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Tibetan monks shouting pro-independence slogans caught Chinese officials by surprise Thursday during a highly scripted tour for Western journalists in Lhasa’s central Buddhist temple, disrupting China’s effort to portray the recent Tibetan rioting as the work of violent criminal thugs and separatists. “Tibet is not free! Tibet is not free!� yelled one young Buddhist monk, who then started crying, according to an Associated Press correspondent in the tour. Government handlers shouted for the journalists to leave and tried to pull them away during the 15-minute protest by about 30 monks at the Jokhang Monastery in central Lhasa. It was unclear...

Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed. The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: "Many more people have been killed in recent days than you've heard about. The bodies can be counted in several thousand." Mr Win, who spoke out as a Swedish diplomat predicted that the revolt has failed, said he fled when he was ordered to take part in a massacre of holy men. He has now reached the border with Thailand....

U.S. forces have begun conducting joint patrols with Sunni resistance fighters in the Sunni enclave of Amiriyah where a group of local leaders have banded together to fight al-Qaeda, U.S. Army officials said Tuesday. Major Chris Rogers, executive officer of the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division, responsible for Amiriyah, said soldiers acting on information provided by the fighters had detained five suspected al-Qaeda members in overnight raids and were holding them for questioning. He said the group had decided it did not want to be known as ‘the Baghdad Patriots’ the name given to it...

22 injured, 2 arrested in Bilbao's banned rally 02/24/2007 Police charged with force on demonstrators. 22 were injured and 2 arrested. One of the arreste, the outlawed Batasuna's spokesman Joseba Permach was released before midnight. Basque police charged on demonstrators in Bilbao's banned rally Basque police charged on demonstrators in Bilbao's banned rally Related news * Citizens of Basque left nationalist movement call for new rally * Askatasuna calls to manifest despite High Court ban Related galleries * Serious incidents in Bilbao The rally organized Saturday afternoon in Bilbao to demand "self-determination" and "amnesty" turned into a pitched battle. Basque...

This past Sunday I was flying through Chicago from Houston. While I was waiting at Chicago O’Hare for my flight to Springfield, a flight at an adjoining gate was preparing to board. Sitting amongst all the people waiting on their flights was one soldier. The United Airlines gate agent announced that they were preparing to board a flight starting with first class. However, before first class could begin boarding she said “But before we begin boarding first class, United would like to allow” (and I cannot for the life of me remember the soldier’s name) “who just came home from...

Wanna sign-up for totalitarian 'anti-freedom' freedom fighters?   Freedom Fighters most ironic term terrorists use, translation: fighting AGIANST any freedom. What went through your mind when you heard militant Cindy Sheehan calling the terrorists fighting in Iraq "militia freedom fighters"?Would these same "militias" spare her throat giving the chance? why after all, the very factor of an 'infidel being in Arab land (Iraq) is already good enough to shout: "Allah Akbar" & head cut off!   If you are about to use the "freedom" word You might call it "freedom from the non Muslim existence", if you wish. Unless the Islamists are...

Two new wonderful and inspiring recruiting ads by our Canadian military allies. Shamelessly patriotic, realistic, powerful. Stephen Harper's Conservative Canada made manifest.

Via email from: http://msliwa.com * For Interviews with key pro-democracy activists inside and outside of Lebanon, contact: Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick, 202-498-8644, keith.roderick@csi-usa.org IMMEDIATE RELEASE Christian Solidarity International (CSI) Contact: Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick, 202-498-8644, keith.roderick@csi-usa.org Hezbollah is Using Christian Villages to Shield its Military Operations in Violation of International Law WASHINGTON, August 1, 2006: Hezbollah is using Christian villages to shield its military operations against Israel. Southern Lebanese Christian villages, such as Ain Ebel, Rmeish, Alma Alshaab, and others are being used by Hezbollah terrorists for launching missile attacks. "Hezbollah is repeating the same pattern that it practiced against...

Gabrielle Goldwater's open letter to Prime Minister Olmert ........................... To Prime Minister Ehud Olmert eolmert@moital.gov.ilGeneva Switzerland August 14th 2006 Dear Mr. Olmert; It is with the utmost sadness as a Jew and Holocaust Survivor, that today I have to see that You surrendered our Jewish Homeland Security to an organization which in her deepest core, is anti-Semitic, and the most helpful tool serving Islamo Fascism - I talk about the UN and it's leader Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan. Looking back in history my father would turn in his grave knowing that Jews have NOT stood tall - but caved in...

