US Congress approves Iranian sanctions Dec. 16, 2009 Associated Press , THE JERUSALEM POST The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to impose new economic sanctions against Iran, as the US as lawmakers expressed doubt about the Islamic Republic’s willingness to respond to diplomatic efforts to curtail its purported nuclear arms program. A senior Iranian oil […]
Meanwhile, Over at the North Korean Airborne Weapons Bazaar Posted By Claudia Rosett Yes, Virginia, despite United Nations sanctions forbidding any such activity, North Korea’s government is still supplying weapons hither and yon. The latest sanctions busting shipment turned up aboard a cargo plane that stopped Friday for refueling in Bangkok — you can peruse […]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6823791/Iran-test-fires-missile-capable-of-hitting-Israel.html Iran test fires missile capable of hitting Israel Iran said it has successfully tested what it called an upgraded version of its longest-range, solid-fuel Sajjil-2 missile.  16 Dec 2009 A missile prior to a test firing by Iranian armed forces Photo: AP State television broke the news in a one-sentence report that gave no details […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/saudis-to-give-75-year-old-woman-40-lashes-for-breaking-sex-segregation-rules.html Saudis to give 75-year-old woman 40 lashes for breaking sex segregation rules What fun they will have in Europe. Sharia Alert from the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places: “Saudi Arabia to flog 75-year-old for breaching sex segregation rules,” from the Telegraph, December 15 (thanks to Pamela): Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/surprise-surprise-lockerbie-bomber-disappears.html Surprise, surprise: Lockerbie bomber disappears When the craven dhimmi Brits freed him for oil, they should have seen this coming a mile off. “Mystery as Lockerbie bomber goes missing from home and hospital,” by Martin Fletcher, Tim Reid and Angus Macleod in The Times, December 16 (thanks to Morgaan): The Lockerbie bomber appeared to […]
Free Speech on Trial – by Robert Spencer http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/16/free-speech-on-trial-by-robert-spencer/  Free speech goes on trial in the Netherlands on January 20, when Dutch politician Geert Wilders appears before the Amsterdam District Court on charges of having “intentionally offended a group of people, i.e. Muslims, based on their religion,†as well as having incited to hatred […]
Democracy Under Arrest ‘Universal’ human- rights law never seems to apply to the likes of Kim Jong Il. Wall Street Journal By JOHN BOLTON ‘Universal jurisdiction” sounds like a term plucked from obscure international law journals, but it has pernicious and profoundly antidemocratic consequences in the real world. A British arrest warrant, issued over the […]
Al-Qaeda terrorist gets 100% mortgage By GUY PATRICK The Sun (UK) http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2773537/Al-Qaeda-terrorist-gets-100-mortgage.html A BANK was blasted last night after giving a 100 per cent mortgage to an al-Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into the UK. Albanian Krenar Lusha, 30, landed the NatWest loan after it failed to complete full checks on his UK status, a […]
Justice restrains lawyers in Panther inquiry Jerry Seper The Washington Times Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/16/justice-restrains-lawyers-in-panther-inquiry/ The Justice Department has told the federal attorneys who filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party for disrupting a Philadelphia polling place last year not to cooperate with an investigation of the incident by the U.S. […]
Update: 1LT Michael Behenna: Diana West  http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1177/Update-1LT-Michael-Behenna.aspx Scott and Vicki Behenna write in with an update on the ongoing and even promising efforts to free their son Michael, whom I have written about here and here. They write: Merry Christmas to the many friends and supporters of Michael, An update about Michael is difficult because this […]
