Rantburg

Today

Fri 01/28/2005

Thu 01/27/2005

Wed 01/26/2005

Tue 01/25/2005

Mon 01/24/2005

Sun 01/23/2005

Sat 01/22/2005

Archives

		556949 articles and 1923038 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 86 articles and 449 comments as of 8:40.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Local News
Radical Islamists Held As Umm Al-Haiman brains
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 4: Opinion
Our nation fails to differentiate between democracies and despots	5 00:00 Captain America [11130]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Blair hints at security handover	1 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11134]
Tales From The Bangladesh Police Blotter	5 00:00 nostradamus [11136]
Foopie Said in U.S. Custody	17 00:00 OldSpook [11137]
Feds force plane to land in San Antonio	8 00:00 leaddog2 [11132]
al-Qaida Official Admits to U.N. Assault	3 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Illegal Gaza Buildings Are Removed	1 00:00 Mike [11131]
US to back crackdown on Philippine Muslim separatists	0 [11131]
Saudi Held as Terror Suspect Cleared in the Philippine	0 [11131]
Car bomb targets Allawi's party office	0 [11129]
US will deport Pakistani suspected of terror links	2 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [11133]
Holland will spend $520m to combat terror	1 00:00 Murat [11129]
Guantanamo tip tied to arrests of 22 in Germany	4 00:00 Robert Crawford [11131]
Radical Islamists Held As Umm Al-Haiman 'brains'	3 00:00 Old Patriot [11140]
Police hit list recovered from Akram Lahori	0 [11128]
Mehbooba Mufti escapes attempt on life	0 [11129]
50 nationalists arrested	0 [11134]
3rd suspect in Kazakh envoy's murder caught	0 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
US 'will stand alone' in Iran attack	10 00:00 3dc [11139]
Fun'n'Games For Politicians	0 [11130]
MMA for debate on Rice's remarks	3 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11134]
Networks send big guns to Iraqi vote	10 00:00 Alaska Paul [11132]
Its Official: EU Makes No Headway on Iran Nuke Program	7 00:00 Sobiesky [11131]
Efforts against illegal aliens broaden	2 00:00 Alaska Paul [11134]
Preview Of The Insurgency's Plan To Disrupt Elections	2 00:00 Jesse Jackson [11130]
Democrats Call Rice Liar	10 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [11129]
Robots hit battlefield Earth	23 00:00 OldSpook [11138]
Hamas to Suspend Attacks Upon Conditions	9 00:00 Remoteman [11127]
Iraqi torture of prisoners seen as open secret	7 00:00 Mike Sylwester [11131]
Jihadists Against "Persecution"	11 00:00 eLarson [11130]
Pentagon downplays report of secret intelligence unit	3 00:00 Cyber Sarge [11129]
Next up, Agent Smith	5 00:00 Adriane [11130]
Malaysia to call Islamic summit at Saudi request	8 00:00 tu3031 [11133]
Kissinger & Schultz: The Adults Weigh In On Iraq "Exit Strategy"	12 00:00 leaddog2 [11136]
Combat Makes Recruiting Easier	6 00:00 Jame Retief [11127]
Nine hours of bitching and whining over Rice	23 00:00 Mike Sylwester [11129]
Mashaal lists conditions to cease-fire	3 00:00 Mr. Spock [11128]
Taking Risks For Freedom	4 00:00 lex [11129]
Quote of the week	3 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [11131]
More on Zarqawi's Origins.	12 00:00 2b [11127]
Russia sold Iran advanced radar.	16 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11135]
U.S. mulls $50 million bin Laden bounty	7 00:00 tu3031 [11134]
Al Qaeda's New Front...	1 00:00 Captain America [11134]
The Next Islamist Revolution?	0 [11133]
Habib won't profit from his story: Ruddock	0 [11132]
Nuclear-capable Iran is imminent: Israel	11 00:00 nostradamus [11140]
European Authorities Increase Efforts to Monitor Militant Muslims	0 [11132]
Bush to Seek $80B for Iraq, Afghan Wars	7 00:00 Shipman [11126]
Iran may allow UN back into Parchin	2 00:00 Jame Retief [11130]
Ramsey Clark decides to defend Saddam Hussein for democracy	11 00:00 OldSpook [11127]
Thai PM vows to nab insurgents "real soon now"	1 00:00 lex [11130]
Radical groups narrow differences with Abbas	1 00:00 leaddog2 [11129]
Saddam team lawyer in hiding after death threats	1 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Iraqi War Crimes Chief Visits Kuwait	0 [11129]
Saudi Charities Go on a Charm Offensive	1 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
Shah asks tribesmen to deny refuge to militants	0 [11132]
Pakistan doesn't blame Iran for Balochistan troubles	0 [11127]
Pakhtoon leader calls strike against Sui 'operation'	0 [11129]
One killed and 11 injured in Muslim-Christian riot	0 [11127]
No talks with Shujaat, says Bugti's kin	0 [11131]
Iran says no room for talks with US	1 00:00 Classical_Liberal [11133]
Putin pledges to drop Syria arms deal	5 00:00 2b [11138]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Germany: Economy buoys Schroeder on eve of elections	0 [11129]
Thunderstorm During Final Rite of Hajj	0 [11130]
Brussels flips a birdie: We'll halt Howard's curb on migrants--we're the masters now!	11 00:00 Mrs. Mark Dayton [11130]
Budget does not include funds for 2000 new border agents says Ridge	4 00:00 OldSpook [11130]
A picture for the archives - Ted Turner...	6 00:00 eLarson [11135]
WH supports Law of the Sea Treaty proposed by UN - what for?	2 00:00 Mrs. Davis [11132]
Democrats resort to Murder to cover up election fraud	12 00:00 OldSpook [11133]
Ted Turner Compares Fox's Popularity to Hitler	15 00:00 OldSpook [11131]
Anti-Kerry author eyes Bay State Senate run	5 00:00 OldSpook [11129]
Girl Beats Guys: A Swiss Teen Rifle Festival	11 00:00 OldSpook [11137]
Celebs Want Licenses for Illegals	1 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [11128]
Queen Athaliar: "I'm pro-chife"	0 [11126]
An Alumnus's Disgust With Columbia	10 00:00 OldSpook [11128]
Oscar Nominations are up	18 00:00 OldSpook [11132]
Long live secession!	7 00:00 liberalhawk [11130]
Vigilantes Set to monitor southern border crossings	12 00:00 Mrs. Davis [11132]
Lawmaker's Son Charged in Tire-Slashing	13 00:00 eLarson [11132]
Russian Lawmakers Targets Jewish Groups	32 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in Michigan is shut down...	6 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [11136]
Myanmar opens military intelligence trials	0 [11129]
Myanmar attacks rebel base near Thai border	0 [11126]
New Ukranian Prez Risks Ticking Off Russkies: Pouting Putty	7 00:00 Dishman [11130]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Cops use plane to nab apple-eating driver	2 00:00 Jame Retief [11134]
Gay Darts "Stags" Team Cries Foul Over Winning Homophobe Team	9 00:00 Bulldog [11133]