"Civilians", "civilians", Is there any Huzbullah terrorist in Lebanon, CNN's Jim Clancy? Sickening CNN's "Know all" Jim Clancy's hammering us with that term "civilians" I was watching the repetitions of CNN's "report" made by Jim Clancy (he's also active on the 'Inside the middle east' with Hala Gorani), a report that was actually telling you one word, over and over again, "civilians", "civilians", he made sure we heard that it's "civilians". 1) How does Jim know who's a civilian or not, even Arabist BBC admitted that many are terrorists and they can't know for sure how many. 2) How about...

The 'boom' of 'Palestinian' export of sloughtering own babies The shock over http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20119082-1702,00.html Baby bombing plot 'chilling' http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20119470-953,00.html Babies are new terror chill factor is understood, but all (MSM) media putlet besides http://foxnews.com (Fox' "line-up" program) failed to recognize the champions in the evil, never forget that the full rights of the invention goes exclusively to the ones & only wonderful "Palestinian" Arab Muslims, the "heroic" nation on earth. The saturated http://memritv.org & http://pmw.org.il documented data on the cult of death, of human bombs, with or without the kids' notice, the cult of using own kids as human shields, as...

A visitor touches the monument to the Kosovo Albanian guerrillas killed during the 1998-99 war in Serbia's southern province, in the village of Morina, 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of the capital Pristina, June 20, 2006. The U.N. Security Council is due to hear the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, on Tuesday, REUTERS/Hazir Reka

PRISTINA, Serbia - Kosovo's top leaders travel to Washington next week to hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the president's office said Friday. President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Agim Ceku are to meet Rice on Monday, said Muhamet Hamiti, the president's adviser. Sejdiu will visit the United States for the first time since he was elected in February, succeeding Kosovo's late President Ibrahim Rugova, who died of lung cancer earlier this year. During his trip, Sejdiu will meet other officials in the State Department and the White House, the statement said. Ceku is also scheduled to...

Our media are ready and eager to pounce on Bush whenever he is perceived to have made a misstatement, but a retired General and former Democratic presidential candidate tells blatant lies about Kosovo and gets away with it. Senator John Kerry, the defeated 2004 Democratic candidate for president, was the subject of a May 28 New York Times article about how he is once again trying to rebut allegations about his military service made by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. With a sympathetic media, such as that represented by the Times story, Kerry thinks he might be able to...

BELGRADE, Serbia, June 8 — Seven years after Kosovo was placed under United Nations control, it appears increasingly likely that the province will be allowed to break away from Serbia formally and become an independent nation. Members of the United Nations Security Council appear to be leaning toward permitting Kosovo to go its own way. The Council is expected to vote on Kosovo's fate by the end of the year, unless the Serbs and Kosovo Albanians, who have been negotiating unsuccessfully for months, reach a resolution. But some of the world's most powerful countries are fearful the move will encourage...

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Granting independence to Serbia's southern province of Kosovo against the will of Serbia would destabilize the Balkans, Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic warned on Tuesday. The United Nations is mediating talks on Kosovo's future status, which Western diplomats say are likely to conclude with a form of independence by the end of the year. Serbia is adamantly opposed to such an outcome. "I am very afraid of the possible imposed solution against the will of Belgrade of turning Kosovo into a state," Draskovic told a news conference. "The whole region, I think, would inevitably face turbulence." The...

(EXCERPT)What is a common example of disbelief in evil? A person who calls terrorists "freedom fighters" is giving away the fact that he does not believe they are evil. If the random murder of civilians by zealous fanatics is not evil, then nothing is evil. Therefore, it is a fair deduction that many of those who do not believe the terrorists are evil also do not believe in the existence of evil. Those who deny the existence of evil are often outraged when good men give evil a name and fight against it. This outrage sometimes prompts them to take...

/begin my translation N. Korea: Armed Men Attack N. Korea's Tumen Border  It is revealed that, just before the Lunar New Year's Day, multiple (armed) attacks on border guard by unidentified men occurred along N. Korea's northern border area. Especially, indications are that some of attackers were carrying automatic weapons and their movements are well-coordinated, leading us to wonder about their background. Multiple Attacks: According to the sources on N. Korea, on the evening of Jan. 28, a border guard at Namyang Worker's District, Onsung County, N. Hamkyong Province, spotted a few men crossing Tumen River from Kai-san-tun area of China, and attempted to arrest...

