Let some Guantanamo Bay detainees live in U.S., advocates say

For countries to feel comfortable taking prisoners off American hands, the U.S. has to show it is OK by taking some itself, human rights advocates say. The Obama team is considering the move.

I knew this shit was coming as soon as our muslim president elect said that he is going to sign an executive order to close Gitmo.


Reporting from Washington -- Human rights advocates are urging the incoming Obama administration to allow some detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to resettle as U.S. residents as part of any plan to close the controversial facility.

Taking such a step would go beyond plans outlined so far to close the prison and transfer detainees to other countries or to military prisons on the U.S. mainland. But allowing a small number -- perhaps only two or three -- to live freely in the U.S. could help persuade other countries to accept some of them as well.

"If we want European and other countries to feel comfortable taking at least some of the prisoners off American hands, the U.S. will have to show it is OK by taking some itself," said Tom Malinowski, the Washington advocacy director of Human Rights Watch.

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is considering the option, but a Democratic official said there has been no conclusion that the resettlement option is necessary to Obama's plans. Under the plans, Obama would issue an executive order within a week of assuming the presidency to close Guantanamo in a year, according to Democratic officials speaking on condition of anonymity because he has not yet taken office. That would give the government time to persuade other countries to take some of the detainees who no longer are considered to be a serious threat. It also would give the administration time to prepare prosecutions for other detainees in U.S. courts or in court-martial proceedings.


The incoming administration has decided to abandon the military commission system devised under President Bush, which has produced three convictions in seven years. Brooke Anderson, a transition spokeswoman, said Obama would decide how to handle detainees after his administration was in place. "President-elect Obama has repeatedly said that he believes that the legal framework at Guantanamo has failed to successfully and swiftly prosecute terrorists, and he shares the broad bipartisan belief that Guantanamo should be closed," she said.

With time to send many of the prisoners to other countries, the plan could avert a mass transfer of the 250 detainees to a U.S. military facility, most likely at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., or Charleston, S.C. It also could avoid the need for a new federal law that allows indefinite detention of prisoners without trial, something the incoming administration has ruled out for now.Under the plans, only detainees who are to be prosecuted would be sent to U.S. prisons.

As Justice Department lawyers prepare cases for trial, the State Department will work to transfer others to their home country or to other countries. Detainees cannot be returned to their home country if doing so would put them at risk of torture.

Many Guantanamo detainees have complained of torture during their captivity; Obama has said that tainted evidence cannot be used at trial. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Washington ordered the release of a 21-year-old former Saudi resident who has been in custody since he was 14, saying evidence against him was unreliable. U.S. officials might appeal the ruling.

The transfer process has proved difficult for the Bush administration. Although the State Department may have better results under Obama, it still will face difficulty placing prisoners once described by the U.S. as terrorist threats.

Elisa Massimino, the executive director of Human Rights First, said resettling a few detainees in the U.S would be a wise move for Obama."After seven years of being fed the line that everyone there is the worst of the worst, it would help enormously if the United States would set an example that would put the lie to that, by taking one or two of the people," she said.Allowing former detainees to live freely in the U.S. probably would be controversial.

But Massimino said public concern might ease if the Obama administration were to explain the background of those allowed into the U.S.

Why would we let jihadis go in the US? Are we really this stupid? Or should I say is our government this stupid? The answer is, YES. They are too PC to even name the enemy that has declared war on the US, islam.

Leeds imam failed to tell £1m disabled wife that he'd married second woman

A MUSLIM teacher divorced his severely disabled wife without her knowing so he could keep access to her £1m compensation, Leeds Crown Court heard.

Khalil Kazi, believed to be a former imam at Armley jail and in Batley Carr, married again under Islamic law in Morocco while his original wife, Meimuna, thought she was still married, the jury was told. Mrs Kazi only learned her marriage had been dissolved when she applied for a divorce.

Prosecuting David Hall said that Kazi, 39, of Batley Carr, had falsified divorce papers and perjured himself by falsely swearing a witness statement for a grant of divorce.

His plot collapsed after four years, in 2006, Mr Hall said, when Mrs Kazi visited Dewsbury County Court in March 2006 to apply for a decree of judicial separation.

