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Congress’s Secret Saddam Tapes
By ELI LAKE – Staff Reporter of The Sun
February 7, 2006

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is studying 12 hours of audio recordings between Saddam Hussein and his top advisers that may provide clues to the whereabouts of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.
The committee has already confirmed through the intelligence community that the recordings of Saddam’s voice are authentic, according to its chairman, Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, who would not go into detail about the nature of the conversations or their context. They were provided to his committee by a former federal prosecutor, John Loftus, who says he received them from a former American military intelligence analyst.
The audio recordings are part of new evidence the House intelligence committee is piecing together that has spurred Mr. Hoekstra to reopen the question of whether Iraq had the biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons American inspectors could not turn up.
They were provided to his committee by a former Federal prosecutor, John Loftus, who says he received them from a former American military intelligence analyst.
Mr. Loftus will make the recordings available to the public on February 17 at the annual meeting of the Intelligence Summit, of which he is president.
Mr. Hoekstra is one of many who believe the question of what happened to Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction is still unresolved. Last week Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld voiced similar doubts at the National Press Club. “We have not found them. We also have found a number of things we didn’t imagine. We found a bunch of jet airplanes buried in Iraq. Who buries airplanes? I mean, really. So I don’t know what we’ll find in the months and years ahead. It could be anything,” he said.

Wild Thing’s comment…..
Stay tuned for Kennedy, Kerry, Leahy and the rest of the Terrorist Defense Tag-Team to scream that Saddam’s rights have been violated.

From NewsBusters……
U.S. Soldier to America: “Don’t Let a Bunch of Whiny, Marxist Sycophants Lose This Thing”

Popular radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham is broadcasting from Iraq this week, and she has spent quite a bit of time talking with our fine troops.
On today’s show (Tuesday, February 7, 2006), Laura talked with Major Doug Anderson, from Fairbanks, Alaska, and he had some words for those of us back home (audiotape on file):
“To the American people, I just wanted to say: Don’t let a bunch of whiny, Marxist sycophants back home lose this thing.”
Laura (in addition to countless listeners also, I’m sure) let out a loud “Yes!”

Amen! Thank you, Major Anderson! As we’ve seen in the past….remember this…..
Today Show: US Soldier in Iraq Zaps Media – “I’d Be Depressed Too If I Got my News from the Newspapers“

An unannounced trip to Iraq by Matt Lauer of Today Show — one US soldier had a little surprise of his own for Today and the media at large.
Lauer interviewed a group of soldiers at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, and at one point asked about the state of morale. After getting two responses to the effect that morale was good, Lauer had this to say:
Don’t get me wrong, I think you’re probably telling the truth, but there might be a lot of people at home wondering how that could be possible with the conditions you’re facing and with the insurgent attacks you’re facing. ”
Captain Sherman Powell nailed Lauer, the MSM and the anti-war crowd with this beauty:
“Well sir, I’d tell you, if I got my news from the newspapers also I’d be pretty depressed as well!”
Bada-bing!

God bless our brave men and women.

Editor & Publisher
Published: February 07, 2006
10:00 AM ET updated 1:00 PM ET

NEW YORK On Saturday, the Philadelphia Inquirer became one of the first major U.S. papers to carry a drawing featuring Muhammad — with a lit bomb stuck in his turban — that have sparked riots abroad. On Monday, more than two dozen Muslims offended by that decision picketed the newspaper.
“It’s disrespectful to us as a people,” Asim Abdur-Rashid, an imam with the Majlis Ash’Shura, an umbrella group for mosques in the Delaware Valley, told the Inquirer for a story today. “It’s disrespectful to our prophet to imply that he’s a prophet of violence.”
The group may call for a boycott and a further protest on Friday if the newspaper does not apologize.
But Bennett stood by the decision to publish the cartoon, saying it “is one of the things newspapers do to communicate directly with people” about issues important to all communities.
Few U.S. newspapers have reprinted the cartoon. The New York Times, in an editorial today, noted that it had not carried any of the cartoons and “much of the rest of the nation’s news media have reported on the cartoons but refrained from showing them. That seems a reasonable choice for news organizations that usually refrain from gratuitous assaults on religious symbols, especially since the cartoons are so easy to describe in words.”
Some newspapers have carried links to the cartoon images on their Web sites, however.

