Torture and Assassination in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti and many others - We will not allow the Slave Holders that Still Prevail in this Country to Rule us any longer. Imprisonment and torture based on race, religion, resources or region is no different than the slavery we sought to abolish years ago. The Administration is Criminal and if they will not step down, we must storm in, show them how many of us do not accept a criminal government. How can we stand by and watch them kill our brothers, sisters, journalists and friends for their dollars?
...Location:
White House, Washington DC Starting March 15th, come for as long as you can and bring signs that say U.N. SOS and "Leave Now" or whatever you would like to say. Ride Share and Room Share Plans can be made here: http://www.citysites.com/travel/tiki-view_tracker.php?trackerId=3
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We are requesting participation from all members of the United Nations, PFAW, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Code Pink, police, soldiers, ACLU, CIA, NSA and International Courts of Justice/World Court. http://www.PoliticalCooperative.Org
I decided to look at the “Political Cooperative” website that Mr. Boggiano is associated with, and found more of the same – equally incoherent – over there.
Dear Senator Boxer,
I would like to schedule a visit to the White House for approximately one million citizens on March 17th, 2006 at 12 noon.
Please confirm. You can view details on our group at http://www.PoliticalCooperative.Org
Sincerely,
Darrow Boggiano Founder/Organizer CitySites.com PoliticalCooperative.Org
Gotta admire the guy for dreaming big – a million people showing up to overthrow the government.
In true Texas HoldÂ’em fashion, letÂ’s call and raise Mr. Boggiano. Can we get 1,000,000 Americans to exercise their First and Second Amendment rights as a counter-protest against this muttÂ’s threatened coup?
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Security forces in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh have killed five suspected militants believed to be linked to an attack on an oil plant.Security sources say a siege took place at a villa in a Riyadh suburb in which shots were fired and grenades thrown.
The Saudi interior ministry said one other suspect had been arrested elsewhere in the capital.
An Islamic website has claimed al-Qaeda was behind the foiled attack on Friday on an oil processing plant in Abqaiq.
Interior ministry spokesman Maj Gen Mansour al-Turki said two simultaneous raids had taken place on Monday morning, leading to the deaths of five suspects in a shoot-out and the arrest of a sixth.
That sure brightens up my day.
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February 26, 2006
Authorities have arrested 10 people, including four security guards, over last week's bombing of a revered Shi'ite shrine, Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, told US televison on Sunday."We have arrested 10 people - four from the guards of the Golden Tomb shrine," he told CNN television's Late Edition programme.
The other six suspects, al-Rubaie said "were in the city of Samarra, (and had) just moved in and rented a place ... So we are investigating them", he said.
"These leads are very, very good in our investigations," al-Rubaie said, adding that additional details about the probe would be made public "in the very near future".
The destruction Wednesday of the shrine's famed golden dome - one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines in the town of Samarra - has become a flashpoint, sparking the worst sectarian violence in years and triggering reprisals against Iraq's Sunnis and their holy sites.
Iraqi officials said at least 120 people have been killed in the unrest.
So it looks like an inside job. Will the answers satisfy anyone at this point?
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February 24, 2006
Al Qaeda in Iraq's leader in northern Baghdad was killed in a raid Friday, the U.S. military said.The military identified Abu Asma, also known as Abu Anas and Akram Mahmud al-Mushhadani, as an explosives expert with close ties to important car bomb manufacturers in Baghdad.
He died in a northern Baghdad raid conducted by coalition forces with the help of Iraqi police, a military statement said.
"Intelligence reports indicated Abu Asma was in possession of and expected to use suicide vests against the Iraqi people and security forces," the statement said. "He was directly responsible for many deaths and injuries of coalition and Iraqi security forces."
No virgins for Abu Asma, who now knows that he served Satan not God. His new place of residence is significantly warmer than summer in Iraq.
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February 23, 2006
There are only about 1,500 Christians living among an estimated 1.2 million Palestinian Muslims in the Gaza Strip.The Palestinian Bible society has been in operation there since 1999.
Eleven local Palestinians staff the center, which includes a Christian bookstore that sells Bibles. Scriptures are displayed on large billboards, and at the front of the store is a sign that says: "God's Word is Life for All." Above the shop are computer rooms, multi-purpose halls and a library that is open to the entire community.
The trouble started three weeks ago, the source said, when a pipe bomb exploded around 11:00 one night outside the Bible Society, which is located in Gaza's city center. There were no injuries.
