July 26, 2008 – 7:45 am
The Associated Press gives it the old college kindergarten try: Iraq War’s Price Tag Nears Vietnam’s The total cost of the Iraq war is approaching the Vietnam War’s expense, a congressional report estimates, while spending for military operations after 9/11 has exceeded it. The new report by the Congressional Research Service estimates the U.S. has […]
July 19, 2008 – 9:06 am
Score another one for Rusty and The Jawa Report It looks like our story got some attention in Afghanistan. AP stringer Rahmatullah Naikzad was detained for two days after he filmed the brutal murder of two women by the Taliban accused of prostitution. The incident was first noted by us here and, as Fox News […]
July 19, 2008 – 8:55 am
To be honest, it is a bit late for France, since supposedly 25% of their population, legal and illegal, is now of Middle Eastern and Northern African descent, but, maybe they are finally getting it together, and will provide a guiding light to the rest of Europe before it actually becomes Eurabia  LA VERRIÈRE, France — […]
July 15, 2008 – 9:36 pm
If I had the time (getting ready for vacation!!!!!), I’d do a dumpster dive, but, we’ll take the left wing seething as read (NY Times) President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Tuesday in a […]
July 14, 2008 – 5:48 pm
Apparently, they could not afford the AP’s rates. Via Rusty Shackleford, apparently these two women were murdered while an AP string watch, and, took video. (The caption of the picture) Two unidentified Afghan Women chat with each other a few minutes before they were executed by Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on late Saturday, July […]
July 7, 2008 – 2:23 pm
We are all Brits on 7/7 London marked the third anniversary Monday of the suicide bombings on the city’s transport network, with ceremonies at blast sites as survivors and the victims’ families remembered the deadly attacks. A total of 56 people were killed, including the four bombers who detonated their homemade devices on three London […]
July 5, 2008 – 7:52 am
One of my little morning habits is, after getting up, brushing the teeth, putting on the coffee, I go outside, have a smoke, and check my Crackberry, then the news on my Blackjack. Imagine my surprise when the top story from the NY Times mobile went as such Despair Drives Suicide Attacks by Iraqi Women […]
July 4, 2008 – 9:25 am
Fortunately, this is not happening in France, otherwise the Left would want to export it here to the US: Telegraph – Muslims in Britain should be able to live under Sharia, says top judge Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strongly backed Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, over his suggestion earlier […]
June 30, 2008 – 8:53 am
Good thing the Islamic Jihadis do not use the Internet or anything, eh? NY Times – Amid Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan Late last year, top Bush administration officials decided to take a step they had long resisted. They drafted a secret plan to make it easer for the Pentagon’s Special Operations forces to […]
June 27, 2008 – 8:59 am
Sound advice from the Times Online: Cheer up. We’re winning this War on Terror Al-Qaeda and the Taleban are in retreat, the surge has worked in Iraq and Islamism is discredited. Not a bad haul. “My centre is giving way. My right is in retreat. Situation excellent. I shall attack!†If only our political leaders […]
