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Happy Juicy New Year, baby!

 

Big kiss to the hottest readership in the sphere. Your favorite Grande Conservative Blogress Diva loves you. Thanks for giving a damn.

Go out tonight, put on your high heeled shoes, your low neck sweater, your favorite perfume, pop a cork, throw your head back, and dance. Enjoy your life tonight! For tomorrow and the next day and the day after, you are mine. We are in the fight of our lives.

2010 is going to be a killer.

Houston: Rocket launcher, jihadist writings found in apartment -- no charges filed

Talk about bringing in the new year with a bang ............

uh Houston, we have a problem.

Houston: Rocket launcher, jihadist writings found in apartment -- no charges filed Jihadwatch

Rocket launcher? Check. Jihadist writings? Check. But no worries -- the Feds found no ties to terrorism!

Keystone Kops Alert from Houston: "Rocket Launcher Found In Apartment: No Charges Filed," from Click2Houston.com, December 31 (thanks to Rich):

HOUSTON -- Police went to a southwest Houston apartment to break up a disturbance but ended up finding something else, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday.

A woman called police on Monday and said a man was forcing his way into her apartment in the 5300 block of Elm Street.

When officers went inside, they found something that made them concerned enough to call the bomb squad.

They found an AT-4 shoulder-mounted rocket launcher. It can shoot a missile nearly 1,000 feet through buildings and tanks.

"It gives infantrymen the advantage with an ultra-light weapon that can stop vehicles, armored vehicles as well as main battle tanks and fortifications," said Oscar Saldivar of Top Brass Military and Tactical on the North Freeway.

That type of rocket launcher has been used in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The renter of the apartment didn't want to talk to KPRC Local 2.

"This is my house," the woman said. " Get away from here. I don't want to talk to nobody."

The woman did tell police that the rocket launcher belonged to Nabilaye I. Yansane, someone whom she allowed to store items at her apartment.

Police records show that she didn't want Yansane at her apartment, so she called them.

According to court documents, officers also found Jihadist writings that allegedly belonged to Yansane. The woman didn't want to talk to KPRC Local 2 about that, either.

"I don't know," she said. "You'll have to ask the police."

Yansane was charged with criminal trespassing and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to three days in jail, which he has already served. No charges related to the rocket launcher or writings were filed.

"Other people could have had access to the apartment, so maybe if a rocket launcher was located there, as is stated in the offense report, maybe it belonged to somebody else," attorney Garl Polland said.

Prosecutors said there are no state charges for having the unarmed launcher or possessing Jihadist writings, unless they contain some type of threat.

The former director of Houston's FBI office said rocket launchers can be dangerous if they're in the wrong hands.

No kidding, really?

"I don't know any other use for those weapons except in combat," Don Clark said. "I've had them in combat, used them in combat. That's what they are used for."

Houston police said they did a thorough investigation and did not find any ties to terrorists or a terrorist network.

Sounds really thorough. I am so relieved.

Jihad in Nigeria: Death Toll Rises

Even when the media has to say Muslims, they don't. "Islamist", how ridiculous. The true Islamists are non-believers who advance Islam. 

Christianist? Judeoist?

Nigeria, land of the ball bomber, is having a little insurgency -- but shhhhhh! Don't tell anyone! (hat tip Armaros)

Death toll from Nigeria clashes climbs to 70 AFP

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AFP) – Dozens more bodies were recovered after violent clashes between security forces and Islamists in northern Nigeria, bringing the death toll to around 70, a count at a hospital morgue showed on Wednesday.

An AFP reporter listed 42 bodies on the floor of the morgue in the city of Bauchi, all with bullet or machete wounds. Another 25 bodies, mostly young people including minors, had been placed in cold storage rooms.

A morgue employee told AFP "the bodies were brought in on Monday" after clashes erupted in Bauchi between suspected members of a radical Islamist sect and security forces.

Police late Monday said 38 people died in the fighting, including three members of the security forces.

Police forces across Africa's most populous country have been placed on high alert in the aftermath of the clashes as part of a bid to forestall further violence.

The Kala-Kato sect, also known as Maitatsine, has been present in several Muslim-dominated states in northern Nigeria for decades.

It led religious uprisings in 1980 and 1992 which claimed thousands of lives in the northern cities of Kano and Yola.

The number of its followers is not known but estimated to run into several thousands.

Sect leader Badamasi Saleh Alkaleri was among those killed by security forces, the police said.

Soldiers and police deployed across Bauchi had withdrawn by early Wednesday as life began returning to normal.

"Peace has been restored to the Zango area which was rocked by violence on Monday. However our men are on high alert in the event of any breakdown of law and order," Bauchi state police commissioner Atiku Kafur told AFP.

Obama Goes After Bloggers in Wake of Jihadi Terror Attack

Bloggers should get the same protection as press. Considering that we are doing 90% of the heavy lifting in  reportage, it seems only fitting. More O-fascism. Obama would like nothing more than to shut bloggers up. The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America

I ran the story that these bloggers are getting harassed for here. New Rules for Airlines: Is this any way to fight a war?

How is this even a secret? You go to the airport and they do these things to you.

We need a legal fund!

TSA subpoenas bloggers, demands names of sources

As the government reviews how an alleged terrorist was able to bring a bomb onto a U.S.-bound plane and try to blow it up on Christmas Day, the Transportation Security Administration is going after bloggers who wrote about a directive to increase security after the incident.

TSA special agents served subpoenas to travel bloggers Steve Frischling and Chris Elliott, demanding that they reveal who leaked the security directive to them. The government says the directive was not supposed to be disclosed to the public.

Frischling said he met with two TSA special agents Tuesday night at his Connecticut home for about three hours and again on Wednesday morning when he was forced to hand over his lap top computer. Frischling said the agents threatened to interfere with his contract to write a blog for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines if he didn't cooperate and provide the name of the person who leaked the memo.

"It literally showed up in my box," Frischling told The Associated Press. "I do not know who it came from." He said he provided the agents a signed statement to that effect.

In a Dec. 29 posting on his blog, Elliott said he had told the TSA agents at his house that he would call his lawyer and get back to them. Elliott did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.

The TSA declined to say how many people were subpoenaed.

The directive was dated Dec. 25 and was issued after a 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged with attempting to bomb a Northwest Airlines flight as it approached Detroit from Amsterdam. The bomb, which allegedly was hidden in Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's underwear, malfunctioned and no one was killed. Authorities said the device included a syringe and a condom-like bag filled with powder that the FBI determined to be PETN, a common explosive.

OT but related: Flight 253 passenger Kurt Haskell: 'I was visited by the FBI'

THE 2010 GRANDE CONSERVATIVE BLOGRESS DIVA CROWN GOES TO…

The crown does not leave my keppy. I love that. THANK YOU!!! Giant hugs for the shrugs.

THE 2010 GRANDE CONSERVATIVE BLOGRESS DIVA CROWN GOES TO…

PAMELA GELLER AT ATLAS SHRUGS!

Congrats to Pam and her supporters (it was a landslide).  And thanks as well to the other diva contestants.  They are all awesome and I voted for a few of them!

I hereby close this year’s contest and wish everyone a Happy New Year!

YAY!

Perception Meet Reality

The next thud you hear will be Obama's lofty rhetoric crashing down to earth. But that won't stop him. He doesn't give a rat's ass what the American people want or think. He's in, that's all that matters.

Victor Davis Hanson lays the failure out surgically, although I think he is too easy on O. There is more to it than a leftist ideal of utopia. He gives him a free pass on motive. I disagree.

What might explain the inexplicable like the following?

A president comes into office facing a $500 billion deficit and grows it to $2 trillion.

A president comes into office facing a threat of radical Islamic terrorism, and at home changes the very name of the struggle from war on terror to a variety of wishy-washy euphemisms.

A president comes into office facing a variety of Middle East thugs, from al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas to Syria and Iran, and employs the ancient kowtow, the postmodern apology, and the Carteresque reach-out to allay the threat?

A president comes into office after record high energy prices have nearly crippled the American economy, and he ignores new drilling and brushes off nuclear power — only to wax about wind and solar that provide less than 5% of our energy needs, and crushing cap and trade taxation to come.

The Wrong Narrative

I think candidate Obama had the wrong narrative. Many presidents do. Bush railed against nation-building and decided he would do just that.  Reagan raised not lowered deficits. Clinton ended up being a moderate after 1995. But rarely has a candidate’s entire world view been so abruptly refuted in the first year of a presidency.

As president, Obama suddenly found himself a stranger in a strange land, far from that of the Ivy League dean, the upscale liberal suburbanite, the radical chic, hip world of Chicago yuppies, and the brooding, shrill pulpit of Rev. Wright. The result is that his fantasies are out of place in the all too real world of the White House.

When he started his campaign in 2007 the U.S. economy was still strong, and he felt his redistributive agenda would merely need to skim off a few trillions from the wannabe rich.

There was plenty of money socked away; we could “share the wealth” and “they” could “pay their fair share” in “patriotic” fashion to ensure “redistributive change.” But when the recession hit, the money dried up, and there was no “they” any longer. No matter, Obama is stuck with his preconceived notion of gorging the beast, and so we will rack up $8 trillion more in aggregate debt and redefine the English language, as trillion becomes billion, and billion a mere million.

War—what war?

It was so simple in late 2007. The surge was “not working.” Few were dying in Afghanistan, now dubbed the good war where there were lots of Europeans. Al-Qaeda was quiet and its dozens of plots all foiled.

Presto — the real narrative was how the Bush-Cheney nexus destroyed our liberties. Only a Chicago law lecturer could understand the complexity: the Patriot Act, renditions, tribunals, wiretaps, intercepts, Guantanamo, Predators, all that had shredded the Constitution.  Such a compelling thesis — as long as one could blame the prior administration for keeping us safe.

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Barack Obama would drop this mythical war on terror, and instead conduct legal seminars at press conference to remind us how the “prior administration” had scared us to death to destroy our liberties.

Then the real war returned in Afghanistan. Iraq quieted down. And there really are thousands of radical Muslims like Major Hasan and Abdulmutallab who want to kill us.

So the narrative imploded. Even the most fawning Obama aficionado does not wish to get blown-up at 30,000 feet, because a political hack appointee wanted to broadcast politically-correct credentials.

Now a reluctant Obama has to face the reality that all his chest-thumping about his middle name, his unique background, and his liberal sensitivity means less than nothing to a killer such as Dr. Zawahiri.

Age of Obama: Arab League/OIC Demands Bigger UN Role in Israel/Islamic War Process

How is it possible that the Arab/Muslim world can demand a bigger role in the Israel/Islamic war for those who aligned with Hitler in the extermination of the Jews?

It is inconceivable that such a thing could be considered. Only in an Obama world would the Muslim world demand the UN (driven by the OIC) be given a bigger role in what can only be described as this century's "final solution", the extermination of the Jews. 

Bat Ye'or said this after Obama's speech in Cairo to the ummah:

The question it raises is how much the West is ready to forgo truth and its basic principles in its supplication for obtaining peace with Islam. Clearly, the full Islamization of the West is the quickest way to obtain it. Obama’s political program in connection with the Alliance of Civilizations conforms to an OIC strategy that has already been accepted by the EU. In history, this policy has a name: the dhimmitude syndrome.

The UN is a vassal for the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

A UN-sponsored group called the Alliance of Civilizations, created last year to find ways to bridge the growing divide between Muslim and Western societies, released a first report Monday that says the conflict over Israel and the Palestinian territories is the central driver in global tensions. (here)

The objective of the OIC is described this way by Bat Ye'or: The Islamic Conference, which is  a group that brings together 57 Muslim countries, has decided to bring into the international forefront and into the Western world, this rule of Dhimmitude that imposed the respect of Islam by non-Muslims. This is what we see now, and they have decided too, that the Muslims who are integrated in non-Muslim countries are a part of the universal Ummah, and that their rights to be respected must be applied.

This is not about "Palestinians" , a contrived narrative created out of whole cloth by Yaser Arafat. This is about the annihilation of Israel. The Jews aren't responsible for the misery of the Arab world. They are. Sharia law is. Islam is responsible for its misery.

Where is the American Jewish diaspora? Are they once again shoving their collective heads up their asses like they did during the holocaust? They elected the muhammadan in the White House; it is up to them to help clean up their toxic mess. They better shout from the rooftops and stand against this outrage. If they don't, they deserve what this President has in store for them.

If the Muslims have a seat at the mediating table of the Islamic war against the Jews, then so should I.

Arab League Wants Bigger UN Role in Middle East - Yasmine Saleh
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa told Reuters Tuesday that the UN must play a bigger role in trying to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the U.S. should not be the only mediator. "There should be a change in the direction of the peace process, by having a mediator who understands the needs of the two parties, and not one party," he said. "The United Nations role, which was marginalized at a certain stage with regard to the Arab-Israeli struggle, should be brought back," he added. (Reuters)

UN's 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Compares Gaza to World War II, Calls for World Boycott of Israel

UN Watch Calls on UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon to Remove Richard Falk

Geneva, December 31, 2009 — UN Watch, the Geneva-based watchdog organization, today called on UN chief Ban Ki-Moon to remove Richard Falk, the UN Human Rights Council's permanent investigator of alleged Israeli violations, for breaching his mandate when he called this week for a world boycott of Israel and compared Israelis to Nazis. The full letter follows below.

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His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary-General
The United Nations
New York, NY 10017

December 31, 2009

Dear Mr. Secretary-General,

UN Watch is alarmed by the odious statements made this week by Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories, including his thinly-veiled comparison of the Jewish state to Nazi Germany, and his call for a world economic boycott of Israel. Mr. Falk is also a major proponent of the conspiracy theory that the United States government was behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. We urge you to act immediately to see that Mr. Falk is removed from his post.

As reported by the UN News Center on December 29, 2009, Mr. Falk openly defended the Hamas tunnels into Gaza that smuggle rockets, explosives, and machine guns for use against Israeli civilians, which he said were for “food and material relief.”

Mr. Falk perversely justified these tunnels as “an expression of the desperation created in Gaza as a result of [Israel’s] blockade,” which, he said, is “something that no people since the end of World War II have experienced.”

Wanna Stop Obama's Marxist Coup? Get Behind Scott Brown

Scott Brown is up for the Senate in a special election on January 19th, 2010!!! This is the 60th vote! If Scott Brown wins in Massachusetts, he will take Harry Reid's majority in the Senate away from him. I need help getting the word out most ricky-tic. Will you help take America back?

Scott Brown Winning The Online Battle Legal Insurrection

There is Scott Brown the Senate candidate in Massachusetts, and there is Scott Brown, the musician in New Zealand. They each have Twitter accounts, but the Scott Brown from Down Under laid claim to @ScottBrown first, and the Senate candidate had to resort to @ScottBrownMA.

