Confederate Yankee exposes Hezbollah's propaganda myth linking similarities between the weapons used by U.S. forces in Falluja and Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah's White Phosphorus Lies
It was only a matter of time before Hezbollah and their gullible dupes in the media began applying the Terrorist Propaganda Cook Book to the present war in Lebanon, accusing Israel forces of using chemical and other "illegal weapons" against civilians.
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From CNN World:
Four al Qaeda suspects captured
(CNN) — Four suspected al Qaeda operatives believed to be involved in planning attacks against Afghan and Coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan were captured in a raid early Saturday in Khowst Province, according to a Coalition spokesman.
Col. Thomas Collins said their capture "should put all terrorists on notice."
"Each day we gain greater intelligence and greater ability to find terrorists who offer nothing to the Afghan people but fear and intimidation," Collins said.
"Extremist-related documents" and two rifles were confiscated in the raid, he said.
The Coalition forces encountered no resistance and no troops were wounded on the mission, he said.
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CBC News Viewpoint features an attack piece written by the Canadian columnist, Heather Mallick, in which she more or less complains about, then attacks certain older men in positions of power having turned bad. Early in the piece she takes a swipe at the usual liberal media targets: Dick Cheney, George Bush and Tony Blair. Older men like Dick Cheney, she implores, was born vile and honed that quality for a lifetime.
However, the focus of her article is John McCain, and his fall from being a real man to an utter child in which, of course, George Bush et al are to blame. Ms. Mallick also takes a childish swipe at Tony Blair. In fact, just about every mention of one of her subjects is childish in nature. Which is completely ironic because she criticizes them for the same behaviour.
Ms. Mallick displays a classic case of Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS). Which nearly always turns an otherwise reasonable columnist into a terribly bad, childish writer.
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From CNN World: Somali minister assassinated
With Ethiopian troops said to be in Somalia to support the government, and Eritrea believed by many to be arming the Islamists, many Somalis are bracing for war.
In Mogadishu, another mysterious plane landed on Friday, fuelling suspicions the Islamists were receiving weapons deliveries. Their militia blocked roads near the airport as unidentified cargo was unloaded.
Residents said several trucks came to collect the delivery from the airport. "The people couldn't enter the airport because security was so tight," resident Hawo Hussein said.
"The Islamists are arming themselves and now we have to wait for fighting," said another resident, Abdullahi Ali.
Read more about Eritrea in the CIA World Fact Book.
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From CNN World:
War looms as Islamists strengthen, old foes back opposing sides
BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) — Gunmen shot dead a Somali government minister outside a mosque on Friday in a killing sure to exacerbate tensions in the violence-plagued Horn of Africa nation.
The attackers opened fire on Constitution and Federalism Minister Abdallah Deerow Isaq as he left prayers in the provincial town of Baidoa, witnesses and officials said.
"It looks like an organized assassination," Information Minister Mohamed Abdi Hayr told Reuters from Baidoa, seat of the fragile interim Somali government.
"So far we do not know who did it. They shot him as he was leaving the mosque then ran off. Police are chasing the gunmen."
Formed in 2004 in the 14th attempt to restore central rule to Somalia since the 1991 ousting of a military dictator, the government's authority has been challenged by the rise of an Islamist movement that took Mogadishu and other towns in June.
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Powerline's blog of the week, Vital Perspective, puts civilian casualties in perspective. Civilian casualties are a horrible consequence of war. And both Hezbollah and Israel are morally responsible for the deaths and injuries on both sides of the border. But the key difference is the IDF protects and defends life while Hezbollah uses civilians as human shields. However, I thought the last paragraph of the post puts the number of civilian casualties in context:
For comparison, as the world throws a fit over the "staggering" civilian casualties, let's compare the losses in Afghanistan over the same time span that Israel has been operating against Hezbollah in Lebanon. From our count, over the same period of time, somewhere between 895 and 969 civilians were killed in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to oust the Taliban. The U.S. tactics were not disproportionate, and neither are the Israeli.
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The Jawa Report and, according to the Wall Street Journal Online, a number of other blogs have been banned by the Indian government:
India has banned a number of websites by domain, but has only singled out 17 websites by name, including this one. Among the American websites all are connected in some way to The Jawa Report.
Why did India ban this website? And what is the larger meaning of this action?
The short answer to the first question is that we offended Islamists and India is afraid of its own Muslim citizens. The short answer to the second question is that, sadly, it is increasingly becoming evident that liberty may not be able to exist wherever there is a large population of Muslims.
What, specifically, did we do to offend Islamists and their supporters in the Muslim world?
Some time ago a story began to be circulated in the mainstream press that a detainee's Koran had been put in a toilet at Guantanamo Bay. It later turned out that the story was false.
Nevertheless, the reaction from many in the Muslim world was quite revealing about an alleged 'tiny minority of extremists'. Riots erupted all over the world by people who were offended. Thousands marched, caused property damage, and some were even killed.
Over what? A story about a book being put in a toilet.
You can read more at the Jawa Report.
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CNN Reports:
Ethiopians want to save government; Islamists in control want them out
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents reported hundreds of Ethiopian troops in armored vehicles patrolling the central Somali town of Baidoa on Thursday, less than a day after Islamic militants reached the outskirts of the strategic town that is home to a largely powerless U.N.-backed government.
A leader of the Islamic group controlling large parts of southern Somalia demanded that Ethiopian troops withdraw.
"We will declare Jihad if the Ethiopian government refuses to withdraw their troops from Somalia. They must withdraw as soon as possible … We will wait for some time to see if they respect our demands," Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed told The Associated Press.
Last week I posted an excerpt and link to another CNN story about the Somali city of Mogadishu falling to militant Islamists.
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