It's possible, but I doubt it. There are so many rumors about his health, welfare, and whereabouts that he'll probably be dead for a coupla years before anyone really believes it. That's what he's trying for, anyway.
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The powerful Pakistani intelligence agency the ISI leaked that it was sneaky Geraldo Rivera Jerry Rivers who told them that Osama felt peaked in Jan 07..
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I'm afrain lead poisioning might make him a martyr.
I hope - like the old soldier he is - that he just "fades away".
Apologies to the late General Douglas Mac Arthur.
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Not shot like a soldier, but hanged like the brigand he is.
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Zombie Osama is coming for our infidel braaaaaaaaiins.
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I maybe channeling my tin foil hat but I still think we bagged his a*s at Tora Bora. I don't buy the voice only messages. I believe his head in a freezer deep inside the Petagon.
I know some would say no way but you would have to agree if Bin Laden was confirmed dead the gen pop would have forgotten the WOT long before they did with him out there threating still.
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I'd much rather he died of syphilis, and that it took 24 long, painful months. Sepsis is also a good cause of death. Now if we could only find a way to inject Zawahiri with polonium...
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"Did Osama bin Laden die of Typhoid earlier this month?"
If he did (assuming he was still alive to begin with), hope it was very painful.
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Live damn you! Live! Until you see the Kaaba turned into a brothel servicing American soldiers with the finest Saudi ex-princesses.
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Osama's verfied corpus delicti will settle all questions.* "ISLAM SHALL CONQUER THE WORLD" > IOW, iff one believes that the EARTH NATURALLY PRODUCES = REPLENISHES ITS OWN OIL, then ala GLOBAL WARMING + "OIL CATACLYSM/SHORTAGE", etc.Islamist preachers are basically arguing that AS CIVILIZATION DECLINES DUE TO LACK OF OIL AN AGE OF GLOBAL? BARBARISM = PRIMITIVISM = MEDIEVALISM WILL ENSUE. ISLAM MAY WIN BECUZ CAMELS, ETC. IN NEW FUTURE DARK AGE(S)DON'T DEPEND ON OIL. Radical Islam doesn't need a giant asteroid.
(SomaliNet) Six-day workshop on conflict sensitive reporting arranged by the International Media Support (IMS) and the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has on Tuesday started in the Djiboutian capital of Djibouti.
The workshop, which will run from 19 to 25 June 2007 was attended by 20 journalists from different regions of Somalia comprising of editors, assistant editors, producers, presenters, reporters and rreelancers from print and electronic media sectors.
During the workshop, Ross Howard, veteran journalist who has been in the field for more than 30 years will give lessons of sensitive conflict reporting.
At the opening ceremony, Omar Faruk Osman, General Secretary of NUSOJ said the workshop is intended to upgrade the knowledge of Somali journalists towards reporting in conflict areas.
As NUSOJ, our role is not only to protect the rights of journalists but to educate them as well, what we are trying to do is to get more professional journalists in Somalia, said Faruk.
The training aims to help Somali journalists understand how conflict is resolved and the implications of this for how journalists work; examine the role and impact of journalism in reporting in conflict situations; develop skills for the practice of journalism in conflict situations; and provide a forum and process whereby Somali journalists can consider the ethical and professional challenges and issues surrounding reporting conflict. This is the first workshop of its kind held for Somali journalists in Djibouti.
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The BBC was accused last night of risking the safety of British forces in Iraq after trawling for information on troop movements in the war-torn country. Politicians reacted in disbelief to the revelation that for over two hours yesterday, the BBC News website carried a request for people in Iraq to report on troop movements. The request was removed from the website after it sparked furious protests that the corporation was endangering the lives of British servicemen and women.
But according to accounts last night, a story on a major operation by US and Iraqi troops against al-Qa'eda somewhere north of Baghdad contained an extraordinary request for information about the movement of troops. Last night the BBC confirmed the wording of the request was: "Are you in Iraq? Have you seen any troop movements? If you have any information you would like to share with the BBC, you can do so using the form below."
The BBC confirmed last night that this form of words had appeared on the website from "late morning" until early afternoon. "It was down by 2pm," The Daily Telegraph was told.
A spokesman was unable to offer a detailed explanation of why anyone at the BBC should be seeking such information or whether any details on troop movements had been received. He refused to identify who put the message up but said that "the journalist" responsible had been reminded that "this is not a form of words we would use". However, in a statement, the BBC added: "BBC Online regularly asks visitors to its websites to supply information they may have relating to a specific story through a response form posted at the end of a news item.
"This particular page should not have been published. The BBC never broadcasts or publishes information which may put British troops at increased risk."
Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, 151 UK troops have lost their lives, 115 of them in hostile action.
The Conservatives demanded an investigation be carried out into the information search and urged the BBC to make sure any information received had not fallen into the wrong hands.
Dr Liam Fox, the Shadow Defence Secretary, said, "I am appalled because it shows either a wilful disregard for the safety of our Armed Forces or a shocking lack of understanding about their safety. ... It makes me wonder who makes these decisions. The BBC now needs to have urgent discussions with the Armed Forces as to how this message came about."
The blunder sparked a flood of protests from army insiders and servicemen's relatives, posted on the Army Rumour Service website (www.arrse.co.uk). One woman, who described herself as an "Army wife", said she was "shocked and dismayed" that the BBC was asking people "to report our troop movements on an open forum which could be read by insurgent forces and/or their allies".
The BBC insisted last night that the information would not have been published, saying "this was not a blog".
But the woman went on: "Surely if you want reporting done, you have staff who are able to do that for you. Otherwise why do we pay over £100 in licence fees?"
Another wrote: "Did you realize that the BBC are now helping insurgents in northern Iraq with their intelligence?"
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"This particular page should not have been published. The BBC never broadcasts or publishes information which may put British troops at increased risk."
Yeah, I believe that.
When's Alan Johnston gonna be appointed Hamas's new Minister of Information?