Great White North

Our nation fails to differentiate between democracies and despots

I see Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew as a Trudeau-style dilettante and a fob. Basically, a wine-sipping boulevardier, without Maurice Chevalier's talent or charm. Within a week or so, Pettigrew is set to release a new policy review on where our nation should stand in world affairs. Do we hypocritically continue to treat both free democracies and brutal dictatorships with "moral equivalency" -- closing our eyes to the evils of dictatorships -- or get some backbone and start forcing dictatorships to respect human rights?

Conservative Foreign Affairs Critic Stockwell Day, who knows Pettigrew reasonably well, will be looking intensely at where the newly-appointed minister stands on the issue. In the column "Day shines." (Jan. 11) I talked about my recent chat with Day and how the former Canadian Alliance leader is appalled at shipping tycoon Paul Martin's lackadaisical performance on all issues, and especially foreign affairs. Martin's regime has been going down the same road in foreign affairs as his predecessors Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chretien. The mantra of all three: Ignore our friends; embrace our enemies. Sacrifice Israel, curry favour with the sheiks.
Continued on Page 49

            Posted by: Fred  ||
            01/25/2005            11:44:31 AM   ||
            Comments ||
            Link ||
            
            [11130 views]
            Top|| File under: 

#1 Heah, heah.

                Posted by: trailing wife    ||
                01/25/2005 12:43                Comments ||
                Top|| 

#2 Pierre Pettigrew? *Peter* Pettigrew? An unfortunate name.

                Posted by: Aris Katsaris    ||
                01/25/2005 12:59                Comments ||
                Top|| 

#3 Yep, ol' Wormtail himself.

                Posted by: BH    ||
                01/25/2005 14:25                Comments ||
                Top|| 

#4 So that's what he does after Harry Potter evidently ices Riddle in #7.

                Posted by: Korora    ||
                01/25/2005 14:37                Comments ||
                Top|| 

#5 What penalty under Sharia Law is reserved for Pierre Pettigrew for speaking truth?

                Posted by: Captain America    ||
                01/25/2005 15:18                Comments ||
                Top|| 

    
                10:57 nostradamus

                        10:47 nostradamus

                        23:58 trailing wife

                        23:57 trailing wife

                        23:53 Alaska Paul

                        23:53 3dc

                        23:50 Alaska Paul

                        23:44 Alaska Paul

                        23:44 smn

                        23:34 Jame Retief

                        23:30 Sock Puppet of  Doom

                        23:27 Sock Puppet of  Doom

                        23:24 Sike Mylwester

                        23:24 Zhang Fei

                        23:22 Zhang Fei

                        23:18 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        23:18 Sobieky

                        23:17 Sobieky

                        23:16 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        23:09 badanov

                        22:57 Sobieky

                        22:53 Cat D12

                        22:49 Mike Sylwester

                        22:46 Mike Sylwester

Who's in the News
86	[untagged]

On Sale now!

A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.

Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...

Steve White

Seafarious

tu3031

badanov

sherry

ryuge

GolfBravoUSMC

Bright Pebbles

trailing wife

Gloria

Fred

Besoeker

Glenmore

Frank G

3dc

Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2005-01-25
Radical Islamists Held As Umm Al-Haiman brains

Mon 2005-01-24
More Bad Boyz arrested in Kuwait

Sun 2005-01-23
Germany to Deport Hundreds of Islamists

Sat 2005-01-22
Palestinian forces patrol northern Gaza

Fri 2005-01-21
70 arrested for Gilgit attacks

Thu 2005-01-20
Senate Panel Gives Rice Confirmation Nod

Wed 2005-01-19
Kuwait detains 25 militants

Tue 2005-01-18
Eight Indicted on Terror Charges in Spain

Mon 2005-01-17
Algeria signs deal to end Berber conflict

Sun 2005-01-16
Jersey Family of Four Murdered

Sat 2005-01-15
Agha Ziauddin laid to rest in Gilgit: 240 arrested, 24 injured

Fri 2005-01-14
Graner guilty

Thu 2005-01-13
Iran warns IAEA not to spy on military sites

Wed 2005-01-12
Zahhar: Abbas has no authorization to end resistance

Tue 2005-01-11
Abbas Extends Hand of Peace to Israel. Really.

Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.

216.73.216.238

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

WoT Operations (17)

WoT Background (44)

Non-WoT (22)

Local News (2)

(0)