Wolverine

Troops Screwed in NY Race

2009-04-03T05:32:00.000-07:00

No Hurry on Those Ballots Boys, They Are Just for the Troops

check it out - Uncle Jimbo all over it at BLackfive ...

We the People ... What Thomas Payne Might Say Today ....

2009-03-18T17:00:00.000-07:00

Obama Playing Politics With Troop Deployments?

2009-03-08T16:13:00.000-07:00

Say It Ain't So Obama

Remember the Iraq drawdown you heard about last month? The one where a Brigade originally scheduled for Iraq was going to Afghanistan instead? Well, a funny thing about that...
Read more from The Mudville Gazette ... click on "Say it ain't so ..."

Fullerton Tea Party Draws 15,000

2009-03-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

Oh Yeah Let's Get This Party Started

click the headline and check it out!

To All the Men and Women on the Tip or the Spear - Thank you!

2009-03-07T09:57:00.000-08:00

Terrorists Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Paksitan

2009-03-04T05:18:00.000-08:00

Don't Worry I Am Sure It's Israel's Fault

Destroy the Health Care System ... Vote Yes to Obama's Destructulus

2009-02-10T05:45:00.000-08:00

Seniors to Receive Rationed Health Care ...
Where is the dem loving AARP now. You stupid idiots. Here is your, and our, future. Thanks for destroying the republic, which once aspired to greatness in everything, and is now becoming a socialist nightmare.

...If the Obama administration’s economic stimulus bill passes the Senate in its current form, seniors in the U.S. will face similar rationing. Defenders of the system say that individuals benefit in younger years and sacrifice later...

A List of Grievances Against This Corrupt Government

2009-02-09T11:47:00.000-08:00

Don't Know What I am talking About - Read Here - The Declaration of Rights and Grievances Submitted to the British by the American Colonies

1. Allowing a congressional pay raise during a time of supposed economic catastrophe.

(I think there are about 3 people that read this blog, but if you have a grievance, legitimate and specific, list it in the comments)

Tea for Two, or Three ... or .... a Million?

2009-02-09T10:41:00.000-08:00

Looking For a Way to Make a Statement About the Porkulus Bill ... Agrippa Has an Idea .... check it out!

Mother of Sailor Killed in Cole Bombing Refuses to Meet With Obama ... and She Voted for Him!

2009-02-08T18:38:00.000-08:00

The Time for Talk is Over ... The Time for Action Has Come ... Join the Resistance

2009-02-07T12:32:00.000-08:00

Join Up Now - Quit Whining and Start Doing Something

The Spending Bill is not just bad it is horrific ... click on the headline and do something ....

Or do something on some other site, but get off your ass, turn off the TV and get involved. Everybody Fights, Nobody Quits ....

The Time Has Come ...

2009-02-06T07:55:00.000-08:00

When this trash of a spending bill passes in any form remotely like the current one (i.e. that doesn't include large rebate checks for tax payers to help the economy NOW)) every tax payer that owes taxes on their return should just not file, only the ones that will get something back. Screw them and their congessional pay raises and lack of paying taxes. They are not the damn U.S. royalty. It has come to this, it is time for a revolt. Let them throw millions of us in jail or whatever, let them come and try to take our stuff. I am serious ... screw them and screw this. This is no longer funny, we are being ruled over, not governed by consent. If we don't stand up now, when do we ...?

I have had it.

U.S. Soldier Counsels Iraqi Police (caution very strong language)

2009-02-05T15:43:00.000-08:00

yes the paint is coming off the walls.

Change We Can Believe In ... or Something Like That ...

2009-02-05T08:18:00.000-08:00

Instead of the "Obama bankrupt the country" plan ... let's just give every taxpayer $5,000 and let us spend it how we want. Down payment on a home, a car ... and watch the economy take off ... Wolverine

Do Any Democrat Politicians Pay Taxes?

2009-02-04T04:57:00.000-08:00

I guess the new patriotism (remember Joe Biden) is not to pay taxes. While the rest of us in the real world pay ours, the people on fantasy island do not. Maybe the rest of us should take a tax holiday.

With the money now being allocated for the stimulus bill, I saw one estimate that they could give every tax payer (or maybe household) in America about $5,800. Now that would stimulate the economy, but then they would have no control over that money in financing a liberal agenda. If the politicians in this country are going to pass some kind of a plan, and if they give a tinker's d%mn about the people, give the money to the people.

Al Qaeda Leadership Decimated

2009-02-03T11:43:00.000-08:00

AQ Reeling From Air Strikes

Now that the election is over the truth can be told. Bush was getting it done.

The Joke That is Tommy D!

2009-02-02T12:31:00.000-08:00

Washington Post Calls Tommy's $100,000+ Tax Debt a Glitch

Bet He's Glad to Be Back in Texas!

2009-01-29T11:32:00.000-08:00

Bush Gets Standing Ovations at Baylor Basketball Game

Stop the Abuse - of Our Troops - Close Gitmo!

2009-01-26T05:51:00.000-08:00

Gitmo is Too Good for this Trash

I conducted scores of private interviews of service members and civilians, alone, with no command oversight. Detainees are fed 4,200 calorie, halal-prepared meals each day. They get special treats for Muslim feasts. A detainee at Guantanamo sees medical personnel on average four times a month.

American service men and women are subject to constant abuse. They are doused with noxious body-fluid "cocktails," assaulted physically and endure vicious name-calling filled with racial epitaphs and profanity. Nevertheless they soldier on. Rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from duty at Gitmo are staggering. It is a combat zone where one side only the detainees are permitted to attack.

Let's teach them how to sky dive ... minus the ... well you get it.

Infidel Zionist Journalist - Yes It's Funny

2009-01-25T09:15:00.000-08:00

Iranian arms ship intercepted by US warship has sealed secret holds

2009-01-25T08:59:00.000-08:00

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

January 25, 2009, 1:22 PM (GMT+02:00)

The Iranian ship boarded by a US Navy Coast Guard team on the Red Sea last week before it could smuggle arms to Hamas is now disclosed by DEBKAfile's military sources to have tried to trick the search team by enclosing its rocket cargo in secret compartments behind layers of steel. Furthermore, our sources reveal, the US has not yet found a harbor in the region for carrying out a thorough search.

The Cypriot-flagged Iranian freighter Nochegorsk was intercepted last week by the new US Combined Task Force 151 in the Bab al-Mandeb Straits. Its presence in the Red Sea was first revealed by DEBKAfile on Jan. 20. For this article click HERE.

The Americans decided not to give the Israeli Navy a chance to seize the vessel and tow it to Eilat for fear of a Tehran ultimatum to Jerusalem, followed by Iranian attacks on Israeli naval craft patrolling the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea.

Iran maintains two warships in those waters to guard its shipping against Somali pirates as well as a military presence in the Eritrean port of Assab. The arms smuggling ship was first reported escorted out of the Suez Canal Saturday night, Jan. 23, after which Washington imposed a blackout on the incident. It is now moored at an Egyptian Red Sea port at the entrance to the Gulf of Suez.

But the US and Egyptian governments are in a fix. To break the Iranian ship's holds open and expose the rockets destined for Hamas, the facilities of a sizeable port are needed. It would have to be Egyptian because the other coastal nations - Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia - are hostile or controlled by pirates. Both the US and Egypt are hesitant about precipitating a full-blown armed confrontation with Iran. The timing is wrong for the new Barack Obama administration, which is set on smoothing relations with Tehran through diplomatic engagement. Cairo has just launched a campaign to limit Tehran's aggressive drive in the Middle East but does not want a premature clash.

DEBKAfile's Iranian sources disclose that the ship's captain had orders not to resist an American boarding team but impede a close look at its freight. The Navy Coast Guard searchers first found a large amount of ordnance and explosives in the ship's hold, which the Iranian captain claimed were necessary for securing Iranian freighters heading from the Red Sea to the Suez Canal. But then, the US searchers using metal detectors perceived welded steel compartments packed with more hardware concealed at the bottom of the hull.

The option of towing it to a Persian Gulf port for an intensive search was rejected because the Gulf emirates hosting US bases were almost certain to shy away from involvement in the affair. Moreover, Tehran would be close enough to mount a naval commando operation to scuttle the ship before it was searched.

Our military sources estimate that eventually the US government may decide to let the Iranian arms ship sail through the Suez Canal out to the Mediterranean for lack of other

Austrian Politician Convicted of Crime for Telling the Truth About Islam

2009-01-23T06:00:00.000-08:00

Freedom of Speech for Muslims Only? h/t Atlas

Vienna - Austrian far-right parliamentarian Susanne Winter was convicted Thursday of incitement because of her anti-Muslim statements, including the claim that Islam's prophet Mohammed was a paedophile.

Click on the headline and read the whole thing, it will make your day.

Thank You President Bush

2009-01-21T04:53:00.000-08:00

Classy to the end...
Say Thank You and Read Some Good Things to Remember Here ...

Oh and estimaies for inaugural attendance for the messiah-in-chief Obama revised down ... ooopsie ... reality setting in already

Ah Yes the Smartest Man in the World ....

2009-01-21T04:47:00.000-08:00

Missiles Fired From Media Building in Gaza During Ops

2009-01-20T07:46:00.000-08:00

Where was the UN when this was going on ....