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Simply put these people are traitors and freedom of the press has nothing to do with it. They should be hung, shot and then burned at the stake. Just to make sure.
Also we need to keep in mind that our own PBS is joined at the hip with the BBC.
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I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast.
- William Tecumseh Sherman
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My mother used to say that one should never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity... but in the case of the BBC, I'd be pleased to make an exception.
Sweet Jumping Jeebus on a pogo-stick, who ever posted that little request had better be hiding under their desk this morning. Hundreds of thousands of pissed-off friends and family of military members over there are on the warpath and looking to put his/her head on a stake.
Not that the Brits really go in for that these days... but again, for this kind of malign stupidity they might make an exception, also.
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They should be hung, shot and then burned at the stake. Just to make sure.
You left out "torture". My own prescribed method has always been, "Shot and hung after torture." Burning at the stake is merely gilding the lily but, hey!, gilded lilies have their place in this world, too.
My mother used to say that one should never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity... but in the case of the BBC, I'd be pleased to make an exception.
Too right, Sgt. Mom! This sort of crapulence simply cannot be atributed to brain death. It is the sole product of calculated and vile treason.
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Speculation, possible avenue of investigation: AQ leaders have lost contact with their own spy network because of the disruption caused by recent allied operations and a mole or sympathizer at Beeb has tried to take up the slack.
If you are in Iraq and have any information on the movements of BBC spies, scouts, and reconnaisance parties that you would like to share with CIA , MI-6, and the SAS, please post it here.
Britain voiced deep concern on Tuesday at reported comments by Pakistani Religious Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq suggesting that author Salman Rushdies knighthood could justify suicide attacks, as protests mounted. The expression of worry came as British Muslim leaders condemned the award for the Indian-born author as a provocation, but urged restraint from Muslims in this country, rather than the outpourings of anger in Pakistan.
As Charles Johnson pointed out, keep an eye on Friday, after prayers.
A Foreign Office spokesman said British High Commissioner to Pakistan Robert Brinkley had made Londons position clear in talks at the Pakistani Foreign Ministry in Islamabad. He made clear the British governments deep concern at what the minister for religious affairs was reported to have said, he told AFP. The British government is very clear that nothing can justify suicide bomb attacks.
It is surprising that the British government is criticising me. I am the one who is heading the front-line ministry for the front-line state in the war against terrorism, Haq told AFP. Haq said he had already withdrawn the comment, which he made in parliament on Monday, saying that he meant the knighthood could spark extremism.
Meanwhile, Pakistan summoned Britains ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. British High Commissioner Robert Brinkley had been called to receive a protest, High Commission spokesman Aidan Liddle told AFP without giving further details. Pakistan Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam confirmed that Brinkley had been summoned and said that he received a copy of resolutions passed by parliament against the knighthood. The meeting has taken place. The high commissioner was called and he was given copies of resolutions passed. It was further conveyed to that Pakistan deplores and regrets the decision by the British government, Aslam said. She said the award of the knighthood showed a lack of sensitivity.
He was told the decision by the British government was contrary to objectives to bring about harmony between the faiths. He was told that the people of Pakistan and Muslims all around the world resent this decision. Brinkley issued a statement late on Monday defending the award and saying it was simply untrue that this knighthood is intended as an insult to Islam or Prophet Mohammed. Sir Salmans knighthood is a reflection of his contribution to literature throughout a long and distinguished career which has seen him receive international recognition for a substantial body of work, Brinkley said.
Meanwhile, legislators in the NWFP called for Pakistan to sever diplomatic ties with London over the Rushdi issue. In Lahore, around 150 hardline protesters torched an effigy of the British queen and called for Rushdi to be handed over to an Islamic court. We want Rushdi to be handed over to Muslim country where he should be tried under Sharia law, protest leader Shahid Gilani of the Shabab-e-Milli told the crowd. The punishment for a blasphemer is death. We have also decided that we will from now on call every dog Sir, he said.
Meanwhile the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), the main umbrella group of Islamic organisations, condemned Rushdies knighthood as a provocation but called for restraint from ordinary Muslims.
Author Salman Rushdi said on Monday he was thrilled and humbled to be awarded a British knighthood. In a statement issued by his agent in New York, where he lives, Rushdie said, I am thrilled and humbled to receive this great honor and am very grateful that my work has been recognised in this way.
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Watch for Friday after prayers indeed.
And watch what happens if they burn another Union Jack.
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It is surprising that the British government is criticising me. I am the one who is heading the front-line ministry for the front-line state in the war against terrorism, Haq told AFP.
And it's a bang up job you're doing, you little weasel.
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Nuke Pakistan, Britain, and I'll believe you mean what you say. Otherwise, you're a dhimmi, with little spine. I doubt Brown could do anything if he wanted to, and I doubt he wants to.
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whaddya gonna do about it excalibur? blog about it?
While I cannot say for sure, I'd pay good money to see what happened immediately after you said that to his face.
#6
It fits. Bloomberg News (founded by the mayor) doesn't have much in the way of reporters. It uses programs searching corporate reports and press releases to generate its stories with AI. So, one could rightfully say it is fluff too.
from the little people then, get lost asshole soon we begin our Revolution, and you will leave then but under less favorable circumstances...
>:)
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I saw a headline somewhere else (sorry, I was doing research!) this morning that suggested it was part of his presidential plan to run as a third-party candidate.
Hey! Maybe he and Al Bore will team up?
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Hes unknown outside of the NY media hype. He'll only take northeast votes from Her Thighness.
#10
I've seen polls in which Nurse Bloomberg draws enough centrist votes to swing several states to the 'Rat. Of course, it's 2007, not 2008, so as he's better known, I expect that will drop.
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Bloomberg was a Democrat. He switched parties so he could ride Guiliani's coattails to the mayorship since a Dem had no chance in 2001. Must be deluded to run for prez as an independent, unless his intention is sabotage a candidate. Since I can't see Republicans voting for him, he must really dislike Hillary.
