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Mookie on the ropes?

Posted on January 18, 2007 | Comments Off on Mookie on the ropes?

"Mahdi Army fighters said Thursday they were under siege in their Sadr City stronghold as U.S. and Iraqi troops killed or seized key commanders in pinpoint nighttime raids."

About time.

UPDATE  Maybe. 

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How we’ll beat the jihadis

Posted on January 18, 2007 | Comments Off on How we’ll beat the jihadis

Thoughtful essay by Muslim convert Stephen Schwartz of the aforementioned Center for Islamic Pluralism. We can only hope he’s right, that terrorism can be undone by pressures on the Saudis, Syrians and Iranians:

"Islamic extremism is maintained by two ideological forces hiding behind religion: Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia and the adventuristic supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran. Syria, with a radical Arab nationalist regime that does not embrace a religious doctrine, is a halfway house for both, mainly for profit."

 

UPDATE  Oops, I forgot the link. 

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A Muslim’s prayer

Posted on January 17, 2007 | Comments Off on A Muslim’s prayer

"I pray for the security of all Americans and other people against terrorism, and for adequate resources and support to those protecting them. I further pray that Western governments will not be lured into the trap of collaboration with fake Muslim moderates, but will assist genuine moderate Muslims in defeating radicalism."

Worth a look. Via Power Line

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Where the twin towers went

Posted on January 17, 2007 | Comments Off on Where the twin towers went

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USS New York, special ops, Marine helicopter assault warship whose bow section was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center. Ambivablog has more.

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Walking the line, part 2

Posted on January 17, 2007 | Comments Off on Walking the line, part 2

Second part of Army veteran and Iraq freelance embed Michael Yon’s latest dispatch:

"People at home probably have no idea how much their little cards, letters, and goodie bags boost morale. Countless walls around Iraq are practically wallpapered with cards and letters. And soldiers and Marines do stop to read them. They especially love the cards from kids. There is nothing more uplifting over here than reading two dozen cards from kids who can barely hold a crayon, much less one of those fat pencils. If a kid sends a card, rest assured that card will be stuck on some wall somewhere and it will bring a smile to many a soldier and Marine."

Read it all. You won’t be sorry you took the time. 

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Attacking modernity

Posted on January 16, 2007 | Comments Off on Attacking modernity

Why the double bombing on Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad that killed scores of women students? Simple, says Alan Sullivan, the seablogger:

"If the women get ideas about liberty, they might change the Dark Age culture of honor, shame, and female bondage that blights the Islamic world."

The Jihadis only like women when they’re covered from head to toe, speak only to family and submit to daily beatings.

But even Israeli Arabs are not immune. A teenage girl in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, is dead in what police are calling an "honor killing" for not hewing to the dress code.

UPDATE  Mohammed at Iraq the Model has a memorial for the dead students:

"A policeman says: the cell phones didn’t stop ringing in their pockets and purses but there was no one to answer…they were gone. The ringing will keep me awake tonight, angels of Iraq."

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