Gaza war's outcome determined in first 4 minutes

2009-01-19T13:49:00.000-08:00

The Israel air force demolished two key Hamas war systems in the first 4 minutes of its massive offensive on Gaza Saturday morning, Dec. 27, DEBKAfile's military sources report. The bombers destroyed six mosques in Gaza City which held the terrorists' biggest weapons arsenals and scores of "beehives" containing launchers primed for the simultaneous, automatic release of hundreds of powerful rockets against Israeli cities.

These launchers were rigged for precision-targeting in Israeli town centers. They were operated by a unit of 300 special Hamas operatives trained for their mission at a Syrian military bases under the instruction of Hizballah rocket specialists.

The aerial offensive knocked out 80 percent of the rockets Hamas had prepared to launch and saved Israel's southern cities. The Palestinian Islamists were left only with inferior projectiles. Therefore, 98 percent of the hundreds of missiles they managed to fire in the 22-day war missed their targets and exploded in open ground.

Answering questions about the extreme destruction wrought in Gaza and the high number of casualties – more than 1,300 - Israel commanders described combat conditions as the most complicated they had ever faced: Every second apartment building was booby-trapped and every third building concealed arms caches. Weapons were concealed under children's beds and in basements. Inside of fighting out in the open, Hamas gunmen by and large avoided engaging Israeli troops, relying on these death traps.

Monday, Jan. 19, the second day of the ceasefire, the second-echelon of the Hamas leadership emerged from their fortified bunkers after three weeks underground, claiming they had vanquished the Israeli enemy. The top leaders remained invisible. The homeless people picking their way through the rubble for their broken possessions were not exactly welcoming.

Iranian experts devise special containers for clandestine delivery of arms to Gaza

2009-01-18T13:21:00.000-08:00

DEBKAfile's military sources report that Israel relayed a warning to Hamas through Egypt that any more Iranian or Syrian attempts to smuggle rockets or other heavy weapons into Gaza by land or by sea would be deemed a breach of the ceasefire and generate Israeli military action to stop them.

Our sources further disclose that Iranian marine experts and engineers, after making a study of submerged Mediterranean currents, have designed special containers for the clandestine shipment of arms to Gaza by sea.

The containers are dropped from freighters out at sea, plummet to a calculated depth and carried by the undercurrent to a point close to the Gaza shore. A built-in mechanism then shoots them up to the surface, where Gazan fishermen pick up the bobbing containers. A marine expert on deck of these Iranian freighters guides the captain to the exact location for dropping the container.

This is only one of Tehran's covert tricks for shipping arms to Gaza. To beat them, the United States, Israel and Egypt will need to set a special military-marine intelligence outfit.

Iran's huge investment of money and brainpower in this task is a measure of the strategic importance it attaches to its ties with Hamas and through them its presence in Gaza.

Palestinian Source: Elite Hamas Iran Unit Wiped Out

2009-01-16T07:55:00.000-08:00

Hamas Text Message Sent to Israelis...Not Quite How It Worked Out

Palestinian sources reported Thursday that the "Iranian Unit" of Hamas, members of the group's military wing trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, had been destroyed.

According to the sources, most of the unit's members were killed in fighting in the Zeytun neighborhood, where they had been deployed by the military leadership of Hamas.

The unit numbered approximately 100 men who had traveled to Iran and Hezbollah camps, mostly in the Beka'a Valley, where they were trained in infantry fighting tactics. The militants were also trained in the use of anti-tank missiles, the detonation of explosives, among other skills.

Israel air strike kills top Hamas leader, interior minister Siad Sayam

2009-01-15T10:23:00.000-08:00

January 15, 2009, 7:54 PM (GMT+02:00)

Palestinians sources confirm that Siad Sayam died in an Israeli aerial bombardment over Gaza, Thursday, January 15, as the third week of Israel's offensive ended. Killed With him were his brother, Salah Abu Sarah, head of the organization's security service and Mahmoud Watfa, commander of Hamas military wing. In Damascus, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal declared there would be no concessions for a ceasefire.

The Shin Bet security service discovered the top Hamas leaders' whereabouts in Gaza with exceptional speed since the hideout demolished in the Israeli air attack had been rented by Sayam's brother only two weeks ago when the war was already being fought. The precise targeting indicates that Israeli intelligence has penetrated the top Hamas echelon.

DEBKAfile's sources report that Israel is racing against time to prevail over Hamas before an enforced ceasefire cuts the campaign short before its goals are achieved.

UN Building Once Again Used as Firing Position

2009-01-15T07:12:00.000-08:00

Explosion from an Israeli air strike on the outskirts of Gaza City

From Jerusalem Post ...

Gunshots and an anti-tank missile were fired at IDF troops near the UN compound that was attacked by the IDF on Thursday, senior defense official told The Jerusalem Post.

Accordng to the officials, the IDF responded by firing artillery shells at the location of the gunmen and that the shells caused damage to the UN installations. At least three people were wounded and the building was set on fire.

from muqata blog via Israeli media ...

3:59 PM It has been pointed out that the UNWRA compound is in the middle of Gaza city, the army is reporting that the Givati unit was about a kilometer away when it came under fire. Additionally, there were armed Hamas terrorists in the building where the Reuter's office is located and Isreal returned fire when it's forces were attacked.

Video Spoofing BBC War Coverage (Oh Yeah It's Good)

2009-01-14T07:28:00.000-08:00

Israeli Troops Move Into Gaza City

2009-01-13T06:13:00.000-08:00

From Bill Roggio at The Long War Journal

Excerpt:

Israeli troops have pushed into outlying neighborhoods in Gaza City, possibly signaling the onset of a new phase in the ground operation launched 17 days ago. Although in the first two days of the ground offensive the Israeli military had surrounded Gaza City, so far Israeli troops have not entered the dense urban sprawl of the Gaza Strip cities.

Now hundreds of Israeli troops have advanced several blocks into the neighborhoods of Zaytoun, Sheikh Ajleen, Tuffah, Tal el Hawa, Shejaeya, and Zeitun on the southern and eastern edge of Gaza City, according to reports.

Click the headline for more details ...

And don't forget to check out Muqata for excellent live blogging updates ....

Egypt summons Arab summit to appoint Inter-Arab monitors for Philadelphi

2009-01-12T16:27:00.000-08:00

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

January 12, 2009, 11:07 PM (GMT+02:00)

Hosni Mubarak whips up an Arab front against Hamas
When Hamas-Damascus clamped a veto on his Gaza ceasefire ultimatum Monday, Jan. 12, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak acted fast: He summoned an Arab summit for setting in motion a plan for an inter-Arab force to monitor the Philadelphi Corridor. Arab foreign ministers meet in Kuwait Friday, Jan. 16, to prepare the summit for next week.

This step shrinks to a few days the time left for Israel's military progress to set the pace of events in the Gaza conflict. At the moment, Israel can still present the Arab rulers with a military fait accompli in the Gaza Strip, after flattening hundreds of Palestinian buildings separating the town of Rafah from the Philadelphi corridor. Those buildings, though tenanted, were false fronts for the openings to the Hamas arms smuggling tunnels running under the Gazan-Egyptian border.

Cairo quietly tipped Jerusalem that it was not against broadening its military operations in the Gaza Strip. Razing the populated area dividing Rafah from the Philadelphi border assures Israeli tanks of firing control of this key segment of the smuggling labyrinth and smoothes the way for it capture. No inter-Arab or other international monitoring force could have controlled the sector had the buildings remained in place.

Egypt plans to match the Israeli project by flattening the buildings and tunnel openings on its side of the border. The two projects will enable Mubarak to put before the Arab summit a draft resolution for appointing a workable multi-Arab or international body to monitor cross-border traffic in this sector. Both Hamas and Israel will find it hard to oppose this plan, particularly if the US and Germany pitch in with high-tech monitoring equipment.

Mubarak's pan-Arab initiative presents Israel with two difficulties: For one, it faces losing the prospect of a clear-cut victory over a terrorist organization. Furthermore, Egypt will be required to make concessions at Jerusalem's expense to buy the support of Syria, Libya, Yemen and Qatar for its plan.

Hamas' rejection of the Egyptian proposal was there a cold blast that dispelled the early hopes in Jerusalem and Cairo that Hamas had been punished enough to drop its conditions for a ceasefire.

The ball reverts now to Jerusalem, which must determine whether the army goes forward into Gaza City and Philadelphi or stands still on present battle lines.

As the Palestinian death toll rose past 900, Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya delivered a taped speech from his hiding-place Monday pledging support for any effort to end the bloodshed, ousting the enemy and opening the crossings, while on the other hand declaring that the fight must go on.

Haniya kept the door open to the Egyptian initiative without defying Khaled Meshaal, his hardline boss in Damascus.

DEBKAfile's Middle East sources report that Mubarak feels the ground is burning under his feet too, but he would rather not grasp the nettle of a Gaza solution on his own. He is therefore seeking broad Arab backing for a resolution, starting with a trip to Riyadh Tuesday, Jan. 13, to ask for Saudi cooperation and a pledge of funding for the Arab force he is promoting.

First signs of Hamas cracking, Israel lets Gazan delegates leave for Cairo

2009-01-10T05:33:00.000-08:00

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

January 10, 2009, 12:29 PM (GMT+02:00)

Israel's Gaza offensive on 15th day
As Hamas showed first signs of cracking under Israel's massive 14-day assault, three Gaza leaders were allowed by Israel and Egypt to make their way secretly to Cairo for a second round of ceasefire talks – this time without conditions.