Wild Thing’s comment….
I realize there are reactions to actions and in this case violent reactions to publishing the cartoons. However, unless the good guys, take a stand and ban together it shows weakness IMO. Of course it is personal choice but for me I would have to publish them. And t if I did have a newpape, I would publish them along with the ones that are hate filled against Jews. Christians and America. With dates of THEIRS to show they have been doing it for a very long time.

Reuters
Tuesday, February 7, 2006; 11:08 AM

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush called Denmark’s prime minister on Tuesday to voice support for the Nordic country, whose embassies are the target of violent protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
“I am happy to inform you that just a few minutes ago, President Bush called me to express support and solidarity with Denmark in the light of the violence against Danish and other diplomatic missions,” said Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
“We agreed that the way ahead is through dialogue and tolerance, not violence,” Rasmussen told a news conference.

ADNKI.com

Iran has decided to rename Danish pastries “Mohammedan” pastry – a new twist in the crisis which has triggered protest by Muslims throughout the world against cartoons of Mohammed first published in Denmark. The name change recalls when some Americans started calling French fries, “Freedom fries” to protest France’s opposition to the United States-led invasion of Iraq.
Iran has recalled its ambassador from Copenhagen, and on Tuesday announced a halt to all imports of Danish products. Demonstrators in Tehran on Tuesday attacked the Danish embassy with stones and petrol bombs, the second such assault in two days.

Hot cross buns too offensive for school
A school in the United Kingdom has banned traditional hot cross buns for fear the religious symbol drawn on the top of each roll might offend some students.
Hot cross buns are normally served during the Easter season, especially on Good Friday. Without the white cross drawn with icing, the treat is just a plain currant bun.
Wild Thing’s comment……
Of course, the “mohammedan” pastries immediately slaughtered the “hot cross buns”!
Will these be next?

* Michelle Malkin

(IsraelNN.com)

The supreme authority in Iran, the chief cleric Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared on Tuesday that the cartoons of Islam’s Muhammad published in Europe, which have caused an ongoing and violent uproar in the Muslim world, are a Zionist plot against Islam. The cartoons were Israel’s response to the Islamic Hamas movement’s recent electoral win in the Palestinian Authority, according to Khamenei.
The Associated Press reports that Khamenei told a radio audience that the cartoons are a “conspiracy by Zionists who were angry because of the victory of Hamas.” He was speaking at a ceremony in honor of Iran’s air force for its role in bringing the Islamists to power in Iran.

Wild Thing’s comment…..
Well that makes tons of sense…..NIOT. The cartoons were first printed in October 2005, Hamas didn’t win ’til last month. Europe is only beginning to awaken to their PC/multicultural nightmare and already there are leftists out there calling for censure, rather than fighting for Free Speech.

U.S. Air Force airmen deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom watch Super Bowl XL, which aired at Ali Base, Iraq, Feb. 6, 2006. The airmen are assigned to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Valerie Smith


A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker crew at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, disagrees with the referees after the Pittsburgh Steeler’s first touchdown during Super Bowl XL, in which the Steelers played against the Seattle Seahawks. Airmen here said they were disappointed to miss the Super Bowl parties at home, but glad to be on the ground for the game. The crew is assigned to the 4th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lara Gale

U..S. Air Force airmen and U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, take turns in a football toss contest during Super Bowl XL halftime, Feb. 6, 2006, racking up points for the big prize — a portable DVD player. The airmen are assigned to the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing. U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Lara Gale

Deployed U.S. Air Force Reservists assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh, celebrate the Pittsburgh Steelers victory over the Seattle Seahawks during Super Bowl XL, Feb. 6, 2006, at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lara Gale

U.S. Army Spc. Andrea Hicks (front), a member of the Maine Army National Guard and currently attached to the 152nd Maintenance Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, cheers her team on as the Pittsburgh Steelers roll to a 21-20 victory over the Seattle Seahawks at Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Mich. Soldiers gathered at 2:30 a.m. Feb 6, 2006, to watch the live telecast at the 4th Infantry Division’s dining facility at Camp Liberty, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary Mott

As the clock ticks a few minutes past 4 a.m. in Iraq, Feb 6, 2006, dedicated football fan U.S. Army Spc. John Danko cheers on the Pittsburgh Steelers as they wear down the Seattle Seahawks on their way to a 21-10 victory in Superbowl XL in Detroit, Mich. Danko, a native of Uniontown, Pa., is serving in Iraq with the 4th Infantry Division’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion. Troops were able to view the game from the Camp Liberty dining facility. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary Mott

Wild Thing’s comment……
I love these photos and I am thrilled that some of our troops got to see the Superbowl! I was disappointed though because I thought that maybe, just maybe during half time someone would say something like HI we are linked to Iraq and Thank you Troops!!! So we can do it here.