Giving evidence wearing a veil, wheelchair user Mrs Kazi told the court how she reacted when she was told there was already a divorce in place.She said: "My solicitor went to speak to Mr Kazi's solicitor and she came back with the shocking news that I was already divorced... I was very shocked. I trusted my husband and I never expected he would do this to me."

She added: "I felt very guilty he had lived with me for one year living in adultery.

Read it all:

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Batley-Carr-imam-failed-to.4873253.jp

This is the type of behavior the religion of peace allows for men. You can bet his new wife is an illiterate teenager or younger.

It's an injustice to NOT marry girls aged 10, says Saudi cleric

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric has told followers it is permissible for ten-year-old girls to marry and anyone who think they are too young are doing the youngsters 'an injustice'.
Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh, the country's grand mufti, said: 'It is wrong to say it's not permitted to marry off girls who are 15 and younger.

'A female who is ten or 12 is marriageable and those who think she's too young are wrong and are being unfair to her,' he said during a Monday lecture.

Al Sheikh's comments come at a time when Saudi human rights groups have been pushing the government to put an end to marriages involving the very young and to define a minimum age for marriage.

In the past few months, Saudi newspapers have highlighted several cases in which young girls were married off to much older men or very young boys.

Though the mufti's pronouncements are respected and provide guidance, the government is not legally bound by them.

On Sunday, the government-run Human Rights Commission condemned marriages of minor girls, saying such marriages are an 'inhumane violation' and rob children of their rights.

The commission's statement followed a ruling by a court in Oneiza in central Saudi Arabia last month that dismissed a divorce petition by the mother of an eight-year-old girl whose father married her off to a man in his 50s.

Newspaper reports said the court argued that the mother did not have the right to file such a case on behalf of her daughter and said that the petition should be filed by the girl when she reaches puberty.

Responding to a question about parents who force their underage daughters to marry, the mufti said: 'We hear a lot about the marriage of underage girls in the media, and we should know that Islamic law has not brought injustice to women.'

The mufti said a good upbringing will make a girl capable of carrying out her duties as a wife and that those who say women should not marry before the age of 25 are following a 'bad path'.

'Our mothers and before them, our grandmothers, married when they were barely 12,' said Al Sheikh, according to the Al-Hayat newpaper.

There are no statistics to show how many marriages involving children are performed in Saudi Arabia every year.

It is also not clear whether these unions are on the rise or whether people are hearing about them more now because of the prevalence of media outlets and easy access to the Internet.

Activists say the girls are given away in return for hefty dowries or as a result of long-standing custom in which a father promises his infant daughters and sons to cousins out of a belief that marriage will protect them from illicit relationships.

It is legal in islam to sell your daughters to the highest bidder. It may not be called selling, but that is what is happening. When a muslim father gives his eight year old daughter to a fifty plus man and says "now don't you go having sex with her until she is old enough" is selling her in my eyes. Besides once they wedding contract is complete and she is his wife, the husband does not have to abide by the verbal agreement with her father. There are thousands of girls raped every year from this exact situation. You just have to love Old Mo's religion. Sex, sex, sex and more sex after you die.

Portuguese Church: 'Think twice about marrying Muslims'

The head of the Catholic Church in Portugal is advising Portuguese women to think twice before marrying a Muslim.

Cardinal Jose Policarpo says Christians should learn more about Islam and respect Muslims.

But he says marrying a Muslim man can bring 'a whole lot of trouble' because Christian women become subject to Muslim conventions.

Policarpo insists the Portuguese church has warm relations with the country's Muslim population of around 100,000.

Policarpo's comments were made at a public debate late Tuesday and were broadcast by local media Wednesday.

There is no recent history of animosity between Christians and Muslims in Portugal, where 85 percent of people say they are Catholic.

Pentagon: 61 ex-Gitmo inmates have returned to jihad

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 61 former detainees from its military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appear to have returned to terrorism since their release from custody.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said 18 former detainees are confirmed as "returning to the fight" and 43 are suspected of having done in a report issued late in December by the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Morrell declined to provide details such as the identity of the former detainees, why and where they were released or what actions they have taken since leaving U.S. custody.

"This is acts of terrorism. It could be Iraq, Afghanistan, it could be acts of terrorism around the world," he told reporters.

Morrell said the latest figures, current through December 24, showed an 11 percent recidivism rate, up from 7 percent in a March 2008 report that counted 37 former detainees as suspected or confirmed active militants....