DEBKAfile's military sources report Jemal Abu Hashem, who rarely appears on public, Salah Bardaweel, leader of Hamas parliament faction, and Heiman Ta'a, member of the military wing's command were allowed to exit Gaza, Friday, Jan 9 and make their way to the northern Sinai town of El Arish. From there, an Egyptian military flight flew them to Cairo. They were permitted to leave after consenting to an unconditional ceasefire, dropping their demand for open Gaza crossings and accepting that Israeli forces would hold their present lines.

More details about this developing story later.

Saw This at Atlas - Had to Post It!

2009-01-09T08:41:00.000-08:00

Video of Hamas Members Killing, Beating and Abusing Fellow Palestinians

2009-01-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

Speaks for Itself

Video of Hamas Using Civilan and Religious Sites as Firing Positions

2009-01-07T11:02:00.000-08:00

Israelis Allow Daily Humanitarian Corridor

2009-01-07T07:33:00.000-08:00

Israel declares unilateral daily three-hour ceasefire for humanitarian corridor
DEBKAfile Special Report

January 7, 2009, 2:02 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile's military sources report that Israel announced Wednesday, Jan. 7 a three-hour daily halt in military operations from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. as a goodwill gesture for the passage of humanitarian aid. Israel will suspend attacks in certain areas – though not the entire territory - to allow people to get supplies. The measure took immediate effect. Ashkelon took 4 rockets as the Israeli pause began.

Hamas' missile fire continued. More food, medicines and fuel supplies entered Gaza from Israel Wednesday.

The Israeli Gaza offensive has cut by half the daily missiles/ rocket level from Gaza by wiping out 60 percent of Hamas' missile stocks, demolishing its production facilities and knocking out of action the Philadelphi smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian border. However, DEBKAfile's military sources report that Hamas appears to have preserved an unused stock of Iran-made Fajr rockets capable of hitting central Israeli towns, such as Rehovot and Rishon Lezion, 16 km short of Tel Aviv.

And if the Israeli assaults on the Philadelphi border route were to be halted at this point, Hamas could restore part of its supply network within 3-6 weeks.

Tuesday, Jan. 5, Rehovot mayor Shuky Furer assured his town it was out of Hamas' rocket range. Military sources are less confident. Whereas the Homeland Command decided to leave the town out of its emergency planning, intelligence sources do not rule out the possibility that Hamas has kept hidden in one of its bunkers long-range rockets with ranges of 70-75 km, which would put Rehovot and Rishon within their sights and also the nuclear installation at the Negev town of Dimona.

Suspicions of a concealed stock of Iranian-made Fajr-3 - or the more advanced Fajr-5 rockets - was strengthened Monday, when the Hamas military spokesman threatened to target Rehovot, Rishon Lezion and even Tel Aviv. At the same time, the stock cannot be very large and is likely preserved as a "doomsday weapon" against Hamas' total collapse. External go-betweens have cautioned Hamas that firing long-distance weapons would provoke harsher retaliation than the Israeli Air Force has meted out till now.

Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah tried more than once to bomb Tel Aviv in the 2006 Lebanon War, but every time he set up a launcher, the Israeli air force struck them down. But the Faj-5 rockets he received from Iran did hit the sand dunes of Caesaria north of Tel Aviv, as well as Afula and the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.

Hamas Weapons Hidden in Schools

2009-01-06T11:33:00.000-08:00

Just Another Example ... hat tip for pic to Muqata blog

Long War Journal has an excellent synopsis of the first days of the ground assault.

From various sources it appears about 100 Hamas fighters have been killed and nearly 200 taken captive in ground ops. This does not include casualties inflicted through air strikes- Wolverine

The UN School Incident

2009-01-06T10:30:00.000-08:00

UN School in Gaza Used as Mortar Firng Position

Much is being made in the media of the casualties caused by an Israeli strike on a UN school in the Gaza strip. Any and all civilian casualties are tragic (and we may never know the make up of the casualties ... how many were civilians/fighters ... how many of the bodies were brought in from other sites etc(as in lebanon). However, it should be noted that Hamas used UN schools as mortar firing positions in the past, and it is coming out that this was exactly the case here. It should also be noted that yesterday a Hamas rocket scored a direct hit on a kindergarten in Ashdod, and there was a near miss recently on one in Beersheba. There were no casualties in Ashdod only because kids were held out of school. As the hysteria mounts ... it's important to have some perspective.

US, Egypt, Jordan, Germany and Israel are working together on Gaza ceasefire package

2009-01-06T06:17:00.000-08:00

DEBKAfile's Washington sources disclose that Washington, Cairo, Amman and Jerusalem are hammering out the lines of a ceasefire deal that will be contingent on the state of combat in the Gaza Strip. Jerusalem accepts the proposition that the ceasefire lines will follow the lines of combat reached in the Gaza Strip in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Egyptian and Jordanian forces will then enter the Gaza Strip.

Prime minister Ehud Olmert told visiting European Union ministers Monday, Jan. 5, that diplomacy is in progress to find an "international blanket for damping down the blaze in Gaza." He did not elaborate, but, according to our sources in Washington, he was referring to Egypt as the prime mover in a ceasefire solution – not the US.

Alongside the overt diplomatic drive for a ceasefire, Washington is quietly moving ahead on a package in conjunction with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt – which is managing the Hamas track – and German chancellor Angela Merkel. Israel will hold the lines established on the day the ceasefire went into effect for a two-three month trial period. Egyptian and Jordanian units will remain in the enclave until a pre-set date. An international mechanism will prevent Hamas from rearming.

Egyptian intelligence minister Gen. Omar Suleiman outlined this deal for the Hamas delegation, headed by operations chief, Imad Al Alami, which arrived in Cairo Monday night, after finally agreeing to discuss a truce. It was clear to both sides that he was dictating honorable terms for a Hamas capitulation, as Israeli forces entered the third and most dangerous phase of their Gaza offensive, the entry into Gaza's densely built-up areas.

Tuesday saw heavy Israeli-Hamas street battles in Gaza City after a night of heavy Israeli aerial and naval bombardment. Israel forces engaged Hamas in Khan Younis in the south and hit the southern arms smuggling tunnels of the Philadelphi route and Rafah by air and land.

Hamas attacked the Israeli troops holding the Netzarim belt cutting Gaza City off from the south at Deir al Balakh.

This phase of Israel's Operation Cast Lead follows Phase 1, the heavy aerial bombardment of Hamas military and government infrastructure, and Phase 2, the ground, tank and artillery incursion on Jan. 1, which split the 360-sq km Gaza Strip into three segments.

The outcome of the toughest challenge of the ongoing Phase 3 for flushing out Hamas operatives mingling with urban populations and reducing their rocket-firing capabilities will determine the ceasefire lines for ending the conflict. Meanwhile Hamas was still able to keep up its constant rocket and missile fire by Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 6.

Our diplomatic sources report that the German chancellor's involvement in the US initiative has left French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his 48-hour humanitarian ceasefire proposal more or less standing. In any case, it was rejected by Israel except for his proposal to open a corridor for wounded Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment.

The next UN Security Council meeting on the Gaza crisis is also likely to break up for a second time without accord on a ceasefire resolution.

Sarkozy continues his whirlwind Middle East tour in Damascus and Beirut Tuesday.

Hamas Fighters Using Children as Human Shields.

2009-01-06T06:13:00.000-08:00

What Bravery!

Excellent Live Blogging Info

2009-01-04T08:06:00.000-08:00

Muqata Blog Has Awesome Live Blogging of IDF Ops in Gaza

Also uses twitter ....

Ground Assault Update

2009-01-04T05:39:00.000-08:00

Israeli forces tightens siege on Gaza City, deploy at Philadelphi to block Hamas' weapons route

DEBKAfile Special Report

DEBKAfile's military sources report that on the second day of their ground offensive, Sunday, Jan 4, Day 9 of its offensive against Hamas, Israeli forces have closed their siege encirclement of Gaza City. Thirty Israeli soldiers were wounded, an officer and soldier seriously. At least 30 Hamas gunmen were killed in the first thrust of Israel armored infantry, tanks, engineering, artillery and intelligence units into the enclave after a week of intense airstrikes.

Western and Arab informants report that Sunday, Israeli armored forces had taken up position at Hamas launching sites in Beit Hanoun in the north and captured parts of the Zeitun refugee camp and Netzarim to cut off Gaza City and carve the enclave into three segments. They also fought their way into the disused airfield at Dahaniya.

Israeli warships were reported to have dropped troops in the southern Philadelphi enclave through which smuggling tunnels carry Hamas weapons supplies. Armored and infantry unites are fighting for control of the strategic sector after dozens of tunnels were destroyed in previous Israeli air strikes.

Foreign correspondents are not operating inside the Gaza Strip and both Israel and Hamas have cast "a fog of war" over developments.

Hamas gunmen engaging Israeli forces are first battered by fire from Israeli helicopters, artillery and navy. This accounts for their heavy casualties.

On Jan. 1, DEBKAfile reported that Hamas' tacticians did not plan to send the bulk of their elite fighting force against the Israeli invaders or the forces besieging Gaza City. Several hundred were to mingle with the Gaza City population and carry out nocturnal forays behind Israel lines.

