The Iraqi judge appears to have no control over Saddam, who shouted and generally caused a ruckus.
It's time to take control of the situation:
Friday, March 17, 2006
National intelligence Director John Nergroponte directed the release of a document linking Saddam Hussein to Al-Qaida.
Here is the translated text:
Here is the translated text:
In the Name of God the MercifulPresidency of the Republic
Intelligence Apparatus
To the respectful Mr. M.A.M
Subject: Information
Our source in Afghanistan No 11002 (for information about him see attachment 1) provided us with information that that Afghani Consul Ahmad Dahestani (for information about him see attachment 2) told him the following:
1. That Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in Afghanistan are in contact with Iraq and it that previously a group from Taliban and Osama Bin Laden group visited Iraq.
2. That America has proof that the government of Iraq and Osama bin Laden group have shown cooperation to hit target within America.
3. That in case it is proven the involvement of Osama bin Laden group and the Taliban in these destructive operations it is possible that American will conduct strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan.
4. That the Afghani Consul heard about the subject of Iraq relation with Osama Bin Laden group during his stay in Iran.
5. In light of this we suggest to write to the Commission of the above information.
Please view… Yours… With regards
Signature:……, Initials : A.M.M, 15/9/2001
Foot note: Immediately send to the Chairman of Commission
Signature:………….
There is another, as of yet untranslated document that is described by the U.S. government as follows:
2002 Iraqi Intelligence Correspondence concerning the presence of al-Qaida Members in Iraq. Correspondence between IRS members on a suspicion, later confirmed, of the presence of an Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Moreover, it includes photos and names.
This document proves in black and white that at the very least Saddam Hussein knew that Al-Qaida was functioning within Iraq, and was therefore aiding and abeting those murderers.
So much for the liberal 'no right to attack him first' line of nonsense!
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Indian men stand at the site of a bomb blast in the pilgrimage city of Varanasi on March 7th.
Indian doctors treat a child wounded in the Muslim bombing.
Indian men carry the body of a person murdered by Muslim bombers. More than 21 people were killed in the massacre. Civilian Hindus were the target.Religion of Peace...
Religion of Peace...
Religion of Peace... Keep saying it...
Praise the Lord and cue the polka music!
Haldis Gunderson of Olso, Norway "Had settled down for a cozy Saturday evening, had a nice dinner, and I was just going to clean up a little. I turned on the faucet and beer came out."
Beer from Heaven? No, it seems that Gunderson lives in an apartment upstairs from a pub, and a plumber had accidentally connected the beer line to her apartment's water line.
She said it was flat, however, and the accident was soon corrected.
Haldis Gunderson of Olso, Norway "Had settled down for a cozy Saturday evening, had a nice dinner, and I was just going to clean up a little. I turned on the faucet and beer came out."
Beer from Heaven? No, it seems that Gunderson lives in an apartment upstairs from a pub, and a plumber had accidentally connected the beer line to her apartment's water line.
She said it was flat, however, and the accident was soon corrected.
Some of you may remember that an Iranian newspaper recently launched a Holocaust cartoon contest. It seems the competition has drawn more than 200 entries, with some mocking the WWII genocide. One entry even shows Jews going into a gas pipeline.
Now wait, it gets even better! Although most of the contestants are Iranian, some entries have come from Indonesia, and Brazil...and six are from Americans.
American cartoonist Mike Flugennock's cartoon asks: "What has Ariel Sharon learned from the Holocaust?" It shows bulldozers razing Palestinian homes and an Israeli soldier pointing a gun at a Palestinian protester's head, above Flugennock's answer to his own question: "Humiliation, tyranny, brutality and murder."
He's still in a coma.
Flugennock said he saw the contest as a chance to tell the world "that there is 'another America' that sees through the policies of the Israeli state and isn't afraid of reactionaries' trying to tar them with the epithet 'anti-Semite.'
How about the epithet ASSHOLE? I usually stay away from profanity in my blog, but I feel that in this instance, it is well deserved!
Another American cartoonist depicted the Statue of Liberty with its torch extinguished and its eyes and mouth sealed with metal plates and a sign reading, "Closed until further notice. Bushco Demolitions."
Niiiiice....
Now wait, it gets even better! Although most of the contestants are Iranian, some entries have come from Indonesia, and Brazil...and six are from Americans.