As the Boston Globe reports, in the past few days, as @ScottBrownMA has gained momentum through bloggers and twitterers and other social media, @ScottBrown has been inundated with people seeking @ScottBrownMA.

Here is one of the tweets by @ScottBrown about the flood of contacts:

Despite, or maybe because of, Martha Coakley's high profile as Massachusetts Attorney General, there doesn't seem to be any grassroots enthusiasm for her campaign. Coakley has a sense of entitlement, but Brown is experiencing a groundswell of support.

Coakley's Twitter account (@MarthaCoakley) has 1915 followers compared to 2322 for @ScottBrownMA.

Brown's Facebook page has 8689 fans versus 6255 at Coakley's Facebook page. The BrownBrigade online network has 2517 members; I could find nothing similar for Coakley.

Clearly, despite lower name recognition, less money, and without the powerful union and entrenched political interests behind him, Scott Brown is gaining momentum the new-fashioned way. Will there be enough time to translate this momentum into votes?

Spread the word, by voice, e-mail, Tweet, Facebook, whatever.

There is a chance to stop the abominable health care bill on January 19, by electing Scott Brown..

The Euro-Med Disaster: Floodgates to Ruin

Robert Spencer elaborates on my piece in the Washington Times on the Euro-Med partnership to, in effect, destroy Europe. Read it all.

The EuroMed Partnership: opening the floodgates for jihad in Europe

In "Europe's looming demise" in the Washington Times today, Pamela Geller discusses a little-noticed initiative that could open the floodgates for jihad in Europe:

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A Muslim population from Africa moving freely into Europe threatens America. On Christmas Day, a Nigerian Muslim flew from Amsterdam to Detroit and tried to explode a bomb on the plane - after he was allowed to board the plane without a passport. The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership will make jihad attacks like this one all the easier....

Like so many European Union initiatives, much of the EuroMed Partnership is shrouded in secrecy. For example, it's not clear what will happen, if anything, on January 1, 2010 that isn't happening already. The official website shows a thriving concern. And contrary to reports I've received that this initiative has stalled or has met widespread opposition from Arab states, the EuroMed initiative seems to be galloping along now: this ANSAmed index shows -- just in the last year -- EuroMed activities involving numerous European entities in Gaza, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and elsewhere. The official EuroMed website lists these as the "countries concerned" -- showing a rather idiosyncratic idea of what constitutes the Mediterranean area: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia & Herzegovinia, Croatia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, "Occupied Palestinian Territories," Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.

The EuroMed effort is proceeding quickly. ANSAmed reported on December 4 that "the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) has been created. Representatives of regional and local bodies in the Euro-Mediterranean area have in fact decided to meet for the first time in Barcelona, on January 21." Nor do they plan just to get acquainted: one undated but recent ANSAmed piece announces a summit meeting in Brussels of trade ministers from 43 countries in the Mediterranean area, and states: "The final objective is to adopt a road map of concrete actions that will intensify the region's economic integration and launch trade and investments, to achieve a common area of free trade with a long-term horizon beyond 2010."

That common area of free trade will, as Pamela discusses, allow for easy passage from Muslim North Africa and the Middle East into Europe -- with nary an effort made to prevent jihadists from coming into Europe. And once safely in Europe, it will not be hard for them to come to America. As Pamela points out, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, arriving in Detroit from Amsterdam on Christmas Day, could be just the first of many. And the ones who come after him may have been enabled to do so by the Euro-Med Partnership.

John Jay has his trenchant analysis of the Euro Med disaster here: "the 'sins of the nation state' do not find their origin in the nation state: they are the sins of humanity."

The euro left throws the baby of the “nation state” out with the bathwater of “war” and “human corruptibility,” which the nation state did not dirty.

What he lacks in caps, he makes up for in sagacity.

the obliteration of the european nation state.

the european left has decided that because the nation state has obviously been the cause of the destructive european warfare of the 20th century, that in order to extinguish war it is high time to obliterate the nation state.

this has been the chief aim of the designers of the euro union, that being to eliminate nationalistic antagonisms so as to engender calm, and we see it is the ever so silly hate speech legislation which prohibits europeans from saying anything nasty about muslims or other groups, apparently on the supposition that by so doing people will not have nasty thoughts, nor will violence be engendered without precipitating nasty thoughts and language: if they don’t think badly, they will not behave badly.

there seems to me several flies in the ointment. and, they both find their source in an intellectual and historical misapprehension about the cause of war and conflict, and a silly misunderstanding on the role of nations as a “source” of nationalistic tension/conflict causer in europe.

the first, is that nations do not cause wars, not in and of themselves, that is, and that those things which do cause war exist wholly and apart from the nation as an entity. look to the brief excerpt on the history of merry old england, all of which occurred before england was england. as it was occurring, it was not “english” history, it was the history of the conflict of extremely wealthy and influential families over familial possessions and baronies. [watch, if you will, “lion in winter.” ]

the second, and more egregious, error, is quite simply that european intellectuals have quite got the whole thing backwards.

John has a good deal more. Go.

UPDATE: Check out China Confidential's take on the Euro-Med disaster.

Helsinki: Bosnian Muslim Slaughters Five in Shopping Mall - Including Ex-Wife - Before Killing Himself

How long before the "authorities" trot out the mental illness canard? 5,4,3,2 .....

Finnish shopping centre gunman slaughters five - including ex-wife - before 'turning gun on himself' Daily Mail

A gunman killed his ex-wife before shooting dead four people at a Finnish shopping centre, before allegedly turning the gun on himself.

At least seven shots were fired at the Sello shopping centre in the town of Espoo, close to the capital Helsinki.

Four people - three men and a women - were killed in the attack, which began at about 8.30am this morning.

A witness claimed the gunman, dressed in black, opened fire on the second floor of the complex.

Another described how one victim was shot twice in the head.

The gunman - identified as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli - then left the scene.

When police searched a flat linked to the man, they found a body believed to be his ex-wife.

Shkupolli used a 9-millimeter caliber hand gun for the killings.

A sixth body linked to the shooting was  discovered in the home of the suspect, and police believe this is the perpetrator.

Incendiary Device Found In Philly Parking Garage Along with Anti-Israel, Pro-Palestinian Books, Arabic Dictionary

Evil has certainly been unleashed. It's a damn firestorm. It stinks from the top down ......... the free world has been placed under siege.

And that muhammadan in the White House demands we respect this evil.

Molotov Cocktail Found In Downtown Parking Garage CBS3 News hat tip Mike

The discovery was made at about 2:00 p.m. Wednesday inside a parking garage located at Callowhill and N. 16th Streets.Philadelphia Police are investigating the discovery of a Molotov cocktail along with anti-Israeli books inside a Center City parking garage.

The discovery was made at about 2:00 p.m. Wednesday inside a garage located at Callowhill and N. 16th Streets. The garage is in close proximity to the office of the Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices.

Police initially responded to a report of a man sleeping next to a suspicious device in the office of the parking garage.

"Before the police arrived, the male left the property. He left behind a Molotov cocktail and literature," Captain Dennis Wilson explained.

Investigators said the man left behind anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian books and documentation, along with an Arabic dictionary.

"It looks like a Molotov cocktail, some sort of accelerant in a bottle, sealed top, with a fuse," Captain Wilson said.

Captain Wilson said they know exactly who the individual is because he left behind his laptop and his identification.

There were no injuries, police said.

So far, no arrests have been made. The incident remains under police investigation.

Prayer Flares for Rush UPDATE: Rush "Resting Comfortably"

Rush Limbaugh 'Resting Comfortably' at Honolulu Hospital

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the man who speaks for the voiceless.

Limbaugh hospitalized with chest pains

KITV.COM:

Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, sources told KITV.

Paramedics responded to the call at 2:41 p.m. at the Kahala Hotel and Resort.

Limbaugh suffered from chest pains, sources said. Paramedics treated him and took him to Queen's Medical Center in serious condition.

He was seen golfing at Waialae Country Club earlier this week. The country club is next to the Kahala Hotel and Resort.

Prayer flares being fired for the man from the Brutally Honest household.

And the Geller household.

UPDATE: Rush deserves Prayers for him to be put into the Western Wall in Jerusalem (the wailing wall).  Aish will do this for you. To send a Prayer that will be printed out at the WALL and placed there by a Rabbinic Seminary/Yeshiva, go here.
hat tip Choi

Islamic Jewish Blood Libel Exposed! Starving, Suffering "Palestinians" Mighty Fat and Happy

Always the Jewish people are clubbed like baby seals with the Islamic lies of how Israel is starving the Muslims in Gaza (there is no such thing as a "Palestinian"). Always, the relentless meme of the poor starving "Palestinians". The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) creates the narrative and the media supplies the libelous judeophobic hyperbole.

The Jewish blockade starves the poe poe Muslims with nothing but the billions upon billions of jiyza paid by American taxpayers and EU dhimmis.

Below is a URL from a newspaper in Gaza, showing how poor and starving they are - look the abundance of food, sweets, calves for sacrifice (the photos were taken in late November, before Eid el-Adha, the feast of sacrifice). The first URL is the translated version (by google), the second is the original in Arabic.

From the http://www.paltoday.com/arabic/News-64161.html 

كالة فلسطين اليوم الإخبارية - عدسة "فلسطين اليوم" تلتقط مشاهد استعدادات الغزيون لعيد الاضحى المبارك

Here's the translation:

All these images were grabbed from the Pali today website (hat tip August)

"Palestine Today" pick up the Gazans scenes preparations for Eid al-Adha::

 

 

The poor starving fakestinians.

Jihadi Homicide Bomber Kills 8 Americans in Afghanistan UPDATE: CIA Lose Eight!

UPDATE: The CIA was hit ............bad. Eight CIA agents were killed:

There are currently 90 stars on the CIA’s Memorial Wall at the Agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. They represent the CIA officers killed in the line of duty – 55 of the names are known publicly, 35 (including several killed since the 9/11 attacks) remain secret.

Today was one of the darkest days in the Agency’s 62-year history. A suicide bomber somehow managed to infiltrate the supposedly ultra-secure Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost in eastern Afghanistan and detonated a bomb in the gym. Eight CIA officers or contractors were said to have been killed – soon there will be up to 98 stars on the Memorial Wall. Six others at the base were wounded, some severely

This was Obama's war, remember? This was the important war, the good war. He was going to go to Afghanistan and rip 'em a new one. Instead, he dithered for nine months and made insane concessions to his partners, the Taliban, while the US military suffered the biggest losses month over month since our incursions began into this hotbed of jihad activity. Such stupidity is lethal.

Somebody warn Obama, his anti-Americanism is showing.

Chaos with the muhammadan in the White House.

Afghan suicide blast kills eight U.S. civilians National Post, hat tip Jane

KABUL, Dec 30 -- Eight American civilians were killed in a suicide attack on a military base in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province on Wednesday, U.S. officials said.

"We can confirm that there was an explosion in Khost province and eight Americans have been killed," a U.S. official in Kabul said on condition of anonymity.

No U.S. or NATO troops were injured in the blast at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province, said a U.S. defense official who declined to be named.

Attacks in Afghanistan this year have spiralled to their highest levels since the Taliban were overthrown by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in late 2001.

Washington is sending 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to stem the mounting violence, with NATO allies also contributing thousands more.

Civilian and military casualty tolls have reached record levels this year, with suicide attackers even targeting United Nations employees at a guesthouse in the heart of Kabul.

Khost, on the Pakistani border, is one of the areas of Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgency is strongest, and most foreigners there are troops or working under military protection.

In late September a suicide bomber rammed a car into a military convoy of foreign forces there, killing one American.

Day 190 Iran Revolution: No Justice in Sharia Law, Cleric says "enemies of Allah who could be executed under Islamic law"

The Iranian people have shown breathtaking bravery, fortitude and morality in the face of crushing brutality since the start of and brutal response to revolution back in June.

Regular Atlas readers were stunned and riveted by the scenes, street reportage and analysis found only at Atlas here and here (close to 100 posts) back in June, July, August etc. Few were paying attention then, so the current coverage of Iran "erupting" is not accurate. This has been going on for months. Obama ignored it and the mainstream media followed his lead (or lack thereof). But the people of Iran will win. Still, without support from the free world, there is no telling who will take control in the vacuum.

Ahmadinejad and his Islamic totalitarians stole the 2005 election as well.  The people knew it, but perhaps the memory of the bloody put down of the 1999 student uprising deterred them -- so they patiently and silently suffered, held their nose, and on they worked and waited for the light. "They went without the meat and cursed the bread" until 2009. What a pity, because if they had risen up in 2005, Bush would have been there to support them.

When their vote was contemptuously and blatantly stolen in June 2009, they tried peaceful opposition. They were met with bullets and batons. The people took to the streets and were mercilessly put down. I documented it daily. The beatings, brutality, mental and physical abuse suffered by peaceful protesters was unfathomable. They sought  justice. But there is no justice in sharia law and governance. 

And here is the justification ............ Islam.

Now is the time to support freedom lovers, take out Iran's nukes and stabilize that sick, corrupt and evil corner of the world. It is a golden opportunity.

Iranian Cleric says opposition leaders are enemies of Allah who could be executed under Islamic law

Funny how he thinks political dissent equals rejection of Islam. You'd almost think Islam was somehow political. "Iranian Cleric Calls Opposition 'Enemies of God,'" from VOA News, December 29 (thanks to James):

An Iranian cleric close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei says the country's opposition leaders are "enemies of God" who could be executed according to Islamic law.

The statement by Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabasi came Tuesday as opposition groups reported the arrests of more activists following Sunday's anti-government protests that left eight people dead.

At least 20 high-profile opposition figures or their associates have been detained since Sunday.

Among them are the brother-in-law of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and the sister of Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi. Dubai TV also says its reporter in Tehran has been missing since Sunday....

Police using guns on people of Iran

Sticking it out

I couldn't have said it better (except for the Hillary part). From Hillbuzz -- the emis: (hat tip S)

It is our great hope that along the way, most of you start your own sites, organize your own teams, and replicate what you like about us in your own way so a true movement forms from the grassroots up to take down the current Democrat Party, remove the Utopias from Washington, and restore this country on its path towards a prosperous capitalist future.

Once this is accomplished, it is very much our intent to go back to the anonymity and laziness of our old lives, our pre-2008 worlds.  We never wanted to become activists.  We didn’t want to spend our days and nights in front of computers.  We certainly didn’t want to become targets for hate mail, death threats, or other creative reprisals — all for speaking out against the madness in this Golden Age.

We thought a lot about what this effort takes out of us, and about whether or not any of it is worth it.  The only regret we have, though, at the end of the day, is that we didn’t think to start any of this in 2006, when we could have maybe mobilized people to stop Dr. Utopia when we all had the chance.  It is a mistake that will forever haunt us, as we did everything we could at the time to make Hillary Clinton president.  We failed her, because we just didn’t have the skills or experience we needed at the time.