Two weeks later, an unknown group left threatening pamphlets at the front door of the Bible Society warning that the building would be blown up if the premises were not vacated by February 28.
The pamphlets threatened the landlord for dealing with "infidels."
According to the request of Palestinian Authority security officials, when the situation worsened several days ago, forcing the Bible Society staff locked the doors while they continued working inside.
But then came a threatening phone call, warning them that locking the doors wasn't enough - that they should take the threat seriously or risk harm to themselves and their children.
"We are waiting for a miracle," said the Palestinian Bible Society information officer. "The Bible Society is committed to the continuation of its ministry and service to the Palestinian people, and God will see us through this crisis."
Islam talks a good game about respecting the rights of Christians in majority Muslim areas. Seems to me that this is an excellent time for them to put up or shut up. And if the new Hamas-led government of the PA cannot protect this tiny group, then there is no reason for anyone to take it seriously.
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There are only about 1,500 Christians living among an estimated 1.2 million Palestinian Muslims in the Gaza Strip.The Palestinian Bible society has been in operation there since 1999.
Eleven local Palestinians staff the center, which includes a Christian bookstore that sells Bibles. Scriptures are displayed on large billboards, and at the front of the store is a sign that says: "God's Word is Life for All." Above the shop are computer rooms, multi-purpose halls and a library that is open to the entire community.
The trouble started three weeks ago, the source said, when a pipe bomb exploded around 11:00 one night outside the Bible Society, which is located in Gaza's city center. There were no injuries.
Two weeks later, an unknown group left threatening pamphlets at the front door of the Bible Society warning that the building would be blown up if the premises were not vacated by February 28.
The pamphlets threatened the landlord for dealing with "infidels."
According to the request of Palestinian Authority security officials, when the situation worsened several days ago, forcing the Bible Society staff locked the doors while they continued working inside.
But then came a threatening phone call, warning them that locking the doors wasn't enough - that they should take the threat seriously or risk harm to themselves and their children.
"We are waiting for a miracle," said the Palestinian Bible Society information officer. "The Bible Society is committed to the continuation of its ministry and service to the Palestinian people, and God will see us through this crisis."
Islam talks a good game about respecting the rights of Christians in majority Muslim areas. Seems to me that this is an excellent time for them to put up or shut up. And if the new Hamas-led government of the PA cannot protect this tiny group, then there is no reason for anyone to take it seriously.
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The FBI has joined the investigation into a multi-vehicle crash on the Stevenson Expressway after police found a $2 million check, credit cards and other "financial instruments" in the car of one of two people killed, authorities said today.The items were discovered in the car of a 45-year-old man involved in the crash, which occurred about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday on the outbound Stevenson (Interstate Highway 55) near Stickney, Illinois State Police said.
The man, identified as Lafi Nofal, was flown by helicopter to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he died from his injuries hours after the accident, the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
A 76-year-old woman, Dorothy Walsh, who was riding in a separate car, was also killed, according to the medical examiner.
Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force were working with Illinois State Police to "determine the authenticity and origin" of the financial items, the FBI Chicago office said in a statement this morning.
There is no indication that terrorism is involved, according to the statement.
LetÂ’s see. Millions in negotiable financial instruments in the car, and a name which appears to be Middle Eastern. Are you folks sure that there is no connection to terrorism?
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February 22, 2006
A SUSPECTED suicide bomber blew himself up prematurely near a main road routinely used by government officials and foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan, police said today.The man was blown to bits and only his leg and hat were found at the scene after the blast in eastern Nangarhar province yesterday, provincial police spokesman Ghafor Khan said.
"Our investigations show that a suicide bomber wanted to get to the main road and, just before that, explosives strapped to his body went off due to some malfunction ahead of time and tore him into pieces," Mr Khan said.
In a separate attack on the same day in the province, a civilian was killed and five were wounded in a bomb blast.
It was not clear who was behind the bombing.
Police, however, blamed both incidents on "enemies of Afghanistan who want to create tension to undermine security".
I wonder – does he still qualify as a martyr if he suffers from premature detonation? Or does this useless mutt become one of the 72 virgins, since he got his manhood (small as it was) blown off?
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One of the most revered shrines in Shiite Islam was bombed early this morning, causing the collapse of its dome, police and eyewitnesses said. There was no immediate estimate of casualties in the latest in a series of sectarian attacks in the country.The shrine in Samarra, a predominantly Sunni Arab city 60 miles north of Baghdad, contains the remains of two of Shiite Islam's most prominent Imams. The bomb is believed to have been planted a day earlier, said Capt. Basheer Qadoori, of the city's police force.