American cartoonist Mike Flugennock's cartoon asks: "What has Ariel Sharon learned from the Holocaust?" It shows bulldozers razing Palestinian homes and an Israeli soldier pointing a gun at a Palestinian protester's head, above Flugennock's answer to his own question: "Humiliation, tyranny, brutality and murder."
He's still in a coma.
Flugennock said he saw the contest as a chance to tell the world "that there is 'another America' that sees through the policies of the Israeli state and isn't afraid of reactionaries' trying to tar them with the epithet 'anti-Semite.'
How about the epithet ASSHOLE? I usually stay away from profanity in my blog, but I feel that in this instance, it is well deserved!
Another American cartoonist depicted the Statue of Liberty with its torch extinguished and its eyes and mouth sealed with metal plates and a sign reading, "Closed until further notice. Bushco Demolitions."
Niiiiice....
Guess who they were really there to see?
It seems that the Clinton White House sleep over guests are showing Hillary a little of the cold shoulder this year.
The New York Post reports that 40% of Pres. Clinton's 1,100 plus White House guests donated to his wife while he was still in the Oval Office, netting Mrs. Clinton's Senate campaign a tidy sum of $620,000.
But now, fewer than 20% of the Clinton's former supporters have donated to the Hillary train.
"FOBs are not necessarily FOHs," University of Virginia political scholar Larry Sabato told the Post, referring to friends of Bill and Hill. "Think of the two of them - who's the one who collects friends? Bill."
Ted Danson, who donated more than $10,000 previously has yet to give Hillary one red cent.
White House sleep over guests Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid and Will Smith have yet to give to the cause, too.
I guess it just isn't the same when Hillary can't pimp out the Lincoln Bedroom, huh?
It seems that the Clinton White House sleep over guests are showing Hillary a little of the cold shoulder this year.
The New York Post reports that 40% of Pres. Clinton's 1,100 plus White House guests donated to his wife while he was still in the Oval Office, netting Mrs. Clinton's Senate campaign a tidy sum of $620,000.
But now, fewer than 20% of the Clinton's former supporters have donated to the Hillary train.
"FOBs are not necessarily FOHs," University of Virginia political scholar Larry Sabato told the Post, referring to friends of Bill and Hill. "Think of the two of them - who's the one who collects friends? Bill."
Ted Danson, who donated more than $10,000 previously has yet to give Hillary one red cent.
White House sleep over guests Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid and Will Smith have yet to give to the cause, too.
I guess it just isn't the same when Hillary can't pimp out the Lincoln Bedroom, huh?
Would you like to print out your very own OBL most wanted poster for quick reference? It has lots of other uses too, like dart practice, ect.
Here you go!
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/laden.htm
Here you go!
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/laden.htm
In a sterling example of natural selection at work, a Coralvill, IA man died in a mobile home fire Sunday night.
A neighbor said that the mobile home burst into flames at around 19:15 and burned quickly. The neighbor also stated that a man had been setting off fireworks inside the mobile home, opening the door and throwing them outside.
The body was found near the mobile home, and identification is pending.
I'll bet alcohol had nothing to do with that one, as we used to say in the ER!
A neighbor said that the mobile home burst into flames at around 19:15 and burned quickly. The neighbor also stated that a man had been setting off fireworks inside the mobile home, opening the door and throwing them outside.
The body was found near the mobile home, and identification is pending.
I'll bet alcohol had nothing to do with that one, as we used to say in the ER!
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for killing an Iraqi TV journalist, Amjad Hameed, who worked for the government-run Iraqiya television.
"Your brothers...carried out the assassination of Amjad Hameed, the director of the Iraqiya television channel, the mouthpiece of the government," said a statement issued by al-Qaida and posted on an Islamic Web site.
Hmm...Seems to me like he wasn't Muslim enough.
Hameed was shot to death Saturday while on his way to work. His driver also died.
Hameed was the 11th journalist to be murdered since the inception of the Iraqi television station.
"Your brothers...carried out the assassination of Amjad Hameed, the director of the Iraqiya television channel, the mouthpiece of the government," said a statement issued by al-Qaida and posted on an Islamic Web site.
Hmm...Seems to me like he wasn't Muslim enough.
Hameed was shot to death Saturday while on his way to work. His driver also died.
Hameed was the 11th journalist to be murdered since the inception of the Iraqi television station.
Osama Bin Laden's niece has signed up to star in a reality TV show about her life and unfulfilled quest for stardom.