Thank you Troops and all our Military! We owe you big time!
Stay safe and know there are millions of us that appreciate all you do!….
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Yep. here he is again, Hamas leader, Khaled Mashaal, just spouting away

The Nation of Islam Will Sit at the Throne of the World and the West Will Be Full of Remorse
For the full text go here…. Memri org

Hamas Leader Khaled Mash’al at a Damascus Mosque: The Nation of Islam Will Sit at the Throne of the World and the West Will Be Full of Remorse – When it’s Too Late.
We Say to This West… By Allah, You Will Be defeated”
Khaled Mash’al: “We apologize to our Prophet Muhammad, but we say to him: Oh Prophet of Allah, do not be saddened, your nation will be victorious.
“We say to this West, which does not act reasonably, and does not learn its lessons: By Allah, you will be defeated. You will be defeated in Palestine, and your defeat there has already begun. True, it is Israel that is being defeated there, but when Israel is defeated, its path is defeated, those who call to support it are defeated, and the cowards who hide behind it and support it are defeated. Israel will be defeated, and so will whoever supported or supports it.
“America will be defeated in Iraq. Wherever the [Islamic] nation is targeted, its enemies will be defeated, Allah willing. The nation of Muhammad is gaining victory in Palestine. The nation of Muhammad is gaining victory in Iraq, and it will be victorious in all Arab and Muslim lands. ‘Their multitudes will be defeated and turn their backs [and flee].’ These fools will be defeated, the wheel of time will turn, and times of victory and glory will be upon our nation, and the West will be full of remorse, when it is too late.

Wild Thing’s comment………
You know, if they would eliminate about 3,462 “praise Allahs” it would get to the point quicker.
“We say to this West, which does not act reasonably “……….Ya, right, burning buildings and rioting over a f’ing cartoon is acting reasonably. Keep stoking that which gets us Americans ready to fight you idiots. We are going to kick some more raghead a@@ here shortly.
Is everybody over there insane? They are burning and killing because of a cartoon? They don’t allow the practice of other religions in their countries? They treat women as property? On the annual trips to Mecca, thousands are trampeled to death almost every year? They live in caves with camels? The men have sex with goats?
And Islam qualifies as a civilization? By whose definition?
Hint: The reason there are no Arabs on Star Trek is … because its in the future. heh heh

Yahoo News

VIENNA, Austria – Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove surveillance cameras and agency seals from sites and nuclear equipment that go beyond minimal commitments to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty by mid-February, the IAEA said Monday.
In a confidential report to the IAEA’s 35 board member nations dated Monday and made available to The Associated Press, agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said Iran also announced a sharp reduction in the number and kind of inspections IAEA experts will be allowed, effective immediately.

Wild Thing’s comment………
Jimmy Carter is the reason Iran is what it is today.

Interpol
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2006 – The International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol, issued a worldwide alert yesterday for 23 prison escapees, including 13 convicted al Qaeda terrorists, according to an Interpol news release.
The criminals escaped last week from a Yemen jail. They include Jamal al-Badawi, a terrorist convicted of masterminding the Oct. 12, 2000, bombing of the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, news reports said. Terrorists pulled alongside the anchored Cole and detonated an explosive-loaded boat. The blast killed 17 U. S. sailors and wounded 39 others. The two terrorists in the boat also were killed.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman today told reporters he’d seen reports about the terrorists’ escape. The U. S. State Department, he said, is among the agencies involved in the matter.
“Interpol is a law enforcement-type organization,” Whitman said. “Clearly, the United States government works in a collaborative way with nations across the globe. ”
Interpol, with headquarters in Lyon, France, has 184 participating nations, including the United States.
“Al Qaeda terrorists have been deemed a serious threat to the entire world community by the U. N. Security Council, by Interpol, and by a wide range of countries,” Interpol Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble stated in his organization’s news release. “Their escape cannot be considered an internal problem for Yemen, alone. ”