Washington, D.C., July 1, 2009 – FBI special agents carried out 20 formal interviews and at least 5 “casual conversations” with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his capture by U.S. troops in December 2003, according to secret FBI reports released as the result of Freedom of Information Act requests by the National Security Archive and posted today on the Web at www.nsarchive.org.

Linky: Saddam Hussein Talks to the FBI

Hardline Islamic penal codes, such as the amputation of limbs as punishment for theft, would make Britain a safer and better place, the founder of the country’s oldest sharia court has told The Times.

Sheikh Suhaib Hasan, the secretary of the Islamic Sharia Council, said that the enforcement of such laws was “something to bring you more peace and security”.

Dr Hasan, who presides over a sharia court in East London that rules on civil matters such as divorce, emphasised that he neither sought nor expected the implementation of the criminal penal code in Britain because it was not a Muslim country.

He said, however, that problems such as knife crime would be better resolved if harsher puni…

Linky:  Sharia penal codes would benefit Britain says Muslim Sheikh Suhaib Hasan

Voting Hamas was a protest vote against Fatah for many in the Gaza Strip. Of course, the wisdom of voting for an anti-Semitic, genocidal, and generally insane organization whose charter explicitly demands the destruction of Israel among other similar gems is questionable at best, but the skill of basic factual analysis sometimes runs out during extended conflicts. In any case, Hamas is currently the majority government and has deigned it proper to use their authority in the most Machiavellian possible manner. The Islamic Resistance Group (Hamas) reigns over a devastated economy and a tired citizenry. Average daily income is pegged at two dollars, unemployment is at 45%, and 99.3% of the population practices Islam. Hamas uses all three of these factors to manufacture future suicide bombers and fighters to continue its endless war of conquest against Israel. But hey, fighting the big bad Zionists and its fictional international banking conglomerate is a global pastime, particularly in Europe where anti-Semitism is on the march. Again.

Hamas has succeeded in creating dependence due to the bargain-basement per capita income in Gaza. Average citizens are forced to depend on the government for daily necessities such as fuel oil, which is affected by the crippling Israeli inhumane blockade. Yeah, that same blockade that doesn’t exist. Citizens of Gaza are essentially victims of Stockholm syndrome- despite a plunging economy, terrifying conditions, and a government that cares more about killing Israelis than aiding Gazans, public support for Hamas is doing anything but slipping. That’s a bit like the city of Boston waging war against the rest of the US, getting leveled, and then reelecting the mayor; on the other hand, with all the decriminalized marijuana floating around, that’s not so farfetched.

The unemployment rate in the States has recently risen to 7.6%. Fortunately, we’re not shooting each other yet, though a few sad cases have resorted to shooting themselves. In the Gaza Strip, the situation is even grimmer. Unemployment has risen to a mind-blowing 45%. There’s an old English proverb suggesting that an idle mind is the Devil’s workshop. One need only examine the situation in Gaza to realize the wisdom of such a statement. Desperate poverty added to restless unemployed youth is a recipe for extremism, even excluding religious influences for the sake of argument.

Religious influences, however, are enormously important to the conflict in the Middle East. The Gaza Strip is 99.3% Islamic, and the Hamas Charter is 100% Islamist. Niceties like the separation of church and state are glossed over in favor of incitement to religious hatred. The words “Jew” and “Israel” are mentioned no less than 12 and 6 times respectively. “Jihad” is mentioned 36 times. Words of seemingly little import, like “economy”, are only mentioned once. At this point in time, Gaza is brimming with poverty-stricken, unemployed, and Muslim youth. These youth are naturally desirous of a central organizing body. You guessed it; instead of using their human capital clout to create products and improve living standards in the Strip, Hamas is happy to direct their attentions outward to a common cause- the destruction of Israel and Judaism in general.

Hamas is a dangerous organization hellbent on the destruction of the basic precepts upon which Western civilization rests. However, they are powerless without human and ideological capital. The key to limiting the scope of its actions is not to behead it by killing its leadership- to do so still leaves the teeming masses of poor unemployed Muslim youth looking for a cause. Instead, Israel must work to create economic improvement within the Gaza Strip. This cannot be done without removing Hamas, which has mismanaged the economy into the ground. Decisive action must be taken (and is destined to be taken at some point) to absolutely and completely debase Hamas’ power structure. Support for Hamas will remain viable until economic improvements are made, but Hamas is the main impediment to economic improvement. The fact that the group is more interested in killing Israeli citizens than ameliorating the situation in the Strip makes this much clear. Therefore, Israel must decisively crush Hamas and immediately follow up by pumping investment capital into the Gaza Strip lest the group regenerate. To create, Israel must first devastate. The question is whether or not the international community can stomach further military action in Gaza.