We do not want to make the same mistake for Sarah.

We figure Election 2012 will have taken us on a four year adventure doing this — that’s a tour of duty in uniform with most callings.  We will put everything we’ve got into bringing Utopia down and driving Liberals from power in that town.  We will work day and night to bring down the current incarnation of the Democrat Party, and hopefully play an initial role in rebuilding it from its foundation into the centrist, moderate party it needs to be.

We don’t know what you’re thinking about as 2010 draws near, but we’re telling you it’s not going to be a fun year.  It will be a lot of hard work.  America is facing, in our opinion, the greatest threats its ever faced, foreign and domestic.  We have a president who cares only about himself and believes he is on a reality TV show, not running the country in the best interests of the people.  We have a Senate stacked with mad illiterates who vote on bills that don’t even physically exist and have no clue in hell what they are voting on.  The Speaker of the House is Nancy Pelosi, which sums things up there better than anything else ever could.

So, we’re committing to remain on active duty here until Election Day 2012.  We’d like to see a commitment from all the lurkers out there to start commenting more, because your feedback and ideas help us improve more than you ever know.  Your energy keeps us going on days when we’re so tired we don’t want to put anything out there.  We so appreciate all your links that you post in Open Threads, because it’s like having thousands of eyes looking in different places, creating an omniscience to those threads that a bunch of gay guys here in Boystown could never have on our own.

We know there are those of you out there far more talented than us, better at the whole computer thing, and with better ideas — so we hope you can surpass us in every way in the days  ahead and lead charges of your own.  It’s going to take every man, woman, cat, dog, child, old lady, and robot you know to bring sanity back to this country.  We are all in this together.

Through 2010 and beyond.

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"Eight years of Bush and all I got was this lousy security apparatus."

WSJ: Reports, Intercepts Suggested Attack Preparations; Multiple Agencies Had Warning (headline hat tip Dan F)

But seriously, folks, we were safe under Bush. And while he had a half assed approach to jihad, he wasn't making love to it. Obama is a failure.

Expect chaos.

UPDATE: Cheney: Obama 'trying to pretend'

Former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of “trying to pretend we are not at war” with terrorists, pointing to the White House response to the attempted sky bombing as reflecting a pattern that includes banishing the term “war on terror” and attempting to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

“[W]e are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe,” Cheney said in a statement to POLITICO. “Why doesn’t he want to admit we’re at war? It doesn’t fit with the view of the world he brought with him to the Oval Office. It [the harsh reality] doesn’t fit with what seems to be the goal of his presidency – social transformation—the restructuring of American society.”

Cheney was joining a chorus of Republicans who have criticized Obama following the Christmas Day attack, in which a Nigerian [Muslim] suspect is accused of trying to blow up a loaded airliner with a bomb stitched into his underwear.

A senior Democrat said in response: “It’s telling that in attacking the president and the administration, that Vice President Cheney did not condemn the attack against our nation on Christmas Day.” [or alleged attack as Obama would say, ed.]

Foreshadowing the party’s strategy for next year’s midterm congressional elections, GOP officeholders have eschewed the customary partisan restraint following a terrorist incident, and have baldly portrayed Democrats as weak on security.

Rep. Peter King of New York, ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee and a member of the Intelligence committee, said Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show: “I think that the administration has made a mistake by treating this terrorist as a common criminal, by putting him into the criminal-justice system. I wish they had put him into a military tribunal so we could get as much intelligence and information out of him as we could.”

Here is Cheney’s full statement:

"As I’ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war. He seems to think if he has a low key response to an attempt to blow up an airliner and kill hundreds of people, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if we bring the mastermind of 9/11 to New York, give him a lawyer and trial in civilian court, we won’t be at war.

“He seems to think if he closes Guantanamo and releases the hard-core al Qaeda trained terrorists still there, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if he gets rid of the words, ‘war on terror,’ we won’t be at war. But we are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe. Why doesn’t he want to admit we’re at war? It doesn’t fit with the view of the world he brought with him to the Oval Office. It doesn’t fit with what seems to be the goal of his presidency – social transformation—the restructuring of American society. President Obama’s first object and his highest responsibility must be to defend us against an enemy that knows we are at war."

Although Cheney and other Republicans have accused Obama of a muted response to the attack, President George W. Bush was quieter for much longer about the attack by shoe bomber Richard Reid in December 2001.

Obama went before cameras on Monday, the third day after the fizzled bomb attempt.

It was six days after the attack when Bush finally discussed the incident, saying as part of a response to a question at his ranch in Crawford, Texas: “[W]e’ve got to be aware that there are still enemies to the country. And our government is responding accordingly.”

The day before, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had refused substantive comment, saying: “That’s a matter that’s in the hands of the law enforcement people.” Earlier, White House press secretary Scott McClellan had said officials were “continuing to monitor events.” Also, Democratic officials maintain that Obama is, in fact, comfortable with the notion that the U.S. is at war with terrorists. Near the start of his inaugural address, he said: “Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.”

And John O. Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, declared in an August speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies: “[A]s the president has made clear, we are at war with al-Qaida, which attacked us on Sept. 11 and killed 3,000 people. We are at war with its violent extremist allies who seek to carry on al-Qaida’s murderous agenda. These are the terrorists we will destroy; these are the extremists we will defeat.”

The senior Democrat said: “There are numerous other such public statements that explicitly state we are at war. The difference from the last administration is that we are at war with that which is tangible -- al-Qaida, violent extremists, and terrorists -- rather than at war with a tactic, ‘terrorism.’” [ritual splitting of hairs, cemini sectores, again, ed.]

As indicative of what they contend is Obama’s world view, conservatives passed around the recording of a statement Obama made while taking calls on New Hampshire Public Radio on Nov. 21, 2007: “I truly believe that the day I’m inaugurated, that not only does the country look at itself differently, but the world looks at America differently. If I’m reaching out to the Muslim world, they understand that I’ve lived in a Muslim country and I may be a Christian, but I also can understand their point of view. … [translation: I bow, curtsey and apologize, ed.]

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Pamela Geller, Washington Times: Europe's Looming Demise

 


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The Lorenz Affidavit

A lot of lies and libel have been tossed around the Rifqa Bary case to obscure the true nature of the case -- apostasy.

The strategy of hate sponsor and un-indicted co-conspirator CAIR, the lawyer they allegedly appointed for Rifqa's parents, Omar Tarazi, and the NOOR mosque is to remove Islam from the equation and demonize Christianity -- and those around Rifqa who love her and helped her escape.

Recently the background story on Rifqa running away and getting to Florida blew up with accusations flying. Of course the Islamic machine mines such divisions.

Much has been said of Pastor Blake Lorenz and his wife Beverly, who took Rifqa in when she made her  desperate escape from the devout Muslim household. The Islamic machine has tried to cast the good deed of the Lorenzes in their demonic light.

Meredith hijabed Heagney, a useful, shameless moll in the service of CAIR, gave Brian Smith of Blake Lorenz's former church full court press on his affidavit. Smith contended that the Lorenzes "ignored warnings" not to take Rifqa in. Blake Lorenz states adamantly that is absolutely not so.

Brian Smith provided the affidavit to Omar Tarazi, Rifqa's parents' attorney, upon request.

Further, what I find so disturbing, is that the police officer Blake spoke with said he knew her life was in danger and stated that the department officials had talked to several of her friends. They knew all along.

Here is the affidavit from Blake Lorenz himself, clarifying what happened and refuting the charges of a duplicitous Brian Smith (more on that here.) The facts as stated here by Blake Lorenz are astounding.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
DIVISION OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS
JUVENILE BRANCH

In The Matter Of
Fathima Rifqa Bary

Alleged Dependent Minor

Case Number 09 JU 14895

Magistrate: Goodrich
Judge: Gill

AFFIDAVIT OF BLAKE WILLIAM LORENZ

I, BLAKE WILLIAM LORENZ, am competent and above the age of 18 and make the following statements based upon my own personal knowledge.

1. I was never told that when Rifqa Bary fled for her life that I was in violation of the law. I contacted eleven attorneys, two police officers, one judge, and the Department of Children and Families (‘DCF’) within a two-week period of Rifqa Bary’s arrival in Florida and not once was I told that I had broken any law. The affidavit of Brian Smith to the contrary is false.

2. On or about July 28, 2009, I asked Brian Smith to call DCF about Rifqa Bary. Then on July 29, 2009, I personally called DCF more than once. On or about August 5, 2009, I again called DCF in Orlando and then called the equivalent of DCF in Ohio. On or about August 5 and 6, 2009, I personally called the hotline about Rifqa Bary. This call finally resulted in Rifqa Bary being picked up by the Orlando Police Department on August 7. On that same day, August 7, I called the equivalent of DCF in Ohio and the police department in Ohio, warning them that Rifqa Bary’s life was in danger according to what she reported to me. The police officer I spoke with said he knew her life was in danger and stated that the department officials had talked to several of her friends.

3. I do know that Brian Smith called his attorney, but the only thing Brian ever told us following that conversation is that he suggested I call DCF, which I did.

4. Contrary to Brian Smith’s affidavit, he never implored me or my wife Beverly not to help Rifqa Bary, nor did he ever say that I or anyone else did anything illegal. Never in any of our staff meetings or out of staff meetings did Brian Smith say anything that had been done was illegal, nor did he voice his opinion against helping her. This can be confirmed by John Law, Wendy Law, Beverly Lorenz, Suzanna Lorenz and Laura Johnson, who all sat in our staff meetings with Brian Smith.

5. Brian Smith’s affidavit contains many other false statements. No one to my knowledge ever told Rifqa Bary to lie to the authorities. Such an allegation is outrageous. In fact, Rifqa was told specifically to tell the truth to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. At no time did I or anyone else to my knowledge bring in an expert on Islam and honor killings to talk to Rifqa Bary about those subjects. Rifqa Bary informed Beverly and me about Islam and honor killings, as we had no background in this area and had never been confronted with such matters before this time. Brian Smith calls Rifqa Bary a new convert in his affidavit, but he knew that Rifqa had been a Christian for four years, which information came from Rifqa herself. Brian Smith never sat down with Beverly and Rifqa to hear her story for an hour. Instead, Brian Smith’s account of Rifqa Bary’s story sounds almost verbatim from the account given by Rifqa’s father, not Rifqa. Beverly Lorenz never called Rifqa her “darling daughter.”

6. To my knowledge, Brian Smith is the only one who continues to have access to the post office box of Global Revolution Church. He has opened mail addressed to me personally. Instead of forwarding the mail to me without opening it, or even after opening it, he has apparently sent my mail to the attorneys for the father of Rifqa Bary in Ohio. Again, Brian Smith has done so without my consent. He has acted in a manner that is both untruthful, in filing many false statements in his affidavit, and in a manner to intentionally harm me, the reasons for which I can only speculate stem from concern that I had over his job while he worked at Global Revolution Church.

Executed this 29th day of December, 2009, in Orange County, Florida. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.

(Signed) BLAKE WILLIAM LORENZ

STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ORANGE

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 29th day of December, 2009, by Blake William Lorenz, who is personally known to me or who has produced identification and who took an oath affirming his identity.

(Signed) Candy McGuire

Notary Public

My Commission Expires: 6/18/2010

[SEAL]

Why Do they Keep Releasing Violent Jihadists into the General Population? Misunderstander of Islam charged with terrorism: threatened jihad violence two days after being released on $100 bond

The asshat judge that lets this violent jihadist out on 100 bail should be disbarred and sent to ...Yemen. I reported this yesterday: Misunderstander of Islam, Butcher knife on hand, Out on $100 Bail: "He was a Muslim and wanted to start a jihad, or holy war, in Memphis"

The Judge let the devout Muslim who vowed holy war out and SHOCKA! he did it again.

Memphis Misunderstander of Islam charged with terrorism: threatened jihad violence two days after being released on $100 bond (hat tip Diane)

He was charged for threatening to blow up local businesses in the name of jihad -- two days after he was released on $100 bond after being picked up with a butcher knife and making the same threat. An update on this story. "Man charged with terrorism: Wanted to blow up businesses," by Chris Conley for the Commercial Appeal, December 29 (thanks to Virgil):

...Mohamed Ibrahim, 35, is charged with commission of a terrorist act, false reporting and disorderly conduct. He is in the Shelby County Jail on a $50,000 bond....

Friday afternoon, Memphis police dispatchers issued an alert that a man driving a black Chrysler PT Cruiser had threatened to "blow up the business" at 300 Poplar, a BP gas station....

After Ibrahim was arrested and placed in a police cruiser, he began cursing police and attempting to kick out the windows, according to the charges. Officers subdued him with pepper spray.

Police determined that Ibrahim had earlier that day made threats to blow up seven other businesses around town, according to the charges....

An FBI agent called to the scene recovered three cassette tapes described as "Islamic" in a police affidavit, and took the GPS from the vehicle.

Court records show that Ibrahim had been arrested two days earlier with a 10-inch butcher knife concealed in his jacket sleeve and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. He was released on $100 bond.

That day, Ibrahim had threatened other businesses and "stated he was a Muslim, and wanted to start jihad here in Memphis," according to the weapon charge.

Reading Rifqa's Mail: Outlawyered, Outfoxed, Outgunned

There are further developments in the Rifqa Bary apostate case. Omar Tarazi, the allegedly CAIR-appointed hate sponsor, reportedly wants any discussion about religious teaching banned. That would include a discussion about Islam's rules for dealing with converts. What treachery. They want to exclude the evidence behind the very threat to Rifqa and to the millions  of other former Muslims who have died trying to escape Islam. How can you hear this case without introducing Islam? It is all about Islam. Just look at what the Muslims have been doing to Rifqa since she converted out of Islam. This cannot stand.

A Plea from Wafa Sultan for Rifqa Bary Wafa Sultan, expert on Islam and the only American citizen forced to live in hiding in the US because of the death threats against her by devout Muslims, speaks out for Rifqa Bary. Author, writer, speaker, Sultan was born to a Sunni Muslim family in Baniyas, Syria and is a trained  psychiatrist. Wafa should submit an analysis to Judge Gill. Who Better?

Unfortunately Rifqa Bary’s case highlights the danger of creeping Jihad in the Western world. This is not only because of the imminent danger the teenage girl may face right here in the US, had the court decided to have her return to her parents’ home, but also because of the mainstream media’s weak response to the severity of this case. Regrettably, the lack of interest by the media in covering her case comes at the expense of the public’s responsibility to learn the truth about Islam’s detrimental Sharia (Islamic Law) tenets.

I was born and raised as a Muslim in Syria. I practiced Islam for thirty years of my life. Now I am a known human rights activist striving to save our future Muslim generations from the impact of the violent, hateful Islamic doctrines embedded in the Sharia. My life is also threatened, not only by my own extended family, but by countless men who consider themselves devout Muslims. Under Sharia, if a Muslim leaves Islam or converts to another religion he / she is an “apostate,” to be killed. Under Sharia every Muslim has the right to kill such an apostate without any questions asked.