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Yeah, this is a root canal for the donks. No normal republican will ever vote for this jerk unless he is running against a donk as in his runs for NYC mayor.
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Bloomborg, may you get the reception you deserve wherever you go. If you can stomach that, you might be a worthwhile candidate - for dogcatcher in Newark. You and your money can't buy the presidency, like you bought the mayoralty of New York. You are useless, uneducated, and a bore to the rest of the nation. I hope you go bankrupt, swine.
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"NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves GOP"
Mr. Nanny was never in the GOP - he just lied to get into power.
Like lots of Dems....
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Waiting for one last announcement, "and joined CAIR".
Netanyahu, who met with Clinton rival Sen. Barack Obama on his last visit to the US, will focus on the Iranian issue in the discussions. The Likud leader began a campaign several months ago to persuade the governors and legislators of American states to divest their pension funds from Iran. Florida and Ohio have already passed such measures and California is expected to do so this summer.
This article starring:
Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu
Sen. Barack Obama
Sen. Hillary Clinton
Vice President Dick Cheney
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My vote is for Bibi...
did i tell yalls that igots me quadruple citizenship?
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Why meeting with Her Thighness Clintoon? And Osama-bama?
Matt at Blackfive sends the following e-mail to Kathryn Lopez of National Review:
At Blackfive, we have been trying to improve our relationship with the Public Affairs Officers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the Marines have begun a really intense exchange of ideas with us. One Marine Combat Commander embraced our offer of support.
One of the requests that they had of us was to attempt to get 6,000 positive and supportive emails - one for each Marine, Sailor and Soldier in the Marine Regimental Combat Team - 6. Grim, our resident thinker and former Marine at Blackfive, has taken responsibility for this project. . . .
The Marines have set up a special email address to send a supportive message to the Marines is: RCT-6lettersfromh@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil . The emails are being scanned by the PAO before being printed and distributed to individual Marines.
On a dusty landscape, camouflaged soldiers run in formation, then abruptly flatten themselves down on the ground to take cover and pop off shots from their rifles. A heavily armed chopper swoops overhead, and a man with a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher fires off a round into the air. In a flurry of speedy, MTV-style cuts, more tanks and soldiers whiz by, all set to the sounds of mid-90s heavy-metal acts Filter and Disturbed. No, its not a recruiting commercial, and its not a Hollywood production about Iraq (if only!).
Its a homemade combat video called Stryker Combat Rotation made by Army Sgt. Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, a young man who, at 24, has managed to be both a soldier and a filmmaker, and has made it his mission to tell troop stories on the big screen. And with a showing of one of his films at the recent G.I. Film Festival in Washington, D.C., and a coveted spot in the film-production program at University of Southern California (USC), hes got a real shot. But first, hes heading to the front. . . .
Heading into his junior year, hes got other plans. The military has him scheduled to go to Iraq. With a nod toward his contributions off the battlefield, the sergeant was given a deferment option, but he chose deployment. When he heads over, hell be working convoy security, making sure supplies make it safely from one point to another. But even this he thinks of as training. Being a movie director is like being a sergeant. You have your men and youre responsible for them. Theres a lot of barking commands. And when he comes back, hell get his chance to put his battlefield experience to the test on the set: USC will be holding his place in the production program for him. . . .
More of Sgt. Hausmann-Stokes' videos are available for downloading here, including the delightfully-named "Fun With Tanks." Also, check out his G.I. Film Festival short "Unwelcome Home."
Hope we see him at the multiplex someday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is considering whether it will have to extend the combat tours of troops in Iraq if President Bush opts to maintain the recent buildup of forces through spring 2008. Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren testified Tuesday that the service is reviewing other options, including relying more heavily on Army reservists or Navy and Air Force personnel, so as not to put more pressure on a stretched active-duty force.
Most soldiers spend 15 months in combat with a guaranteed 12 months home, a rotation plan that has infuriated Democrats because it exceeds the service's goal of giving troops equal time home as in combat. In coming weeks, the Senate will vote on a proposal by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., that would restrict deployments.
``It's too early to look into the next year, but for the Army we have to begin to plan,'' Geren told the Senate Armed Services Committee. ``We have to look into our options.''
Army spokesman Paul Boyce said, ``If the future were to require such an option, it would be the last option on the list.''
Gen. David Petraeus, Iraq war commander, suggested Sunday that conditions on the ground might not be stable enough by September to justify a drop in force levels, and he predicted stabilizing Iraq could take a decade. Earlier this year, Bush ordered the deployment of some 30,000 additional troops as part of a massive U.S.-led security push around Baghdad and the western Anbar province. There are about 156,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.
When asked by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., whether maintaining the force buildup would affect soldiers' 15-month combat schedules, Geren said he was unsure and cited ``numerous options'' available, including a ``different utilization of the Guard and Reserve'' and relying on the other services for help. ``We're committed to filling the requirements that the combatant commander asks,'' Geren said. ``We have been able to do so up until now, and we will continue to do so.''
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a rotation plan that has infuriated Democrats because it exceeds the service's goal of giving troops equal time home as in combat
Horse hockey. It infuriates me because the more ways we can limit our war-fighting abilities, the more seats Chuck Schumer and I can add to our little power base in the Senate.
Hey! You don't suppose Chuck wants to be Majority Leader, do you?
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Since each soldier is given 2 weeks leave halfway through, why not cut deployment times in half and rotate the whole unit home like the Marines?
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Enraged protesters smashed the gates of agency offices, fired shots in the air and blocked the Peshawar-Bajaur highway for four hours on Tuesday in reaction to police action against tribal elder Malik Rehman and his brother Malik Abdul Ahad, who were arrested after a scuffle with a levies official in the tehsildar office.
A few days ago Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Halimzai tehsil ameer Roohullah reportedly found a levies official, Wajid, selling fake currency in the bazaar. He handed the official over to political authorities along with the counterfeit money. The political authorities, however, released the official. The JI ameer and the tehsildar exchanged heated words over the issue. Consequently, the tehsildar ordered the JI leaders arrest. The JI leader fled the scene.