The Pentagon said it considers a former detainee's return to terrorism "confirmed" when evidence shows direct involvement in terrorist activities. U.S. officials see a "suspected" terrorism links when intelligence shows a plausible link with terrorist activities.

"Propaganda does not qualify as a terrorist activity," the Pentagon said in a statement.

Maybe not. But has the Pentagon stopped to consider that terrorist activity is born from propaganda, and that maybe they need to take off the PC blinkers long enough to examine that propaganda, its content and sources, and formulate some ways to deal with the challenge it presents.

Now the Messaih is going to issue an executive order to close Gitmo on "Day one" of his riegn. What is the chosen one going to do with these terrorists. These men did not just randomly get picked up and put into Gitmo. They were waging jihad on the battlefield. Personally, I think they should be shot on site, but we do need intelligence. Which is going to be badly hurt by Obama, just like under Clinton. I can see it now. They will be brought onto US soil, some lawyer will get them released and some liberal judge will say that they have to be released into the US. You have to remember that their countries of orgin do not want them back.

Man who could be dead says: "There is only one strong way to bring the return of al-Aqsa and Palestine, and that is jihad in the path of God"

CAIRO, Egypt: Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel and condemned Arab governments for preventing a holy way in a new message Wednesday aimed at harnessing anger in the Mideast over Israel's Gaza offensive.

Bin Laden spoke in an audiotape posted on Islamic militant Web sites where al-Qaida usually issues its messages — his first tape since May and his first since Israel launched its offensive in Gaza against Palestinian Hamas militants nearly three weeks ago.

"There is only one strong way to bring the return of al-Aqsa and Palestine, and that is jihad in the path of God," bin Laden said in the 22-minute audiotape, referring to the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. "The duty is to urge people to jihad and to enlist the youth into jihad brigades."

"Muslim nation, you are capable of defeating the Zionist entity with your popular capabilities and your great hidden strength — without the support of (Arab) leaders and despite the the fact that most of (the leaders) stand in the barracks of the Crusader-Zionist alliance," bin Laden said.
The authenticity of the tape could not be independently confirmed, but the voice resembled that of bin Laden in previous messages.

The tape, entitled "Call for jihad to stop the aggression on Gaza," was played over a still picture of bin Laden and the al-Aqsa Mosque, but without the English subtitles and flashy production effects that usually accompany such messages....

How can anyone in the West not understand that the muslims are waging a world wide jihad against the West? Israel is just one of the fronts of the jihad. I hope Israel finally takes out every last muslim in Gaza and retakes it for itself.

This Is Why Children Die in Gaza

When you hear or read that “children and civilians” are being killed or injured in Gaza” forward these photos. The Hamas terrorists want such casualties. They cannot beat the Israeli military, but they can “win” the propaganda war – don’t let them. Forward these to all you know.

There is an expression in Arabic: “I hit him and I cried.” Now we understand what that means.

No, they do not use human shields. Sure. It does not matter that a child may be killed due to their terrorist activities. They will become martyrs anyway. I don't have any feelings for these animals that let their little animals get killed.

An American Jihadi in Somalia and his Al Qaeda friends in Washington

He may be dead, but those jihadis who recruited him are still on the loose in Washington, no doubt recruiting others. "An American Jihadi in Somalia and His Washington Friends in al Qaeda," from the Jawa Report, January 13:

We reported last month that Washington state jihadi Ruben Shumpert (a.k.a. Amir Abdul Muhaimeen) was recently killed in Somalia fighting for the al Qaeda linked al Shebaab. You'll recall that Shumpert actually called the FBI from Somalia mocking their efforts to capture him. All's well that ends well, eh?

The group has now released a "biography" of Shumpert which recounts his childhood in a rough neighborhood, how he converted to Islam in jail, and how he eventually went to Somalia for the jihad. You can read the entire bio here.

But perhaps the most important piece of the story is an admission that Shumpert turned to the Salafi strand of Islam after he met with some Muslims in Washington who had recently returned from fighting the jihad in Chechnya:

Allah guided him to the path of righteousness, when he met some brothers who had returned from Chechnya. He became acquainted with them, and they provided him with some educational and jihadi video recordings. Our knight was very fond of Shaykh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, may Allah have mercy on him, and he hoped to join [Zarqawi] in Mesopotamia.

