South Asia
Kabul - Two weekend clashes between suspected Taliban fighters and Afghan police and US-led coalition forces killed 136 militants in western Afghanistan, the US military said Monday.
South Asia
Kabul - Two weekend clashes between suspected Taliban fighters and Afghan police and US-led coalition forces killed 136 militants in western Afghanistan, the US military said Monday.
Telegraph Blogs: UK: Holy Smoke:
Karen Armstrong is a comically conceited feminist ex-nun who has assumed the duty of defending Islam from its critics. Yesterday’s Financial Times carried her review of an unflattering biography of Mohammed by the American Catholic scholar Robert Spencer.
Yahoo! News
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Some 700,000 Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, saying the Islamic roots of Turkey’s leaders threatened to destroy the country’s modern foundations.
The New York Sun
For decades, Saudi Arabia’s ruling family has lent political and financial support to the country’s most fanatical Muslim clergy. The clergy received money to infest the world with their vision of violent jihad; the Al Sauds received religious support for their claims to absolute power. It has been a good marriage — […]
Politico.com
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) said Sunday that Democrats in Congress could consider impeachment as a way to pressure President Bush on his handling of the war in Iraq.
Abdul Hadi al Iraqi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RFG Wanted Info on Latest CIA Catch
Full Name: Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi
Aliases: al-Hadi al-Iraqi, Abu Abdallah
Nationality: Iraqi
Age: 35 to 40 years old
Place of Birth: Northern Mosul
Military Experience: Major in Saddam Hussein’s army
Eye Color: Green/blue/hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5’11” (180 cm)
Weight: 220 lbs. (100 kg)
Comments: Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi has a mustache and a long, heavy beard that is starting to gray. He has a fair complexion.
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi is […]
Pentagon: al-Qaida Operative Captured
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon announced Friday the capture of one of al-Qaida’s most senior and most experienced operatives, an Iraqi who was trying to return to his native country when he was captured. Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, said the captive is Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi. He was received by the Pentagon […]
Clinton Says Her Southern Twang a Virtue
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue. “I think America is ready for a multilingual president,” Clinton said during a campaign stop at a charter school in Greenville, S.C.
The New York senator—who said she’s been […]
LittleGreenFootballs as been monitoring the Ham situation at a public school.
If people think insulting Muslims with ham is OK, “More degrading acts will follow, until at some point we’ll end up having violence,” Wessler said.
WND:
A lawsuit has been filed by the Teamsters against the Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration over a pilot plan to allow Mexican truck drivers – and trucks – access to U.S. highways.
CHICAGO — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund asked a federal appellate court Monday to reverse a district court’s ruling that upheld an Illinois high school official’s decision to censor a message opposing homosexual behavior on a student’s T-shirt. School officials allowed other students to wear T-shirts in support of homosexual behavior on the previous […]