05 May

IAEA Headquarters



International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) delegates speak in the boardroom at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna.
Iran has said it was digging in for a confrontation with the West over its disputed nuclear programme, vowing that neither UN Security Council resolutions nor US military action could force a climbdown.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)

05 May

In Country With Our Troops at Fallujah and Ramadi



A U.S. Navy Corpsman walks passed bullet proof vests and helmets at a Marine base in Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 3, 2006. In addition to protective vests, helmets, ammunition, first aid kits, guns, knifes, radios and drinking water, some U.S. troops now wear side, shoulder and groin protection bringing the total weight of ‘battle rattle’ to nearly 36 kilograms (80lbs). (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

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Spc. Carlos Garcia, 21, of Los Angeles, of Charlie Company of the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, mans a .50 caliber machine gun and looks through binoculars out a window of a U.S. observation post in Ramadi, Iraq. AP Photo/Todd Pitman)

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Spc. Joe Sommer, 20, of Lawrenceville, Ga., of Charlie Company of the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, looks through binoculars at a window where he manned a machine gun guard post at of a U.S. observation post called OP Hotel in Ramadi, Iraq, Saturday, April 29, 2006. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)

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A U.S. Marine carries a doll with him on a patrol in Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 3, 2006. A suicide bomber blew himself up Wednesday while standing in a line of recruits outside Fallujah’s police headquarters, killing at least 15 people and wounding 30. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg) Email Photo Print Photo



05 May

Iran Playing Down Threats To Israel ~ Just More Lies!



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Iran’s Culture Minister Mohammad Hosein Saffar-Harandi (R) speaks with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the opening ceremony of Tehran’s 19th international book fair in this May 3, 2006 file photo.
On May 4, the Iranian military played down threats by a top Revolutionary Guards commander that Israel would be the Islamic state’s first target if attacked by U.S. forces over its nuclear plans, a newspaper reported. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)
Wild Thing’s comment……
We know Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an evil man, but also look at his eyes. He looks truly mentally ill to me.

04 May

Looking At The Why’s of Moussaoui That Democrats Don’t Understand!



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Notes from a great article at FrontPage magazine………
The ideology that motivated Moussaoui to get involved with Al-Qaeda and the 9/11 plot. He told prosecutors that he felt “no regret, no remorse” for 9/11:

“We want pain in your country. I wish there would be more pain.”

Why? At his death penalty hearings, according to AP, Moussaoui …..

“told jurors that Islam requires Muslims to be the world’s superpower as he flipped through a copy of the Koran searching for verses to support his assertions. One he cited requires non-Muslim nations to pay a tribute to Muslim countries.”

It is likely that he cited Qur’an 9:29, which commands Muslims to make war against the “People of the Book” (i.e.. primarily Jews and Christians) until they pay the jizya, a poll tax not collected from Muslims, and “feel themselves subdued.”
An echo of this verse comes through in Moussaoui’s statement that ……

“we” — the Islamic world — “have to be the superpower. You have to be subdued. We have to be above you. Because Americans, you are the superpower, you want to eradicate us.”

Moussaoui made himself very clear. He identified himself as an adherent of the jihad ideology that fuels Islamic movements around the globe today, who are fighting in part because of the conviction enunciated decades ago by the Pakistani jihad thinker and politician Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi: he declared that non-Muslims have…….

“absolutely no right to seize the reins of power in any part of Allah’s earth nor to direct the collective affairs of human beings according to their own misconceived doctrines.”

If they do….

“the believers would be under an obligation to do their utmost to dislodge them from political power and to make them live in subservience to the Islamic way of life.”

Should Moussaoui feel any remorse for what he did? As he put it….

“There is no regret for justice.” He sees 9/11 as the Muslims doing their utmost to dislodge the infidels from political power. He believes that when he inflicts pain upon those who are at war with Islam, he is doing what pleases Allah. He is working for justice in this world.