Taking this into account, defense minister Ehud Barak warned shortly after the offensive began that it would not be short or easy. Besieging a city of 800,000 densely packed inhabitants is a daunting mission by any military reckoning, requiring large numbers of troops both to control the city and secure its environs up to the enclave's southern border at Rafah.

Hence the tens of thousands of Israeli reservists called up for combat duty.

Some are assigned to Israel's northern frontiers in case Hizballah decides to send Palestinians armed with rockets to open a second front from Lebanon.

DEBKAfile' sources report that in early December Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah secretly visited Tehran and met with senior Revolutionary Guards officers. He later welcomed in Beirut the al Qods commander Gen. Qassem Suleimani. Another Iranian dignitary, Saeed Jalili, chairman of the national security council and senior nuclear negotiator was due in Beirut Sunday, Jan. 4 after talks in Damascus with Syria, Hamas and Jihad Islami leaders.

How Does Don't Tread on Me Translate?

2009-01-03T17:22:00.000-08:00

Ground Assault Begins!

2009-01-03T10:54:00.000-08:00

IDF Enters Gaza

The IDF said that the purpose of the ground operation was to eliminate launching pads in northern Gaza from which specific long-range rockets had been fired into southern Israel.

Large forces from the army's infantry, tanks and artillery units are among those participating in the mission.

Several hours earlier, the army began to fire artillery shells into the northern part of the Strip.

Which way Will This Go - Another Pathetic One-Sided Cease Fire or A Fight to the Finish With Hamas?

2009-01-03T07:03:00.000-08:00

Smoke trail from rocket fired from Gaza towards Israel

Day 8 of Gaza campaign: Bush clears way for Israeli ground operation, updates Obama
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

DEBKAfile's Washington source report that in a telephone conversation with prime minister Ehud Olmert, US president George W. Bush okayed Israeli air, sea and ground operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He promised the US would veto a resolution condemning Israel at the UN Security Council meeting next Monday. Early Saturday morning, Jan. 3, Day 8 of Israel's Gaza operation, US and British media described the Israeli invasion as hours away.

In his weekly radio address - brought forward by a day, the US president spoke with exceptional firmness: "Another one-way ceasefire that leads to rocket attacks on Israel is not acceptable," he said. "This recent outburst of violence was instigated by Hamas – a Palestinian terrorist group supported by Iran and Syria that calls for Israel's destruction."

He noted that "Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in a coup and routinely violated an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire…" and went on to define the exit point for Israel's military operation:

"Promises from Hamas will not suffice," he said. There must be "monitoring mechanisms in place to help ensure that smuggling of weapons to terrorist groups in Gaza comes to an end."

This left Israel the option of sustaining its military activity against Hamas until such a mechanism was installed. He implicitly criticized Egypt for failing to control the smuggling of rockets and other munitions through its territory.

In his radio address, President Bush noted that president-elect Barack Obama is being kept up to date on the latest developments. With just over two weeks left in power, the Bush administration is preparing to hand over the problem to his successor.

DEBKAfile's military sources list 9 pointers to an imminent Israeli incursion:

1. Israel's three decision-makers, the prime minister, defense minister Ehud Barak and foreign minister Tzipi Livni, met Friday, Dec. 2, and resolved "to keep up the military pressure on Hamas" – a decision that gives the IDF a free hand.

2. Hamas' conduct Friday: After 9 Grad Katyusha rockets were fired against Ashkelon, destroying two buildings and injuring five Israelis, the tempo slowed to 40 launchings the whole day - half the week's daily average. The Palestinian terrorists were evidently reserving stocks for a grand climax when Israeli tank and armored infantry crossed into Gaza.

3. Hamas threats have mounted to a new pitch: Damascus-based Khaled Meshaal, who is in hiding, warned Israel (in a taped speech) of a "black fate" if it invades Gaza, including more kidnapped Israeli soldiers. Underlying his words was the threat of guerrilla action behind Israeli lines to snatch hostages.

4. Israeli air strikes against the empty homes of Hamas leaders continued early Saturday after 45 were destroyed Thursday and Friday. Their objective is to demoralize the Hamas command echelon and break its will to fight.

5. The Hamas military wing reported thwarting an Israeli special forces' attempt to steal into the Sejaya refugee camp in Gaza City early Saturday. This is the third such claim in three days. The IDF spokesman denied knowledge of the incident.

6. DEBKAfile's military sources report mass-desertions by teenagers who form the backbone of Hamas' fighting rank and file. They are going home to their parents.

7. Early signs that former Palestinian security officers unaffiliated with Hamas are getting together to seize control of Gazan districts in which Hamas rule has collapsed.

Israeli warplanes dropped leaflets from Friday night advising people living in the northern and eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City to leave their homes. Defiance of this curfew directive carried the risk of being shot.

8. Cairo forwarded an urgent request to Hamas leaders in Damascus to make known their conditions for a ceasefire.

9. The arrival in Damascus of the chairman of Iran's national security council and nuclear negotiator Said Jalili for urgent talks with Syrian president Bashar Assad and the leaders of Hamas and Jihad Islami.

Bush's speech followed his conversations with Palestinian, Egyptian, Jordanian and Saudi leaders as well as Olmert. He said he was concerned by the humanitarian situation in Gaza and noted that "Hamas terrorists often hide within the civilian population which puts innocent Palestinians at risk."

Israel Fights On

2008-12-31T07:27:00.000-08:00

Israeli cabinet resolves to continue offensive against Hamas, MDA on highest alert

On Day 5 of the Gaza operation, prime minister Ehud Olmert said: "Israel held back for years and finally decided to try a ceasefire. But it was violated by Hamas." His office said the French 48-hour truce idea was not on the table. There are others, Olmert said, but none are realistic enough to discuss. If conditions change and a solution that guarantees a better security situation in southern Israel comes up, we will reconsider. But we are not there yet.

From Wednesday night, Magen David Adom goes on highest level of preparedness in all parts of Israel in view of the widening radius of Hamas missile attacks and forecastsfor the coming weekend. For the first time in its history, MDA has enlisted hundreds of volunteers to man more than 600 ambulances, some brought out of emergency stores.

And what the heck is a proportional response in a war? Michael Totten explores that here.
Video of rocket launchers destroyed here.

IDF Uses YouTube to Get Out Info on Gaza Ops

2008-12-30T07:53:00.000-08:00

IDF You Tube Channel on Gaza OpsIAF Strikes on Launching Tunnel, Missile Site, Weapons Depot

Ranges of Various Hamas Rockets

2008-12-30T07:38:00.001-08:00

Gaza Ops Continue on Monday

2008-12-29T11:33:00.000-08:00

IDF Soldiers Observe Northern Gaza

Senior terrorists and Weapons Supplies Targeted on Monday as Operation cast Lead Continues

(IsraelNN.com) The “Cast Lead” operation continued in Gaza on Monday as the IAF carried out several strikes targeting senior terrorists and Hamas weapons supplies.

On Monday evening, the IAF targeted a truck full of Grad rockets as it drove through northern Gaza. A second strike demolished a weapons warehouse in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza city.

Shortly before 5:00 p.m. Monday afternoon the IAF hit the house of senior Hamas terrorist Maher Zaquot in Beit Lahiya. Seven people were killed in the strike. Gaza media reports were conflicting, with some saying Zaquot was killed and others saying Zaquot was not among the dead, and that the casualties were bystanders.

On a side note ... Hamas Legalizes Crucifixion for Enemies of Islam just in time for Christmas! Ho! Ho! Ho!

Ground Assault Ready to Go?

2008-12-29T10:35:00.000-08:00

IDF's Merkava Tank

Israel's Crucial Gaza Invasion is Ready to Go After Three-day Air Assault

DEBKAfile's military sources report that, after being knocked sideways by three days of massive Israeli air strikes, and more than 315 dead, Hamas appeared to have recovered its bearings sufficiently to pound Israel with more than 70 Qassam missiles and two Grad Katyusha rockets Monday, Dec. 29, on Day 3 of the operation.

Its tacticians pin their hopes on the overcast, rainy conditions forecast for the rest of the week to slow Israeli air attacks, delay an incursion, and further intensify their cross-border missile onslaught.

Monday, their missile crews focused on the Israeli towns of Ashkelon, Sderot, Netivot and the Eshkol farming region just across the border. One Israeli construction worker was killed at an Ashkelon building site and 18 injured when a Grad slammed into a half-finished building.

The Palestinian terrorists are now about to again broaden the radius of their attacks by launching their new Iranian rockets against the important towns of Beersheba, Ashdod and Kiryat Gat.

The planners of the Israeli air offensive turned Monday to "second-tier" targets, such as Hamas' political offices and wings of the Islamic University in Gaza City, after its high-profile leaders went into hiding in the underground bunker network designed by an Iranian general deep under the surface of the Gaza Strip.

They can only be dug out by special forces and armored units on the ground.

The crucial battle of Gaza is therefore still to come, as indicated by Israel's deputy chief of staff Maj. Gen. Israel Harel, when he warned Monday that the hardest part of the campaign is still ahead.

Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah told a mass rally in Beirut Monday that Hamas' most effective weapon is time; by holding out, it can wear Israel down and prevail.