Controversial sculpture on Poland's struggle removed from U.S. park 00:22 2006-01-19 A sculpture hailed by some as an apt tribute to freedom fighters and deplored by others as a depressing annoyance is headed back to its owner after 23 years on loan in Boston, according to a media report. The "Partisans" sculpture by Polish immigrant Andrew Pitynski, which depicts five weary, emaciated horsemen, was hauled to a South Boston storage facility to be returned to its owner, the Sculpture Foundation of San Francisco, the Boston Globe reported. The sculpture was inspired by Poland's struggle with the Nazis and communists, and...

The incidental again burst, Friday November 11, for the 16 E harms consecutive, in Paris area and province, in particular in Saint-Quentin (Aisne), where a police officer was seriously burned with the face by the explosion of a kingpin. A 23 hours, the Directorate-General of the national police force counted 103 vehicles flarings on the whole of the territory, against 93 Thursday evening per same hour. Four vehicles were burnt in Paris. The police force had carried out Friday evening 29 interpellations, against 40 the day before per same hour. In Island-of-France, a nursery school was damaged partly by a...

PARIS (AP) - The number of cars torched overnight in France climbed slightly over the previous night to 502 in a 16th night of unrest that took its heaviest toll on the French provinces, police said Saturday. Security was boosted in the capital with some 3,000 police officers fanning out around strategic points to counter feared weekend attacks targeting Paris. Gatherings were banned from Saturday morning until Sunday morning. "We returned to an almost normal situation in Ile de France," said national police chief Michel Gaudin, referring to the Paris region. Arson attacks were counted in 163 towns around France,...

A l'issue de la 8e nuit de violences en Ile-de-France, la police a dénombré 519 véhicules brûlés et 78 interpellationsUn bilan plus lourd que lors de la nuit précédente où 315 autos avaient brûlé. Départements les plus touchés: Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d'Oise et Yvelines. 90 communes ont été concernées par les violences dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi. La police relativise ce bilan en expliquant qu'il y a eu moins d'affrontements frontaux entre policiers et bandes. Lors de ces heurts nocturnes, cinq policiers, dont 3 à Poissy (Yvelines) ont été légèrement blessés par des projectiles. Selon la police, les affrontements directs...

Friday, November 04, 2005 LE BLANC MESNIL, France — Small, mobile groups of freedom fighting French Insurgents hit Paris' riot-shaken suburbs with waves of arson attacks, torching hundreds of cars, as unrest entered its second week Friday and spread to other towns in France. Car torchings by freedom fighter Insurgents are a daily fact of life in France's tough suburbs, with thousands burned each month, police say. Police intelligence has recorded nearly 70,000 incidents of urban violence this year. The unrest has laid bare discontent simmering in suburbs and among immigrant families who feel trapped by poverty, unemployment, and poor...

NEAR SAMAWA, Iraq, April 30 (Reuters) - Investigators have uncovered a mass grave in southern Iraq containing as many as 1,500 bodies, most of them thought to be Kurds forcibly removed from their homes in the late 1980s. The site, near the town of Samawa, about 300 km (180 miles) south of Baghdad, consists of 18 shallow trenches dug by earth-moving vehicles into hard limestone rock. Most of the victims were women and children who were apparently lined up in front of the pits and shot with AK-47 assault rifles, according to a U.S. investigator. Around 110 bodies have been...

Just came off the wire - not guilty for Malik.

Hillary Clinton has a reputation for political savvy that is much overrated. Case in point. Her much ballyhooed massive program for federalizing via sneaky means the entire health care insurance system. Not only was this scheme promulgated in secret with little or no input from health care providers or the insurance industry but the program was presented on a take it or leave it basis. Hillary INSISTED that every last little detail of this proposal be accepted. That was the deal killer (fotunately). Had she compromised (as is NORMAL for all legislation) her massive scheme might have passed. Instead,...

Thanks to the great holy work done by Israel’s security forces, which include the Shin Bet, IDF, Israel Police and other intelligence groups, Passover in Israel this year was quiet. This stands in start contrast to the 2002 Passover celebration during which an Arab suicide terror attack at a hotel on the Passover Seder night itself occurred. This attack caused the murder of 30 Israelis who were innocently celebrating their freedom to practice their religion. During the holiday this year, TEN Palestinian Arab terrorist attacks, among them suicide terrorist bombings, were intercepted by Israel (1). Due to the biased nature...

"The Republicans have allowed a communist dictatorship to flourish eight jet minutes from our borders! We must support anti-Castro fighters. So far these freedom fighters have received no help from our government." -- Democratic presidential candidate, Oct. 1960 "George Bush and the Republicans in Washington have run the most inept foreign policy in the modern history of this country! It has been a failure!" -- Democratic presidential Candidate, April 2004. No, friends, it didn't start with this campaign. Indeed, Kerry apes his idol (JFK) faithfully. Problem was, during the '60 presidential campaign Kennedy left out the sly smile, the shifty...

