Global War on Terror

Oh for goodness’ sake! I guess this means diplomacy is out. Talk about itching for a fight!

If the U.S. keeps pestering us and increases pressure, we will regard it as a declaration of war and will take a series of physical corresponding measures,” the North’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by […]

If more Muslim leaders sounded like the Aga Khan — and if they spoke out more often — the world would have a better chance of avoiding a protracted clash of civilizations.

He’s a British citizen living in France and educated in the West. He is also the leader of the Ismaili, a Shia sect […]

I’ll grant that the resolutions probably are useless, but we did ask nicely and quite some time ago I believe they agreed not to pursue this course of action.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council should congratulate North Korea for its nuclear test instead of passing “useless” resolutions or statements, North Korea’s U.N. […]

From the Jackson Sun:

“Very devastating” is how Bradford Police Chief Ollie Bond described the amount of damage that could have been done by explosive materials found behind a building on Old U.S. 45 East Thursday morning. Bond said police were still searching for the owner of the material Thursday afternoon.read more | digg story

I have no way […]

I’d like to share a book that we discovered about a year after 9/11/01 called Fireboat. It’s the true story of an old fireboat commissioned in 1931. It saw the construction of the George Washington Bridge and Empire State Building. By 2001 it was very old and was destined for the scrapyard. But on 9/11 […]

Mr. Ex gave his account of 9/11/01 last year. Here’s mine:

We overslept so I didn’t follow the usual routine of turning on the radio and listening over breakfast. Mr. Ex called me from the car on the way to work about the first plane. My first thought was “That must have been […]

This Ongoing War is usually interesting and informative and I would encourage everyone to check-in there on a regular basis. The last few posts have prompted me to mention them specifically.

First, Hezbollah has it’s own youth program. The only requirement for 10-15 year olds recruited for the “Mahdi Scouts” is that they be […]

WHAT?!

We went to church yesterday, ate lunch quickly before going to our son’s football game, then I came home and tried my hand at “Freezer Cooking.” I didn’t see, hear or read much news. This comes as a bit of a surprise:

GAZA (Reuters) - Two kidnapped Fox journalists appeared on a new videotape […]

Now this is an interesting post from Iraq the Model. I haven’t really made a point of reading Iraqi blogs since Salam Pax quit posting but I came across this and it merits consideration:

It may sound a bit odd but that’s really what I felt in Egypt that I don’t feel in my war-torn […]

Via Hot Air, once again it’s my favorite Canadian-born, gun-toting, half-Jewish, half-Catholic, confirmed Anglican, practicing Baptist journalist living in New Hampshire.

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