Suspected Al-Qaeda Bombers Captured
February 07, 2007
Coalition forces escort Iraqi women and children to safety after a morning raid on a suspected terrorist “safe house” in west Taji, Iraq, Feb. 7. Coalition forces detained two suspected al Qaeda-affiliated bombers and also found weapons and materials used to make roadside bombs. The “safe house” was blown up to prevent it from being used by terrorists.
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February 10th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
The Appalling Mire of Mexican Abuse…
As I wrote this article, two things were prompting me. I’m putting them up-front for consideration as you read about the proposed Texas legislation.
ONE FRIGHTENING THOUGHT:
Just think of the “mixed” guard unit serving inside the prison on Mexic…
February 10th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Finding In-Depth Reporting on Border Patrol Agents…
If you are confused about the cases of Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean, I’m providing links to almost everything you want to know: the timelines, the prosecutors, the court case, the transcripts…or not, and the assault on Agent Ramos in his ….
February 10th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Is Obama Black or is He White? Weekend OTP…
I found the following statement this morning in a Yahoo article entitled Obama pledges new generation of leadership.
The son of a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya, he was the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review and serve…
February 10th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Gang on gang violence…
Only this time it’s a good thing….
February 11th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Sunday OTB…
It’s Sunday, folks, say a prayer for Jack and Brent, that they’ll be kept safe and alive until one day they can come home.
C’mon and trackback! Put up a post that you think deserves some special attention from this past week.
Watc…
February 11th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Benjamin Zephaniah’s Turkey…
The British education system continued its death-spiral this week with the news that stuff like this from W.B. Yeats:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy …
February 11th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Civility on the Internet…
Two recent situations involving bloggers turned out in quite different ways — and I think they illustrate some of the good and the bad that you get from the internet. As I’ve always said, the internet has the best of the best — but i…
February 11th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Food Shortages in Venezuela Already Beginning As Socialism Descends…
History has taught us again and again that in addition to being morally depraved, socialism simply doesn’t work. Our refusal to take this lesson to heart causes one tragedy after another. Currently the lesson is being retaught in Venezuela, where…
February 11th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
San Francisco State University…
Or stupid is as stupid does…