"Last night, five armed men wearing ski masks broke into the shrine, kidnapped 5 guards of the shrine and planted two bombs inside," Qadoori said.
Iraq's most notable Shiite religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, announced a week long mourning and urged people to go to the streets in "peaceful demonstrations to denounce this criminal act." Sistani's office said a detailed statement would be released later today.
Shiite Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari announced a three-day mourning in a televised appearance. "I call on my people to express their condemnation," Jaafari said. He asked Iraqis to "close the door to all those who are fishing in the troubled water."
The attack, which sparked immediate and widespread protests among Shiites across Iraq, appeared designed to further inflame sectarian tension between Iraq's Shiite majority and the Sunni Arab population from whose ranks the bulk of the country's insurgency is drawn.
I gladly join with Prime Minister Jaafari in expressing my condemnation of the bombing.
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February 21, 2006
The Justice Department accused three Ohio men yesterday of plotting to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq, allegedly by seeking to set up a Middle Eastern terrorism camp where insurgents would be trained and equipped.One of the men was also charged with threatening to kill or hurt President Bush. It is not clear, however, how close the trio came to carrying out any of their alleged plans or whether they intended to fight in Iraq themselves.
Even so, the case appears to be the first time that suspects on U.S. soil, rather than in Europe or the Middle East, have been charged with attempting to directly aid the insurgency in Iraq.
The men are accused of spending more than a year downloading militant videos, taking weapons training, and trying to acquire or build explosives. They could face life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge, conspiracy to kill Americans abroad. They are also charged with providing material support to terrorists.
The defendants are Mohammad Zaki Amawi, 26, a citizen of the United States and Jordan; Marwan Othman el-Hindi, 42, of Toledo, a U.S. citizen; and Wassim I. Mazloum, 24, of Toledo, a permanent legal resident who co-owns a Toledo auto dealership with his brother. In addition to the terrorism counts, Amawi is also charged with twice making verbal threats against Bush, court documents show.
The three were indicted last week, but the document was not unsealed until yesterday. They were arrested over the weekend and pleaded not guilty yesterday in federal courts in Cleveland and Toledo, according to the Associated Press. Attempts to reach their attorneys were unsuccessful.
But this isn't REALLY the first such case -- not when you consider the blind sheik, the Holy Land Foundation, the Buffalo case, the ongoing trial in California, etc.
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February 10, 2006
The U.S. military authorities have taken tougher measures to force-feed detainees engaged in hunger strikes at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, after concluding that some of them were determined to commit suicide to protest their indefinite confinement, military officials have said.In recent weeks, the officials said, guards have begun strapping recalcitrant detainees into "restraint chairs," sometimes for hours a day, to feed them through tubes and prevent them from deliberately vomiting afterward.
Detainees who refuse to eat have also been placed in isolation for extended periods to keep them from being pressured by other hunger strikers, the officials said.
The measures appear to have had significant effects. The chief military spokesman at Guantánamo, Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Martin, said Wednesday that the number of detainees on hunger strike had dropped, from 84 at the end of December to only 4.
Some officials said the new actions reflected concern at Guantánamo and the Pentagon that the protests were becoming difficult to control and that the death of one or more prisoners could intensify international criticism of the center.
Martin said the forced feeding was carried out "in a humane and compassionate manner," and only when necessary to keep the prisoners alive. He said in a statement that "a restraint system to aid detainee feeding" was being used. He declined to answer detailed questions about the restraint chairs.
Sounds inhumane to me – better to let them carry out their suicides. Not only is that more humane, but it will also cleanse the world in the process.
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February 09, 2006
"Honestly, I do not understand why any newspaper will publish the cartoons today," Annan said. "It is insensitive. It is offensive. It is provocative and you see what has happened around the world."Annan said this did not mean he opposed freedom of the press, but he said it did entail "exercising responsibility and judgment" and media should not "pour oil on the fire".
He again condemned violence as unacceptable and said: "They should not attack innocent civilians. They should not attack those who are not responsible for the publication of the cartoons."
Let's unpack some of that, doing a little reading between the lines.
"Honestly, I do not understand why any newspaper will publish the cartoons today," Annan said. "It is insensitive. It is offensive. It is provocative and you see what has happened around the world."