After hearing the story of Rifqa Bary I urge well meaning American citizens to take action and keep this innocent girl out of her family’s reach. There are all kinds of reasons to believe that she will be harmed both emotionally and physically, or worse—be killed—once her family has charge of her. Our Western court system must be educated on Islamic apostasy laws to understand Rifqa Bary’s predicament, and the plight of all those like her who choose to leave Islam.

I therefore implore our court authorities who are involved in this case: take notice and listen to individuals like myself. Keeping Rifqa protected and away from her family is the proper way to go both legally and morally.

 Dr. Wafa Sultan

Reading personal mail is an outrage, a federal offense, a basic violation of privacy. Not if you are an apostate, an escapee from Islam -- then you have no rights, as terror organizations use American law to enforce shariah.

 

Further restrictions include "that all mail to Rifqa from people who aren't relatives will be reviewed by her guardian ad litem," the attorney appointed by the court to represent her interests, to "ensure that no inappropriate messages are forwarded to Ms. Bary." What's inappropriate? Is Merry Christmas inappropriate? CAIR seems to think so. They tried to ban and seize all her Christmas cards.

The Islamic machine wants further restrictions posed on her limited computer use and further restrictions on contact - no communication with the people she loves. It is so bad that Tarazi has Rifqa's lawyer reviewing her mail to censor things that she is legally privileged to hear from friends and associates. It cannot get any worse, for her lawyer to be maneuvered into something like that.

Tarazi is lawyering circles around Angela Lloyd and Kourt Gatterdam. He outmaneuvers them at every turn. He is trying to limit testimony more than 24 hours from the event, and to limit testimony on "religious teachings." Lloyd and Gatterdam are too bloody stupid and arrogant to understand the importance of apostasy and honor killings in this case, but Tarazi sure as hell isn't. And he is reportedly preparing to litigate.

These clowns Lloyd and Gatterdam thought they had a deal. Well, Tarazi doesn't think that they have a deal. And he is not going to help those fools -- he's got a case of his own to make.

Look -- I have been absolutely correct in my assessment of these lawyers for some time, and of the absolute necessity to try apostasy and honor killings within the context of Rifqa's perception of the strength of the threat made against her by her parents. I say that with absolute assurance. Lawyer Tarazi agrees with us 100%, and will do everything in his power to prevent that from happening.

Now, the next thing that will happen is that he will try to hold them to a quick hearing on the merits. He will use whatever methods he can -- public pressure, press coverage, old cronies, whatever -- to hold the judge's feet to the fire on the trial setting now in place. He has caught Lloyd/Gatterdam with their pants down, engaged in a mutual circle jerk, and he has them right where he wants them. He has just plain outlawyered them.

If Tarazi can hold the court to the trial setting, he wins. Plain and simple. The only way Rifqa can be protected is if these idiots come to their senses, ask for a continuance, and then contact someone who can help them construct an apostasy defense and present it. They are ignorant on that subject. Hopeless, if they do not get the thing continued.

Guardian to review Rifqa's mail

By Meredith 'hijabed' Heagney

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Attorneys for Fathima Rifqa Bary and her parents haven't agreed on much, but they have settled a couple of small matters in the case of the 17-year-old runaway.

They have agreed that all mail to Rifqa from people who aren't relatives will be reviewed by her guardian ad litem, the attorney appointed by the court to represent her interests, to "ensure that no inappropriate messages are forwarded to Ms. Bary."

They also have agreed that Rifqa cannot have any contact with Blake Lorenz, Beverly Lorenz or Brian Williams until her counselor determines whether it would be in her best interest.

[...]

A dependency case to determine where Rifqa should live is making its way through Franklin County Juvenile Court, where the attorneys frequently file motions on minute details of Rifqa's life and activities.

For instance, Omar Tarazi, the attorney for Mr. Bary and his wife, Aysha, had asked that third-party messages to Rifqa be reviewed by Franklin County Children Services, which has custody of the girl. He was concerned about letter-writing campaigns to Rifqa publicized on blogs that malign Islam.

Letter writing campaigns to Rifqa from 'blogs that malign Islam'. Uh, that would be me. Reporting on jihad = maligning Islam.  That is enforcing sharia law. DO NOT INSULT ISLAM. I am not a dhimmi.

Sending Christmas cards to an isolated Christian girl is somehow made into a subversive act.

That resulted in the agreement to have her guardian look at them. The magistrate's order says "incoming mail" but does not specify whether that includes e-mail.

The two sides also have argued over whether Rifqa's counselor should be a woman. Rifqa's attorneys, Kort Gatterdam and Angela Lloyd, have accused the Barys of forcing Rifqa to submit to Islam by making her see a male counselor, because she was raised in a male-dominated home.

Tarazi disputed that, saying Gatterdam and Lloyd file documents "containing baseless assertions that would be characterized as nothing more than religious and cultural bigotry."

Did bigotry murder these girls? Are showing these hundreds of dead girls, death mandated by  shariah law -- is that "bigotry"?

He has asked that monitoring software be installed on Rifqa's computer because she made comments online related to the circumstances of her running away.

Rifqa attends school online -- so now they want to monitor her limited, chaperoned web use? SHARIAH! Why? Why such impossible restrictions on this girl? This is Islam. They will bully, thug, harass her until she reverts.

Gatterdam and Lloyd responded that the Barys are trying to invade Rifqa's privacy and control her.

Tarazi also has asked the court to rule that no witnesses or others in the case should be allowed to mention incidents between Rifqa and her parents that occurred more than 24 hours before she ran away. He also wants to bar any discussion about religious teaching. That could include a discussion about Islam's rules for dealing with converts.

Ah, here we have it. No talk of apostasy and Islamic law. THIS CANNOT STAND. This is the threat to Rifqa's life. Islam cannot say it won't be spoken of in an American court of law.

Gatterdam and Lloyd wrote that the parents' earlier behavior is relevant, and they noted that the parents themselves have brought up religion as a factor in the case.

The magistrate in the case has yet to rule on those motions.

Gatterdam and Lloyd also wrote, in a document filed Dec. 17, that Tarazi "made himself unavailable" after they had begun to work "toward a settlement of the case where one of the terms would have been that all motions and memoranda would be withdrawn."

None of the attorneys is allowed to talk about the case, under an order from Juvenile Court Judge Elizabeth Gill.

The next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 19.

You can still send Rifqa a Christmas wish and a New Years card as well!:

Rifqa Bary c/o Angela Lloyd 255C Drinko Hall 55 West 12th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210.

Day 189 Iran Revolution: Cracking Down, Cracking Heads, Crushing Dissent, Arresting Human Rights Activists

Obbama Sees His Shadow - Nation Braces for Eight More Days of Vacation

UPDATE: Police car running people over in Iran

UPDATE: Iran on Fire hat tip Van

Protests against the regime in Tehran and its heavy-handed treatment of dissidents are growing. One of two things is going to happen. The regime is going to collapse or the mullahs are going to clamp down even harder and the government in Tehran is going to become more extremist and more dangerous. The problem is that the White House is not well-prepared for either outcome.

We are already living inside the margin of error of when Iran might produce a bomb. The administration’s charm offensive has done nothing other than give Iran more time build a nuclear weapon and a missile to put it on.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian security forces made a wave of new arrests Tuesday, including Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's sister and a relative of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, pressing forward with a broadening crackdown on the reformist movement in the wake of deadly protests this week.

The government accused Western countries of fomenting the violence, threatening to "slap" Britain in the face as it summoned London's ambassador to an urgent meeting.

The new arrests, along with tough criticism of the U.S. and Britain, added to rising tensions with the West, which is threatening to impose tough new sanctions over Iran's suspect nuclear program and has criticized the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters in Tehran.

Iran has said as many as eight people were killed in Sunday's clashes, the bloodiest violence since the aftermath of June's disputed presidential election. There was no serious violence reported Tuesday, but opposition Web sites reported some 10 new arrests, including Dr. Noushin Ebadi.

Shirin Ebadi, who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her human-rights efforts in Iran, told the The Associated Press in a phone interview from London that she called her sister Monday, and that she was being punished because of the conversation.

"She was warned not to contact me," she said. "She is detained for the sake of me. She was neither politically active nor had a role in any rally."

Noushin Ebadi, a medical professor in Tehran, was arrested at her home by four intelligence agents late Monday and sent to prison, according to a statement issued by the Nobel laureate.

"It's necessary to point out that in the past two months she had been summoned several times to the Intelligence Ministry, who told her to persuade me to give up my human rights activities," the statement said. "She has been arrested solely because of my activities in human rights. ... Our country at the moment needs more than anything peace and quiet in the shadow of respect for law and any kind of behavior that goes above the law will have negative repercussions."

The opposition Web site Greenroad reported a series of additional arrests, among them Mousavi's brother-in-law, Shapour Kazemi, and Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, a journalist who frequently criticizes the government. Others included the son of a prominent ayatollah, a reporter for the semi-official ILNA news agency, and several activists. Mousavi's nephew was among those killed this week (more here)

>Alireza Beheshti arrested

 

Mashallah Shamsolvaezin arrested

Pay No Attention to the Muhammadan Behind the Curtain

Israel, you are a sovereign nation. Stop playing step and fetch it to a hostile master. Remember Atlas's advice, don't answer.

The only way to get any respect from the vassal in the White House is to emulate the attitude and behavior of  those he reveres, like Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il, Chavez, et al. Treat him like garbage, ridicule him, mock him, ignore him, and he will give you the respect you so richly deserve.

Obama Opposes New Jerusalem-Area Construction - David Gollust
The U.S. Monday expressed strong objections to Israel's plans to build some 700 housing units in three existing Jewish neighborhoods - Neve Yaakov, Har Homa and Pisgat Ze'ev. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the U.S. opposes the latest Israeli action and that both sides should return to negotiations as soon as possible. (VOA News)
    See also Israeli Housing Plan Includes 2,000 Homes in Arab-Druze Sector - Hilary Leila Krieger, Herb Keinon and Abe Selig
Israeli government spokesmen stressed that the approval of new ho using in Jerusalem was part of a plan calling for the construction of some 6,500 units throughout the country, including 2,000 in Arab-Israeli and Druze areas. (Jerusalem Post)

Stop ethnically cleansing the Jewish homeland of its Jews in Muslim occupied Israel.

Obama Massages Ball Bomber's Jihad: "Disaster Inevitable"

Yesterday Barack Hussein put down his surfboard and emerged from his $8.9 million estate, $4000 per night crib (during what he calls "the greatest depression since the 30s") and made a limp dick statement on the Detroit ball bomber’s jihad to blow up flight 253. The tip toeing president said the “suspect” arrested for the “alleged” bombing:

Mark Steyn on the ball bomber:

There's a difference between an alleged suspect (which is what he is is the President's fantasy) and an enemy combatant (which is what he is in reality). If this were a war, we would question him about who he hooked up with in Yemen, who did he meet with in London, and maybe get a lead on attacks to come. Instead, the authorities, having issued the Knickerbomber a multi-entry visa, having permitted him to board the plane, and having failed to detect his incendiary unwear, now allow him to lawyer up and ensure that we'll never know who he knew in Yemen or anywhere else.

This would be a big enough gamble in the best of circumstances. Up against the broader background Derb discusses, it makes disaster inevitable.

Pamela Geller, American Thinker: Dooming Europe

Yours truly has the lead article up at American Thinker (we love that). But in all seriousness, it covers a grave matter with stunning ramifications for Europe and the world.

Here's an excerpt:

Dooming Europe Pamela Geller

"The Europe as you know it from visiting, from your parents, or friends is on the verge of collapsing." Geert Wilders said this in a speech he made in the U.S. last year. He went on: "We are now witnessing profound changes that will forever alter Europe's destiny and might send the continent in what Ronald Reagan called 'a thousand years of darkness.'" This applies not just to Europe, but to America as well.

Been to Europe lately? Thought it was bad? You ain't seen nothing yet. The passage of the Lisbon Treaty, hailed by Barack Obama, nailed the coffin shut on national sovereignty in Europe. The people of Europe fought it, but they were overwhelmed by their political elites and the lack of American leadership in this age of our Marxist U.S. president.

Come January 1, 2010, a disastrous and suicidal pact called the Euro-Med Partnership (referring to Europe and the Mediterranean region) goes into effect with little fanfare or examination. It boggles the mind that such a consequential and seismic cultural shift could be mandated and put into play without so much as a murmur from the mainstream media.

Why should Americans care about this? The reason is that this global gobbledygook is coming to America, thanks to our globalist president.

The European human rights group called Stop the Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) has been working tirelessly to expose the mass Muslim immigration plan of the Euro-Med Partnership. A statement on the SIOE website criticizes the secrecy of the process: "It was shocking to hear about the plans and at the same time knowing that Danish politicians and a [cowardly] Danish press -- who is otherwise proud to be critical -- has told nothing to the Danish people about this project which begins already in January next year. This also showed clearly at the conference. Only very few politicians showed up and no media. Those politicians who showed up had obviously never heard about the Euro-Mediterranean project.

The goal of the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation is to create a new Greater European Union encompassing both Europe and North Africa, with the Mediterranean Sea becoming a domestic Eurabian sea. The goal is to establish a "comprehensive political partnership," including a "free trade area and economic integration"; "considerably more money for the partners" (that is, more European money flowing into North Africa); and "cultural partnership" -- that is, importation of Islamic culture into post-Christian Europe. According to the SIOE, in the Euro-Med plan, "Europe is to be islamized. Democracy, Christianity, European culture and Europeans are to be driven out of Europe. 50 million North Africans from Moslem countries are to be imported into the EU."

Skeptical? It's already happening.

Islam's War on America 2009: Jihad in Review

It's time to step back, take a deep breath and review the war against the west, and specifically America in the year 2009. Islamic invasion of America: The 20 Point Plan

The stealth jihad is raging every day in our schools, our universities, our culture, in the courtroom and workplaces, but I thought it important to list the Islamic attacks against America this past year -- because the media won't. The colonization is full on.

Look at the number of violent attacks against this country in 2009 alone. And what have we done in retaliation? Taken our shoes off at airports. Confiscated our lotions and perfumes to TSA. Created an outreach division at the State department reporting directly to the Secretary of State. Started teaching a glossed over, mendacious narrative about Islam in public schools across the country. Instituted prayer times for devout Muslims in the workplace. The list towards surrender and dhimmitude goes on and on.