Later, tribal elder Malak Rehman, and another levies official, Amjad Ali, became entangled in another heated exchange over the arrest order for the JI ameer. This led to the political authorities arresting Rehman and his brother.
Locals took to the streets when they heard about Rehmans arrest. They attacked agency offices in Ghalanai, resorted to aerial firing and staged a sit-in in front of the political authorities jail. Political Agent Sher Alam Mehsood released Rehman at around 4:00 pm. After his release, Rehman announced that this marked the end of cooperation with the political authorities, and called for a strike in Mian Mandi bazaar until Assistant Political Agent Islam Zeb was transferred.
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from wikipedia:
A tehsildar is an Indian revenue administrative officer. The name is of mughal origins.
A present-day equivalent position in the Indian government would be a District Collector. A District Collector is a Central Indian Government appointee who is in charge of the governance of a district in a state.
District Collectors are officers of the Indian Administrative Service and are the most powerful government officials of the district. They are entrusted the task of handling law and order, revenue collection, taxation, the control of planning permission and the handling of natural and man-made emergencies. A collector was a crucially important colonial officer placed at the district level and entrusted with the responsibility of revenue collection and other civil duties.
The Interior Ministry and Wafaq-ul-Madaris have agreed to rebuild seven mosques in the capital, said Minster for Religious Affairs Ejaz-ul-Haq at a press conference on Tuesday.
Haq said PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had visited the Lal Masjid three times to reach an amicable solution to the issue. He said Hussain had assured the Lal Masjid administration that the demolished mosques would be reconstructed.
He said the matter had been resolved through consensus and reconciliation, and CDA had issued a notification for the mosques reconstruction. The minister said that reconstruction of mosques should no longer be an issue.
The minister for religious affairs expressed dismay over the continued occupation of the childrens library by the Lal Masjid administration. He asked the Lal Masjid ulema to end the occupation immediately and show flexibility.
The minister also condemned the British governments award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie. He said such actions by the British government badly hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
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Marines are getting too comfortable at their dug-in bases in Iraq, the Corps top officer told an audience at the Naval War College on June 13.
Due to the available infrastructure in the Al Anbar and the longevity of our presence, Marines are getting used to living at fixed bases and with more comforts of life than we really need, Commandant Gen. James Conway said in comments provided to Marine Corps Times.
Larger, more fortified Marine bases in Iraq, such as Al Asad Air Base in Anbar province, have amenities that stand in stark contrast to more remote outposts. Those amenities include a post exchange, fast-food restaurants and a movie theater.
Keeping the Corps light and agile in combat is an increasing challenge, Conway said.
Because of the force-protection requirements in the Middle East, we are getting heavier in terms of vehicle weight and equipment, he said.
Conways comments point to thinking beyond Iraq, said his spokesman, Lt. Col. T.V. Johnson.
The comforts and the infrastructure of large bases in Iraq are a byproduct of our sustained presence there, and certainly do contribute to the morale of our Marines. However, Marines must guard against complacency and the expectation that tomorrows fight be marked by equally hospitable operating bases, he said.
The ability to operate, fight and win in austere environments is a Marine hallmark, Johnson said. We can ill afford to lose that edge.
We have to ensure the gear we procure today marries up well with the methods of transporting it to tomorrows fight in significant quantities, Johnson added. We must incorporate the lessons learned in Al Anbar while thinking and planning beyond Iraq.
Conway has expressed concern over the Iraq wars effect on the Corps traditional missions, saying the focus has shifted almost entirely to counterinsurgency. In his remarks, he admitted that current operations have produced a strain on our people and our institution as a whole.
Later that day, Conway met with spouses of deployed leathernecks at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., and conducted similar town hall meetings last Thursday in Jacksonville, N.C., and Beaufort, S.C.
During his first few weeks as commandant, Conway visited with Marines at a number of facilities, Johnson said.
Now, he wants to talk to the spouses who have been doing the heavy lifting while the Marines have been gone, he said. Its a good chance for him to hear their concerns and address them.
If the gunts are going to be miserable, lets all be miserable!
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Yeah, yeah, yeah - I heard the same crap in Nam, mostly by Army bigwigs that spent all their time in the DC area. The effectiveness of US military personnel depends upon training, not quarters and "amenities". Why should troops be miserable just because they're in a combat zone? Troops have a habit of turning wherever they are into "home", complete with whatever luxuries they can buy, build, borrow or steal. Remember the article a few months ago about a Special Forces base in Afghanistan that included "showers"? Case in point. This idiot needs to be demoted, retired, and shipped somewhere where his words won't harm anyone. He's just another parasite in "public service".
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ITS EITHER AN UNPRECEDENTED LOW IN PARTISAN DISCOURSE OR POLITICAL SURREALISM worthy of André Breton: on Tuesday, former president Jimmy Carter, speaking on foreign soil, denounced the policies of his successor as criminal because they fail to subsidize a genocidal Islamic terrorist organization that has killed Americans. Then, he blamed internecine Palestinian warfare on Americans and Israelis.
Speaking in Ireland at the eighth annual Forum on Human Rights without an apparent hint of irony Carter said the Bush administration had sinned against heaven and earth in its decision to withhold direct aid to Hamas once that group came to power in the Palestinian Authority. That action was criminal, he said. The Palestinian people had elected Hamas fair-and-square in elections his Center described as orderly and fair. (Carter said the same of Hugo Chavezs election.) He deemed Hamas shrewd in selecting candidates.
The worlds most famous Sunday School teacher further praised the genocidal terrorist organization, at a human rights conference, by citing its penchant for bloodshed. Hamas, Carter doddered, was more orderly than the rival Fatah organization, which Hamas demonstrated in military clashes that showed its superior skills and discipline. (The Jerusalem Post reported his argument thus: Carter said Hamas, besides winning a fair and democratic mandate that should have entitled it to lead the Palestinian government, had proven itself to be far more organized in its political and military showdowns with the Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.) One can only imagine how impressed he would have been by the efficiency of the SS.