"I don't understand why Westerners are so hung up on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Don't they understand that feelings trump rights?" Besides, most of the people of the world live in dictatorships that routinely deny such rights -- why should Westerners get to exercise them freely?
Annan said this did not mean he opposed freedom of the press, but he said it did entail "exercising responsibility and judgment" and media should not "pour oil on the fire".
"I'm merely opposed to meaningful exercise of the right to freedom of the press. It should all be happy news that offends no one but the Americans and the Israelis."
He again condemned violence as unacceptable and said: "They should not attack innocent civilians. They should not attack those who are not responsible for the publication of the cartoons."
"On the other hand, I don't have a problem with attacking and killing those guilty kaffirs who dare to express sentiments I disagree with. Like the signs in London said, those who blaspheme the Prophet should be killed."
Of course, there is the little issue of the Secretary General's endorsement of a "human rights" document that would effectively place religious "tolerance" on a higher plane than freedom of speech and press.
The text proposed by 57 Islamic countries, obtained by Reuters, would promote universal respect for all religious and cultural values.It would "prevent instances of intolerance, discrimination, incitement of hatred and violence arising from any actions against religions, prophets and beliefs which threaten the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms."
It also notes that "defamation of religions and prophets is inconsistent with the right to freedom of expression" and emphasized that states, organizations and the media have a "responsibility in promoting tolerance and respect for religious and cultural values."
In other words, the provisions of this document would override the guarantees of freedom of speech and the press contained in, among other documents, the Bill of Rights. Muslims would then be able to place any speech critical of Islam into an international forum such as the International Criminal Court, stripping from Americans even teh most basic of protections of civil liberties. In giving hurt feelings primacy over human rights, the UN wuld effectivly be trashing the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, one of the organization's founding documents, and replacing it with a Universal Denial of Human Rights.
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February 07, 2006
Simply put, Iran’s nuclear weapons program, combined with the murderous comments of that country’s president, is the political equivalent of a man running toward your children’s school holding a hand grenade and shouting “I hate kids. I welcome death.†The risk of taking time—to think, to talk, to analyze, to co-ordinate with other countries – is just too high. We know where Amadinejad and the mullahs work, and we ought to know where they live. (And if we don’t know, the Israelis do and would be more than happy to lend a hand.) We have cruise missiles, Stealth fighters, and B-1 bombers that can fly from the US to Teheran, drop their lethal loads, then return to the US without ever landing en route. We have skilled, courageous Special Forces teams that can get themselves on the ground in Teheran quietly and fast.The question is whether we still have within us the instinct for survival. If we do, then our only course is to act – now, this minute, however we can – and to take out the mullahs. Tonight.
Now there is a certain wisdom to that proposal, for the threat posed by the program is not found in the nature of the weapons themselves, but in the propensity of the Iranian leadership to use those weapons. The United States has very little leverage with the radical government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the present convulsions in the Middle East over the Danish cartoons makes the likelihood of Iranian compliance very small. So it may be that this is the best solution, given that the current situation is unlikely to become less stable.
Unless, of course, it does. Which leads me to wonder if Meyer’s proposal is really the wisest course of action. But then again, what solution would be better?
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Simply put, Iran’s nuclear weapons program, combined with the murderous comments of that country’s president, is the political equivalent of a man running toward your children’s school holding a hand grenade and shouting “I hate kids. I welcome death.” The risk of taking time—to think, to talk, to analyze, to co-ordinate with other countries – is just too high. We know where Amadinejad and the mullahs work, and we ought to know where they live. (And if we don’t know, the Israelis do and would be more than happy to lend a hand.) We have cruise missiles, Stealth fighters, and B-1 bombers that can fly from the US to Teheran, drop their lethal loads, then return to the US without ever landing en route. We have skilled, courageous Special Forces teams that can get themselves on the ground in Teheran quietly and fast.The question is whether we still have within us the instinct for survival. If we do, then our only course is to act – now, this minute, however we can – and to take out the mullahs. Tonight.
Now there is a certain wisdom to that proposal, for the threat posed by the program is not found in the nature of the weapons themselves, but in the propensity of the Iranian leadership to use those weapons. The United States has very little leverage with the radical government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the present convulsions in the Middle East over the Danish cartoons makes the likelihood of Iranian compliance very small. So it may be that this is the best solution, given that the current situation is unlikely to become less stable.