The refusal to address the ideology, the refusal to address the inspiration, the objective, the goals of the devout pursuing the Koranic goal of a universal caliphate ensures our defeat. On December 22, 2001, Richard Reid attempted to blow up a plane with his shoes. Nine years later we are still taking our shoes off while the jihadis have advanced their goals, Islamic supremacists have made incalculable inroads into our government institutions, culture, schools and workplaces. What have we done to combat the enemy within and without? After Bush lost his mojo in 2006, nothing, Worse, we regressed, and in a final act of mass confusion and denial, elected Barack Hussein. Unbelievable.

This is not my father's America.

Houston: Rocket launcher, jihadist writings found in apartment -- no charges filed12/31/09

Incendiary Device Found In Philly Parking Garage Along with Anti-Israel, Pro-Palestinian Books, Arabic Dictionary 12.30/09

Former GITMO Jihadis Behind Northwest Flight Bombing 12/28/09

Misunderstander of Islam, Butcher knife on hand, Out on $100 Bail: "He was a Muslim and wanted to start a jihad, or holy war, in Memphis" 12/28/09

Abdul Mudallad Tries To Blow Up Northwest Airlines Plane, Directed by Al Qaeda: The AP says motive unclear 12/25/09

Five Missing Muslim DC Students Americans Planning Jihad in Pakistan: Like Father, like son 12/10/09

Chicago Muslim Charged In Mumbai Islamic Massacre Planned More Terror Attacks in India 12/09/09

“I said he was acting...like a terrorist,” roommate of Jihadi that Murdered Professor 12/07/09

Chicago Jihadis who Plotted to bomb Danish Cartoon Publisher at Halal Slaughterhouse Tied to Mumbai

11/24/09

Muslim Sentenced to Six-year jail term in Plot to Blow up Sears Tower: "Islamic terrorism is one of the most tremendous problem that this country now confronts ... this defendant took an oath to Al-Qaeda" 11/18/09

Fort Hood Jihad: Muslim Garbed Jihadi Nidal Hasan Screamed "Allah Akbar" as he Mowed Down US Soldiers at Fort Hood, Death Toll Rises 11/09

Going Muslim on a Photographer outside Michigan Mosque 10/30/09

Muslims of America Domestic Terror Jihad training camp  videos to be released

Beltway Jihadi Sniper John Muhammad: Death to the Jihadi Tonight 11/10/09

Son of an Imam Killed in Gun Battle with the FBI in Detroit is Arrested 10/29/09

Michigan Mosque leader killed during Islamic gun battle with fed 10/28/09

Hush Hush: Huge Fed/FBI Raid on Chicago Halal Goat Meat Slaughterhouse 10/20/09

Boston Muslim Terrorist Son of MAS (Muslim American Society) Leader  10/26/09

Another Conviction of Muslims Engaged in Plotting Islamic Attacks Against American Overseas 10/22/09

NY Imam Indicted in NYC Terror Attack Plot 10/22/09

Massive Muslim Attack Averted: "plot to kill two prominent US politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in US malls and American troops in Iraq" 10/31/09

"New York Muslim indicted for plotting to kill U.S. troops 9/25/09

FBI arrests Jordanian for downtown Dallas bomb plot... 9/26/09

NYC: Muslims Protest "RACIAL PROFILING" in wake of arrests in major jihad terror plot   10/00/09

Illinois man charged in plot to bomb federal offices... 9/24/09

Terror suspects accused of targeting Marine base in Quantico... 9/24/09

Men vanish after taking photos of Philly subway system... 9/24/09

Muslim Bomber Targeted Republican Representative Aaron Schock in Illinois 9/26/09

New York Muslim indicted for plotting to kill U.S. troops 9/25/09

Another Muslim Bomber: Hosam Maher Husein Smadi Arrested in Dallas Bomb Plot 9/25/09

New York City on High Alert for Islamic Bomb Attacks: Scouring Stadiums, Mass Transit, Hotels, Entertainment Complexes UPDATE: "Especially Troubling" Revelations on Muslim Suspects, 9 More BEING SOUGHT 9/22/09

Terror Bust in NC: "This was a homegrown cell based in rural America. 2) It was led by a white convert to Islam named Daniel Patrick Boyd. 3) The cell had plotted against Israel, which means they could very well have targeted Jewish sites on U.S. soil" 7/28/09

NY Muslim Convert Charged with 2008 Attack on US Base in Afghanistan and assisting in Islamic Plot to Blow Up NY Subways on Thanksgiving 7/22/09

Muslim Gangs Get Foothold in Minnesota 7/20/09

THE WAR ON AMERICAN SOIL: JIHADI WHO KILLED/SHOT US SOLDIERS said, "an act, for the sake of God, for the sake of Allah, the Lord of all the world, and also a retaliation on U.S. military” "American military personnel had desecrated copies of the Koran" 6/10/09

Muslim[s] Killer Targeted Jewish organizations, a Baptist church, a child care center, a post office and military recruiting centers 6/03/09

BUSTED: More Terror In Chicago 5/26/09

MINNEAPOLIS MUSLIM GUILTY OF AIDING AL QAEDA 5/21/09

4 NYC MUSLIM TERRORISTS ARRESTED IN PLANNED MASSIVE BOMB ATTACK ON NYC SYNAGOGUES, NATIONAL GUARD AVIATION 5/20/09

5 Convicted if Sears Tower Islamic attack plot: "I want to fight some jihad" 5/12/09

MUSLIM GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BINGHAMTON MASSACRE 4/4/09

BREAKING: ANOTHER BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE ATTACKED BY A JIHADI3/4/09

FBI Raids UF's Nuclear Power Institute and Iranian Nuke Professor - Director's Home 2/25/09

It's important to know, there are many many sympathizers here.

JIHAD IN USA: PRO-HAMAS DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE USA
"I want you to watch as I kill your children, cover your children in their own blood!" I want you to to watch me blow your children's brains out"

Ball Bomber's Blast Briefs

Of course it's funny, but it's not.

This is part of Islamic jihad's efforts to get around security measures. Suppository bombs, now this. They will learn from this. They will study the results and find out why Umar Farouk's balls didn't blast 278 lives into oblivion.

EXCLUSIVE: Photos of the Northwest Airlines Bomb ABC News Brian Ross (who has been way ahead of everyone on this story)

A singed pair of underwear with a packet of powder sewn into the crotch, seen in government photos obtained exclusively by ABC News, is all that remains of al Qaeda's attempt to down an American passenger plane over Detroit.

The underwear with the explosive worn by alleged Northwest 253 bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown in this undated photo. (ABC News)

As seen in these photos, the alleged bomb consisted of a packet of powder sewn into the briefs of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian. Al Qaeda took credit Monday for the attempted bombing, boasted of its ability to overcome U.S. intelligence and airport security, and promised new attacks.

The first photo, to the left, shows the slightly charred and singed underpants with the bomb packet still in place. All photos include a ruler to provide scale.

UPDATE: Paul elucidates: according to news reports, the failed Nigerian Muslim Airline bomber had 80 grams of PETN sewed into his underwear. Here is a video on Youtube showing 50 grams of PETN blowing a small tree in two:

Former GITMO Jihadis Behind Northwest Flight Bombing

This is why releasing enemy combatants is a mentally deranged leftist policy. Jihadis are not "rehabilitable" unless they ..........convert out of Islam.

Do I think Obomba will be moved to stop this suicidal insanity? No, I do not.

Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S. ABC News

Former Guantanamo Prisoners Believed Behind Northwest Airlines Bomb Plot; Sent to Saudi Arabia in 2007

Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.

American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.

Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi.

Both Saudi nationals have since emerged in leadership roles in Yemen, according to U.S. officials and the men's own statements on al Qaeda propaganda tapes

Both of the former Guantanamo detainees are described as military commanders and appear on a January, 2009 video along with the man described as the top leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, Abu Basir Naser al-Wahishi, formerly Osama bin Laden's personal secretary.

In its Monday statement claiming responsibility for the Northwest bombing, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula called bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab a "hero" and a "martyr" and lauded him for beating U.S. intelligence.

The two-page written claim included a photo of Abdulmutallab and boasted of Al Qaeda's success in designing "advanced explosive packages" that can pass through airport screening undetected.

The statement also asks for attacks upon Americans in the Arabian peninsula, and promises further attacks on the American people.

Abdulmutallab: Northwest Airlines Bomb Suspect The suspected bomber, 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, told FBI agents he was trained for his Christmas Day mission in Yemen by top leaders of al Qaeda who provided him with the explosive materials

"The so-called rehabilitation programs are a joke," a U.S. diplomat said in describing the Saudi efforts with released Guantanamo detainees.

Saudi officials concede its program has had its "failures" but insist that, overall, the effort has helped return potential terrorists to a meaningful life.

One program gives the former detainees paints and crayons as part of the rehabilitation regimen. 

A similar rehabilitation program in Yemen was stopped because so many of the detainees quickly joined with al Qaeda or its affiliates, the official said.

OT but related: Buffoon of the blogosphere. Who is paying this clown?

Imposing Sharia In America: Somali Muslims “out for blood” at Minnesota high school

This is sharia. Do not insult Islam. Non-believers forced to live in dhimmitude. This is not racial. This is Islamic supremacism. And this type of takbir is a terrible trend: Muslim Gangs Get Foothold in Minnesota

And the gay population is at risk as well: Muslims in Minnesota: "We Hate Gays" Video of Muslim youths shout abuse, throw rocks at gay man (homosexuality is punishable by death under shariah law. Gays are publicly hung in Islamic countries, which is why I never got queers for Palestine. They hate Jews more than they love life?)

Again I ask, why is the State department importing whole Muslim communities under "refugee resettlement programs"? The "diversity" immigration numbers are doubling, tripling some months.

This is not just in Minnesota. Look at Somali Muslims in Maine: Muslim Youths Wilding in Maine

Creeping Sharia has this:

Two versions of the same story with quite different details and manner of reporting. Either way, it’s just more of the same. Somali Muslims trying to enforce sharia law on non-Muslim students, and administrators kowtowing as usual, as are some media.

Racial tension running high after fight at Owatonna High School | CURT BROWN, Star Tribune

Principal Don Johnson said the problems began when two white students wrote papers in recent weeks that were “inflammatory and very disrespectful.” One student handed out copies of his paper to friends, while the other posted his on a class blog. Both were suspended from the school of 1,600 students — about 100 of whom are Somali.

Johnson said that before the second student returned to school Monday, the student sent text messages over the weekend to white and Somali students that were “unapologetic and in your face.” He then walked into a common area Monday where more than 20 Somali students were gathered and sat down. An altercation erupted that sent one of the white students to the hospital for observation.

“When two or three [Somali] students went over there to take things into their own hands, they had a gallery,” Johnson said. “It has triggered a kind of pandemonium mainly involving parents of Caucasian students, who pictured the worse — as if 200 students were fighting on the football field.”

It goes on like that for a while longer. Here’s a more detailed take on the situation:

Tensions mount at OHS | JEFFREY JACKSON, owatonna.com

Monday’s altercation between four white students and a group of Somali students — how many Somalis were actively involved is in dispute — ended with one of the white students going to the hospital. The student, a senior at OHS, spent the night in the hospital after medical personnel feared that he might have swelling on the brain.

The high school students and their parents spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying they feared further threats and violence if their names were made public.

Although the actual fight between the white students and the Somali students happened Monday, the parties agree that the roots of the fight can be traced back to a paper written for an English composition class earlier in the month.
The senior who ended up in the hospital on Monday was given an assignment to write a paper for the class and post it on the class’ blog for other students to read and comment on. He posted the paper on Friday, Nov. 6.

He chose as his topic what he called “Somalian privileges” and wrote in his paper that the Somali students in the high school were allowed to “bend the rules.” As one example, he said that though most students weren’t allowed to wear hats in school, the Somali students routinely wore hats without being told to take them off.

Within a half hour, after the class had been dismissed, he was surrounded by a “pretty big group” of Somali students who had been given copies of the paper from other students in the class, the boy said. The Somalis were, the boy said, “pushing, yelling and asking questions” — specifically asking him if he had written the paper.

The boy, who is on work release allowing him to leave school early, left and went to the place where his mother works. A few hours later, the mother received a telephone call from one of the school’s vice principals who first informed the mother about the incident and about the paper that had been posted online.

“No threats were made,” OHS Vice Principal Julie Sullivan said Wednesday about the Nov. 6th incident. Sullivan did say that she was approached that day by several Somali students who were upset about what the boy had written on the class blog.

The next Tuesday — there were no classes on Monday — the boy and his mother met with Sullivan after the vice principal had called Monday evening requesting a meeting. At that meeting, Sullivan informed the pair that the boy was going to be suspended for four days because of what he had written in the paper.

“I was not happy for him writing that paper,” the mother said. But, she said, although the official paperwork says the boy was being suspended for “language and inappropriate comments” and that the vice president did talk “briefly” about the paper, the real reason the boy was suspended was concerns by the administration that the boy might be attacked if he remained in school.

“She mentioned that several times,” the mother said of Sullivan. “She said it was for his safety.”

What’s more, he said, on the weekend before the boy returned to school, the boy sent text messages to some Somali students — messages that Johnson characterized as “inflammatory.”

The boy’s mother acknowledged Wednesday that she had been told this week about the text messages, but said that the message was only that the boy was not going to apologize to the Somali students for what he had written in his paper.

Shortly after the boy returned to school Monday, the incident began. The boy was sitting with three of his friends in the school’s C Plaza when, he said, he was approached by a group of Somali students.

“They were out for blood,” one of his friends said.

The boys said that at least 30, perhaps as many as 40, Somali students were involved in the altercation. School officials dispute that number, saying that some of the Somalis who were there were bystanders who were watching the fight take place. Owatonna Police Chief Shaun LaDue, whose department is investigating the incident, said Wednesday that “no less than 20 people” were involved in some fashion in the incident.

There’s more to that story too – read it all.

This is how it creeps folks. In big cities and small towns. You cannot say anything about Muslims – they are indeed privileged. If you do say something, be prepared to fight for your life and livelihood, possibly die, certainly have your life disrupted, end up in court, and be labeled things you likely are not.

Cyber-security chief resigns in protest: calls consolidation of power in National Security Agency 'bad strategy', "unwise to hand over the security of all government networks to a single org"

Obama - it's all bad.  The National Policy Institute is reporting but the Washington Times reported it back in March 2009 , but I never saw it .............. I think it's important. (hat tip Mike)

Cyber-security chief resigns in protest

Calls consolidation of power in National Security Agency 'bad strategy'

Rod A. Beckstrom has resigned director of the National Cyber Security Center in the Department of Homeland Security.

The official in charge of coordinating the U.S. government’s cyber-security operations has quit, saying the expanding control of the National Security Agency over the nation’s computer security efforts poses “threats to our democratic processes.”

“Even from a security standpoint, it is unwise to hand over the security of all government networks to a single organization,” said Rod A. Beckstrom, the head of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) when speaking to United Press International.