Sounding like a junior anchor for al-Jazeera, the Nobel Peace Prize winner incredibly blamed the Palestinian civil war on Crusaders and Zionists. The United States and Israel decided to punish all the people in Palestine, he said, and did everything they could to deter a compromise between Hamas and Fatah. He continued:
This effort to divide Palestinians into two peoples now is a step in the wrong direction. All efforts of the international community should be to reconcile the two, but theres no effort from the outside to bring the two together I don't see at this point any possibility that public officials in the United States, or in Israel, or the European Union are going to take action to bring about reconciliation (between Fatah and Hamas).
Thus, the Americans and the Jews are to blame for divisions between groups of Palestinians that chuck fellow Palestinians out of windows. Only in the most fevered Islamist media are Muslims so excused from personal responsibility for their brutality toward one another.
Carter does not persuasively explain why Israel would want to reconcile terrorist groups bent on jihad. (Few things reconcile Palestinians more than dangling an unarmed Jew in front of them.) The Hamas Charter instructs, There is no other solution for the Palestinian problem other than jihad. Killing infidels is an individual duty binding on every Muslim man and woman; a woman must go out and fight the enemy even without her husbands authorization, and a slave without his masters permission. This makes jihad nearly the only thing she can do without her husbands permission. But Carter, who once lectured Pope John Paul II for his perpetuation of the subservience of women and blasted the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists wants us to fund this misogynist death cult. Youve come a long way, Baby....
Carter skirts the fact that Hamas is not merely a threat to Israelis; the group has claimed the lives of numerous Americans. Its ever-expanding U.S. infrastructure may one day conduct terror strikes on U.S. soil. Authorities nabbed Hamas member Ismail Selim Elbarasse in August 2004 for videotaping Marylands Bay Bridge in what authorities worried constituted a potential link between Hamas and al-Qaeda. Last October, a Hamas commander ominously told Time magazine, We shouldn't stand by idly while the Americans are plotting against us. But Carter has indicated the Bush administration is criminal for not supporting this stouthearted nationalist.
Criminal might better describe the workings of any government in the Muslim world, so conspicuously over-represented in the Carter Centers donations nations in which, for instance, its elected officials have to consult with and bribe a departed leaders widow to find out where he hid billions of dollars of their peoples assets. Nonetheless, the U.S. is sending barrels of greenbacks and weapons to the kleptocratic Fatah, whose membership largely overlaps with that of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the group responsible for the Mickey Mouse Murder Hour. Condoleeza Rice has also announced the U.S. is shipping tens of millions of dollars to the UNRWA, where future terrorists are incubated. Yet Carter denounces his own country for failing to establish a Marshall Plan for totalitarian murderers.
Thus concludes a rational progression for Jimmy Carter: in the 1970s, he blundered into establishing terrorists as Irans all-powerful theocratic rulers. In the 1980s and 90s, he wrote speeches for Yasser Arafat and defended extremists around the globe. Now, he calls the U.S. president a pariah for refusing to underwrite unrepentant jihadists dedicated to spilling as much infidel blood as possible.
Thus, Man from Plains confirms what many long suspected: the Worst President of the 20th Century does not want the United States to end the War on Terror. He merely wants us to switch sides.
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There are a lot of genocidal terrorists out there to love. You are really big-hearted Jimmy. Personally, I would take the whole lot of them and flush them down the toilet.
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Jimmy Carter - the stupidest Genius the US has ever spawned. May he live in the land of goats and camels the rest of his life, as a dhimmi, and may he be reborn as an Arab woman in Soddy Arabida. It wasn't enough that he nearly destroyed the US economy and set up the current problems in the muddled east, he wants us to join with the muzzies in destroying the only practicing democracy in SouthWest Asia. He doesn't deserve to be allowed back into the United States.
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"And then the UFOs will smite all Republicans and the Joos!"
The Plains Eel is a parasitic inhabitant of the Plains Georgia area, and is attracted to peanut plants. It was sent by the Ayatollah Khomeni, and is infesting the brain of the former president. These Plains Eels incubate their larvae between protective plates that line their backs. The slime-covered larva will seek out a larger animal, such as local former presidents, enter its skull through the ear and wrap itself around the cerebral cortex. This causes the subject intense pain and makes them susceptible to suggestions from others perple infested such as the Nobel Prize committee, or Michael Moore. As the larva grows, the host suffers from increasing insanity and eventually, total dementia.
trea·son /ˈtrizən/ noun
1. the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2. a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.
3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
[Origin: 11751225; ME tre(i)so(u)n < AF; OF traïson < L trāditiōn- (s. of trāditiō) a handing over, betrayal. See tradition]
Synonyms 1. Treason, sedition mean disloyalty or treachery to one's country or its government. Treason is any attempt to overthrow the government or impair the well-being of a state to which one owes allegiance; the crime of giving aid or comfort to the enemies of one's government. Sedition is any act, writing, speech, etc., directed unlawfully against state authority, the government, or constitution, or calculated to bring it into contempt or to incite others to hostility, ill will or disaffection; it does not amount to treason and therefore is not a capital offense. 2. See disloyalty
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Carter deserves to be stripped of citizenship and thrown out of the U.S. permanently, and I suggest that only because I know we couldn't manage to get him shot for treason.
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I'll quietly celebrate when this dirtbag is no longer among us.
Gaza-based Muslim groups affiliated with Hamas and possibly Al Qaeda have warned local Christians that Hamas' military conquest of the volatile coastal strip means they must now fully submit to Islamic ritual law. In an interview with WorldNetDaily, Sheikh Abu Saqer, leader of the group Jihadia Salafiya, said that Gaza's Muslims expect our Christian neighbors to understand the new Hamas rule means real changes. They must be ready for Islamic rule if they want to live in peace in Gaza.