Wafah Dufour Bin Ladin, whose mother was married to OBL's half-brother, (whew) was born in California, but was raised in Saudi Arabia from ages 3-10.
"I understand that when people hear my last name, they have preconceived notions, but I was born an American and I love my country," Dufour said in a statement from ReganMedia announcing the deal to develop a reality TV series.
Dufour has dropped the "Bin Ladin" and now goes by Wafah Dufour. Last year she posed for GQ magazine, in which she reclined on satin sheets while wrapped in feathers, and another in which she posed in a bubble bath wearing naught but a necklace.
Huh. I wonder if dear ole' Uncle would stone her over that...
Wafah Dufour Bin Ladin, whose mother was married to OBL's half-brother, (whew) was born in California, but was raised in Saudi Arabia from ages 3-10.
"I understand that when people hear my last name, they have preconceived notions, but I was born an American and I love my country," Dufour said in a statement from ReganMedia announcing the deal to develop a reality TV series.
"Her story will bridge the gap that people feel exists between the cultures she has lived in," ReganMedia President Judith Regan said.
"She is also a young woman who falls in love, has her heart broken, worries about her looks, doesn't always listen to her mother, and hasn't spoken to her father in years," Regan said.
Dafour has a master's degree in law, and has said she has never met her infamous uncle. Her mother wrote the 2004 bestseller,"Inside the Kingdom: My Life In Saudi Arabia."Dufour has dropped the "Bin Ladin" and now goes by Wafah Dufour. Last year she posed for GQ magazine, in which she reclined on satin sheets while wrapped in feathers, and another in which she posed in a bubble bath wearing naught but a necklace.
Huh. I wonder if dear ole' Uncle would stone her over that...
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Former President Jimmy Carter is opening his mouth yet again, urging a troop withdraw from Iraq.
"It was a completely unnecessary war. It was an unjust war," said Carter, the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner. "It was initiated on the basis of false pretenses. All of those are true, but we can't just pre-emptively withdraw."
"It was a completely unnecessary war. It was an unjust war," said Carter, the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner. "It was initiated on the basis of false pretenses. All of those are true, but we can't just pre-emptively withdraw."
He urged the Bush administration to bring home as many troops as possible within the next 12 months.
"The violence is increasing monthly," Carter said. "My prayer is we'll see some kind of democracy eventually evolve."
And how will that happen without anyone to defend them from outside forces during this delicate time? Geez, how did a man like this EVER lead our country?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the press Thursday that the West will suffer more than his country will if it tries to stop Tehran from developing it's nuclear program.
He threatened "harm and pain" if the UN Security Council becomes involved.
"They know that they are not capable of causing the least harm to Iranian people," Ahmadinejad said during a visit to Iran's western province of Lorestan, according to the ISNA news agency. "They will suffer more."
You know what? He's right. He's got the oil, and he'll use it to strike a crippling blow to our economy. He's also got ties to terrorist groups who would be happy to lash out at the US and our allies.
He threatened "harm and pain" if the UN Security Council becomes involved.
"They know that they are not capable of causing the least harm to Iranian people," Ahmadinejad said during a visit to Iran's western province of Lorestan, according to the ISNA news agency. "They will suffer more."
You know what? He's right. He's got the oil, and he'll use it to strike a crippling blow to our economy. He's also got ties to terrorist groups who would be happy to lash out at the US and our allies.
"The people of Iran will not accept coercion and unjust decisions by international organizations," Ahmadinejad said, according to state television. "Enemies cannot force the Iranian people to relinquish their rights."
"The era of bullying and brutality is over," he added.
We may be in a tight spot...
Friday, March 10, 2006
"The burqa is hostile to women, and medieval. For a woman to walk around on the streets completely covered is an insult to everyone who believes in equal rights"This quote is from Geert Wilders, the populist member of the Netherlands' parliament. The Dutch are considering banning the burqa completely.
Truly, this is the equivalent of a black person being forced to walk the streets in leg-irons. The women do not want it that way, and it is unnecessary for the men to need it to avoid looking at the female form. Just as we do not give gravity to a battered woman who says she deserved it because she angered her man, or give credence to a man who said she needed to be put in her place, we must not accept this travesty of human rights.
If the Netherlands lead the way on this, it will put the UN to shame. This isn't 'cultural' ,or 'ethnic', or 'religious' or any other such nonsense. It is a brutal and flagrant human rights violation!
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