Unless, of course, it does. Which leads me to wonder if MeyerÂ’s proposal is really the wisest course of action. But then again, what solution would be better?
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February 06, 2006
Proclaiming "I am al-Qaida," Zacarias Moussaoui was escorted from a federal courtroom in Alexandria on Monday at the outset of jury selection in his terrorist conspiracy trial. As he was removed by federal marshals, he shouted, "This trial is a circus."The acknowledged al-Qaida conspirator, often a volatile figure in the courtroom, got almost immediately into an argument with U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, demanding "I want to be heard" and saying of his lawyers, "These people do not represent me."
He left with his hands on his head, offering no resistance.
Prospective jurors filed into a heavily guarded federal courtroom Monday as U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema began calling the first prospective jurors from a pool of 500 to fill out questionnaires about their attitudes on the death penalty and knowledge of the case. Jury selection is expected to take a month, a painstaking process that sets the stage for deciding whether the 37-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan descent is imprisoned for life or put to death.
We donÂ’t need a jury here, simply a judge to impose a culturally sensitive sentence for his crimes.
Public beheading, as is done by al-Qaeda affiliates around the world.
Seems quite appropriate to me.
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February 05, 2006
In light of the threats of boycotts by Muslims, I wonder if these terrorist-sympathizing Islamists will take matters to their logical extreme, as suggested by Scottish columnist Muriel Gray.
The other European papers which published the cartoons were, with a couple of exceptions, not trying to further provoke Muslims, but were engaging in an “I am Spartacus” moment, showing solidarity for Denmark and trying to gain enough similar support throughout Europe that it would make it harder for the extremists. What if everyone publishes? Going to kill everyone? Going to boycott goods from every European country? If only the Czech Republic would publish the cartoons then Hamas would have to boycott Semtex.
So can we get one courageous Czech editor to publish the Mohammad cartoons? After all, it could end terrorism in our time!
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But hey --it is only an image of the President of the United States murdered by our nation's enemies. It's not like they are depicting something offensive, like a cartoon of Muhammad.
Here's hoping the Secret Service is interested in the bitch mentally-defective creature holding the sign.
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HINDUS CONSIDER it sacrilegious to eat meat from cows, so when a Danish supermarket ran a sale on beef and veal last fall, Hindus everywhere reacted with outrage. India recalled its ambassador to Copenhagen, and Danish flags were burned in Calcutta, Bombay, and Delhi. A Hindu mob in Sri Lanka severely beat two employees of a Danish-owned firm, and demonstrators in Nepal chanted: ''War on Denmark! Death to Denmark!"In many places, shops selling Dansk china or Lego toys were attacked by rioters, and two Danish embassies were firebombed.
We know, of course, that this did not happen.
But we also know that the mere act of publiching editorial cartoons has produced another Islamorgasm of violence around the world. We've seen brave European newspaper editors run the cartoons in their own pages as a show of solidarity.
We have seen no such courage in America, either in the print media or the broadcast media. Folks who don't mind offending Christians and jews in the most gratuitous manner argue that "sensitivity" and "taste" dictate that they not run the "provocative" cartoons. In other words, they won't offend anyone who will do more than write a nasty letter
Across the continent, nearly two dozen other newspapers have joined in defending that principle. While Islamist clerics proclaim an ''international day of anger" or declare that ''the war has begun," leading publications in Norway, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic have reprinted the Danish cartoons. But there has been no comparable show of backbone in America, where (as of Friday) only the New York Sun has had the fortitude to the run some of the drawings.Make no mistake: This story is not going away, and neither is the Islamofascist threat. The freedom of speech we take for granted is under attack, and it will vanish if it is not bravely defended. Today the censors may be coming for some unfunny Mohammed cartoons, but tomorrow it is your words and ideas they will silence. Like it or not, we are all Danes now.
Muslim author and critic Ibn Warraq argues the matter this way.
A democracy cannot survive long without freedom of expression, the freedom to argue, to dissent, even to insult and offend. It is a freedom sorely lacking in the Islamic world, and without it Islam will remain unassailed in its dogmatic, fanatical, medieval fortress; ossified, totalitarian and intolerant. Without this fundamental freedom, Islam will continue to stifle thought, human rights, individuality; originality and truth.Unless, we show some solidarity, unashamed, noisy, public solidarity with the Danish cartoonists, then the forces that are trying to impose on the Free West a totalitarian ideology will have won; the Islamization of Europe will have begun in earnest. Do not apologize.
And so let me make my act of solidarity.