In the bio we learn that these friends were not the Somalians who later convinced Shumpert to heed the call of Zawahiri and join the jihad in Somalia.

So, who are Ruben Shumpert's friends who had been to Chechnya and are they still on the loose in Washington?

Muslims like this are running around our country. We need to hunt them down and expell them. If they are a US citizen they need to be tried for treason and exported to some muslim country where they will feel right at home. Or, just kill them.

Palestinian Children

If Israel does not wipe out every last muslim in Gaza this is what they are going to keep having to deal with. Hamas may claim that they are sad for their martyrs deaths, but they relish death. They are teaching their children how to hate Jews and all non-muslims. They are teaching them about jihad and how it is best to die in the cause of jihad in the name of allah the moon god.

Father Zakaria Botros on "The perverse sexual habits of the Prophet"

You just have to read this article. This is one of the best subjects of the muslim faith. Old Mo's degeneracy.

Life TV’s Father Zakaria Botros recently ran a show dedicated to discussing the question of morality and how it is—or should be—one of the hallmarks of “prophethood.” At the start, he posed the focal question of the show: “Was Muhammad the prophet a moral man—the most upright man, worthy of being emulated by the world?”

After the preliminaries, Botros looked at the camera and gave a stern warning: “This episode is for adults only! I am going to discuss many things that make me blush for shame, so please: have the women and children leave the room.”

He then asked Muslims watching to keep in mind the question “Is this the prophet I follow?” as he delineated some of Muhammad’s sexual habits.

First, from the Koran, Botros read verses unequivocally stating that Muhammad is the paragon of all virtue and morality, such as “And most surely you [Muhammad] conform (yourself) to sublime morality [68: 4].” He further quoted the ulema, such as Ibn Kathir, all insisting that Muhammad was the “Noblest of all humanity, and the greatest of prophets.”

Read it all:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024363.php#comments

Israeli politicians, 2004: Disengagement from Gaza will bring peace

This is what happens when public officials ignore and deny the Islamic doctrines of jihad and Islamic supremacism. These politicians were all wrong, and what we were warning here -- that the withdrawal from Gaza would only embolden the jihadists -- was right. But it appears that in Israel, as in America, the political and media elites don't ever seem to face serious accountability for their errors of judgment and willful ignorance.

Video courtesy Carl In Jerusalem, who comments:

This appeared on Channel 10 cable television last night. It includes (with translation) of highlights of the 2004 debate on 'disengaging' from Gaza and seeing how people voted. You will note how foolish the speakers look today and how many 'right wingers' (including Netanyahu) voted in favor. I tried to convince many of you otherwise, and was slammed at Little Green Footballs [Big surprise there. -- RS] for being a 'Kahanist' because I was opposed to the 'disengagement.' Well, who was right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1h6tHDjbU&eurl=http://www.jihadwatch.org/

I have to say that there are lefty loons all over the globe that think by appeasing muslims is a good way to get along with them. They do not want to get along with anyone. They want the entire globe to be islamic. I am not ready for that.

Israel using Gaza as 'test laboratory' for new weapon: medics

An Israeli artillery shell explodes over the Gaza Strip. Two Norwegian medics have warned that Israel is testing a new "extremely nasty" type of weapon in Gaza. The foreign medics made the allegation as they returned to Norway after spending 10 days working at a hospital in the Gaza Strip.


OSLO (AFP) – Israel is testing a new "extremely nasty" type of weapon in Gaza, two medics charged as they returned home to Norway Monday after spending 10 days working at a hospital in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

"There's a very strong suspicion I think that Gaza is now being used as a test laboratory for new weapons," Mads Gilbert told reporters at Oslo's Gardermoen airport, commenting on the kinds of injuries he and his colleague Erik Fosse had seen while working at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
The two medics, who were sent into the war zone by the pro-Palestinian aid organisation NORWAC on December 31, said they had seen clear signs that Dense Inert Metal Explosives (DIME), an experimental kind of explosive, were being used in Gaza.

"This is a new generation of very powerful small explosives that detonates with an extreme power and dissipates its power within a range of five to 10 metres (16-98 feet)," said Gilbert, 61.
"We have not seen the casualties affected directly by the bomb because they are normally torn to pieces and do not survive, but we have seen a number of very brutal amputations... without shrapnel injuries which we strongly suspect must have been caused by the DIME weapons," he added.