He was using the 2006 Lebanon war as an analogy for the Gaza campaign. Then, a massive Israeli offensive in the first days of the war failed to break Hizballah, By sustaining the blasting of its cities, the Lebanese terrorists ultimately cancelled out Israel's gains.

He may not have realized that Israel's defense minister and chief of staff were both appointed after that debacle. Their most important guideline was to learn from its lessons.

Hamas' trouble is the lack of a conspicuous war leader. Its politburo chief Khaled Meshaal is visible but because he is based in Damascus away from the action, he does not carry much clout. The flamboyant Hizballah leader, Nasrallah, appears to have appointed himself senior strategist.

So far, this Tehran-sponsored Lebanese Shiite leader is making his mark verbally, but his repeated fiery rhetoric day after day aims at goading Iran and Syria, Hamas' avowed patrons, into intervening in the Gaza crisis to rescue Hamas, so dragging in the other Arab governments.

Israeli Commandos and U.S. Bunker Busters at Work in Gaza

2008-12-28T17:51:00.000-08:00

GBU-28 Bunker Busters Used on Smuggling Tunnels

Israeli commandos already fighting behind Gaza lines
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

Amid continuing massive air strikes and wide speculation about whether or not Israeli ground forces will cross into the Gaza Strip, DEBKAfile's military sources report small groups of Israeli special forces were already carrying out swift hit-and-run raids Sunday, Dec. 28, on Day 2 of the Israeli Gaza operation.

As Israeli bombers, gunships and drones hovered overhead, picking up every move made by Hamas fighters and their missiles, Israeli stealth squads popped up at command posts, transport routes and missile squads, hit some and then faded away behind sand dunes. This tactic sowed confusion in Hamas ranks and gave them no chance to regroup and recover from the crushing air assault to their military infrastructure. The latest Palestinian death toll is estimated at 296.

This ground operation, which is likely to intensify Sunday overnight, has two objectives:

1. To mark key targets for air bombardment;

2. To blaze the way for a large-scale armored incursion still to come.

The most important mission carried out by the Israeli Air Force Sunday was the destruction of 40 smuggling tunnels, severing Hamas' arms, fuel, ammunition and reinforcements lifeline from Iran and Syria via Egyptian Sinai. It raised the question of why this feat was not carried out during the three years since the tunnels began functioning.

Whereas Saturday, the Israeli bombers struck with missiles, Sunday, they dropped Guided Bomb Unit-28s (GBU-28) on the Philadelphi tunnels. This laser-guided, 5,000-pound conventional munition was developed for penetrating hardened Iraqi command centers located deep underground. It carries a 4,400-pound penetrating warhead.

40 Smuggling Tunnels Hit in Gaza

2008-12-28T08:43:00.001-08:00

Israel air force pummels Hamas forces, blows up 40 Philadelphi tunnels
DEBKAfile Special Report
December 28, 2008, 6:30 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile's military sources report that Hamas kept a reserve fighting force in and around the smuggling tunnels they dug under the Philadelphi strip of border land between the Gaza Strip and Egyptian Sinai. The Israeli air force struck 40 tunnels, including bunkers packed with explosives, in this key pocket Sunday, Dec. 28, on Day 2 of the Israeli air offensive against Gaza, triggering secondary blasts and severing the link to Sinai and the Egyptian units manning the border.

This was the second major Israeli air force operation after destroying hundreds of Hamas military sites Saturday. Palestinian losses stand now at over 280 dead, most of them Hamas fighting men.

A crowd of Palestinians trying to flee the Gaza Strip were stopped by heavy machine gun fire from Egyptian forces.

To the north of the embattled enclave, a Palestinian Qassam missile exploded near the Israeli armored units massing outside the Gaza Strip border fence. No one was hurt. In the last two days, Israel has called up 6,500 reservists for the Gaza operation.

So far Sunday, 19 Qassam missiles and Grad rockets were fired from Gaza. Their radius has been extended to nearly 40 km by the new Iran-made Grad Katyushas. Two civilians were injured by one of the four which hit Ashkelon and there were several shock victims.

Chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi reported to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem that the first wave of air strikes in Gaza Saturday destroyed 50 percent of the "missile pits" which Hamas had scattered around the territory. This would explain why far less launches than expected have ensued from Israel's Gaza operation.

Israeli Ground Assault Next?

2008-12-27T13:49:00.000-08:00

Will IDF Mount Ground Assault After Air Strikes?
From debka article ...

The first objective of a ground force in the coming hours will be to destroy "Lower Gaza," the underground city designed by an Iranian general and spread under most of the enclave's area. This subterranean sanctuary kept the bulk of the Hamas army, 15,000 men, their officers and leaders, out of harm's way during the Israeli air offensive Saturday. Their resistance must be broken before Hamas can be brought to surrender. Until then they will fight on.

The second Israeli objective must be to sever the Gaza Strip from Egypt by recapturing the Philadelphi border strip.

Update 1 ... Israeli Air Force photos and descriptions of some of the Hamas targets

Update 2 ... A Year of Intel Gathering leads to Alpha Hits on 170 Targets in Air Strikes

Update 3 Sunday 9AM CST ... IAF air strikes hitting smuggling tunnels on Gaza-Egypt border, 6,500 IDF reservists called up in sign of possible ground attack. IDF tanks shelling targets from just outside gaza border.

Happy New Year Hamas!

2008-12-27T06:37:00.000-08:00

Israel air strikes kill 154 in Hamas Gaza compounds. Israel will expand operation if needed
DEBKAfile Special Report

Israeli air force hits back at Hamas in Gaza
Israeli sources report 154 killed, 270 injured and thousands of shock victims following the waves of Israel Israeli Air Force planes which destroyed Hamas security headquarters in Gaza City, and compounds, police stations and ports across the Gaza Strip. Several Hamas commanders were killed in the bombardment of a Hamas military passing-out ceremony. Among them was a police chief Tawfiq Jabber.

Hamas and other Palestinian factions have ordered its "fighters to avenge Israeli attacks."

The Israeli military spokesman said the Gaza operation is "just beginning." An Israeli official said all Air Force planes had returned safely to base but the operation carried out in response to Palestinian terrorist attacks would be expanded and intensified if needed. They went into action a second time Saturday against missile teams which hit killed a woman in Netivot and bombarded Ashkelon from northern Gaza.

Egypt has condemned Israel for its military attack and mobilized its rescue and medical services in Sinai, including hospitals for aid to casualties for the Israeli air bombardment of Gaza. Egyptian ambulances are standing by at the Rafah crossing to transport wounded Hamas operatives.

Defense minister Ehud Barak has placed Sderot and locations surrounding the Gaza Strip on an emergency footing.

The Israeli air attack launching some 40 missiles began 11.00 a.m. local time Saturday, Dec. 27, eight days after Hamas terminated the informal Gaza ceasefire by showering missiles and mortar rounds on Israel day by day and targeting 200,000 civilians.

Last week, the Israeli cabinet gave the Israeli military the green light for reprisals as Palestinian missile attacks escalated, 13 mortar rounds fired Friday, when Israel allowed 90 trucks of food and medicines to cross into the Gaza Strip.

Since Israel evacuated the Gaza Strip in 2005, the Palestinians have fired 5,000 missiles.

This Is Just Fun ... That is One Crazy Dog!

2008-12-23T15:49:00.000-08:00

From the Great Folks at 'Musings From the Disloyal Opposition' ... a little holiday cheer ... enjoy the music and this crazy dog!

British Royal Marines Fight Taliban in Santa Hats

2008-12-23T13:05:00.000-08:00

When Taliban Attack Interrupts Their Christmas Service, British Royal Marines Fight Back in Santa Hats

They were in the middle of a traditional carol service, complete with Santa hats and song sheets, when they came under attack from the Taliban, who had targeted one of the checkpoints. There was the sound of machine gun fire and an explosion. They dropped their hymn sheets and literally ran 200 metres to the mortar lines.

A few Santa hats were thrown on the ground, but for others there was no time to remove them. They were still wearing their hats when they fired their mortar rounds.
It went on for about 45 minutes and by then it was pretty much dark. But they went back to the war memorial and continued their service. I think that later they had their Christmas meal.

Holiday Miracle? A Very Sick Girl and an Angel of Light!

2008-12-23T11:26:00.000-08:00

Photo captures picture of 'angel' at Charlotte hospital. Here is part of the story ... click on the headline to read the entire article ...

On Saturday, Nov. 1, “they took her off the ventilator and she did good,” her mother said. “She was breathing on her own."

The next day, “her stats went down,” and doctors put her in an oxygen mask.

But over the next few days, Colleen noticed her daughter “wasn't getting better. Things were kind of lingering.”

And Chelsea, who had been having anxiety attacks and crying throughout her hospital stay, was having more of them.

“I said, ‘She's been through enough,'” Colleen remembers. “I said, ‘Can we just take her mask off? She's been through enough.'

“I wanted to do what the Lord wanted me to do. And I really felt like I've had her for 14 years, and if it's time for her to go to heaven, then I know she'll be healed.”

The mask didn't come off immediately, though. They waited until family members had a chance to come to see Chelsea – perhaps for the last time.

On the afternoon of Nov. 5, as family and friends prayed about the decision, a nurse practitioner called Colleen's attention to a monitor showing the door to the pediatric intensive care unit.

