MURDER IN VIENNA TRACED TO PUTINPAL KADYROV…CHECHEN PRESIDENT

‘Risk Factor’ Murder in Vienna Leads Investigators to Chechen President http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,702146,00.html By Stefan Berg Photo Gallery: 5 Photos AFP In January 2009, an asylum seeker from Chechnya was gunned down in front of a supermarket in Vienna. Austrian investigators now say that their inquiries have led them to suspect that Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov may […]

ROGER KIMBALL: ABOUT McCHRYSTAL

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2010/06/23/the-meaning-of-mcchrystal/?print=1 The Meaning of McChrystal Posted By Roger Kimball I don’t blame President Obama for relieving Stanley McChrystal of command. I would have done the same thing had I been in his shoes. You cannot, if you are the commander-in-chief, have a general going about making contemptuous remarks about your senior staff. Let’s leave aside […]

NORWAY BANS SHARIA COURTS AND SPAIN BANS BURKAS….

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/norwegian-foreign-minister-sharia-courts-are-out-of-the-question.html Norwegian foreign minister: Sharia courts are out of the question The foreign minister understands what should be abundantly clear across Europe: Aiding and abetting the segregation of a class that would fancy itself too “special” for civil law achieves the opposite of integration. “Støre bans Sharia councils,” by Michael Sandelson for The Foreigner, June […]

SHAKEUP IN AUSTRALIA AS KEVIN RUDD IS REPLACED…WHO IS JULIA GILLARD?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629804575324534190936548.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_world Leadership Change Jolts Australia Rudd Resigns Ahead of Vote to Lead Ruling Party, Clearing Way for Nation’s First Female Leader By RACHEL PANNETT CANBERRA—Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stepped down on Thursday, amid a mutiny in the once-popular leader’s governing party, clearing the way for the country’s first female prime minister. Getty Images , […]

RUSSIA’S PREZ COMING TO D.C. FOR “RESET” TALKS

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/23/obama-set-for-talks-with-russias-president/print/ Obama set for talks with Russia’s president ‘Reset’ touted, but major differences remain ARE THESE SOLDIERS SLEEPING OR SUNBATHING? RSK Russian President Dmitry Medvedev takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on Tuesday to mark the 69th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Russia in 1941. […]

HAMAS FOUNDER’S SON DENOUNCES ISLAM

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/23/hamas-founders-son-decries-islamic-god-hate/ Hamas founder’s son decries Islamic ‘god of hate’ By Eli Lake The son of one of the founders of Hamas is turning his back not only on the organization that now controls Gaza, but the religion that so animates the followers of the group his father helped create. Speaking on Wednesday night to the […]

FOUR STARS GENERAL AND A FOUR STAR EGO

THE WIMPS IN THE WHITE HOUSE REMOVED THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT WIMP IN AFGHANISTAN AND RPLACED HIM WITH ANOTHER ROEs WIMP….WHY THE GLEE?…RSK http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/fourstars_no_match_for_obamas.html Four-stars no match for Obama’s four-star ego Camie Davis General McChrystal, it’s your own fault. You should have seen it coming. In a world of sound-bites, when perception trumps reality, how […]

IN IRAQISTAN: CRIMINAL INTENT AND FUNDING

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100623_criminal_intent_and_militant_funding?utm_source=SWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100624&utm_content= readmore&elq=16d759c70a4b4ea596ad8d20b10ef019 Criminal Intent and Militant Funding By Scott Stewart STRATFOR is currently putting the finishing touches on a detailed assessment of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the al Qaeda-inspired jihadist franchise in that country. As we got deeper into that project, one of the things we noticed was the group’s increasing reliance on […]

Council of Europe votes against ban on burka

Council of Europe votes against ban on burka MPs from 47 countries have unanimously voted against a general ban on the wearing of the burka in public. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/7850692/Council-of-Europe-votes-against-ban-on-burka.html A woman in a burka Photo: GETTY The Parliamentary Assembly of Europe’s human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, passed a resolution warning that if governments imposed […]

PRAISE FOR LEAHY AND SESSIONS AND EHRENFELD ON FREE SPEECH

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/capitol/praise_for_leahy_and_sessions_first_0ZrkgNNBImcipY5hZ7tc2K Praise for Leahy’s and Sessions’ first-amendment protecting “SPEECH Act” June 23, 2010 ι Abby Wisse Schachter Rachel Ehrenfeld, the poster child for being a victim of libel tourism – when people sue for libel for published material they don’t like in countries like Britain, where they have a chance of winning – has come out […]