The weapon "causes the tissue to be torn from the flesh. It looks very different (from a shrapnel injury). I have seen and treated a lot of different injuries for the last 30 years in different war zones, and this looks completely different," said Fosse, 58.

"If you are in the immediate (vicinity of) a DIME weapon, it's like your legs get torn off. It's an enormous pressure wave and there is no shrapnel," he explained.

Gilbert also accused Israel of having used the weapon in the 2006 Lebanon war and previously in Gaza, and referred to studies showing wounds from the explosive could cause lethal forms of cancer within just four to six months.

"Israel should disclose what weapons they use and the international community should make an investigation," he said, stressing the amount of damage apparently caused by the new form of explosive.

"We are not soft-skinned when it comes to war injuries, but these amputations are really extremely nasty and for many of the patients not survivable," he said.

It is the "Dime Weapon" again. This is the same claim that the muslims used in Lebanon against the other terrorist group hezbullah. To me it sounds like a fuel-air explosive. There is no shrapnel, unlike the bombs the terrorists use. This will limit casualties to within the blast wave. So, terrorists and their human shields are within the blast area of this weapon and they get killed. TOO BAD. They started this war. Israel is goint to finish it, I hope.

Israeli forces advance deep into Gaza urban areas

AP – Palestinian youths inspect the rubble of a mosque and Islamic school after it was destroyed in an Israeli …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli ground forces made their deepest foray yet Sunday into Gaza's most populated area, with tanks rolling into residential neighborhoods and infantry fighting urban warfare in streets and buildings with Hamas militants who kept up their rocketing of southern Israel.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said residential neighborhoods in Gaza are riddled with homemade bombs and booby traps, including mannequins placed at apartment entrances to simulate militants and rigged to explode if soldiers approach.

The army "is advancing more into urban areas," said the spokeswoman, Maj. Avital Leibovich. "Since the majority of the Hamas militants are pretty much in hiding in those places, mainly urban places, then we operate in those areas."

Late Sunday, dense plumes of smoke from explosions rose over Gaza City and heavy gunfire was heard just south of the city. Early Monday, Israeli navy gunboats fired more than 25 shells at Gaza City, setting fires and shaking office buildings, including the local bureau of The Associated Press. The military said that in general, the targets are Hamas installations but had no immediate information about the shelling that began just after midnight.

Gaza medical officials say at least 870 Palestinians, about half of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict that began Dec. 27 with Israeli airstrikes on Hamas buildings, as well as suspected rocket launch sites and smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian border. Thirteen Israelis, including 10 soldiers, have died.

Read it all:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians

5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share

Update on the $3 million paid by the Saudi's to the Somali pirates. I guess they never learned how to swim in islamic studies classes.

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship.

The Sirius Star and its 25 crew sailed safely away Friday at the end of a two-month standoff in the Gulf of Aden, where pirates attacked over 100 ships last year. Hundreds more kidnapped sailors remain in the hands of pirates.

The drowned pirates' boat overturned in rough seas, and family members were still looking for four missing bodies, said Daud Nure, another pirate who knew the men involved.

Piracy is one of the few ways to make money in Somalia. Half the population is dependent on aid and a whole generation has grown up knowing nothing but war. A recent report by London's Chatham House think-tank said pirates raked in more than $30 million in ransoms last year.

Read it all:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_bi_ge/piracy

Muslims in the US, Now is Our Time?

On Obama's inauguration, Muslims say, 'It's our time''I believe he will help bring about a better understanding Islam is religion of peace'

A magazine that proudly promotes itself as Muslim has announced a special edition for Barack Obama's inauguration as president, with Editor Nida Kahn claiming, "It's our time."

Is he trying to say that Obama is a muslim? I believe he is.

The publication, Elan magazine, also includes endorsements of Obama's familiarity with Islam from the daughter of Malcolm X and Benjamin F. Chavis Muhammad, the chief of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, as well as others.

The magazine, which calls itself the "guide to global Muslim culture," is distributed in the U.S., Pakistan, Indonesia, Canada, Qatar, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, as well as online.