Missionary activity will no longer be tolerated, and those suspected of trying to covert local Muslims to Christianity will be harshly punished, said Abu Saqer. Additionally, the consumption of alcohol is now prohibited in Gaza, and all women must fully cover themselves in public.
In order to ensure compliance with these regulations, Abu Saqer announced the formation of a new military wing that will a close eye on the subjects of Hamastan.
A committee for the protection of virtue!
Following last week's unprovoked assault on a Catholic church and school in Gaza City, most are unconvinced that even full submission to Gaza's new conservative Muslim overlords will afford any degree of peace and security to the area's tiny Christian population.
The Christians can move to the U.S. on a 1:1 exchange basis with Paleo Muslims currently here. Start with the ones on student visas.
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Christian for Muslim exchange a nice idea, but watch for the Muslims "see the light" & declare themselves converted.
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I don't know, Anguper Hupomosing9418. Apostacy means death, and how are the members of the muttawa to differentiate between true conversion and taqqiyah?
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Imagine if any "Christian" government anywhere - is there such a thing? - demanded the same of its local Orcs.
Pope Benedict: As the closest thing Christendom has to a leader I beg of you - as a devout Protestant, I beg of you - for the love of everything we have made, of everything we cherish and of everything holy... for the love of God call for a Crusade. Do not let this stand. Enough.
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" Sheikh Abu Saqer, leader of the group Jihadia Salafiya"
this is Haniyahs problem. Even if we wants to restrain shit like this, for PR purposes, he doesnt control every Islamist loon in Gaza. Can he afford to crack down on them, even if he has the sense to do so?
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Pope Benedict: As the closest thing Christendom has to a leader I beg of you - as a devout Protestant, I beg of you - for the love of everything we have made, of everything we cherish and of everything holy... for the love of God call for a Crusade. Do not let this stand. Enough.
Others here have called for embracing Muslims and trying to get them to convert away from Islam. I truly must wonder if they have fully considered the concept of taqiyya and all that it implies. While Benedict has shown some spine where his predecessors most definitely did not, more than that is now required.
Christianity again faces its oldest and most voracious foe. While this assault has been ongoing for several centuries, at no time has it ever approached the scale of threat we now see. Assisted by the media and large numbers of both misguided and ill-intentioned liberals alike, the Church of Christ must finally reconsider its own doctrine of acceptance.
Christians may well need to face up to the fact that there are some who simply cannot be salvaged or rescued from their own intellectual wreckage. As someone who believes in the perfectability of man's spirit, this is a difficult notion to embrace. Yet, we are confronted with a cult whose murderous intentions simply knows no bounds.
Death of others, death of self, death of children, death, death and more glorious death. There are limits to what can be tolerated and this is certainly one of them. Being fixated upon destruction of mind, body and soul is something that cannot be ignored as a passing fad.
Pope Benedict seems to be doing this. He has the ultimate bully pulpit. His flock is in dire peril. If there is a God, His work on this earth is threatened with total annihilation by a rapacious enemy. Much like how Muslim silence has transcended consent and become a lie, so has Christian denial of the danger that Islam poses. Either Christianity embraces the sin of willful suicide or gets up on their hind legs and rallies against its most dire foe. All other options have left the building cathedral.
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Zenster, Christianity's oldest foe has been in the field far longer than Islam.
Christians believe that no one is beyond God's mercy, not even the hippenest, hoppinest imam in Peshawar. The Judeo-Christian ethos is one of love and mercy and there is no room innit for writing out any group of people, no matter how vicious or cruel they are. We love life and despite our sinful natures, we do (or should do) our best to save lives. The Cathechism of the Catholic Church describes in detail the justifications for the use of force in the defense of life - for nation-states as well as individuals.
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The Judeo-Christian ethos is one of love and mercy and there is no room innit for writing out any group of people, no matter how vicious or cruel they are.
I realize this and it absolves Christianity of a host of sins committed earlier in its history. That said, Christians and members of other faiths need to get on the same page about dealing with the threat of Muslim violence. Islam is not going to magically renounce its quest for global domination all by itself. The outside world will have to put a gun to the ummah's collective head and have the will to pull the trigger if cooperation is not forthcoming. There is no other form of persuasion that holds the least promise. Were it not for weapons of mass destruction there might be time to see if Islam's own wickedness might neutralize itself. However, no such luxury exists. Wishing things were otherwise merely plays into Islam's hands. It is beyond difficult to envisage anything but overwhelming force being required to assure a positive outcome.
JERUSALEM - Israel allowed 12 truckloads of desperately needed food and medicines to cross into Gaza Tuesday in the first real easing of the blockade it imposed after Hamass takover of the impoverished territory. The army also allowed five seriously wounded Palestinians to be brought to Israel for treatment but maintained its refusal to allow hundreds of Gazan asylum-seekers stranded in no-mans land to cross to the occupied West Bank.
Ten trucks of food and two of medical supplies were delivered to Gaza through international organisations at the southern Kerem Shalom checkpoint, Israeli military spokesman Shlomo Dror said. This is the first time weve managed to bring supplies... It went very well, Dror told AFP, saying that possibilities of shipping aid by sea or parachute into the Gaza Strip had earlier been discounted as alternatives.
How 'bout telling the Gazans to fend for themselves?
He said the aid was delivered without contact with the Palestinian Authority or Hamas, which Israel boycotts as a terrorist organisation. We dont speak to the Hamas people and I dont see any change to manage to do something with them, he said.
Tuesdays trucks were the first to drive into the Gaza Strip since Hamas took control, Dror said, adding that three small carloads of medical supplies had been delivered through the Erez crossing on Monday.
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I hope gro*m is protesting this development down at the checkpoints.
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Oh, good. I'm sure they'll be really grateful...
#4
They've been getting handouts for 50 years, what have they accomplished?
Nothing, because they have this insane belief that they will destroy Israel and reclaim it in it's entirety.
Let them live in squalor for another 50 years while they hatch their devious little plans.