Why did he consider his evading the death penalty a victory? …..
Some have suggested that executing Moussaoui would just make him a martyr in the Islamic world. In fact, however, this is unlikely. Strictly speaking, Paradise is promised only to those who “slay and are slain” for Allah (Qur’an 9:111), not to those who die an ignominious death at the hands of Infidel corrections officers. While there is little doubt that a dead Moussaoui would nevertheless be lionized in the Islamic world as another victim of America’s putative “war on Islam,” he is of more value to the global jihad alive than dead.
There are several reasons for this:

[1] The verdict will be seen in the Islamic world as another manifestation of American cowardice and failure of will, akin to Bill Clinton’s withdrawal from Somalia after the Black Hawk incident — which convinced Osama bin Laden that America could be beaten. A man who believes that the Almighty commands him to be “merciful” to his fellow Muslims but “ruthless” to the unbelievers (Qur’an 48:29) does not readily understand acts of mercy or forbearance as anything other than weakness. In this view a strong America would execute Moussaoui; a weak America allows him to live on.

[2] Moussaoui’s trial has aggravated the fissures between the United States and Europe. France has offered Moussaoui, a French citizen, consular protection. A living Moussaoui will be able to continue to try to worsen the tensions between the emerging Eurabia, made up as it is of terrified governments desperate to placate their growing and restive Muslim populations, and a U.S. still pursuing the war on terror.

[3] A living Moussaoui could become the Leonard Peltier of the jihad movement. Moussaoui executed will cause outrage for a moment; Moussaoui imprisoned will provoke outrage for a lifetime. For the next fifty years Moussaoui could become a symbol of American injustice: a rallying point for protestors, a new occasion for the international Left and the global jihad to make common cause. He himself has a tendency to make extreme, inflammatory statements — so he will fit right in with the Left’s current crop of overheated rhetoricians.

[4] Moussaoui himself could become a heroic figure, most especially in whatever prison in which he is ultimately incarcerated. He will provide a new impetus for prison conversions to Islam, and a rallying point for jihad recruitment in his prison. This may be the most important reason of all why Moussaoui declared victory on Wednesday: he can see himself training up the next generation of mujahedin who will see his great battle for Allah through to final victory over the American Great Satan.

Wild Thing’s comment……..
Yes it IS too bad the jury did not get it, did not put security first, did not face up to what Islam is about. Instead they went for the touchie feelie thinking of poor little sick Moussaoui had a bad childhood. The jury is part of the sickness and the enemy of this great country.

04 May

France Offers To Protect Moussaaoui

France is offering Zacarias Moussaoui consular protection.
The French government is offering Zacarias Moussaoui the consular protection he deserves as a French national, but so far the al-Qaida conspirator has not asked for it, the French Embassy said Wednesday.
In a press communique, the embassy said it had dispatched the consul general from Washington and an embassy official to every session of the trial in US District Court at Alexandria, Virginia, south of Washington.

03 May

Unfreaking Believable!!! ~ Moussaoui Gets LIFE! WTF!



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As Moussaoui was led away after the verdict, he shouted: “America, you lost!”…..Mr. Moussaoui testified that he was proud to belong to Al Qaeda and took delight in the 9/11 attacks.
Wild Thing’s comment……….
If this jury can’t give him the death penalty, we’ve really lost something in this country. He was truly tried by a jury of his peers. The touchy feely asses COULDN’T bring themselves to fry the bastard! The terrorists now know that if they are captured they will not face the death penalty and they can now continue to infiltrate our prisons to gain access to folks that may be with them in their anti american cause.
Islamists will take this as a sign of weakness. The jury has endorsed Islamic terror against the United States. America has passed its greatness and lost its resolve. They had no problem convicting McVeigh, an American Citizen, to death. Rightfully so, OKC was a heinous crime. We needed to send a strong message to the terrorists that if you attack Americans that you will be KILLED.
And we’ll have to make sure he has the Quran and that it is treated with respect. I can hear Amnesty International bleating this case for years. Moussaoui can continue to recruit and train others in prison and continue his verbal assaults against the United States.
Kudo’s to Fox News for being the only channel to at least split screen the cowardly verdict with actual images of 911.
To those who want him kept alive, remember that Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the 1993 WTC bombing is jailed in this country and preaches jihad from a jail cell and is in contact with terrorists around the world. He’s a MUSLIM and as such will probably be greeted as a hero, what with the large muslim populations in prisons these days.
What the hell is wrong with those people? What could that jury have been thinking? They need to be forced to watch Flight 93 continuously for the rest of their lives, mixed in with footage of people leaping to their deaths from the Twin Towers.
Unbelievable. Just freakin’ unbelievable!!!! Because he had a bad childhood???? God help us!!!!!