“On the monitor, there was this bright light,” Colleen recalls. “And I looked at it and I said, ‘Oh my goodness! It looks like an angel!”

Colleen pointed her digital camera at the monitor to take a photo of the image, but the “first picture wouldn't take.”

She tried again and succeeded. The image gave her a peace that stayed with her when hospital staff removed Chelsea's oxygen mask.

And then, “when they took the mask off of her, her stats went as high as they've ever been.

Five Muslim Men Found Guilty of Plotting to Kill Soldiers

2008-12-22T12:14:00.000-08:00

Men Plotting to Kill Ft Dix Soldiers Found Guilty

Sentence? How about public hanging wrapped in pig entrails .... I know it's not going to happen but a guy can dream can't he?

Pointy Toed Shoes for Guys Are In? Who Knew?

2008-12-22T07:32:00.000-08:00

Lose the Pointy Toed Shoes Guys

Well I agree with her ....

Times of London - Britian Has Lost the Stomach for a Fight

2008-12-21T08:33:00.001-08:00

First Rate Warriors, But They Lack Political and Public Support for The Long Haul

Nice Job Navy!!!!

2008-12-19T15:36:00.000-08:00

Fighter-sized UAV Looks Awesome

Hoo-Yah!

With Tough Economic Times - Guess Who Is getting a Pay Raise?

2008-12-19T07:04:00.000-08:00

You Guessed It - Members of Congress

A crumbling economy, more than 2 million constituents who have lost their jobs this year, and congressional demands of CEOs to work for free did not convince lawmakers to freeze their own pay. Instead, they will get a $4,700 pay increase, amounting to an additional $2.5 million that taxpayers will spend on congressional salaries, and watchdog groups are not happy about it.

Because the language I would use at this point would not be .... um ... nice, I will have more to say later about this!

Contact! Contact! Contact! More from Blackfive on Blackwater Incident

2008-12-18T16:45:00.000-08:00

Radio Log Indicates Contact With Hostiles

UPDATE from Blackfive: After reading this post my source contacted me and confirmed the accuracy of the transcripts. He was in the TOC shortly after the car bombing which precipitated this event and heard most of the calls live. The first call he heard was "Contact! Contact! Contact!" and subsequent calls stated they were taking fire from both uniformed Iraqi Police and shooters in civilian clothes as well. (again my source does not work for Blackwater)

Thanks to Blackfive for being all over this!

More details from yahoo news of all places - here.

The "Human Statue of Liberty"

2008-12-18T06:44:00.001-08:00

This picture was taken at Camp Dodge, Iowa, and is made up of 18,000 soldiers.

From Bush's Recent Visit to Camp Victory in Iraq - The Ovation Bush Gets Almost Blew Out My Speakers

2008-12-17T06:48:00.000-08:00

Yeah, I know, he's the most unpopular president ever. Well, not with these guys and gals (and to most people with a spine and a brain). I 'll take this approval over that of the wussified appeasers and the shoe throwing morons.

Blackwater Security Incident and SOFA

2008-12-16T09:10:00.000-08:00

From Blackfive - Some Info You Won't See on the MSM

Here's just a bit ...

Most major media outlets I read have some sort of statement from a US official saying that no evidence of anyone shooting at them exists. I met today with someone who says there certainly was evidence of a shooting. This individual's identity and duty assignment, that would have made him privy to this information, have been confirmed. He spoke to us because he believes these men are being prosecuted for political reasons rather than based on the facts. He also said that statements to media by government and military sources that there was no evidence of shots being fired at the contractors were false.

No Inappropriate Contact With His Royal Corruptness Says Obama (and we can trust him because Obama's own attorney investigated)

2008-12-15T16:02:00.000-08:00

Well Now We Know What the Next 8 Years Will Look Like. This Would Be Hilarious If Isn't Wasn't Scary as Hell. I Guess His Attorney Never Heard of 'Conflict of Interest'

These people will make the Clinton's look like amateurs ... looking forward to all the Obama apologists' spin on this and everything else. Let's start a lie meter - like the ntional debt counter - for every load of BS from His Majesty and His Court.

Hoo-ah!!

2008-12-15T06:33:00.000-08:00

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE TROOPS

Al Faw Palace - Camp Victory
Baghdad, Iraq
December 14, 2008
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for coming out to say hello. General, thank you for the introduction, I am honored to be at Camp Victory.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: Laura and I have been having a lot of Christmas parties at the White House, so I thought it would be kind of neat to change the scenery.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: And I would rather be with the men and women of the United States military than with anybody else. (Applause.)

So as you can see I decided to fly over, and in the spirit of the season we renamed Air Force One to Rudolph One.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah

THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming. I bring greetings from a proud and grateful nation -- Merry Christmas to you, happy holidays. Congratulations on your inspiring accomplishments here in Iraq. And above all, thank you for volunteering to defend our country in a time of danger.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: This is a time of year to give thanks for our many blessings B- and the greatest blessing we have is freedom and the fact that we've got a United States military to defend that freedom.

So General, thank you very much for your leadership. I'm proud to be with you again. I appreciate the leadership of General Austin, as well. Ambassador Crocker and Christine are with us today. I had the pleasure of meeting Sergeant -- Command Sergeant Major Lawrence Wilson; Command Sergeant Major Joe Allen; Major General Hammond -- (applause) -- put it together for Hammond. (Laughter.)

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: Command Sergeant Major Gioia.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: Major General Oates. (Applause.) How about, have you ever heard of a guy named Redmore? (Applause.)

Thanks for coming out. I am thrilled to be here with the diplomats, embassy personnel who are so critical to our success.

I want to thank the Iraqi citizens who are here with us today. I appreciate your courage. I know there are members of the coalition who are here with us. There have been a lot of troops from around the world who have come to help this young democracy survive and thrive. And so I want to thank the citizens of those country [sic] and the troops who have served here before us.

This is my fourth trip to Iraq -- and you've probably heard I'm heading into retirement -- (laughter) -- so it's going to be my last trip as the President. But thanks to you, the Iraq we stand in tonight is dramatically freer, dramatically safer, and dramatically better than the Iraq we found eight years ago.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: And as a result of the sacrifices of our troops, America is safer, and America is more secure.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: I want to take you back to what life was like eight years ago here in Iraq. Iraq had a record of supporting terror, a record of developing and using weapons of mass destruction, was routinely firing at American military personnel, systematically violating United Nations resolution. Life for the Iraqi people was a nightmare, with Saddam Hussein torturing and murdering anyone who did not support his repressive rule. Iraq was a sworn enemy of the United States at the heart of the Middle East; the region was a serious threat to the us.

After the attacks of September the 11th, 2001, America concluded we could not tolerate a regime like this in a pivotal region of the world. I gave Saddam Hussein a chance to peacefully resolve the question as to whether or not he had weapons of mass destruction. You might remember, I went to the United Nations, where a body said: disarm, disclose, or face serious consequence. It was his choice to make. And he made the wrong choice. And so the United States military, with a vast coalition removed this man from power and the world is better off for it. (Applause.)

AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA!

THE PRESIDENT: I doubt in his worst nightmares he ever would have dreamt that we'd be standing in one of his palaces.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: Thanks to you, 25 million Iraqis are free.

Thanks to you, Iraq is no longer sponsoring terror -- it is fighting terror. It's making American people safer as a result.

The enemies of freedom in Iraq are determined, and this fight has been tough. Two years ago, the situation had grown dire -- the political process was frozen and sectarian violence was spiraling out of control. Some of you were here then/

Many said the mission was hopeless; many called for retreat. Retreat would have meant failure -- and failure is never an option.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: So instead of pulling troops out, we sent more troops in -- called the surge. And because of you and because of your courage, the surge is one of the greatest successes in the history of the United States military.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: Terrorists who once held safe havens across the country are being driven out of their strongholds. The political process that was once stalled is moving forward. Iraqi citizens once afraid to leave their homes are going back to school, and shopping in markets, and leading a more normal life. And American troops are returning home because of success.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: The dramatic turnaround you led in Iraq culminated in the two agreements completed last month, which the Prime Minister and I affirmed in a ceremony earlier today.

These agreements formalize the ties between our two democracies in areas ranging from security and diplomacy to culture and trade. These agreements show the way forward toward a historic day -- when American forces withdraw from a democratic and successful Iraq, and the war in this land is won.

There's more hard work to do before we reach that day. But if there is any -- but if there is no doubt -- but there is no doubt in my mind, there's just no doubt that we're going to reach that day. I am confident because our cause is just. And freedom is universal. I'm confident because the Iraqi people are showing unshakable determination and courage.

And above all, I am confident because I know the character and the strength of those who wear the uniform of the United States military.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: Over the past five years, you have shown the world some unmistakable truths:

You have shown that when America is tested, we rise to meet the test.

You have shown that the desire for freedom is more powerful than the intimidation of terrorists.

You have shown that there is no task too difficult for the United States military.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: And so I have a message for you and all who serve our country: I want to thank you for making the noble choice to serve and to protect your fellow Americans. Sometimes it can be hard to tell when history is being made, particularly if you're in the middle of the action. What you're doing in Iraq is as important, and courageous, and selfless as what American troops did in places like Normandy and Iwo Jima and Korea. Your generation is every bit as great as any that came before it. And the work you do every day will shape history for generations to come.