Sourced from Age of Pericles (opens in new window)

Linky: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/02/low_cost_rfid_cloner/

and here is a video of “Tsar Bomba” explosion.

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“They took me from my home,” George Obama told reporters in Nairobi from his jail cell. ” I don’t know why they are charging me.”

For some reason i believe him. Stuff like this happens a lot in third world countries, especially on government level for a good ransom money. And of course as any decent brother Barak Obama now will have to post a bail of a few billion dollars to get him out of jail.

Linky: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7862691.stm

Five FOX News primetime hosts are now outpacing Keith Olbermann in terms of viewer count. The numbers don’t lie, and neither should they surprise anybody. After all, Olbermann is the early forerunner in the contest of who can spread the most contagious Bush Derangement Syndrome. In his first 1/29/09 segment, he referred to Republicans as “lying” as well as “simpering and whining”, while he referred to President Obama’s statement on 2008 Wall Street bonuses as “very deserved, very commendable, and very dramatic”. 6 out of 8 of his segments prominently dumped on Republicans while canonizing Democrats, including 3 of 8 segments that directly involved Bush’s legacy or his closest allies. The following statistics were sourced from the Drudge Report on the night of January 29th, 2009 and reflected viewer numbers on that same night.

• FOXNEWS OREILLY 3,891,000
• FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,034,000
• FOXNEWS BECK 2,306,000
• FOXNEWS SHEP 2,299,000
• FOXNEWS GRETA 2,155,000
• MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,581,000
• CNN COOPER 1,559,000
• CNN KING 1,420,000
• CNN BLITZER 1,490,000
• CNNHN GRACE 1,435,000
• MSNBC MADDOW 1,398,000

For purposes of comparison, here is a piece written by yours truly on December 16, 2008 about the Olbermann-O’Reilly rivalry. Needless to say, O’Reilly won that fight and is now dancing in the end zone. The most important piece of information clear from a comparison of yesterday’s statistics and those from late 2008 is that Fox News primetime viewership has increased some 9%, and Hardball with Chris Matthews (an MSNBC show) has dropped off the top 11 primetime cable TV shows in terms of viewer numbers. Furthermore, O’Reilly garnered more than double the number of viewers than Olbermann did, and he even pulled off a victory in the vaunted 25-54 age group. As the nation marches off into a new age of partisanship to the beat of Obama’s drum, Keith’s angry and sometimes profane outbursts seem like relics of a bitter and clingy past, just like principled policy in regards to Israel and sensible trade policy. But we oughtn’t fear- “cleverness” shall now suffice for political, economic, and military clout. Unless, of course, the “new era of responsibility” isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be or that tidbit about extending a hand to figures with “unclenched fists” only applies to ruthless dictators and not Republican congressmen. But a proper liberal has a bad answer to every good question, as is demonstrated by an exchange I had with a devoted “progressive” Democrat earlier. “Why was the misery rate so high during Carter’s administration?” His reply: “Carter had to pay for years of Reaganomics.”

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By: Age of Pericles

The Audacity Of Dope

“Cops: New York dealers sold heroin branded with president’s name

JANUARY 23–Add heroin to the scores of products that have been branded with President Barack Obama’s name. Cops in upstate New York this week broke up a drug ring that allegedly sold heroin under several brand names, including “Obama.” ”

The best yet, guess how does hamas keep ex-Fatah members under house arrest … by shooting them in the legs so they can’t walk. Where is UN at the moments like this.

hamas so called ” victory parade” was attended by big fat number 0 people. Sounds like Gazans now know who their real enemy is.

Do you think hamas got the message from its its own people ?

Linky: http://www.newsweek.com

Technorati Tags: hamas, gaza, United Nations, Israel, terrorist, victory parade

I will post the location below if anybody wants to attend their “peaceful rally“,  that is what it says on their flyer, to some pictures.

Monday, JANUARY 19, 2009
Time:     4:30pm
Location:     Union Square. 14th st. Then march to the Washington Square Park
Direction:     Trains: L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6 to Union Square

Also here is the whole flyer , pdf format 1.8 MB.