Good news from Iraq the Model:
(Excludes the bombing that killed 56 just just reported in Baghdad... duly noted)
Attacks in Baghdad down by 80%
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/
Also from Gateway (in case you missed it):
Iraqi News Reports On The Surge in Baghdad
Iraqi-American Haider Ajina sends the following two articles from the Iraqi media
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/02/iraqi-news-reports-on-surge-in-baghdad.html
More on Democratic Copperheads & Republican White Flag Wavers
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/02/more-on-democratic-copperheads.html
In case you missed it:
Pakistani Bomber Blows Up Courtroom in Quetta, 15 Dead
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/02/pakistani-bomber-blows-up-courtroom-in.html
Courtesy Viking Pundit
Quote of the Day - The Washington Post doesn't hold a high opinion of the man Nancy Pelosi wanted for House majority leader: "Mr. Murtha's cynicism is matched by an alarming ignorance about conditions in Iraq." And here's more from Decision '08 and Q&O.
WaPo:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021601792.html
Decision '08:
http://decision08.net/2007/02/17/washington-post-murthas-cynicism-matched-by-an-alarming-ignorance-about-conditions-in-iraq/
Q and O:
http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=5460
FYI
Islam Summit March 4-5, 2007
Here's the official site for the upcoming Secular Islam Summit in St. Petersburg Florida:
http://www.secularislam.org/blog/SI_Blog.php Delegates from Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and elsewhere will address secularist interpretations of Islam, the need for Koranic criticism, the state of freedom of the expression in Muslim societies, educational reform.
Speakers include:
Ibn Warraq
Irshad Manji
Amir Taheri
Nonie Darwish
Walid Phares
Wafa Sultan
Terrorism in Salt Lake City? II »
February 17, 2007
NY Traitor Indicted for Terror Financing
So many Islamic charities, so many indictments.
Mid Hudson News:
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/Alistari_arrest-17Feb07.html In the latter half of 2006, Alishtari accepted payment to discreetly transfer these funds, believing that they were earmarked for Pakistan and Afghanistan. He believed that the funds were being sent abroad to support a terrorism training camp in Afghanistan by funding the purchase of equipment such as night vision goggles. One of these transfers, which is also the subject of the international money laundering charge in the indictment, relates to his transfer of $25,000 from a bank account in New York to a bank account in Montreal, Canada, with the intent that the funds be used to provide material support to terrorists.
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From Senate Minority Leader McConnell, via NRO's The Corner:
Today we are being asked to do something entirely different. The majority party in the Senate wants to vote on a resolution that condemns the President’s plan and which “disagrees” with Gen. Petraeus, who said before he left for Iraq that additional troops are an “essential” part of achieving our goal. They are doing this three weeks after voting, without dissent, to send Gen. Petraeus on this mission. And they are doing it in the form of a non-binding resolution that will have no practical effect on our conduct of the war.
Americans have a right to demand why the U.S. Senate has not yet taken a clear stand on what most of us believe to be our last, best chance at success. So let us be clear at the outset of this debate about what’s going on today, about what Republicans are fighting for today. Republicans are fighting for the right of the American People to know where we stand. If you support this war, say so. If you don’t, say so. But you cannot say you are registering a vote in favor of our troops unless you pledge to support them with the funds they will need to carry their mission out.
Yet this is precisely what the Democratic majority would have us do today. They demand that Republicans cast a vote in favor of a nonsensical proposition that says: “We disapprove of the President’s plan to deploy more troops to Iraq, but we support the members of the Armed Forces who are serving there.” A vote in support of the troops that is silent on the question of funds is an attempt to have it both ways. So Republicans are asking for an honest and open debate. And we are being blocked at every turn...