While in New York, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that there was no way of preventing Gaza refugees from crossing into Israel via Erez crossing. He added, however, that the IDf had to ensure that no terrorists got through. Olmert also stated that an IDF operation in Gaza would not be the correct way to deal with the Hamas
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Well, if the refugees are getting more than lunch and free ride to the West Bank. I would say that you're too kind.
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Olmert said that there was no way of preventing Gaza refugees from crossing into Israel via Erez crossing
I think that we need to employ a similar graphic like was on LGF a while ago, "Arafish says...", in this case "Olmert says...". Not any less fishy, if you ask me.
Where there is a will there is a way. I can come up with at least a dozen simple ways to do the job, with minimal increase in resources and manpower.
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Israel has no interest in letting folks running from Hamas starve at the border. They are holding them back at the behest of Abbas, who probably A. Wants civvies unhappy with Hamas to stay in Gaza and be a problem for Hamas and B. Is afraid pro-Hamas folks are among the "refugees" While thats understandable, why the hell should Israel take the PR hit for Abbas? If he doesnt want them coming to the WB, he either has to say so, or he has to offer the Israelis something in return.
In a stark sign of its rejection of Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip, Egypt announced it was moving its embassy from Gaza to the West Bank, headquarters of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, a foreign ministry statement said Tuesday.
A group of Egyptian diplomats have already left for the West Bank town of Ramallah, the statement said, ending a 15-year presence in Gaza. The Egyptian ambassador is due to arrive in Ramallah in the coming days, it added.
After Gaza's takeover by Hamas gunmen on Thursday, Abbas dismantled his Fatah party's coalition government with Hamas and installed a new emergency Cabinet.
Hamas has refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the new government, and insists the old government remains in place.
Egypt, the regional powerhouse, withdrew its mediators from Gaza on Friday, and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Saturday his country opposed any attempt by Hamas to set up a separate government in the Gaza Strip after its military takeover of the territory.
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Its obvious now that the main financial backing of Gaza is going to some from Iran. It would appear that they've just purchased themselves a welfare state.
We might be able to watch them sink themselves. Heh.
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The objective should be to cause financial ruin a little closer to the source, Mike.
Hamas says the West is using the issue of Palestinian aid to "manipulate the Palestinian people and distance them from the Hamas movement."
"By announcing their political and financial support for the Palestinian Authority, the West is backing an illegitimate government," AFP quoted Hamas Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri as saying on Tuesday.
The United States and European Union restored direct aid to Palestinians on Monday in a show of support for Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmud Abbas, who set up an emergency government.
EU and US support for the government of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was "an attempt to manipulate the Palestinian people and distance them from Hamas," Zuhri said, adding that the strategy would not work.
The EU and the US froze ties and suspended direct aid to the Palestinian people when Hamas swept to power last year after a shock win over Fatah in January 2006 elections.
However, the boycott deepened the desperate economic plight of Palestinians, particularly in the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated areas on the planet where 80 percent of the population relies on aid.
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Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated areas on the planet where 80 percent of the population relies on aid.
Hamas rejected on Tuesday President Mahmoud Abbass decree outlawing the groups Executive Force and said the real Palestinian government was still headed by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas. Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya told reporters in Gaza the Islamist group was ready to hold talks with Abbass Fatah faction to try to find common ground.
"We talk, you agree. What's not to like?"
Fatah rejected dialogue with the group, which won Palestinian parliamentary elections in 2006, following its violent takeover of Gaza.
Hamas rejects the decision by Abu Mazen (Abbas) to outlaw the Executive Force because his decision contradicts the law, Hayya said. The current government of national unity is the legitimate caretaker government and we do not recognise the emergency government. The Fatah central committee decided today not to convene any dialogue, or any contact or any meetings with the Hamas movement, the Fatah committee said in a statement. And in other news:
Meanwhile, dozens of Fatah loyalists, including security men, entered Egypt from Gaza overnight fearing they may be targeted by Hamas Islamists, Egyptian security officials said on Tuesday. They said about 70 men were found by border agents on the Egyptian side of the Gaza-Egypt frontier on Monday night, and that some were police officers with their weapons. More than 340 Palestinians have now taken refuge in Egypt since last weeks Hamas takeover of Gaza, while 108 others have returned to Gaza after Hamas agreed to re-admit them provided they left their guns in Egypt, the officials said.
Separately, Israel plans to tighten a financial clampdown on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip that would choke off all but humanitarian and basic supplies, senior Israeli and Western officials said on Tuesday. While opening the funding taps to the Western-backed emergency government set up by President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank, Israel and the United States want to isolate Hamas financially, diplomatically and militarily in the Gaza Strip.
To that end, two senior Israeli officials said the plan was to bar Palestinian tax funds transferred to Abbas from reaching Gaza to run Hamas-led agencies and pay workers. The Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israel was discussing with the United States the scope of their Gaza embargo. Israeli and Western officials said humanitarian supplies would not be cut off and may be increased.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called the financial sanctions a failed policy and part of a Zionist-American plot, adding: Any siege on the Gaza Strip will beget an explosion in the faces of all of those who took part in imposing the siege. Palestinian Information Minister Riyad al-Malki said the emergency government knew of no Israeli conditions on the tax funds which Israel collects on the Palestinian Authoritys behalf. We will not accept any conditions. We determine how we will spend it, he said.
Meanwhile, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday Iran had encouraged Hamas to use violence to take control of the Gaza Strip. Iran supports non-democratic groups in Palestine, Lebanon and in Iraq and we hold Iran responsible for encouraging Hamas to carry out its coup in Gaza, senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said.
Also, Israeli troops were moving on Tuesday towards the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses and security sources said.
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Hamas rejects the decision by Abu Mazen (Abbas)
How does one know which name to use? Is the nom de-muz preferable to the given? More familiar like du instead of Sie?
