07 March 2006

NEWS FROM THE SARACENS

And Sometimes a .45 Round in the Mouth Gets Rid of a Headache.

Today’s Al Jazeera reports that: “Sometimes dictatorships, despite how merciless and unjust they could be, are needed to protect their nations from the disaster they could face if a civil war broke out.”


No Connection Whatsoever

Both Al Jazeera and Kavkaz Center, a Chechen/Muslim website, ran a story about five Iraqi women who were in New York to demand peace in Iraq. Not mentioned in either story was that everyone’s favorite mom, Cindy Sheehan, was back for 10 more minutes of face time. You think there’s an international conspiracy going on?


The Art of Going Wrong With Confidence

The Teheran Times lead story: “Iran’s logical diplomacy calms atmosphere at IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency].” This brings to mind American writer and naturalist Joseph Wood Krutch’s quote that “Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.”


HOLL-ee-wood

A Canadian-based website named Jihad Unspun has this for its members: “… an exciting lineup for March with dozens of uncut clips and some very special feature films including the brand new release … of the Last Will of Abu Abbas Al-Janoobi, the 911 Martyr responsible for the Pentagon attack with English subtitles.”

There’s more, but you get the, er, picture. As I keep saying: you can’t make this stuff up.


If It Walks Like a Duck …

On Friday (March 3) an Iranian student who graduated from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) last year, drove a Jeep Cherokee Laredo into a crowd of students to “avenge the American treatment of Muslims.” They charged this mutt with something like 18 felonies, including eight counts of attempted first degree murder, but none of charges included anything to do with terrorism.

But I’m sure I’m the only one that didn’t hear anything about this. Right?

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