I guess what I'm telling you is your grandchildren some day are going to say, "Thank God you showed up and served."

America now has a strong friend and a partner in the fight against extremism in the heart of the Middle East, and that is historic.

People across this troubled region of the world now have an example for a more hopeful path -- a model of liberty that can prevail over tyranny and terror. Killers who wanted to take the lives of Americans back home have been brought to justice before they reached our shores.

Because of you all who work to protect this nation -- and all who work to protect the nation, America has done something many said was impossible: We have gone seven years without a terrorist attack.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: We think of those who have laid down their lives for freedom here in Iraq. Their children are growing up without a mom or a dad. But all of our children are growing up with something else -- the promise of a safer America and a better world. And that is the lasting memorial of all who have sacrificed here in Iraq. And thanks to you, that memorial will be achieved -- and their sacrifice will not be in vain.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: We think of your comrades who have been wounded. And this nation pledges that we will give them all the care and all the support they need to recover.

AUDIENCE: Hoo-ah!

THE PRESIDENT: We think of all your families back home. I know many of you have a sweetheart who misses you, or a daughter who longs for her dad, or a mom who worries about you day and night. For many of you, it won=t be your first holiday away -- and that certainly doesn=t make it easier. So I'm going to give you an order: When you get out of here, call home or email home; you tell your families you love them; and you tell the Commander-in-Chief came by to thank them for their sacrifice along with yours. (Applause.)

Thanks -- thanks for coming by to let me say hello. Thanks for serving the United States of America. They ask me what I'm going to miss as the President. I'll tell you what I'm going to miss: being the Commander-in-Chief of such a fabulous group of folks. May God bless you, and God bless America. (Applause.)

We Will Find You. We Will Hunt You Down. Your Time is Limited!

2008-12-14T14:59:00.000-08:00

Aussie Special Forces Keep Pressure on Taliwhackers!

In a rare briefing to the media summarising 524 days of combat action since the special forces returned to fight in Oruzgan, Major-General Tim McOwan, pledged no let-up in the brutal counter-insurgency despite the onset of a harsh Afghan winter.

And he had this Christmas Message for the Taliban: “We will find you. We will hunt you down. Your time is limited.”

Elite Special Air Service operatives and Commandos operating in some of the most gruelling conditions ever encountered had killed four senior Taliban leaders, captured seven others including one, Ahmad Shah, in his bed .... click the headline to read the entire story

On Sheep and Sheepdogs

2008-12-13T09:42:00.000-08:00

The Sheepdogs

Most humans truly are like sheep
Wanting nothing more than peace to keep
To graze, grow fat and raise their young,
Sweet taste of clover on the tongue.
Their lives serene upon Life’s farm,
They sense no threat nor fear no harm.
On verdant meadows, they forage free
With naught to fear, with naught to flee.
They pay their sheepdogs little heed
For there is no threat; there is no need.

To the flock, sheepdog’s are mysteries,
Roaming watchful round the peripheries.
These fang-toothed creatures bark, they roar
With the fetid reek of the carnivore,
Too like the wolf of legends told,
To be amongst our docile fold.
Who needs sheepdogs? What good are they?
They have no use, not in this day.
Lock them away, out of our sight
We have no need of their fierce might.

But sudden in their midst a beast
Has come to kill, has come to feast
The wolves attack; they give no warning
Upon that calm September morning
They slash and kill with frenzied glee
Their passive helpless enemy
Who had no clue the wolves were there
Far roaming from their Eastern lair.
Then from the carnage, from the rout,
Comes the cry, “Turn the sheepdogs out!”

Thus is our nature but too our plight
To keep our dogs on leashes tight
And live a life of illusive bliss
Hearing not the beast, his growl, his hiss.
Until he has us by the throat,
We pay no heed; we take no note.
Not until he strikes us at our core
Will we unleash the Dogs of War
Only having felt the wolf pack’s wrath
Do we loose the sheepdogs on its path.

And the wolves will learn what we’ve shown before;
We love our sheep, we Dogs of War.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

h/t Blackfive

And Here Are Some Seriously Badass Sheepdogs

Excerpt ... As [Master Sgt. Scott] Ford and Staff Sgt. John Wayne Walding returned fire, Walding was hit below his right knee. Ford turned and saw that the bullet "basically amputated his right leg right there on the battlefield."

Walding, of Groesbeck, Tex., recalled: "I literally grabbed my boot and put it in my crotch, then got the boot laces and tied it to my thigh, so it would not flop around. There was about two inches of meat holding my leg on." He put on a tourniquet, watching the blood flow out the stump to see when it was tight enough.

All I can do is echo this thought from other blogs ... that is some serious American Badassery!

BCS and Heisman A Load of Bologna

2008-12-12T06:17:00.000-08:00

and that's putting it nicely...

Hezbollah Says It Won't Meet With Carter

2008-12-10T06:41:00.000-08:00

Dhimmi Jimmy Is a No Go

No Wonder Teens Act the Way They Do - There Music IS Torture

2008-12-10T05:58:00.000-08:00

Terror Detainees Whine About Loud Music, Artists Not Happy

Funny, theses sanctimonious musicians don't seen to care about the number of teens that torture their parents with their loud music. What a load of .....

From FOX News ... the torture hit parade ... OMG not the Sesame Street theme song ...

U.S. military interrogators have often blasted music at detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. According to the British law group Reprieve, these are among the songs they have used most frequently:

• "Enter Sandman," Metallica.

• "Bodies," Drowning Pool.

• "Shoot to Thrill," AC/DC.

• "Hell's Bells," AC/DC.

• "I Love You," from the "Barney and Friends" children's TV show.

• "Born in the USA," Bruce Springsteen.

• "Babylon," David Gray.

• "White America," Eminem.

• "Sesame Street," theme song from the children's TV show.

Illinois Governor taken Into Custody

2008-12-09T07:39:00.000-08:00

This Should Be Interesting - Is Illinois Corruption Central?

Why Don't We Just Bomb the Moon Rock ....

2008-12-08T06:56:00.000-08:00

and get it over with ...

I don't think any explanation is necessary. Tired of this! And the so called moderate muslims are no better, they just want their will imposed through demographics and politics.

Pearl Harbor Day ... Thank You To Those Serving and All Those Who have Served!!!

2008-12-07T08:04:00.000-08:00

The Attack On Pearl Harbor

A video tribute to all the courageous men and women who have served ...

Go Navy Beat Army! Go Army Beat Navy!

2008-12-06T09:22:00.000-08:00

It's a long story, suffice to say I come from a military family. It was nice to hear the ovation for Bush at today's game. We all had certain things we disagreed with him on perhaps, but he is a good man, no oval office shenanigans on his watch and he took the lead in the war against radical Islam. Cool uniforms Army!

The New Chique Fundamental Religions

2008-12-05T10:49:00.000-08:00

Mumbai clean up

As much as the intolerant left loves to bash "fundamentalist" Christians as intolerant and mean-spirited, it appears to me that true intolerance and mean-spirited attitudes have found a home in four new chique religions of the left. You can add "fundamentalist" in front of each one.

1. Global Warming
2. Environmentalism
3. Evolution
4. Islam

They have tenets you are supposed to adhere to, not question, and those who refuse to accept their beliefs are viewed with contempt. And the left,and their media cohorts, by and large, refuse to critically examine any of these as they would any "fundamentalist" Christan group.

And speaking of Islam, here are the latest victims of the religion of peace today!

And from Mapping Sharia via Atlas, here's more good news on what percent of American mosques are radicalized.

Syria Returns to Plutonium Production

2008-12-05T09:22:00.000-08:00

Covert marine operation uncovers Syria's return to plutonium production
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

December 5, 2008, 1:21 PM (GMT+02:00)

The Orontes River, Syria
In the face of Damascus' refusal to allow UN inspectors access to three suspect "research laboratories, Western agents recently carried out a daring covert operation to collect water samples from the Orontes river in Syria where it drains into the Mediterranean, DEBKAfile's intelligence sources reveal. Their discoveries were presented to a closed session of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency's board on Nov. 27-28.

Situated on the river bank near Homs is one of the three research institutes where Syrian, Iranian and North Korean technicians and scientists are suspected of reprocessing plutonium for Syria's clandestine military nuclear program. The Orentes samples confirmed the suspicion that Syria has gone back to the plutonium project which was cut short when Israeli destroyed its reactor at Al Kibar in September 2007.

The Orontes rises at Tal al Musa north of Damascus and south of Homs. It flows into the sea near Antakya, which is north of Latakiya and west of Aleppo, not far from the Turkish border. The IAEA board meeting was told in general teams how the tainted river samples were obtained. DEBKAfile's military sources add that western nuclear technicians collected them from a boat which sailed surreptitiously up to the river mouth in Syria. To make sure of their finding, they collected river water on three different dates in the last two months.

Their discovery tied in with a separate report reaching the nuclear watchdog board that Iran and North Korea were frantically drafting in nuclear specialists to help Syria revive its plutonium reprocessing project. The product is to be stored in protected hideouts. It was the view of some board members that Tehran and Pyongyang had determined to prove that the Israeli attack had not put Syria off its nuclear program. Both were even more insistent on showing the world that the Iranian nuclear program of which the Syrian project was a part was unstoppable.