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Iranian ambassador to the UN, in a letter to the secretary-general, complained that the UN Security Council has done nothing to stop Israel's "unlawful and dangerous threats" against Iran. Javad Zarif protested yesterday a recent statement from Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz that Israel has not ruled out military action against Iran to disable its nuclear program. He also referred to a similar statement that Zionist regime's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made in April.
"I wish to inform you that, emboldened by the absence of any action by the Security Council, various Israeli officials have unabatedly continued to publicly and contemptuously make unlawful and dangerous threats of resorting to force against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Zarif said in the letter, dated June 11. He also sent a copy to the president of the Security Council.
Have to admire the chutzpah. To an extent. Wonder if he knows the word?
Zarif faulted the council for not condemning the statements and for "pushing for statements against Iran based on various distortions and unsubstantiated allegations ... in a failed attempt and tired smokescreen to distract the international community's attention from the real and serious threats that the (Israeli) regime poses to international and regional peace and security."
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Oh, come on! What do the Iranians have to fear? They have the most powerful force in the universe - the Mighty Mad Mullah Mighty Military Machine. One little squeak and Israel's wiped off the map! Right, guys?
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Yeah, the Israelis are always spouting off about how Iran will be wiped off the earth, and how the countdown to Iran's destruction has begun. After what those poor Iranians have been put through, they should get some well deserved UN money.
For a little fun on a Tuesday morning, the folks over at National Lampoon need your help. They are considering making a feature length film that is basically a modern version of their successful hit from the 70s Animal House with a terrorist tilt. However, they want the public's opinion as to whether or not they should make this film, and have created an online poll to assist them with their decision.
Lampoons website describes the premise of the comedy (video link available after the break due to the somewhat crude and vulgar content, h/t Charles at LGF):
Two idiot college students unwittingly join an Al Qaeda cell in order to get the 72 virgins promised to terrorists when they die. From the makers of Animal House, Van Wilder, and the Vacation movies.
Those interested can view the preview available here, and vote here. Vote early, vote often!
Post facto question: Regardless of the voting, would the folks at Lampoon dare making this film given the volatile subject matter? Just imagine the outcry from Islamic groups like CAIR. Would they risk such negative publicity? After all, this is not a population that has presented itself as being tolerant of jokes directed at it, or have you forgotten the violence in Europe subsequent to the publishing of a few comic strips?
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Unfortunately, this is not a ready for Homeland Security event. They can't handle a few mall shooting, how are they going to handle a bomb threat in a movie parking lot? Doubt too many theater owners want that opportunity. Only safe on broadband internet. Facts of life created by your CYA overlords bureaucrats.
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The only way they could pull this off and be funny would be to use caricature villains as comic foils to serious comedians. The problem as it now stands is both that their villains look realistic, and the two college boys aren't funny--they just act stupid and dull.
The lead villain should look like Anton LaVey with a red silk turban and lots of "Bwahahas":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey
with an accent like Bela Legosi. His henchman should be a cross between Marty Feldman and Peter Lorre, and his followers a collective of ninja-dolts like a moronic 'Foot Clan' version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who invariably injure only themselves, and ignorantly and accidently worship anything they think they are supposed to worship. All the bad guys are terrified of women and pigs.
There could be all kinds of sight gags like Anton eating a ham sandwich while drinking MD 20/20 (cheap Mogen David kosher wine), and smoking a lot of drugs.
The two Americans can only be a Dumb and Dumber team if they are being used as patsies by some super secret government anti-terrorist organization that is using just a sickening level of surveillance on the terrorists. Lots of scatological humor potential there.
But the movie has to be more like a Zucker movie with multiple high-speed gags going on continually so that any jokes that don't work are quickly forgotten.
The villains target has to be something equally ridiculous, such as the largest pureed pork products company in the US, owned by pig obsessed rednecks who are armed to the teeth with all kinds of heavy weapons.
The background for the movie would be a mix of "The President's Analyst", "Airplane!", "The Man With One Red Shoe", "Hot Shots" and even "Scary Movie".
They could have lots of comedy and horror movie homages and just make it as surreal and nonsensical as possible.
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Absolutely. This death cult needs all the ridicule we can possibly heap upon it if we ever expect it to go away like it should. Even if the theater has to be ringed with FBI agents. Even if the movie is dumber than dirt. And apart from the ridicule aspect, the right to free speech needs to be asserted. They need to understand that we can say whatever we want and if they don't like it they can FOAD.
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Moose, you forgot JOHN GOLDFARB, PLEASE COME HOME!
My thoughts on this kind of movie is to have the terrorist comment on how the US gov't policies protect them. In my movie just when the bad guys are to be overrun by the gun toting Bubbas. They are rescued by the FBI and taken to GITMO for a tropical vacation.
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Spot on Bruce but a couple more. The terrorist should be shown praying to the moon, having 9 year old wives, having the Democrats constantly calling them for poll information, receiving big checks and bomb materials from Saudi Arabia, joking that they have been there for years without a visa and have a huge picture of Jimmy Carter nude over their beds.
Two last things, they should have a running joke about being scared to the point of looking over their shoulders of Little Green Footballs and Rantburg.
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(SomaliNet) Six-day workshop on conflict sensitive reporting arranged by the International Media Support (IMS) and the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has on Tuesday started in the Djiboutian capital of Djibouti. 
At Blackfive, we have been trying to improve our relationship with the Public Affairs Officers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the Marines have begun a really intense exchange of ideas with us. One Marine Combat Commander embraced our offer of support.
Gaza-based Muslim groups affiliated with Hamas and possibly Al Qaeda have warned local Christians that Hamas' military conquest of the volatile coastal strip means they must now fully submit to Islamic ritual law. In an interview with WorldNetDaily, Sheikh Abu Saqer, leader of the group 
In a stark sign of its rejection of Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip, Egypt announced it was moving its embassy from Gaza to the West Bank, headquarters of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, a foreign ministry statement said Tuesday. 
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Iranian ambassador to the UN, in a letter to the secretary-general, complained that the UN Security Council has done nothing to stop Israel's "unlawful and dangerous threats" against Iran. 