~~UPDATE~~

The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema at the end of a two-month trial in which the jury rejected the government’s case to have Moussaoui executed.

“God save Osama bin Laden — you will never get him,” Moussaoui declared moments after walking into the courtroom flashing a victory sign.

“You have branded me as a terrorist or a criminal or whatever,” he said. “Look at yourselves. I fight for my belief.” He spoke for less than five minutes; the judge told him he could not use his sentencing to make a political speech

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Moussaoui, who spent much of his two-month trial cursing America, blessing al-Qaida and mocking the suffering of 9/11 victims, offered one more taunt after the jury reached its verdict Wednesday saying, “America, you lost. … I won,” and clapping his hands as he was escorted from the courtroom.
God curse America. God bless and save Osama bin Laden — you will never get him,” he told a packed federal courtroom that included family members of people killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“You think you rule the world — you are wrong. I will prove it,” he said of the U.S. “You don’t want to hear it. We will come back again … You will feel it.”

U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema responded, “You will die with a whimper,” never allowed to speak publicly again.
She then followed the decision of the jury and ordered the al Qaeda terrorist to spend the rest of his natural life in prison.
Moussaoui had smiled as he walked into court, flashing a victory sign and waving sarcastically at the judge. His final tirade followed sharp remarks from several 9/11 family members.
Once in prison, Moussaoui will be in lockdown for 23 hours of every day, with one hour of recreation daily. He’ll also spend that one hour alone.
CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Moussaoui most likely will be locked up inside the federal Supermax prison facility in Florence, Colorado, which is sometimes known as the “Alcatraz in the Rockies.”
9-11 Victims family expresses views:

Patricia Reilly, who lost her sister Lorraine Lee in the New York attacks, was deflated. “I guess in this country you can kill 3,000 people and not pay with your life,” she said. “I feel very much let down by this country.”

It is not known how many jurors wanted Moussaoui sentenced to life and how many wanted a death sentence. Under federal law, a defendant automatically receives life in prison when a jury is split. The 42-page verdict form gives no indication on how, or if, the jury split.
Nine jurors found that Moussaoui suffered a difficult childhood in a dysfunctional family where he spent many of his early years in and out of orphanages.
To some blogs posting about this too…….
* Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
* MVRWC
* Hot Air
* Vince Aut Morire
* My Pet Jawa

03 May

Moussaoui Gets Life in Prison

Breitbart.com
A federal jury decided Wednesday al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui deserves life in prison for his role in the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, on Sept. 11, 2001.
On the seventh day of deliberation, the jury of nine men and three women informed Judge Leonie Brinkema that it had reached a decision. The verdict was announced at 4:30 p.m. EDT.
Moussaoui, a 37-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan descent, is the only person charged in this country in connection with the suicide jetliner hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
The verdict came after four years of legal maneuvering and a six-week trial that put jurors on an emotional roller coaster.
The panel of northern Virginia residents was shown gruesome never- before-released images of the carnage that day, heard the first public playing of the cockpit recorder from United Flight 93 whose passengers tried to retake the jet over Pennsylvania, and watched and listened as dozens of victims and relatives described the horrors and losses they had endured.
The nine men and three women deliberated about 40 hours. They had found Moussaoui eligible for execution after more than 16 hours of deliberations in late March and early April.
Although he was in jail on immigration violations on Sept. 11, the jury ruled that lies he told federal agents the month before the attacks kept the government from identifying and stopping some of the hijackers.

03 May

Bolton Kicks Ass




Please click HERE to see the Video.

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US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton testified before the House subcommittee on international relations today and got in a little argument with Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Rep. Kucinich asked John Bolton about Sy Hersh’s “New Yorker” article on Iran, to which Bolton said he didn’t see it because he doesn’t have time to read “fiction”:

KUCINICH: Have you ever heard of that report?
BOLTON: I’d never heard of the report, I never read the article, nor do I intend to.
KUCINICH: Do you have any interest as to whether or not—as the U.S. Ambassador, you don’t have any interest as to whether or not U.S. Marines are actually operating in Iran right now?
BOLTON: I said I had not heard of the report and I didn’t intend to read the article in “The New Yorker.”
KUCINICH: If I gave you this article right now, walked it over, would you look at it?
BOLTON: I don’t think so, honestly, Congressman, because I don’t have time to read much fiction.
KUCINICH: We know that U.S. Troops are in Iran. How does this affect U.N. Negotiations?
BOLTON: Congressman, you know more than I do, that’s all I can say.

