There Will Come Soft Rains

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There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it [...]

Pakistan Update

Lal Masjid is issuing threats after Musharraf’s speech (see yesterday’s update,) and it appears that yet another kidnapping was foiled by police. The self-appointed “Ummahzons” are still rattling their canes, but ineffectively. Previous articles on the crow-hatchery here.

Two new arrests in Glasgow Terror Attack

Fox news is reporting two new arrests by Scotland Yard in Chesire County in Northern England.

Glasgow Suicide Jeep Bomb Video

Suicide Car Bomb Attempt at Glasgow Airport

Two stories from Britain tell of a Jeep Cherokee on fire that tried to ram through security barriers at Glasgow airport.

Imprisoned for Sedition

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury wanted to encourage Bangladesh to open talks and relations with Israel, and for his efforts to extend international diplomacy he was imprisoned, beaten and charged with sedition

Lal Masjid Update

He said the female students of the Lal Masjid’s adjoining madrassa were “prepared for suicide attacks” and up to 500 children “were being used as human shields” to stop the government from contemplating any operation