Iran Declares War On Romanian Oil Rig

Mulder

I don’t even know what to make of this one. Iran did say they would have something big planned for the 22nd. I believe it is an important day to the Muslim religion and many speculated it would be the day of their nuclear testing. I guess they don’t have nuclear warheads yet, but they do have the massive cajones to take over a defenseless oil rig with a crew of 26.

I do know the commenters over at Dust My Broom are keeping me in stitches though. They are definately worth a gander.

H/T to Dust My Broom

Tamil Tigers Busted Buying Way Off Terrorist List

Mulder

CNN is reporting that 8 Tamil Tigers were arrested under a variety of charges after trying to buy their way off a terror list for a million dollars and also trying to buy surface to air missiles.

NEW YORK (CNN) — Eight men have been charged with plotting to buy surface-to-air missiles for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, U.S. federal prosecutors have announced.The men also are accused of plotting to bribe U.S. State Department officials into removing the Tamil Tiger group from a list of terrorist organizations and of trying to obtain classified information.

All eight are charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York.

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According to prosecutors, the men conspired to buy surface-to-air missiles from a black-market source in the United States. They also sought to have the group — formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam — removed from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations and obtain classified intelligence by bribing State Department officials.

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The group was made up of Canadian and Sri Lankan nationals, and only one was living in the United States, said Bob Nardoza, a spokesman for Mauskopf’s office. The investigation was still going on, and more arrests were expected, Nardoza said.

I chee wawa. What’s funny about this is that the Liberals refused to put the Tamil Tigers on a terrorist list. They were just recently added by the Conservatives once they stepped into power.

H/T to ProudToBeCanadian

Could The $100 Bills Being Found In Lebanon Be Legitimate?

Mulder

Michelle Malkin has a few links to some website that are noting the quantity of US $100 bills showing up all over Lebanon. Speculation is that this money is counterfeit.

This also reminds me of Tim, a CIA intelligence officer that was buying up information from Iraqi militants on the locations of various Iraqi leaders during the recent Iraq war. Tim was a fake name used by Bob Woodward in his book on the Iraq war.
Below is a funny excerpt from Bob Woodward’s book Plan of Attack:

So rare, so mind-blowing were Tim’s informants that the CIA gave them the crypt or secret designation DB/ROCKSTARS. (DB was the designator for Iraq.) Tim was now paying the two brothers $1 million a month for ROCKSTAR intelligence. The brothers seemed to spend the money in about six days, so tim would offer several hundred thousand more if they provided really good intelligence.

Swimming in a sea of $100 bills, the ROCKSTARS were buying up weapons on the black market that the PUK was also trying to buy.

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Tim was also doling out millions to the PUK to keep them happy and for the intelligence and security they provided. One day the PUK leader, Jalal Talabani, came to see him.

“Tim, I will need if you can bring me ones and fives and tens because now everything in Sulaymaniyah costs $100.” The $100 bills had caused extreme inflation. It seemed even a cup of coffee was going for $100 because no one could make small change.

At those prices, forget Kandahar, I say we open up a Tim Horton’s in Sulaymaniyah!!

Hezbollah On Streets In Calgary

Mulder

Guns … on yellow flags … in our streets …

We’re not making this up.

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What I hope is that CSIS and/or the RCMP use the fact that someone is draped in a terrorist flag for grounds to get search warrants, wiretap warrants, internet tap warrants, ingoing and outgoing mail interception warrants and use whatever they find to toss these terrorist supporters in jail permanently.

Carrying the flag of a foreign nation like Lebanon is wonderful. I am all for people rallying peacefully with Lebanese flags. But when the flag of a terrorist group comes out like this, it is time to draw a line.

This has me so upset, I am changing my poll question to reflect this subject.

H/T to Let Freedom Reign via Dust My Broom

Stephen Lewis – Fired By The UN

Mulder

I thought I would point out that last night the CBC says that Lewis will be leaving his post with the United Nations at the end of this year.But in an interview I saw with him, he openly admitted that he would love to stay on but the choice was not his, but it was the U.N.’s.

i.e. He got his ass fired.

What does a Dipper have to do to get fired by the most useless left leaning political entity in the world? I mean you can sit around collect a paycheck, keep your mouth shut and be happy for decades working for the UN, yet he got fired.

Ceasefire In Middle East Blamed For Disney Store Plummeting Sales

Mulder

Reuters photographer Sharif Karim’s checklist before heading off to take a few snaps in Beirut.
Camera – Check
Film – Check
Food and Water – Check
Extra Flash Batteries – Check
Bag full of stuffed toys to stage photos – Check

It’s a few days old, but for posterity I thought I would post these lovely heartwrenching images all taken by the same photographer, Sharif Karim, all with pristine and clean children’s toys. I have included a link and the original text that came with the image.

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A toy lies among the wreckage of a demolished building in the Hizbollah stronghold that was targeted by Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut July 26, 2006. REUTERS/Sharif Karim(LEBANON)

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A toy is seen in Beirut suburbs, after it was targeted by Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut July 21, 2006. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON)

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A building is destroyed in a Hizbollah stronghold targeted by Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut July 28, 2006. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON)

How many toys does Sharif Karim have in his bag of tricks??

H/T Slublog (via my friend Alan)

Ottawa – We'll Crack (Pipe) You Up

Mulder

Back in 2005, Ottawa City Council introduced free “crack pipe kits” to be distributed to crack smokers in an effort to reduce the spread of Hep C.

At that time, many people such as myself and Police Chief Vince Bevan said that it was a bad idea. I had numerous email conversations with my councillor Peggy Feltmate and the Associate Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Dave A. Salisbury. The emails were flying furiously and in EVERY email I asked Councillor Feltmate and the other city councillors to show me the study that says this crack pipe kit would benefit society.

Not once did I get an email pointing me to any facts. I did get email after email with lines like “it is our feeling that” and “it would be obvious to most that” and “we think that this is” but never once did someone say “Here is the study Steve.” or “Here is the link to the study Steve.”

I surfed for about 2 hours a day three weekends in a row looking globally for information to make me feel better about these crack pipe kits and there was nothing.

And now we have the first study out.

The University of Ottawa study, funded by federal, provincial and city governments, says the crack-user program is radically reducing the sharing of drug paraphernalia, which is the main cause of disease, but is also increasing the amount of crack smoking.

“We definitely saw an increase in crack smoking,” said University of Ottawa epidemiologist Lynne Leonard, “and it looked like a negative outcome of the program.

After all was said and done the program’s negative was more crack smoking. So now the percentage with Hep C and HIV will go down but the absolute number of drug abusers will go up.

I don’t know about you, but to me this is a pretty shitty trade off.