“If our Founding Fathers were taking part in this debate [about the future organization of the government's cyber-security activities], there is no doubt in my mind they would support a separation of security powers among different [government] organizations, in line with their commitment to checks and balances,” he said.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano last week, Mr. Beckstrom said the NSA “dominates most national cyber efforts” and “effectively controls DHS cyber efforts through detailees, technology insertions and the proposed move” of the NCSC to an NSA facility at the agency’s Fort Meade, Md., headquarters.

“I believe this is a bad strategy on multiple grounds,” Mr. Beckstrom wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by UPI. “The intelligence culture is very different than a network operations or security culture. In addition, threats to our democratic processes are significant if all top-level government network security and monitoring are handled by any one organization.”

Move along, folks, nothing to see ......... Knucklehead Napolitano Has Got Your Back

Clown Napolitano: "The system woiked! Either Napolitano is short a full deck, has a brain eating disease or is a brilliant al qaeda operative.

The Associated Press reports this morning:

A U.S. official in Washington said [Abdulmutallab's] father's concerns were shared among those in the embassy, including liaison personnel from other agencies based there, such as the FBI. The alert was then relayed to Washington and again shared among agencies such as the State, Justice and Homeland Security departments, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation.

John Hinderaker adds:

So Homeland Security had a specific warning about Abdulmutallab from his father. In addition, Abdulmutallab paid for his expensive ticket in cash and checked no luggage. And standard airport screening devices failed to detect the presence of plastic explosives on his person.

It is hard to imagine a more complete failure of our air security system. In two morning television appearances, Janet Napolitano fielded tough questions about these multiple security breakdowns. There was no more talk about how "successfully" our systems operated.

As for the second Nigerian man arrested:

Mr Johnson also said he did not believe that Mutallab was acting alone, and that police and security services were examining whether he was radicalised while at University College London (UCL) between 2005 and 2008.

What about the well dressed man?

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Johnson confirmed the 23-year-old had been refused a new visa and placed on a watch list last May after applying for a bogus course.

"If you are on our watch list then you do not come into this country," Mr Johnson said. "You can come through this country if you are in transit to another country but you cannot come into this country."

The Home Secretary said US authorities should theoretically have been informed, and he doubted there had been a "hiccup" in procedures.

American officials have said Mutallab was on one of their "long" watch lists, but was not banned from travelling. 

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Great Balls of Fire! 12/26/09

Hero 2009! Kaffir of the Moment! Infidel of the Year Award! Jasper Schuringa! 12/26/09

Rep. Peter King: Why Was Known Terror Suspect Allowed to Fly? Obama says, Respect it! 12/26/09

Affluent, Well Connected and Devout, Muslim Christmas Bomber Banned from Britian UPDATE: Others involved12/26/09

Amsterdam to Detroit: Muslim Attempts to Set Off Bomb On Northwest Airplane: Merry Christmas!

Abdul Mudallad Tries To Blow Up Northwest Airlines Plane, Directed by Al Qaeda: The AP says motive unclear  12/25/09

Pamela Geller, Newsmax: Vile Christmas Ornaments Displayed at White House

Check out the top featured blogger over at Newsmax. As we say on the dance floor, oorah!

 

Excerpt:

Does he recoil from the vulgarity of having an image of a mass-murdering communist dictator on his Christmas tree? Does he stand up and shout down these haters who use his website as a platform?

He appears not to have heard, or if he has heard, he shrugs his shoulders.

This is how he chooses to lead by example.

This is not moral equivalence. This is sanctioning evil, promoting it under his trillion-dollar brand.

The ornaments were no accident. They were part of a cultural revolution like Mao’s - and you know how that worked out.

It was a very Maoist Christmas, courtesy the Obama White House!

Day 188 Iran Revolution: "Listen, beat and tear them apart, break their legs, god would like that" "There are 8 to 10 old ladies there, beat them up and clean them up" UPDATED: Video Basij Shoot Protester Dead. GRAPHIC

THIS POST UPDATED ALL DAY. Scroll for other news stories. For  complete, unrivaled coverage of the revolution since day one back in June go here: Iran: The Revolution.

OBAMA FAMILY FRIEND INJURED BY SURFBOARD...
The President returned from golf in a very high speed and dramatic motorcade to his vacation home. The pool bus got dropped at one stage. Now holding just inside secured residential zone on the bus. An ambulance just swept by with flashing lights. .. MORE...

Basij Shoot Protester Dead. GRAPHIC. Obama remained sequestered on the sunny, sandy beaches of Hawaii.

Sunday December 27 , 2009 at noon Place : College bridge , Enghelab St. , Tehran , Iran

Commentary from Atlas reader Clusterbuster:

Iranian militia forces are being beaten in the streets of Tehran, Qom, Bobol, Mashhad & other cities by anti government protesters. Protesters continue to fight back even though reports that many of them have been killed in street battles.

This may be a turning point for the people. Let's just pray that another radical does not fill a power vacuum. It's completely inexcusable that the current impotent administration run by the rudderless socialist freak show does not support the protesters. After all this is the regime that funneled arms, advisers, and support to the groups including Al Qaeda which resulted in our troops in Iraq being killed & wounded, continues to work towards acquiring nuclear weapons and within the last couple of weeks invaded Iraq to attempt to take over an oilfield within Iraq's border.

Here's a little inside from a professor who is an Iranian national that I spoke to after the fraudulent election of Ahmadinejad. The Iranian elitist professor told me that Ahmadinejad won because the old people in Iran saw that many young people had come out to vote for Mousavi and that their votes for Ahmadinejad helped him win. This is utter nonsense, which one could no doubt expect from an elitist professorial type who likely has relatives within or on the fringes of the current power base.

Who in their right mind does not understand that the tyrannical regime does not recognize the election process, individual rights, due process, ...............?

New video! Basij two up on bike, but not for long. (hat tip Kasper)

Basiji cornered, protester shot dead?

Iran police drive over child during protests FTO blog hat tip Shoshanna

Tehran,Iran - Police drove over a child in Tehran during today's protests. A white van was seen driving into the crowds, without slowing down the van hit a child whom died upon impact. The police drove away after the incident.

The child was last seen carried away by other protesters, whether they are family or not we dont know.

This video is a bit graphic so dont look if you dont have to but it shows the evidence of the boy being carried away after being driven over.

Twitter updates: Some 600 were arrested during yesterday's protests & were transferred to Evin prison

Haleh Sahabi (Ezatolah Sahabi's daughter) was arrested this morning by gov't agents. Morteza Haji arrested. Omid Montazeri arrested. Ghorban Behzadiyannejad arrested. Emadodin Baghi arrested.

  

Ghorban Behzadiyannejad                    Ebrahim yazdi                                     Emadodin bagh

UPDATE: 10:00 am: Hilary Clinton was asked if the protests this summer following Iran's rigged election had "changed the Administration's calculation" in attempting to engage the regime. Her answer: "Well, no, but there's a lot of ongoing instability and jockeying for power. But that's up to the Iranians, so what we are doing is dealing with the people who hold the power now." Maybe another bloody regime crackdown will make a difference. Or maybe the Obama administration will send John Kerry to meet with A'jad while his thugs hang people in the streets (more here)

It bears noting that Obama was too late to this party. Once again, he miscalculates and fumbles. It's difficult to fathom the lost opportunity presented here. The bloodthirsty power-mad mullahs could not get their demonic paws on nuclear weapons (word is they were developing a hydrogen bomb as well). We could have been the white knight. We are in the Middle East. We could have provided the people's movement with support and arms and taken out Iran's nukes.

Instead, Obama stood by and watched people being slaughtered while he gave his limp-wristed but tacit support to Ahmadinejad, giving his goose stepping nazis carte blanche to murder with impunity.

We should have a horse in this race. We should be backing the good guys. There is no telling what killer will grab hold of the reins now.

Iranian military moves to support "People's Revolution"

In 24 hours, what has been labeled “street protesting” for new presidential elections has morphed into an earnest and violent revolution to overthrow the Muslim mullahs who rule Iran.

It is difficult to verify, but factions in the Iranian military may be breaking rank to join the people’s cause.  A group calling itself the National Iranian Armed Resistance Forces (NIRU) posted a news release on an Iranian protest website at the end of the day’s violence.

We, a number of Officers, Soldiers and personnel of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, hereby declare our readiness for rise to the armed defense of our nation against the forces of the criminal, illegitimate, transgressing and occupying current Government of Iran, and hereby inform our brothers and sisters serving with the armed security forces of Iran, invite them to join us, request their support and ask them to provide cover for us in this moral & national act. A special request for support & cooperation goes to our brothers of the Military Police.

The NIRU says it intends to secure Iranian radio and television stations, the Parliament,and the courts, will hold local elections and referendums within 3 months and new presidential elections within 9 months, will dissolve the murderous “Basij” plainclothes police and establish a new national police force.

Protection and firepower from even a few factions of the military could signal a critical momentum change for the Iranian people, who by law cannot own weapons.

Please see yesterday's coverage of Iran's bloodiest day yet.

Basij Commander Ordering Guards to Beat Demonstrators (Video) (hat tip Ethan)

This shows that the title to Wafa Sultan's book nails it: A God who Hates.

" Pouya, Sadegh (names)"

"Hi- Where are you" "Beat them"

"Enghelab Ave. - Vali Asr Ave....Go there and beat them"

"These Foreigners have gone there to demonstrate, beat them silly, tear them apart, push them toward north, there are more Basiji there to beat them"

"Very fast, dont waste time"

"Jalil (name) go to Enghelab Ave. fast and beat them up"

"Listen, beat and tear them apart, break their legs, god would like that"

"Mohammad - Sadegh - Jalil (Names)"

"Go to east side, about 350 people are gathering there, beat them hard, tear the bodies apart, all of them, send them all to Kahrizak,(the famous prison which beat, turture and rape many prisoners in north of Teharn)"

"Hello Ahmad(name) I can't hear you, yes yes, good news I hope"

"You go ahead and tear them apart, I will take the blame, don't worry, do it right now"

"There are 8 to 10 old ladies there, beat them up and clean them up"

"From Enghelab Ave. downward, send small group there"

"Emad - Sadegh (names), do them real fast, beat them and wait for my order there"

"Emad 2, Emad 2 (name) where are you?...They have attacked the fire department (People) , they have burnt their fire cars, get there fast and stop them, you all wait there and be alarm, wait for my order"

YouTube - Radan communicates with Basijis to...

First time Ever: Israel Calls Home All Ambassadors

Kenny S sent this in, "nothing like this has ever happened before with Israel...... Sure, they called home an ambassador or two for odd expense accounting, a chief of mission for offending some peace-lover via a newspaper quote and maybe even had real problems with a few of the folks they thought were on the side of their own homeland...... They even had all European ambassadors back a few times for conferences on the Lisbon Treaty thing. Every nation holds “home field” events with their foreign staff members. No big deal-e-o. But nothing like this meeting that started today...... Now you're getting curiouser and curiouser, so here goes":

First-ever Heads of Missions Conference at the MFA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman, will host a conference next week (27-31 December) for Israeli Heads of Missions. At the conference, Israel’s ambassadors and consuls general serving throughout the world will discuss broad diplomatic and strategic issues.

This is the first time a conference for all of Israel’s Heads of Missions has been held. The idea is to facilitate direct dialogue with the country’s leaders, mutual updates on major diplomatic issues, and a discussion of action plans to deal with the challenges awaiting the State of Israel in the international arena in the coming year, including the Iranian threat.

A major part of the conference will be devoted to examining Israel’s integration and potential contribution to items on the world agenda such as the environment, renewable energy, water and sewage treatment, and new technologies. The participants will discuss how to develop and promote Israel’s foreign relations and its image as a country that contributes to creating a better future for everyone. They will also talk about the rise of new global powers and how to deal with them.

New York to California: Jew haters Take to the Streets

With all the evil in the world, this is what these demons "protest" against. Israel's self defense. The Iranians being slaughtered, the children being subjected to Ashoura (this same day), human trafficking, child slavery .......... this is so sick. 

 

The Jewish blood libel ................. in the hands of a future nazi.

These are Jew hatred rallies. Israel left Gaza years ago and what became of it. Terror central. Thanks to Pamela H and David for the pictures .........

Anti-Israel/anti- American Leftists in Times Square (again)

Part 1- "On the First Anniversary of the Israeli-U.S. Massacre, the People of Gaza Need Your Solidarity"

So December 27, 2009 (at 1 PM) the International Action Center kicked-off another of their hate-Israel and anti-American protests in Times Square.







"Joyfully" assaulting the Christmas tourists and others getting ready to greet the New Year by LOUDLY blasting their anti-Israel screeds all over 42nd Street.









They advertised that the International Action Center was joined by Al-Awda NY the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, the Arab Muslim American Federation, the MAS Freedom Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine, Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Dec. 12 Movement, New York City Labor Against the War and many others.



Nothing new. No new faces even , although it was interesting to observe Obama and Company take the heat (BDS has turned in to ODS)



The slideshow for Part 1:



There were stalwart supporters of Israel at Times Square and also at the Israeli Consulate. (apparently this day was a fast day that was why so many others weren't able to join the counter-rally.)







Part 2 will be posted tomorrow (with video)



The whole group then marched from Times Square to the Israeli Consulate via 6th avenue and then east on 48th street(passing by Radio City Muusic Hall) Part of their plan, apparently, was to assault as many tourists as they could by turning off 42nd street. They wrote that they would "march through the crowded holiday streets to the Israeli "mission"." And also, "We will say the blockade must end, the flow of U.S. arms and dollars to Israel must stop and Israeli generals and politicians must be prosecuted for war crimes. (Have no idea if this happened: "George Galloway is expected to address the Times Square rally by telephone.")


More rallies will take place in Chicago where the US Palestine Community Network, the Palestine Solidarity Group, Code Pink and others are organizing a Chicago Stands
with Gaza rally on Monday, Dec. 30 at 5:30 pm at Grace Place, 637 S.
Dearborn Avenue. Get out and counter them if you are in the area!!

A list of other local actions can be found on the Gaza Freedom March Web site.

CALIFORNIA: There was also a rally in San Francisco today. Atlas reader D was there:

 

 

There was a pro-Palestinian hate-in at S.F. Union square today; connected with "Women in Black." There was a counter Pro-Israel group present across the street. 

Two native americans began the Palestinian rally, with drumming and chants. It seems that, according to one of the speakers, native americans and Palestinians have the same problems and are natural allies. Go figure that one.

One palestinian leaning young women caused a physical disturbance within the pro-Israel side, and had to be restrained by some of her comrades. One of them men who restrained her, went out of his way to step on an Israeli flag after the commotion was over. 

The small print on some of the signs show the the Left and Islam are in bed with each other. Use the pics if you want to.  

UPDATE: This antisemitic sign showed up at the San Francisco Pro-Hamas rally on Dec 28.