Wild Thing’s comment……
If Kucinich knows that U.S. Marines are in Iran and this is secret and he’s revealing it… then he’s a traitor.

03 May

The War Tapes

Straight from the front lines in Iraq, The War Tapes is dedicated to the men of Charlie Company, 3/172nd Mountain Infantry, AND to the troops who have served, or are serving, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Director Deborah Scranton has ramped the idea of citizen journalism up a few notches with her film, The War Tapes. Rather than embed with a unit, Deborah went outside the box and came up with the idea of supplying soldiers with video cameras, a revolutionary concept.
Soldiers from a New Hampshire National Guard Unit agreed to work with Deborah. During their deployment to Iraq, they captured the war in all its glory, and all its horror. What you see is what you get and one can hardly refute raw footage from the front lines, something which lends great legitimacy to this film.
The War Tapes is a film about war, soldiers and the women they left behind when they deployed to Fallujah — once the armpit of hell — in 2004. The viewer follows three soldiers from their departure for Iraq to their return home, and beyond.
This is NOT a political film. The main characters in this film; Sgt. Steve Pink, Specialist Mike Moriarty and Sgt. Zack Bazzi do not shy away from their political views. But for the most part, to its credit, the film leaves the political world far behind.
The War Tapes takes us to the front lines. It’s a film everyone should see, especially military members and their families.
Funnier, spicier, and more gut wrenching than any news report, this is Operation Iraqi Freedom as filmed by Sergeant Steve Pink, Sergeant Zack Bazzi and Specialist Mike Moriarty. Steve is a wisecracking carpenter who aspires to be a writer. Zack is a Lebanese-American university student who loves to travel and is fluent in Arabic. Mike is a father who seeks honor and redemption. Each leaves a woman behind – a girlfriend, a mother and a wife.
These soldiers are hysterically funny, articulate, intelligent, compassionate and loyal to their mission and their brothers-in-arms. Some may not agree with our premise for being in Iraq, but that doesn’t stop them from doing their jobs with great integrity and courage.
This is not Hollywood’s version of war – this IS war. Raw, unedited, painful and truthful. Through their candid footage, these men open their hearts and take us on an unforgettable journey, capturing camaraderie and humor along with the brutal and terrifying experiences they face.
These soldiers got the story that 2,700 embedded reporters never could.
Click HERE to see Video clips

* The War Tapes
* Andi’s World
God bless our troops and keep them all safe……Wild Thing

03 May

Howard Dean: The Gift Who Keeps On Giving



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Howard Dean: Karl Rove Guiltier than Osama Bin Laden

Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is telling reporters that there’s no doubt top White House aide Karl Rove is guilty in the Valerie Plame Leakgate case.
Three years ago, however, Dean urged caution when it came to assessing the guilt of Osama bin Laden, whose role in the Sept. 11 attacks, he said, should not be prejudged.
“There’s no question that Rove was the one that leaked the information about the CIA agent’s name,” Dean told MSNBC’s Nora O’Donnell on Friday.
But when it came to the Al Qaida terror chief, Dean insisted that bin Laden was innocent until proven guilty.
“I still have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials,” he told the Concord Monitor in Dec. 2003.
The guiltier-than-bin Laden Rove, said Dean, is “a big liability for the administration,” since he “continually reminds the American people that the president wasn’t truthful about firing leakers, in addition to not being truthful about a number of other things.”
He pledged that if Democrats win back Congress in November, they’ll launch a new round of investigations into supposed White House corruption.
“No doubt there will be investigations because there’s been so much corruption in the White House and the vice president’s office, even the Republican Senate president is under investigation for insider trading.”
Asked whether Democrats would try to impeach President Bush, Dean told O’Donnell: “It’s possible.”

Wild Thing’s comment……
Howard Dean is like Catnip for conservatives. Demos are proving that they are unstable and frankly crazy. OMG LMAO Hey Howard, hate to tell you, Bin Laden admitted doing the deed.