Thursday, June 17, 2010 http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MGE1NzIwYTU4YTZhMjBhN2Y1MjkzNzYxYmQ4MzEwMjQ= Honor, and Shame  [Mark Steyn] When you look at all the formulaic sludge that wins the Pulitzer Prize for Most Unread Multipart Series, it is striking that not one of the major newspapers has done an investigative series on the proliferation of “honor killings”, not in Yemen or Waziristan but […]
CBC News – Toronto – Father, son plead guilty to Aqsa Parvez murder http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/06/15/parvez-guilty-plea.html Father, son plead guilty to Aqsa Parvez murder CBC News.com Aqsa Parvez was strangled in December 2007. (Facebook) The father and brother of Aqsa Parvez, 16, have pleaded guilty to killing the Mississauga, Ont., teenager in 2007. Muhammad Parvez and Waqas […]
/ AP British singer and songwriter Sir Elton John, right, and guitar player Bob Birch perform in a concert at the Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) – AP British singer and songwriter Sir Elton John performs during his concert at the Ramat Gan stadium near Ramat […]
What could go wrong? 17 Afghan pilots AWOL from Texas Air Force base http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-could-go-wrong-17-afghan-pilots.html What could go wrong? 17 Afghan pilots AWOL from Texas Air Force base! Doug Ross, Director Blue.Blogspot.com Fox News has an exclusive report that should send some shivers down your spine: A nationwide alert has been issued for 17 members of […]
http://www.jwire.com.au/news/liberal-senator-rises-to-israels-defence/9868#more-9868 JEWISH ONLINE NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Victorian Liberal Senator Scott Ryan last night told the Australian Senate that there was “a highly orchestrated media campaign to vilify Israel†in the wake of the Gaza Flotilla Incident. J-Wire reproduces the Senator’s speech in full: Senator Scott Ryan “Several weeks ago we were informed […]
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/17/the-lesson-of-a-jewish-cemetery/ The lesson of a Jewish cemetery Jun 17, 2010 by Mark Steyn Thanks to the wonders of globalization, I’m writing this in a fairly decrepit salon de thé off the rue de la Liberté in Tangiers, enjoying a coffee and a stale croissant grilled and flattened into a panini. What could be more authentically […]
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/former-spanish-prime-minister-if-israel-goes-down-we-all-go-down FROM AN EDITORIAL IN THE TIMES OF LONDON TODAY….. Support Israel: if it goes down, we all go down José MarÃa Aznar Anger over Gaza is a distraction. We cannot forget that Israel is the West’s best ally in a turbulent region For far too long now it has been unfashionable in Europe to […]
http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1440/Flotilla-Fallout.aspx Flotilla Fallout Written by:Diana West 6/17/2010 6:00:00 AM If you watched this German TV report on the jihadist backstory to the “peace flotilla” — none of which discomfited the three leftist German Bundestag members aboard the Mavi Marmara also interviewed –here’s what has happened since back in Berlin: From the Jerusalem Post: BERLIN – Thomas […]
AS DER SPIEGELS SEES IT: THE PHOTO WAR ON THE FLOTILLA 06/16/2010 http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,700992,00.html Smuggled Images of Israeli Assault Gaza Raid Photos Fuel Propaganda War By Daniel Steinvorth and Christoph Schult Photo Gallery: 3 Photos [m] REUTERS, SPIEGEL ONLINE The deadly raid on the Gaza aid flotilla triggered a propaganda war between Israel and pro-Palestinian activists. […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/what-kind-of-washington-fools-would-honor-turkeys-foreign-minister/ What Kind of Washington Fools Would Honor Turkey’s Foreign Minister? Posted By Claudia Rosett Update (June 16th, 2010 10:20 am): A press assistant at the Wilson Center confirmed this morning that what I wrote below is correct. The ceremonial dinner, honoring Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, along with a Turkish business tycoon, is scheduled […]
