Monthly Archives: April 2007

Suicide Attack Injures Sherpao and Son, Kills 25

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Thanos

Suicide Bomber attack on the Interior Minister of Pakistan, Aftab Khan Sherpao. Sherpao is one of the most visible and popular leaders in the NWFP, and although he sits on the opposition bench, he’s been very supportive of Musharaaf’s moves in the region. Continue reading →

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Sympathy for the Devil

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Thanos

In a new turn of affairs with Jamia Hafsa, some other Deoband/Wahbbi Madrassahs are beginning to demonstrate in solidarity with the radical Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa in Pakistan, even though Wafaq Madaris has revoked their affiliation (Wafaq Madaris Al Arbia … Continue reading →

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Great News From Afghanistan

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Thanos

Because it’s just another dry statistic, you aren’t going to hear much about this in the media, but in Afghanistan infant mortality has dropped by 18% over the Taliban era. That means there are healthier children being provided better care, and that Afghanistan has a brighter future. Continue reading →

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The Face of Evil

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Thanos

Turning your back on evil, hiding, ignoring it, pretending it doesn’t exist… that’s always the easy thing to do. Perseverance is the hardest constituent of courage to find, and most folks just don’t have the spine or the patience to persist against evil, but persist we must. Continue reading →

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Zimbabwe: a Country Where Sheryl Crow Makes Sense

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Thanos

Zimbabwe, a country where even Sheryl Crow makes sense. Continue reading →

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Senior Al Qaeda operative Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi captured

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Thanos

Bill Roggio has the full story, and more with video at Hot Air. It’s always a good day when another Al Qaeda dog gets taken to Club Gitmo. UPDATE: Abd al-hadi al-Iraqi is a suspect for the 7/7 bombings, as … Continue reading →

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Mullah Dadullah Update

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Thanos

It was rumored that Mullah Dadullah was surrounded along with 200 fighters in Urzugan province earlier this week, and so far there’s been no change in that siege, as the fighters are among villagers and holed up in houses with … Continue reading →

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The F-word, or Why I Won’t Vote for McCain

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Thanos

The surrender-deadline bill has now passed the Senate, and it took everything the Dems had to make it so, including a lot of votes bought through pork. It’s unconscionable, it’s terribly wrong, and it’s demoralizing to our troops, to our … Continue reading →

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Lal Masjid / Jamia Hafsa

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Thanos

The negotiations are still going, and there is posturing both sides, it looks however as if the government has ceded to the mad mullah’s demands. However when it’s all said and done, you have to ask whose version of Sharia they … Continue reading →

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High Priestess Rosie To Leave Moonbat Temple

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Thanos

Rosie O’Donell, highpriestess to moonbats and bombastic twit — you can bet she will soon be appearing somewhere else. There’s always been a sick fascination in America with folks like this, whether it’s Rosie, the Phelps family doings, or Trump’s rants. The problem with that is all the air is sucked out of the discussion or the debate. Instead we are treated to a sickly fascinating show of obfuscation and sensationalist jousting that is all sound and fury signifying nothing. Continue reading →

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