3 years for the shoe-throwing journalist.

BAGHDAD (AP) – The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at then-President George W. Bush was convicted Thursday of assaulting a foreign leader and sentenced to three years in prison, provoking outrage among some Iraqis who consider him a hero. Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s bold act in December electrified many across the Middle East who hailed his defiant [...]

Death cult.

A WOMAN suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising their rapes so she could later convince them that martyrdom was the only way to escape the shame. Samira Jassam, 51, was arrested by Iraqi police and confessed to recruiting the women and orchestrating dozens of attacks. via ‘Mum’ had [...]

Afghan strategy.

Check this out: Strategic Divergence: The War Against the Taliban and the War Against Al Qaeda | Stratfor. It’s a nice piece describing our objectives and likelihood for success in Afghanistan. As President Obama turns our focus there from Iraq in the coming months, what should we expect? What does the President expect? How will [...]

An endless stream of cigarettes and magazines…

Guess who’s going home to plot the murder of our children? CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – A Saudi man who was released from Guantanamo after spending six years inside the U.S. prison camp has joined al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen and is now the terror group’s No. 2 in the country, according to a purported Internet statement [...]

Taking his eye off the ball?

First he’s closing Guantanamo and now he’s shutting down the “black sites”? President Obama on Thursday will order the closure of so-called black sites, where CIA and European security services have interrogated terrorist suspects, under executive orders dismantling much of the Bush admistration’s architecture for the war on terror, according to four individuals familiar with [...]

The Bush legacy.

George W Bush: winning the war on terror – Telegraph. If superpowers do not demonstrate an ability and a willingness to wield power (as Britain did on numerous occasions at the height of the Empire) their hegemony will be increasingly challenged. President Bush exercised U.S. military power to stunning effect in both Iraq and Afghanistan, [...]

Bush’s gift to Obama.

Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » The Bush Legacy – gifting Obama with a Muslim world rejecting jihad. An excellent analysis. Worth a read and a forward to any pals who might be in need of some education. There is more than just the foul taste in the mouth from jihad that is left to [...]

It’s over (and actually has been for some time)

Iraq takes control of Green Zone from US. After 9/11, we were vulnerable for another strike. Those who perpetrated 9/11 did so in furtherance of jihad—the destruction of Western civilization (as evidenced by America and Israel) and the global dominance of Islam and shar’ia law. These jihadists did not exist within the borders of one [...]