Its cover story for the edition, "Muslim World Embraces Obama," "explores the hopes and aspirations of Muslims regarding America's new president."

Read it all:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85748

JEWISH WEDDING 'JIHAD'

RANK PRANK: Stephen Buttafuoco (right) faces a hate-crime rap after allegedly playing Arabic chants at the wedding of David and Amanda Zar (left).

A Long Island waiter rebelling against his pastor father terrorized guests at a Jewish wedding reception, blasting a recording of a pro-Palestinian rally that included Arabic chants through the DJ's microphone, authorities said yesterday.

Stephen Buttafuoco, 23, was charged with an aggravated harassment as a hate crime for allegedly blaring "Allahu akbar," Arabic for "God is great" - scaring more than 700 guests at the wedding of David and Amanda Zar, who were wrapping up the reception at the Woodbury Jewish Center at around 1 a.m. last Sunday, Nassau County cops said.

Buttafuoco, who was arrested Friday and is not related to infamous Long Island lothario Joey Buttafuoco, allegedly "admitted he did this with the intent of disrespecting the [Jewish] religion," according to court papers.

He was arraigned yesterday in Nassau County District Court and released on $1,500 bail.
His lawyer, Thomas Spreer, insisted his client is not a terrorist, just a confused kid trying to rebel against his minister father.

"He did a foolish and impulsive act," Spreer claimed. "He's not a radical. He didn't even know they were on the air. He feels absolutely horrendous."

Sure he didn't. Liar.

Buttafuoco, a Queens College creative-arts student, had been at a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan a day before the wedding, and recorded the chanting on his cellphone.

At the Jewish Center, Buttafuoco thought he was playing the recording just for a friend, and didn't realize it would be blared to the whole reception, his lawyer said.

Another Lie. This was done purposefully. Why else would he record this shit?

Morrell Caterers, which handles weddings at three Long Island temples, including the Woodbury Jewish Center, said Buttafuoco was fired on the spot.

"We took appropriate action. We fired the gentleman in question and we called the police," said co-owner Scott Morrell.

Spreer said his client was not anti-Semitic, and had worked for Morrell Caterers for about two years without any problem.

Read koran, become terrorist. This was terrorism.

Stephen "was just quietly rebelling against his dad," Spreer said.

The father, Dan Buttafuoco, is an ex-Marine who serves as a minister at the Gateway Life Center, a Pentecostal church in Babylon, LI, and says he's a supporter of Israel.

"He was just fooling around with his friend. He didn't realize it was being echoed around the whole building," the devastated dad said outside his Suffolk County home yesterday.

Sure he didn't. That is why it was on the PA system.

"We have nothing against any other religious background, especially the Jewish people. We love them."

The family wants to make amends to the Jewish community, Spreer said.

The incident has mortified the Buttafuoco family, his father said. "I've been appalled by it. My wife and I are just very hurt. We're scared."

The groom wasn't too concerned, however.

"I'm still celebrating my wedding and I really don't want to think about this," David Zar told The Post.

Pro-jihad, pro-Hamas rally in New York City today

High jihad fashion

I find it hard to believe that more and more people are dressing like this in the us. They are supporting a horrible terrorist group, the muslims of Gaza that want only one thing: The death of all Jews. I am sick of seeing swasticas alligned with the Star of David. The real nazis where not as bad a these muslims and their useful idiots. Now the rest of the world seems to be supporting the muslims that fire rockets into Israel almost daily.

Muslim Krystallnacht Chicago 2008: Reader David's Synagogue (and 4 Others!) Attacked (Obviously by Muslims)

"Religion of Peace" Vandalizes Lincolnwood Synagogue Near Chicago
With "Death to Israel; Free Palestine" Graffiti, Broken Windows

From Debbie Schlussel.

I've repeatedly warned about this. It's not just the Muslims overseas. It's the Muslims in America. They are no different, no less extreme, no more "moderate" than Muslims anywhere else.

Recently, I told you about a Molotov cocktail thrown at a Chicago synagogue and destruction at a Lubavitch synagogue in North Carolina. Now, reader David writes about how, Saturday--the Jewish Sabbath (also called "Shabbos" or "Shabbat"), he walked to synagogue on the way to a special celebration he and his family planned. But they arrived to yellow tape around their vandalized synagogue, complete with anti-Semitic slogans:

Debbie:

I don't know what happen in other cities, but let me tell you what happened in Chicago early this Shabbos morning.