This photo was taken by Jackie, a high school student visiting from Southern California, and shocked by what she saw on the streets here

Ashoura: Respect it!

We seek broader engagement based upon mutual interest and mutual respect. We will listen carefully, we will bridge misunderstanding, and we will seek common ground. We will be respectful even when we do not agree. Barrack Hussein

 

Indian Muslims flagellate themselves on Ashura, in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009.

A Muslim girl participates in an Ashura procession in Mumbai December 28, 2009.

"The message is for all people," Baydoun said of Ashura. "It's about the universal cause of justice."

Detroit News has a piece entitled: Muslim holy day Ashura grows more popular worldwide

Just look at what these clowns are selling:

The traditions of Ashura -- a holy day Shi'ite Muslims will observe Sunday -- started in the Middle East and spread to Iran and South Asia, where they have been practiced for centuries.

But in recent years, the ceremonies have become more popular in other parts of the world as populations of Shi'ite Muslims grow elsewhere.

From metro Detroit to Europe and Japan, some people cross national boundaries to commemorate the 10 days that lead up to Ashura.

Ashura commemorates the 7th-Century death of the grandson of Islam's prophet. Imam Hussain died in Karbalaa, Iraq, at the hands of an unjust ruler.

"It's about standing up for justice, standing up for democracy, standing up for peace and equality," Mohamed Al-Najjar explained at the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center in Dearborn. The center is named after the city in Iraq.

 Millions throng Karbala for Ashoura

Ashoura in Mumbai

Here's a glimpse of Ashoura images around the Muslim world. Ashoura commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in the 7th century battle of Kerbala. Atlas covers it every year - go here.

Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Addresses The Muslim World On The Occasion Of Ashura

 

Afghan Muslims flagellate themselves during Ashoura in Kabul, Afghanistan

 

Ashura blades: An Afghan Shiite Muslim man beats himself with blades during Ashura at a Shiite mosque in Kabul

 

A Lebanese child cries as he is cut in the head during Ashoura day in the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon

 
Ashoura India 12/28

 

Muslims flagellate themselves during an Ashura procession in Hyderabad, India,

 

Tens of thousands of Hizbullah supporters gathered in the southern suburbs of Beirut for the Shiite festival of Ashoura on Sunday.

The ceremony came after a mysterious explosion rocked Dahiyeh overnight, targeting Hizbullah's ally in Lebanon, Hamas.

Ashoura caps a 10-day period of self-flagellation and mourning for the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, killed in 680 A.D. during a battle that sealed the split between Shiites and Sunnis.(more here)

A Lebanese child cries as he is cut in the head during Ashoura day in the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon

Muslims gash their heads with blades during a ceremony marking Ashura in Basra, about 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

Ashoura Baghdad

 

Muslims who live in Greece participate in a Shiite Muslim religious procession using swords and chains to self-inflict cuts in Athens

 

Muslim worshippers bleed as they perform self-flagellation to mark the Ashura festival in Qatif

 

 

Bloodied water drains from a sink where Bahraini men wash up after participating in a Shiite Muslim religious procession using swords and chains to self-inflict

 

 

Pakistani Shiite Muslims flay themselves during a religious procession in Lahore to mark Ashura. A suicide attack at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistani-administered Kashmir killed five people and wounded dozens more, marking a bloody start to Ashura commemorations

Blood and violence as millions mark Youm-e-Ashur

 

Turkey: Muslims shout Islamic slogans as they mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul

India: Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura in Amroha, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

A Lebanese Shiite girl, right, looks on as her mother reacts during Ashoura day in Beirut's southern suburbs

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, a Santa Claus doll is seen at a shop in central Baghdad, Iraq. Christmas is coming at the same time this year as one of Islam's most solemn holidays so even among Iraq's Christians, Santa is suffering. In the southern Iraqi town of Basra, a local pastor has banned celebrations, decorations and other public displays of making merry out of respect for Ashoura, the annual Shiite period of mourning. In Baghdad, Iraq's capital, Christmas has gone underground.

UPDATE: Ashoura lura  lullaby

Misunderstander of Islam, Butcher knife on hand, Out on $100 Bail: "He was a Muslim and wanted to start a jihad, or holy war, in Memphis"

Perhaps Mohamed will kick off his jihad at the judge's house. The judge is either blind, deaf and dumb, an Islamist, a Democrat or a Muslim.

Memphis Man Arrested: Accused of Making Bomb Threats & Threatening to Start “Holy War"
hat tip Armaros

MEMPHIS, TN – Tonight, Mohamed Ibrahim is out after posting $100 bond. Earlier in the day, he was arrested after police say he walked into several Memphis businesses and  threatened to blow them up.

Court records show Ibrahim was also telling people he was Muslim, and wanted to start a jihad, or holy war, in Memphis.

Police say when they arrested him, he had a butcher knife hidden in one of his jacket sleeves.

If anyone gets the judge's name, shoot it over.

UPDATE: I have received a number of emails pointing out that the jihadi wannabe posted $100 bail and was released, PENDING HIS COURT DATE ON MONDAY.

I think releasing this devout Muslim into the general unsuspecting population for any length of time is reckless and dangerous.

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Information BOND AMOUNT: $50,000.00

Check out the screen shot of the court docket (hat tip Diane)

It appears that Ibrahim will be arraigned today. More from Miera:

Consider the following report which states the FBI is involved and the court date was set for this morning:

Man faces terrorism charge after threats: By Ryan Poe

Published Saturday, December 26, 2009 A Memphis man was arrested Friday after he walked into seven local businesses and announced that he would bomb them if they didn't close, according to a police affidavit.

The report states that Mohamed Ibrahim, 35, threatened businesses on Poplar Avenue, Summer Avenue, Mendenhall, Perkins and Danny Thomas Boulevard. "If you don't close this place up, I'm going to blow it to pieces," Ibrahim told customers at the BP Gas Station on the 300 block of Poplar, according to the report.

A police officer pulled over the suspect's black PT Cruiser on Poplar and arrested Ibrahim, who was "very nervous" and appeared as if "he was trying to hide something," the report stated. The suspect tried to kick out the windows of a patrol car during the arrest and police said they had to use pepper spray to subdue him. The FBI found three Islamic cassette tapes and miscellaneous papers in the suspect's car, which were removed for additional study, according to the affidavit. Police charged Ibrahim with commission of an act of terrorism, filing false reports and disorderly conduct

He posted $100 bond and was released,  PENDING HIS COURT DATE ON MONDAY

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Information BOND AMOUNT: $50,000.00

COURT DATES: Date Division Docket Number Session 12/28/2009 8:29AM VR01 0914879501 1 12/28/2009 8:30AM GS12 0914873301 1

25 British Muslims in Jet Bomb Plot

Stop fearing, and start fighting.

25 Brits in Jet bomb plot The Sun

COPS fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen.

It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet.

The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London.

How dare they use the word "extremists"? That is islamophobic! These are devout Muslims. There are no moderates. There are no extremists. Only Muslims.

They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike.

A Scotland Yard source said: "The great fear is Abdulmutallab is the first of many ready to attack planes and kill tens of thousands.

"We know there are four or five radicalised British Muslim cells in the Yemen.

Radical? How dare they use the word radical! That's islamophobic!

"They are due back within months when they will be under constant surveillance."

The 25 suspects, of Pakistani and Somali descent, were radicalised in UK mosques.

Devout!

Some had been to university and studied engineering or computer sciences.

Read the whole thing here.

Site Speed Update

For all of you delicious Atlas readers who suffer silently the slow load of Atlas, I am going to experiment with "extended" posts.

In order to speed the load time of Atlas, each post will have the first paragraph or photograph and you'll have to click to continue reading. I hate doing this, but if it helps the site load then I am a player.

Let me know!

Atlas Exclusive Nidra Poller: The Jock Bomber

Check out Nidra Poller's take on great balls of fire, Atlas exclusive.

THE JOCK BOMBER

Paris 27 December 2009
Nidra Poller

Now we understand the difference between jumping to conclusions and slithering to them. A skillful hop skip and a jump led us to conclude that Major Hassan, author of the Fort Hood killings, was a jihad warrior acting on principle. Today, having learned that the Jock Bomber--who tried to bring down the Amsterdam-Detroit flight on Christmas Day--had already drawn attention to the crux of his beliefs two years ago, our authorities slither to the conclusion that every last man woman and child ticketed to fly to the United States has to be thoroughly searched. Flights out of Paris were subject to three-hour delays this weekend. Baby strollers are deemed no less dangerous than a Muslim engineer whose father actually alerted US consular authorities in his native Nigeria to his son’s dangerous “radicalization.”

DHS Chief Napolitano on Ball Bomber: "The System Worked"

Fire this maroon! The Muslim terrorist was on a terror watch list. He had more liquid than my confiscated perfume bottles. The head of homeland security said "the system worked". Who is she working for, al qaeda? Or Obama? Uh, never mind.

They failed. Obama is failing, so what's the plan? Punish the American people.

It take a serious form of delusion to draw these nonsensical conclusions. This is what is protecting us. She cannot even bring herself to speak of the motivation behind this wealthy, well educated son of a banjer -- Islam. She can't even say it.

Are you safer now than under Bush?

Yes.		6 (1.23%)
No		475 (97.74%)
Equally safe.		5 (1.03%)

UPDATE: It gets worse. Ball bomber meet the balless administration. (hat tip Kenny S via Politico)

Here’s the ‘wrap-your-head-in-Duct-Tape-moment’ from the lovely and talented Janet Napolitano, the kickinest talininest homeslice securer and Robert Gibbs, spokesmouth to the most famous Animatron ever to be built…………………….

“We are winding down a war in Iraq that took our eye off of the terrorists that attacked us, and have dramatically increased our resources in Afghanistan and Pakistan where those terrorists are.”

Bill Burton, with the president in Hawaii, recaps the Sunday shows: "Robert Gibbs and Secretary Napolitano made clear that we are pressing ahead with securing our nation against threats and our aggressive posture in the war with al Qaeda. We are winding down a war in Iraq that took our eye off of the terrorists that attacked us, and have dramatically increased our resources in Afghanistan and Pakistan where those terrorists are. We are putting the pressure on al Qaeda worldwide with all elements of American power, and key al Qaeda leaders have been taken out in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Gibbs also made clear the President refuses to play politics with these issues. As he said in West Point, we must put aside petty politics and recapture the unity that we had after 9/11. 

That's all he does with this issue, this petty poltiician.

"Lastly, Gibbs and Secretary Napolitano announced that the president has asked that the policies and procedures that have been in place the last several years related to watch-listing and all information available on the suspect be reviewed. He has also asked that the Department of Homeland Security, specifically the Transportation Security Administration, review its practices and capabilities as he is interested in learning how the explosive material was brought on board the aircraft and steps that can be taken to enhance the ability of airport screeners to detect and interdict such materials in the future.".

We have had more Muslim plots against the United States the past 4 months than the last four years of the Bush adminstration.

Ass clowns are watching our back.

Euro-Med: No, it's not a drug, but it might kill you

Geert Wilders in a speech he made in the US last year:

The Europe as you know it from visiting, from your parents or friends is on the verge of collapsing. We are now witnessing profound changes that will forever alter Europe's destiny and might send the continent in what Ronald Reagan called "a thousand years of darkness".

Been to Europe lately? Thought it was bad? You ain't seen nothing yet. The passage of the Lisbon Treaty, hailed by President Moebama, nailed the coffin shut on national sovereignty. The people of Europe fought it, but were overwhelmed by their political elites and the loss of American leadership in a marxist, collectivist US President.

Lisbon Treaty II. The Face of Dictatorship: EU Preparing for Armed Gendarmerie Against Treaty-disobedient Populations

The reason why Americans have to care is because this global gobbledygook is coming to America.

Come January 1, a disastrous and suicidal pact called the Euro-med Partnership (Europe/Mediterranean) goes into effect with little fanfare or examination. It boggles the mind that such a consequential and seismic cultural shift could be mandated and put into play without so much as a murmur.

A conference was held to expose the mass Muslim immigration plan of Euro-Med by SIOE stop the islamisation of Europe (here)

"It was shocking to hear about the plans and at the same time knowing that Danish politicians and a cowardice Danish press – who is otherwise proud to be critical – has told nothing to the Danish people about this project which begins already in January next year. This also showed clearly at the conference. Only very few politicians showed up and no media. Those politicians who showed up had obviously never heard about the Euro-Mediterranean project."

Anders Bruun Laursen was presenting documentation exclusively from the homepages of the EU that the Euro-Mediterranean co-operation will eventually end up with a new Great EU, with borders similar to those of the ancient Roman Empire, meaning that the Mediterranean Sea will become a domestic sea within the new Great-EU. Already now it is called a union and the presidency will be shared between north and south. At present it is President Sarkozy of France and Mubarak of Egypt having this honour. And already from next year and until 2012 the possibility is being implied for goods and people to move freely within the new union. A lot of links were shown to EU homepages proving that Europe is to be islamized. Democracy, Christianity, European culture and Europeans are to be driven out of Europe. 50 million North Africans from moslem countries are to be imported into the EU. And against the wishes of the people, Denmark is participating.

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, formerly known as the Barcelona Process, was re-launched in 2008 as the Union for the Mediterranean at the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean in July, with the new network of relations endorsed at the Marseille Meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Ministers of Foreign Affairs in November. The Partnership now includes all 27 member states of the European Union, along with 16 partners across the Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East.

This re-launching aimed to infuse a new vitality into the Partnership and to raise the political level of the strategic relationship between the EU and its southern neighbours. While maintaining the acquis of its predecessor, the Barcelona Process, the Union for the Mediterranean offers more balanced governance, increased visibility to its citizens and a commitment to tangible, regional and trans-national projects.

Excerpt from the Barcelona – Euro Mediterranean Declaration of 1995:
http://euro-med.dk/conference

The Euro Mediterranean Declaration was agreed upon by the EU, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Israel and comprises:

Comprehensive political partnership, among other things about:

1. Establishing a free trade area and economic integration to begin by the year of 2010

2. Considerably more money for the partners

3. Cultural partnership.

The EU Offers the Populations of 9 Muslim Countries Free Movement of Goods, Services, Capital and People into the EU.
In return for concrete political and economic changes the EU offers partners´integration into the expanded internal market of the EU and the possibility to obtain free movement for goods, services, money and people.

Association agreements have been made with all partner countries except Syria – which will be offered association in 2009. (Abstract of the 6. Euromediterranean Foreign Minnister Conference in Naples 2-3 Dec. 2003). http://euro-med.dk/partnership

Now, what does it really mean? It means the complete islamisation of Europe, unimpeded Muslim immigration. MORE than 50 million Muslims will be  invited to Europe in a far-reaching secretive migration deal, as reported by the Daily Express here:

A controversial taxpayer-funded “job centre” opened in Mali this week is just the first step towards promoting “free movement of people in Africa and the EU”.