...Let those of us who support the President’s plan to win in Iraq say so. Let those of us who oppose it say so. But we will not be forced to vote for a resolution that says we support the troops but does not ask us to seal that pledge with a promise to help them carry out that mission in the only way they can — funding their mission.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDNlYzU4OWVhYjk2YjAxYWMzNWQ5YzAxYjQ2MzQ4YzY= ------
In case you missed it:
Cowards Give Up on GIs - & Give In To Evil
Ralph Peters says it all.....'this may be the most disgraceful
congressional action since the Democratic Party united to defend slavery'
http://lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=324354 Clinton Gives War Critics New Answer on ’02 Vote
Clinton rolls out a new response to those demanding
contrition. Advisers cringe and believe this is turning point for her
http://lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=324457 Why the Iraq war is turning into America's defeat
Your Sunday Steyn
http://lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=324456 Baghdad offensive cuts sectarian death toll
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-02-18T081421Z_01_COL822742_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-R2-Today-3 Teachers are the quiet heroes of Baghdad
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2015678,00.html Battle between ‘crock’ McCain and 'weird' Giuliani
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1400642.ece FBI Works to Counter Kitchen
Sink Bomb
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252619,00.html Dem's Disgrace
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02172007/postopinion/editorials/dems_disgrace_editorials_.htm Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration
At Army's Top Medical Facility
A major WaPo hit piece on the Army's Walter Reed Hospital
http://lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=324446 Head of US Army's Walter Reed hospital
acknowledges outpatient complaints
Knowing WaPo hit was coming, Walter Reed's
commander answers back
http://lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=324454 Tough times for Peter Ragone: Mayor's press
secretary has mayor's scandal, plus his own
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/18/RAGONE.TMP Laugh of the Day:
Assad, Ahmadinejad vow to cooperate
against US, Israel
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359880046&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Meanwhile...
Iran Will Produce Evidence That US Was Behind Zahedan Blasts!
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/02/iran-will-produce-evidence-that-us-was.html For more info on all the unrest in Iran:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/02/another-bomb-blast-police-insurgents.html Messiah (scrap that, Mahdi) Slips in Palmetto State
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/02/father-of-salt-lake-mall-killer.html From the wonderful Right Wing Nuthouse
WAPO SLAMS MURTHA’S “SLOW BLEED THE TROOPS” PLAN
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2007/02/17/wapo-slams-murthas-slow-bleed-the-troops-plan/ In case you missed the Anti-Military comic:
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/02/15/san-fran-board-oks-anti-militarism-comic-book-for-public-high-schools/ And the 'not to be missed' intro from the author:
http://www.addictedtowar.com/prevap.html In case you missed Rep. Eric Cantor's video outlining the context of historic House debate on America's national security and the defeatist democrats:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/02/democrats-not-al-qaeda-bring-america-to.html In case you missed this also:
Polio Vaccine Doctor Blown Up For Spreading Vulgarity!
(yep, for giving the vaccine that would 'sterilize them' sheesh... 7th century indeed)
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/02/pakistani-doctor-blown-up-for.html New ITB Video: Confusion on Capitol Hill
Must See:
http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2007/6139 Fun for the commercial breaks:
Je ne parle pas francais
A would-be hijacker was subdued in the Canary Islands when the pilot realized he didn't speak French:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/02/17/pilot_foiled_hijacker_with_passengers_aid/ Along the way, speaking to the hijacker, the pilot realized the man did not speak French. So he used the plane's public address system to warn the passengers in French of the tactic he was going to try: brake hard upon landing, then speed up abruptly. The idea was to catch the hijacker off balance, and have crew members and men sitting in the front rows jump him, the Spanish official said.
The pilot also warned women and children to move to the back of the plane in preparation for the plan , the official said.
It worked. The man was standing in the middle aisle and he fell to the floor, dropping one of his two pistols. Flight attendants then threw boiling water from a coffee machine in his face and at his chest, and some 10 people jumped on the man and beat him, the Spanish official said.
Ouch. Boiling water on top of a beating? That's Walker Texas Ranger justice.
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Allahu Oinkbar
Sunday marks the start of the Chinese new year. And it just so happens 2007 is the “Year of the Pig“. Aside from Michael Moore considering it an honor to be recognized for a whole year, the islamonutjobs are sure to enjoy 365 days dedicated to the other white meat.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/texasrainmaker/Pig-Smile1.jpg http://www.texasrainmaker.com/2007/02/18/allahu-oinkbar/ Your pig bears a striking resemblance to Jimmy Carter.