My father in law passed away a little over a year ago. His name was Morton Pliskin and he was the Chazan [DS: cantor] of a Traditional Synagogue named Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation in Lincolnwood Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, near Skokie).

To commemerate the long years of service my father in had to the synagogue, my family dedicated the chair he used to sit in and sponsored the kiddush [DS: a Jewish reception blessing wine (and usually featuring food)].

When we walked to synagogue this morning, we saw yellow crime scene tape around the front steps. On the wall near the door was painted "Death to Israel long live Palestine". Also, the glass on the front doors was taped. It seems that bricks were used to smash the windows. We are not certain, but we believe an there were plans to enter the synagogue and to destroy everything inside.

There is a couple that lives in the synagogue. In return for a free place to live (I am sure they receive a salary and other expenses but I don't know the entire agreement), they serve as caretakers for the building and help set up for special events. The husband is also kind enough that whenever it snows he takes care of making sure my Mother-in-Law's sidewalks and driveway are clean.
The wife heard a noise and woke up. She saw the two perpetrators. They immediately ran away. Unfortunately she cannot identify them because these "heroes of Islam" were wearing ski masks.

The police told us other (I believe 4 but I do not remember) Synagogues in Chicago were also hit.

Something struck me in synagogue today when I was thinking about what happened. Something that myself and I am sure everyone else takes for granted. I was wondering how many mosques in Chicago (or anywhere else) were hit last night.

Sincerely,David Makowsky

I personally believe that we need to show the "religion of peace" what is means to be victims. These people are acting with impunity. You know that PC Chicago will never find the muslims that did this.

Jimmy Carter: "Israel using disproportionate force in Gaza"

Former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that Israel's operation in Gaza has been disproportionate to rocket attacks on Israel but could result in new efforts for a long-term Middle East peace plan.

Carter told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday that although animosity toward Israel in the Arab world "has probably increased dramatically," there may be renewed interest among European leaders in finding a peaceful settlement.

The former president also expressed hope the incoming administration in the US would take a more active role in negotiations. Carter said he discussed the issues with President-elect Barack Obama in a meeting this week, but would not disclose what Obama said.

The worst president in US history has opened his mouth again. The anti-semite in charge says that Israel is using disproportionate force in Gaza. I have an idea. How about if Israel just fires a rocket or mortar willy nilly into Gaza for every rocket that they fire into Israel? Oh wait, they are doing it. Now they are just doing it all at one time, but they are not targeting civilians. I personally think they should just retake the Gaza and expel every arab from all of Israel, or just kill all muslims.

War Is Deceit: Gaza family spots cameras, starts crying for food, with stacks of canned goods nearby

"A day with our troops in Gaza," by Ron Ben-Yishai for Ynet News, January 9

For the first time since Operation Cast Lead was launched, an Israeli journalist was allowed to enter the Strip alongside the fighting forces. What does it look like on the frontline?

Gaza City was quiet most of the day, but it was exactly this calm that had Givati Brigade Commander, Colonel Ilan Malka, so concerned: "Everyone should drill the procedure for thwarting attempted abductions. That's what (Hamas) are aiming for now. We also have to review the procedures for thwarting suicide attacks against the troops," he told his officers in one of the security briefings.

The warning is not an empty one. By night, the IDF had scores of abduction alerts, suggesting Hamas is preparing to kidnap soldiers in the area Givati forces were deployed in. [...]

We run across a local family in one of the buildings. Grandparents, a few young parents, some children and a few toddlers. Sitting on a rug, their legs are covered in blankets and two soldiers are standing guard nearby. "What about them?" I ask. "They're free to go if they want to, but they don't want to," said Eilon Perry, Givati's operations officer. "They informed us they would be staying in the house and we have no choice but to accept that."

The family suddenly notices the cameras, and immediately, the expression on their faces changes. "We have no food," they say in Arabic, as one of the youngsters suggests we interview him in English about their plight. Givati troops are extremely concerned about being portrayed as abusing innocent civilians. Perry points to a stack of canned goods, water bottles and other provisions. "We provided some of that and they cook and eat quite well," said Perry. The Palestinians seem to understand him and one of them smiles. It's a war – they had to try....