Syria and North Korea accordingly renewed their clandestine nuclear cooperation accord on Oct. 22, so making sure of an uninterrupted flow from Pyongyang of nuclear materials, technology and experts for Syria's covert nuclear facilities.

Israel Prepares to Go It Alone With Iran

2008-12-04T09:59:00.000-08:00

IDF prepares for Iran Strike

The Election Was This Simple ...

2008-12-04T07:29:00.001-08:00

McCain Couldn't Compete Against Obama's Money Edge
All the hysteria directed at religious/social conservatives as the reason McCain lost the election can now be put to rest. McCain got creamed financially. When you read this article and check the spending/ad differnce in battleground states, you will wonder why it wasn't worse. And then there is the outright fraud and illegal contributions for Obama on top of that.

Just for Grins ...an Oldy but a Goody

2008-12-03T10:56:00.000-08:00

Jewish Mother Killed in Mumbai Murders Was 6 Months Pregnant

2008-12-03T07:20:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah,and don't forget, Islam is a religion of peace...

Another Survey ... another example of Obama Supporters

2008-12-03T07:01:00.000-08:00

Nice SummaryFrom Hot Air

Just had to post the original video one more time ... call it feeling good after Chambliss win!

Chambless Wins ... A Firewall and ...

2008-12-03T06:13:00.000-08:00

a little ray of sunshine!

Explosives Found at Mumbai Train Station

2008-12-03T06:03:00.000-08:00

Found as Rice Due to Visit
Rumors were that several terrorists were unaccounted for ... looks more likely now.

Today In the Religion of Peace

2008-12-02T06:18:00.000-08:00

Above from the website Muslims Against Shariaa>

Inside the Chabod Center after the Mumbai Attack
Everyday Just Seems to Bring More Joy and Peace to the Earth Courtesy of Islam

Hindus, Jews and Jihad Terror in Mumbai

2008-12-01T16:38:00.000-08:00

Andrew Bostom's Article at the American Thinker - It's Long and Good

Detailed, historic info on the jihad against hindus and jews by Islam.

Latest on India Terror Attacks - Aim Was to Kill 5000

2008-11-30T08:38:00.000-08:00

From Jawa - Israeli Victims Definitely Tortured

The Long War Journal Update - Assault Force of About 25, Plus a Support/Logistic Team In Place Before Attack

Ten Guys Inflict That Much Damage and Chaos?

Still lots of info to be gathered, but the lone known survivor of the India terror attacks is saying there were just 10 gunmen. This could all be disinformation, we'll have to see as more info becomes available.

Foxnews quotes one commando - "The siege was particularly troubling because they didn't spare women or children."

Animals like this deserved to be treated like animals. Gitmo is too good for them. Let's close it so the obamatons will be happy and just drop them out of planes at about 10,000 ft.

Latest On Terror Attacks in India

2008-11-28T06:37:00.000-08:00

Update 10:25 AM CST The most comprehensive analysis of the entire attack so far comes from Bill Roggio at The Long War Journal

Map of Attack Sites from the New York Times

Marine Commandos Surprised at Level of Training, Intel and Resources of Terrorists

Updates at Times of India and IBN live video.

155 reported dead at 10:00 AM CST

India Attacks Day 2 Updates

2008-11-27T06:15:00.000-08:00

Good updates from The Times of India

Update 10:14 AM CSTTerrorists from Pakistan?

Update IBN 8:38 AM CST - over 100 dead, 300 injured, huge explosion at Taj Hotel, Special Forces prepearing assaults, firefights taking place

Update from Fox 8:25 AM CST

Update from Debka posted here at 8:16 AM CST

- Indian forces poised to storm two hotels and Chabad center where terrorists are holding hostages, including Israelis.
- Israel-India flights continue on schedule. One carried a group of Israeli doctors for Mumbai.
- The Islamist terrorists attacking Mumbai for the second day came from outside the country.
- Indian security sources report many Israeli hostages in the Oberoi Hotel, which the terrorists still control amid sustained gunfire in the lobby.
- Heavy battles resume in the Taj Palace Hotel.
- Indian naval troops board the MV Alpha freighter suspected of having sailed the terrorists to Mumbai's shore from Karachi, Pakistan.
- Anti-tanks missiles handed out to Indian commando force battling terrorists at Taj Palace hotel.
- Indian general: Four or five terrorists inside Chabad Center.
- Islamist shooting attacks and blasts spread to southern Mumbai away from the hotel district ---
- Terrorists hurl grenades at Indian forces surrounding Chabad Center and the Oberoi hotel.
- Fighting flares up anew in the Taj Palace Hotel said to have been cleared Thursday. Some hostages escaped and many bodies were found in guests' rooms.
- Terrorists are still holed up at the Oberoi Hotel and Chabad Center with hostages, including Israelis, under police-commando siege.
- A loud explosion at the Oberoi Hotel as some of the hundreds of hostages escape.
- A woman and child held at Chabad center came out of the building.
- The Mumbai stock exchange stays shut.
- Police sappers defuse bombs containing RDX strewn across the town.
- International airlines cancel flights to the beleaguered Indian town.
- The terrorists wear elite military unit uniforms. Each has an automatic rifle, grenades and military-style kit.

More Updates on Attack

2008-11-26T16:28:00.000-08:00

Hot Air Blog Has Great Updates at This Point

Bill Roggio at the Long War Journal has this excellent report.

IBN Video Feed

Atlas all over this as usual!

Large Scale, Coordinated Terrorist Attacks in India

2008-11-26T13:39:00.000-08:00

From Debka
India's anti-terror chief among 80 killed in Islamist shooting-hostage attacks across Mumbai

November 26, 2008, 10:51 PM (GMT+02:00)

Mumbai Oberoi Hotel attacked by Islamist terrorists
Three top police officials, including Mumbai Police Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, were among the nine police officers killed as security forces took on the gunmen who staged coordinated terrorist attacks on 7-8 landmarks and tourist spots in downtown Mumbai Wednesday, Nov. 26. Two gunmen were killed and three arrested after they killed at least 80 people, injured 250 and took and barricaded themselves in two luxury hotels with an unknown number of Western hostages. Armed with automatic rifles and grenades, the terrorists singled out British and American passport holders in attacking the hotels opposite the Gateway to India monument, a crowded railway terminus, the famous Leopold restaurant, a cinema and the St. George hospital which treats the city's foreigners. One group shot up the hospital as injured victims were brought in. New Delhi has been placed on terror alert.

One of the attacks occurred near the Chabad Hassidic center but there is no word of Israeli casualties.

Ringside Seat for Democrat Infighting

2008-11-25T12:40:00.000-08:00

From Politico - Dem vs. Dem in the New Congress

Criticizing the other guy is much easier than governing much of the time. How will more conservative Democrats respond to a far-left agenda that directly hurts their supporters? For example (from the article)

Laboring over union bill

Opponents call it “card check” and say it oversimplifies the unionizing process and takes away the secret ballot. Advocates call it the Employee Free Choice Act and say it will open up new doors for labor protections.

This legislation — which would make it much easier for shops to unionize — is the big payback for Big Labor. The measure already passed the House this year and should easily pass the House next year. But the 100-member Senate needs 60 votes to break a filibuster, and the pro-business and pro-labor factions on both sides believe the Senate is stuck at 59.

The legislation is a tough call for new Southern Democratic senators such as Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Warner of Virginia, along with moderate Southerners such as Blanche L. Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, all of whom hail from less union-friendly Southern states.

The critical question is whether Reid and labor advocates can convince these moderates to back the cloture motion to stop a filibuster, then let them vote against the final bill, which requires only a simple majority to pass.

“We don’t know if we have 60 yet. We’re at 59 [for cloture] right now,” said Josh Goldstein, a spokesman for American Rights at Work, a pro-labor group. “The issue has become front and center, and the worse the economy gets, the more support we get. [Business groups are] trying to make this a volatile issue for senators.”

30 Marines vs. 250 Taliban - Not a Fair Fight!

2008-11-25T07:01:00.000-08:00

Marines Open Huge Can of Whup Ass, Despite Numerical and Tactical Disadvantage

A marine platoon versus about two companies of taliwhackers. Guess we did have the advantage.

During the battle, the designated marksman single handedly thwarted a company-sized enemy RPG and machinegun ambush by reportedly killing 20 enemy fighters with his devastatingly accurate precision fire. He selflessly exposed himself time and again to intense enemy fire during a critical point in the eight-hour battle for Shewan in order to kill any enemy combatants who attempted to engage or maneuver on the Marines in the kill zone. What made his actions even more impressive was the fact that he didn't miss any shots, despite the enemies' rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position.

President Soros?

2008-11-24T16:42:00.000-08:00

Soros behind Obama's Rise

After all the screaming by the left for the last 8 years about Halliburton, here is some information with some substance. How much influence will ultra-left Soros have on the obamessiah?

Happy Happy Joy Joy

2008-11-24T16:37:00.000-08:00

Psuedo-Charity Found Guilty of Financing Terror

Well, along with the CAIR info this makes for a very good day.

CAIR Gets Served a Surprise Dish at Banquet

2008-11-24T09:01:00.000-08:00

Atlas has it! Couldn't Happen to Nicer Guys!

Sometimes things just seem to happen right. Wonder if they served from the right or left. Protocal ya know .... subpeonas are main course or dessert ...