The nation has made important strides forward in achieving the color-blind society Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the Pentagon breakfast audience today. But, Rumsfeld said, "Today, we face another challenge to freedom, one that is truly deadly," referring to the global war on terrorism. Calling today's terrorist threat more deadly than could be imagined during King's era, the secretary said, "It's a challenge -- not only to the freedom that we enjoy, but also to the very idea of living free. It's a challenge to being able to say what you wish, go where...

One way or another, the fanatical mullahs of Iran will be toppled. It may not happen today or tomorrow, but soon, and undoubtedly within the next few years. The only question is whether the popular pro-democracy insurgents will have the wherewithal to oust the dreadful Islamo-fascists themselves, or, if ultimately, it will fall upon the US to effectuate needed "regime change". Of course, Americans prefer that the Iranians snatch back their own nation from the ayatollahs - and my hunch is that most Americans would be in favor of supporting an Iranian grassroots rebellion in myriad ways. During the past...

June 17, 2003 The National Review Online Koorosh Afshar TEHRAN, IRAN — During the past few nights, we Iranian youth have been agitating — at great risk to our lives — to remove the 24-year-old plague that has stricken our homeland. Our goal is to topple the theocratic regime of the mullahs. Our opponents are barbarian vigilantes — members of Ansaar-e-Hezbollah — who are backed by heavily armed Iranian riot police. Westerners may have difficulty imagining what these people are like. In fact, it's quite easy: Simply remember the Taliban. The only difference is that they don't wear Afghani clothes....

Liberating Iraq From the April 14, 2003 issue: An emotional homecoming for the Free Iraqi Forces. by Stephen F. Hayes 04/14/2003, Volume 008, Issue 30 Umm Qasr, Iraq THE WHEELS of the four Humvees in our convoy had not stopped turning when Ali al-Ethari jumped out of the back of the second vehicle and sprinted toward the front of the Port Authority building here in Umm Qasr, Iraq. The 15 others in the convoy--11 American soldiers, two Iraqi Americans, and two reporters--knew where he was headed. Tributes to Saddam Hussein appear everywhere in this southern port town. A smiling, avuncular...

On northbound I-95 in Philadelphia, somewhere between the Broad Street and the Betsy Ross Bridge exits, there is this billboard. The background is mostly a medium blue color. The left side is a picture of Hussein and in the top right is a white dove symbol. Three lines of yellow/gold text, "Saddam - Give Peace a chance - Go into exil". Nothing on it to show who sponsored it, though I believe it was a "Clear Channel" billboard. It being a "Clear Channel" billboard will have the tinfoil hat left wingnuts convinced that Rush Limbaugh is behind it.

Poland Chooses Lockheed Martin F-16s to Upgrade Its Air Force to NATO Standards By Andrzej Stylinski Associated Press Writer Published: Dec 27, 2002 WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland announced Friday it will buy 48 U.S.-made F-16 jet fighters from Lockheed Martin for $3.5 billion to upgrade its air force to NATO standards, turning down two rival European bids.

CARACAS (Dow Jones)--An increasing number of countries have issued warnings against travel to Venezuela as a nationwide strike against President Hugo Chavez's leadership, which has all but shut the country's vital oil industry, entered its 17th day Wednesday with no sign of ending. Besides the U.S., which issued a travel advisory Dec. 10, the United Kingdom, Germany, Holland and Hungary are among countries that have told their citizens to avoid Venezuela due to the heightening tension and increasing potential for violence, according to reports. Many foreigners living in Venezuela are leaving, or have already left, as employers encourage them to...

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, emboldened by the momentum of a strike to force him to resign, planned to take their battle to the streets on Wednesday with a campaign of marches, rallies and highway blockades. With a daily war cry of "Elections Now," anti-government demonstrators have intensified a crippling strike with noisy protests throughout Caracas as they push the president to accept an early vote in the world's No. 5 oil exporter. "The streets are our weapon along with flags and whistles," said Maria Munez, an unemployed businesswoman who was banging a pot on...

I drove by the Capitol early and parked my assault SUV at the MCRGO building and went back to my place. I took my signs and met a few of the other MSU GOP and Young Americans for freedom members there. One of them had a giant US Flag and another had a flag with "DON'T TREAD ON ME" on it. It then started up and we were up against some 60's activists(grey hair), some anarchists, commies, and the like. Suprisingly, they were actually somewhat peaceful. I suspect the nuts like that one jerk at the last rally was probably...