The fundamental principles of freedom matter more than the religious sensitivities of extremists.
Any Muslim who is offended by these cartoons and wishes to write or shout angry words at me has my deepest apologies -- you are not my target and I regret any offense given.
Any Muslim who is offended by these cartoons and wishes to do me violence can copulate with a pig.
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In the latest twist in the debate over presidential powers, a Justice Department official suggested that in certain circumstances, the president might have the power to order the killing of terrorist suspects inside the United States. Steven Bradbury, acting head of the department's Office of Legal Counsel, went to a closed-door Senate intelligence committee meeting last week to defend President George W. Bush's surveillance program. During the briefing, said administration and Capitol Hill officials (who declined to be identified because the session was private), California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked Bradbury questions about the extent of presidential powers to fight Al Qaeda; could Bush, for instance, order the killing of a Qaeda suspect known to be on U.S. soil? Bradbury replied that he believed Bush could indeed do this, at least in certain circumstances.
I would take it a step further -- he can do it in any circumstance. Anyone who disagrees with that analysis is still sleeping soundly in a 9/10/01 world, refusing to deal with the the realities that were brought home on 9/11.
First, we are at war with the terrorists. In war, you kill the enemy. Taking some prisoners is something that happens, but the reality is that you try to kill them before they kill you. While we are dealing with smaller concentrations of enemies in this war (cells rather than armies), the principle remains the same -- killing the enemy may be preferable to capturing them.
Second, there are no civil liberties, no due process, in battle. There are no warrants, and there are generally no trials (other than war crimes) for prisoners. Too many folks don't recognize that, as the constant belly-aching over Gitmo demonstrates. Prisoners are held for the duration of the conflict. You don't get a warrant to conduct intelligence operations agains the enemy. And you don't need a judge, jury, and executive to sign off on a death warrant before you march into battle.
But for those who still don't get it, let me ask the question differently. If al-Qaeda were an invading army that got a foothold in the United States, would the President have the authority to order the targetted killing of the commanding general? Of particular officers? Or an attack on the enemy that resulted in the deaths of common soldiers?
If you answer in the affirmative, then there can be no objection to the targetted killing of terrorists in the US.
If you answer in the negative, you are really too stupid to bother with.
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February 03, 2006
The prophet Mohammed justifies Islamic violence in the battle between the faithful and unfaithful. Paradise awaits the faithful who die as a result, Mohammed Bouyeri claimed yesterday in the district court of The Hague.Bouyeri hoped for paradise himself when he assassinated Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam on 2 November 2004. But after a shoot-out with the police, he was taken alive, and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder with terrorist motives. Yesterday, he made a 2.5-hour plea in the court case against the Hofstad alleged terrorist group, of which he is allegedly the leader.
"When you compare me to Osama Bin Laden, you are seriously wronging him and giving me too much honour that I do not deserve," Bouyeri said to the Public Prosecutor (OM). "But the fact that you see me as the black standard-bearer of Islam in Europe fills me with honour, pride and happiness."
Bouyeri began his plea with a sort of profession of faith in Arabic, which was translated by an interpreter. The 27-year-old Amsterdam-born Moroccan was dressed in a traditional black robe and had tied a scarf around his head. His plea consisted primarily of quotations from books on Islam from the prison library.
And this is the religious faith to which the news media is deferring when they refuse to show the Muhammad cartoons or apologize for showing them? This is the faith defended by politicians when its followers demand blood atonement for blasphemy? DoesnÂ’t the belief in the values of civilization mandate the rejection of such a faith by all reasonable men and women?
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February 01, 2006
Building a mosque in Copenhagen would help to relieve tensions between Denmark and the Muslim world, says Herbert Pundik, a former editor of daily newspaper Politiken.The country's 200,000 Muslims currently are relegated to some 50 makeshift mosques throughout the country. Pundik suggested that construction of a permanent mosque could serve as an olive branch to Muslims angered by drawings of the prophet Mohammed printed in daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
'It should be dramatic and have the purpose of taking the brunt of the current anti-Denmark sentiments. It could illustrate that another Denmark exists than the anti-Muslim society that dominates in the Arabic world right now,' he wrote in Politiken on Wednesday.
Private donors could contribute the DKK 50 million needed for construction.
That isn’t good faint, Mr. Pundik – that is dhimmitude.
I award you the Order of Osama, Second Class (since you arenÂ’t a Muslim), with IED Clusters.
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