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100 Year-old Dragons Found In Iraq

July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From Aswat Aliraq:

Duhuk, Jun 17, (VOI) - A group of persons accidentally found a 100-year-old rare animal, according to deputy rector of Duhuk University for scientific affairs on Tuesday.
“The animal, found accidentally this week in Bajiel region in Aqra district, western Duhuk, is unlike any other animal. It feeds on reptiles and bugs,” Hassan Amin [...]

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Tags: Iraq · Strange/Funny

More Appreciation Of Life From The Religion of Peace™ Vol. #728656

February 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Breitbart.com:

Two mentally retarded women strapped with remote-control explosives—and possibly used as unwitting suicide bombers—brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at 73 people in the deadliest day since Washington flooded the capital with extra troops last spring.
The coordinated blasts—coming 20 minutes apart in different parts of the city—appeared to reinforce U.S. claims al-Qaida [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Al Qaeda · Crime/Law · Iraq · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism

Iraqi Sisters Behead Uncle For Wearing Slacks

December 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Hat tip to the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, from the Christian Today:

Three suspected al Qaeda militants, including two sisters, beheaded their uncle and his wife, forcing the couple’s children to watch, Iraqi police said on Friday.
The militants considered that school guard Youssef al-Hayali was an infidel because he did not pray and wore western-style trousers, they told [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Dhimmitude · Iraq · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam

Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week

October 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off

From the website:

During the week of October 22-26, 2007, the nation will be rocked by the biggest conservative campus protest ever – Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, a wake-up call for Americans on 200 university and college campuses.
The purpose of this protest is as simple as it is crucial: to confront the two Big Lies of the [...]

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Tags: Al Qaeda · Dhimmitude · Egypt · Hamas · Hezbollah · Iran · Iraq · Islamofascism · Israel · Muslim/Islam · Pakistan · Palestine · Saudi Arabia · Terrorism · The Left · The Right · The US · War

Remembering 9/11

September 11th, 2007 · Comments Off

0759 EDT - American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767, departs Logan Airport with 81 passengers and 11 crew.
0814 EDT - United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767, departs Logan Airport with 56 passengers and 9 crew.
0820 EDT - American Airlines Flight 77 departs Dulles Airport.
0842 EDT - United [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Al Qaeda · Hamas · Hezbollah · Iran · Iraq · Islamofascism · Israel · Lebanon · Muslim/Islam · New York · Pakistan · Palestine · Saudi Arabia · Syria · Terrorism · The US

US Using Magic Bullets In Iraq

August 15th, 2007 · Comments Off

The text from this AFP/Yahoo “news” item says:

An elderly Iraqi woman shows two bullets which she says hit her house following an early coalition forces raid in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City. At least 175 people were slaughtered on Tuesday and more than 200 wounded when four suicide truck bombs targeted people [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Iraq · Media · The Left

More Information On UK’s Terrorists

July 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off

The news from the BBC is that all eight suspects are medical professionals, seven of them doctors, and all are linked to Britain’s NHS. But now we’re learning from CBS News that the people behind the attempts were directly recruited by Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the present leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.
First, from the [...]