Brussels economists claim Britain and other EU states will “need” 56 million immigrant workers between them by 2050 to make up for the “demographic decline” due to falling birth rates and rising death rates across Europe. 

The report, by the EU statistical agency Eurostat, warns that vast numbers of migrants could be needed to meet the shortfall in two years if Europe is to have a hope of funding the pension and health needs of its growing elderly population.

It states: “Countries with low fertility rates could require a significant number of immigrants over the coming dec­ades if they want to maintain the existing number of people of working age. 

“Having sufficient people of working age is vital for the economy and for tax revenue.” 

The report, by French MEP Francoise Castex, calls for immigrants to be given legal rights and access to social welfare provision such as benefits. 

Ms Castex said: “It is urgent that member states have a calm approach to immigration. To say ‘yes’, we need immigration … it is not a new development, we must accept it.” 

The proposals include the creation of a “blue card” system, based on the American green card, that provides full working and welfare rights. 

Blue card holders would be entitled to move freely across the EU, setting up home in any of the 27 member states. 

Last night Sir Andrew Green, of Mig­rationWatchUK said: “Eng­land, with Holland, is al­ready the most crowded country in Europe.

“As it is, we have to build the equivalent of seven cities the size of Birmingham over 25 years for the immigrants the Government already expects.  

“Yet again the ‘one-size-fits-all’ policy of the EU produces absurd results. These would be ridiculous proposals if they were applied to the Britain. 

“The Government must ensure that these work permits are not valid for the UK.

“Higher levels of immigration are the last thing we need with a recession approaching.” 

And Shadow Home Sec­retary Dominic Grieve said: “When ministers are talking tough about efforts to control immigration, they need to provide a clear explanation that national policy is not being undermined through the backdoor in Brussels.” 

The UK Indepen­dence Party leader Nigel Farage attacked the move as “an outrage”. He said: “The sooner Britain gets back control of immigration policy, the better.”

The proposals –  part of the Africa-EU Partnership signed in Portugal last December – also warns of the negative effects of mass immigration and calls for “better integration of African migrants”. 

It calls too for a compassionate approach to the eight million illegal immigrants already living in the EU. 

It states: “Irregular migrants must not be treated like criminals. Many risk their lives seeking freedom or the means
of subsistence in Europe. As long as the EU has a higher standard of living than those countries to its south and east, the temptation to come will exist – especially if there are jobs to be had.”

The declaration calls on the EU to assist African governments to set up migration information centres “to better manage labour mobility bet­ween Africa and the EU”.

The first was the job centre opened in Bamako, capital of Mali, on Monday. Other centres are expected to open soon in other west African states and later in north Africa.

Yesterday the Daily Express revealed that, in an apparent contradiction of immigration policy, thousands of migrants – like Kanoute Tieny from Mali – are being given up to £5,500 in grants by the EU to return home to Africa.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to implement an EU-wide immigration plan by the end of the year when he stands down as head of the Council of the European Union.

This body implements policy proposed by the European Commission and discussed by the European Parliament. 

French immigration minis­ter Brice Hortefeux has represented all the 27 EU states, including Britain, in a succession of whirlwind tours through west Africa to help create a strategy.

Last night the Home Office said the UK had nothing to do with this EU plan.

A Border Agency spokesperson said the initiative is aimed at promoting legal migration routes in the Schengen area of the EU which the UK opted out of. The area includes most but not all member states.

And of course, in all this, EU Muslims Launch Rights Council

CAIRO — Muslims activists from 26 European countries have come together to launch the first rights council to enlighten European Muslims about their rights, monitor rising Islamophobia and defend Muslim rights in European courts of law.

"We think European human rights groups are not doing enough to defend the rights of Muslims," Ali Abu Shwaima, the director of the Islamic Center in Milano, told IslamOnline.net on Monday, December 21.

"Therefore we though that we need this new council, especially that all laws and constitutions in Europe respect freedom of religion and oppose all forms of discrimination and racism."

The Council for European Muslims Rights was launched Sunday, December 20, in the Belgian capital Brussels.

EU Muslims Face Growing Discrimination: OSI 1/3 EU Muslims Suffer Discrimination

Abu Shwaima said the launch was attended by activists from nearly 26 European countries.

The participants had formed a general committee to elect the council steering team.

The council would include four committees for violations monitoring, media outreach, governmental liaison and financial issues.

"We are now seeking to register the council with European countries and the European Union," Abu Shwaima.

"We have taken into consideration that the council's bylaw confirms with laws in all European countries to avoid any registration problems.

Don't Answer

Jewish Father of Seven Shot Dead in Muslim Occupied Israel

Don't answer. That's my advice to Israel. Don't answer the muhammadan in the White House. We elected him. He's our terrible problem, not yours. You defend your people.

(Israelnationalnews.com) The United States has demanded clarifications from Israel after IDF special forces killed three terrorists Saturday who murdered a civilian, Rabbi Meir Chai, on Thursday.

Calls were made to National Security Adviser Prof. Uzi Arad, apparently by senior U.S. Administration officials, in which he was asked to provide clarifications.

New Rules for Airlines: Is this any way to fight a war?

You bet it's not! Torment the people. Play stupidly defensive. Punish millions for their mistake of  letting some jihadi who was on the no fly list onto the plane. But of of all things -- DO NOT INSULT ISLAM!

What purpose do these new rules serve except to further damage the airline business? Who wants to fly? Our refusal to fight this war is what is killing us. This is living under a soft shariah law.

This from a reader:

My father is an airline Captain with one of South Africa's more prominent airlines and is affiliated with the South African Airways which flies into the US. As a result of the latest terrorism attempt on South West Airlines, the following Emergency Directive has been placed in effect and is applicable to any and all airlines flying within the USA.

Due to a person who tried and blow up a flight with fireworks, the US Transportation Security Administration had implemented an Emergency Security Directive that carries the following new requirements and is applicable to all carriers operating into the US with immediate effect.

Before Flight Boarding

· A physical search (“pat-down”) by a security or police officer prior to passenger boarding for 100% of the passengers

· 100% of carry-on baggage must be physically searched prior to passenger boarding

· All passenger communications systems (email, satcom telephone and SMS) must be disabled prior to boarding and remain disabled the entire flight

During Flight Within US Airspace

· No passenger announcement can be made indicating the aircraft’s flight path or location over US cities/landmarks.

· Any system displaying aircraft position or time to destination cannot be operated in flight. Therefore, the Airshow system and both forward and downward cameras will have to be disabled on passenger screens.

Within 1 Hour Prior to Landing · All passengers must be seated and remain seated until deplaning at the gate

· No passenger can have access to his carry-on baggage.

· Passengers may not have any article of personal belongings, pillows or blankets (bedding items for First and Business Classes) · All passenger communications systems (email, satcom telephone and SMS) must be disabled prior to boarding and remain disabled the entire flight

· Passengers may not have any article of personal belongings, pillows or blankets (bedding items for First and Business Classes)

Who's your favorite diva?

It's time to defend my title. Yes, the annual pageant is on over at the Gay Patriot. Last year I took the crown of the GRANDE CONSERVATIVE BLOGRESS DIVA. You can vote once a day until New Year's eve. Vote here now. Party on.

And recall we here at GayPatriot define a diva as “a strong, confident woman who commands the respect of men.” A conservative blogress diva need not be conservative. All she must do command the respect (or have otherwise earned the admiration) of gay conservatives.

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Who should be the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva for 2010?
	Cynthia Yockey (A Conservative Lesbian)
	Neoneocon
	The Anchoress
	Michelle Malkin
	Ann Althouse
	Jennifer Rubin (Commentary Contentions)
	Fausta
	Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs)
	Tammy Bruce
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And please note that while there are many conservative blogress divas, including a good number not on this ballot, only one woman can become the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva.

IRAN REVOLUTION: MASSIVE PROTESTS, DEATHS REPORTED, CHAOS UPDATE: Bloodiest Day in Iran since June

Nationwide strike starting tomorrow. Tweet it.

Video: Regime car on fire

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Read my June editorials on Obama and Iran in the American Thinker:

• Honduras and Iran: Obama Betrays Freedom Again

• The Case for Iran: Fighting for Freedom

“Good news. We have captured Tehran. We are going to bring Ahmadinejad down and once again our nations can unite in their battle against fundamentalists. We are about to free Iran. Pray for us.” (Reza in Tehran)

Pandemonium as clashes continue in Tehran for 2nd day as protesters defy Islamic Government (more). Eyewitness reports and opposition websites say Security forces fired on the crowds in several places, wounding many, killing at least four eleven that we know of.

The worst president at the worst of times. We are in Middle East. Let's help these people. We should arm them. We should go in and de-nuke the mullahs. No, instead we are trying Islamic jihad in Gaza and giving them billions.

These people will win. They have right on their side. They will never forgive us, leaders of the free world, for abandoning them as they were slaughtered. This is a terrible stain on the glory that was once a proud and glorious America. But then again, so is this president.

Most photos thanks to madayar

Deaths reported amid chaos and violence in Iran

>Reporting from Tehran and Beirut - The Iranian capital erupted in massive and fiery morning-to-dusk protests today as tens of thousands of demonstrators clashed with security forces on the occasion of an important Shiite Muslim holiday.

Several witnesses told The Times that Iranian security forces opened fire with live ammunition against unarmed protesters near College Bridge in in the capital. And opposition news websites reported that several protesters had been killed, including Ali Mousavi, the adult nephew of opposition figurehead Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Reformist websites said he was shot and taken to a Tehran hospital, where his uncle and other relatives soon arrived.

The information could not be independently confirmed, and a police source denied that protesters had been killed in a comment to the pro-government Fars News Agency.

But a witness in front of City Theater in downtown Tehran said she saw a fallen man, apparently stabbed in the back, and spotted another man falling to the ground after a volley of shots was fired near Enghelab Street, which emerged as the epicenter of the day's clashes.

The reports of deaths came during a harrowing day of multiple, rolling clashes between police and Iranian protesters coinciding with an important Ashura religious commemoration as well as the significant seventh day of mourning following the death of the country's leading dissident cleric, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.

Reformist websites and witnesses also reported clashes in the cities of Qom, Esfahan, Najafabad, Kashan, Shiraz, Babol and Mashhad.

Demonstrators vowed to continue the protests into the night, with reformist news websites identifying key Tehran squares for gatherings.

"There is no let-up," said Farzad, a 30-year-old who attended today's protests with his girlfriend. "We will go ahead until we topple the government."

 

Videos posted on Sunday, December 27, 2009 15:07:53  (hat tip sonrise57)

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Shots Heard Around National TV & Radio Building « Persian2English's Blog

 

Across the capital, witnesses described scenes of pandemonium, which were confirmed by video footage posted online. One described Tehran as a war zone, and another likened the situation to open "civil war" as increasingly bold demonstrators took on security forces, in one case stripping a member of the security forces naked before letting him go, a witness said.

Despite a heavy crackdown, the protest movement that emerged from Iran's disputed June 12 presidential election has grown increasingly daring, with those who want abolition of the Islamic Republic increasingly vocal.

Protesters had vowed for weeks to turn today's annual Ashura commemoration marking the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the prophet Muhammad, into an anti-government demonstration.

The green-themed protest movement sought to meld its cry of injustice with the emotionally powerful narrative of Imam Hussein, whom Shiites believe was unjustly robbed of his throne as the leader of the faithful when he was cut down in battle by the Yazid on the fields outside Karbala, in what is now southern Iraq.

"This is a month of blood," they chanted. "Yazid will be defeated!" "We will fight, we will die, we will get our country back!" the protesters yelled out, holding ribbons of green.

Black plumes of smoke could be seen rising from downtown Tehran. Video posted online showed protesters beating pro-government militiamen as their motorcycles burned in the background. Helicopters hovered in the skies.

Protesters built fires in trash cans to ward off the effects of tear gas. Witnesses described running street battles between plainclothes and uniformed security officers and demonstrators, some throwing stones, in more than a dozen Tehran localities.

At Enghelab Square, a police car was set ablaze, and protesters set fire to motorcycles belonging to riot police in various locales.

 

Meeting bullets with sheer will

The wail of ambulance sirens could be heard all over the city. Car horns honked on expressways as motorists created traffic jams in an effort to prevent security forces from moving freely. Drivers on nearby streets leaned on their horns and flashed "V" hand signs despite the heavy presence of police deployed around main squares. Passengers on buses could be heard chanting slogans.

 

An Iranian protester holds stones as he stands opposite security forces in Tehran. (AFP / Getty Images / December 27, 2009)

Video: Mousavi Nephew Dies in Streets of Tehran

UPDATE: Security forces beating women.

 

Iran 12/21/09

Iranians Save "Prisoners" from Hanging in Sirjan & Attack Police Truck

"One way or the other, Iran will dominate 2010. Either there will be an Israeli attack or Iran will arrive at -- or cross -- the nuclear threshold. Unless revolution intervenes. Which is why to fail to do everything in our power to support this popular revolt is unforgivable."

 

-- Charles Krauthammer

Ahmadijihad and the Islamic mullahcracy have been terrorizing Iranians with the public spectacle of sharia mandated hangings in the public square. I have been documenting these executions at Atlas for years.

Whilst in the throes of a revolution, the people of Iran, risking life and limb, fought back against this abomination. 

Obama was unavailable for comment - he's chillin' on the sandy, sunny beaches of Hawaii. No worries.

The Most "Responsible" of Democrat Leadership, DRUNK on Senate floor

This is meltdown. MELTDOWN. We are told that the reasonable Max Baucus is the sober one, the reasonable one. The Democrats are beneath contempt. Nationalizing medicine, destroying this country -- they are drunk, literally and figuratively.

If only we could ship the whole commie lot to a communist country, where they belong, and leave the only capitalist, free society alone.

Senator Max Baucus Drunk / Intoxicated on Senate Floor -- Shouts Down Wicker hat tip Forrest

'The Whole Plane Was Screaming'

The whole country should be screaming.

The whole country should be screaming because we are being deceived. War has been declared on us by a mortal enemy and the political elites are lying to us about its nature, its goals, it objectives. We are doomed to failure. We are told this relentless bloodthirsty enemy is a religion of peace.

You cannot win a war by disguising its adherents or its intent. You cannot win a war by ignoring it.

It is detestable how sloppy the media and our politicians are with dear life, our dear lives. General Casey's remark after the Fort Hood jihad massacre boiled our paralysis down to its essential oils when his concern was saving diversity, not US soldiers. “Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse,” Casey said.

The General should have been fired. On the spot. But that is just the tip of the iceberg. Jihadists are thriving. Last month, five Muslim students from Washington DC got to Pakistan for jihad, planning to target a nuclear site and CAIR (un-indicted co-conspirator and front for the Muslim Brotherhood in the US) are the go-to guys.

"The Whole plane was screaming"