Today’s biased and loaded headline is brought to you by the Associated Press (AP) via USA Today: Israeli airstrike kills hopes for peace… Weekend Runner-up… Israeli Leader Threatens Islamic Jihad Wow. I didn’t know… h/t Tigerhawk…

Saddam could have gone into exile versus war, but the deal was blocked by the Arab League, and so made war inevitable. History really is going to be very kind to the critics of the war, they will forget everything…

Bill Roggio from the Fourth Rail is raising funds to travel to Iraq to bolster his excellent Iraq war analysis with first hand accounts. Help him out with whatever donations you can. Click here for details….

Will this latest Islamofascist threat against France make the “anti-war” crowd in Europe and the U.S. recognize the true scope of the Islamofascist threat? In their defense, it is unlikely they are even aware of this development since both “The…

Three teenage Christian girls were beheaded and a fourth was seriously wounded in a savage attack on Saturday by unidentified assailants in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi. The girls were among a group of students from a private Christian…

Race riots in Paris: Firefighters intervened around 40 times on Friday night in the northeastern suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois where many of the 28,000 residents are immigrants, mainly from Africa, police and fire officers said. Money Quote:”There’s a civil war under…

USA Today has created a “CIA Leak Timeline” (click the link and scroll down) to simplify the investigation for their readers. Unfortunately, they make a gross error in their very first entry: February 2002: The Bush administration asks former ambassador…

So what do civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks and the murderous Jew-hating Islamic Jihad have in common? Well, according to the Associated Press (AP), more than you might think: the AP has decided that both Parks and Islamic Jihad qualify…

Victor Davis Hanson, 2,000 Dead, in Context Debra Saunders, Wall Street Cowing to Animal Extremists Timothy Garton Ash, Europe Must Change to Meet the Competition from Asia (ed: Europe’s problems would persist if Europe was the only continent on Earth;…

It is business as usual on the United Nations Security Council for Russia: Russia will do everything to prevent sanctions being imposed against Syria, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, amid pressure on Syria in a probe of…

Sorry, Jeff, I HAVE to: Metrosexual man bows to red-blooded übersexuals . After dominating US style and fashion for several years, the ideal of the modern male as someone who cared about fashion and skin care as much as a…

Three Iraq Sunni Parties Form Alliance Four Arabs Convicted in German Plot: More here, Tawhid and Jihad. Iran Leader Calls for Israel’s Destruction (ed: What exactly is the compromise negotiating position of this one? Do you only destroy Israel…

I’m sure the Left is convulsing in ecstasy. Developing… Links Media Lies, Reactions to the News Michelle Malkin, The Bogus 2000 Mark Faces From The Front, Taking a Number (hattip: Instapundit) Jawa Report, Drooling Banjos Dan Kaufman points to the…

But this is no great victory for the arms control wonks [thank god]. As we detailed earlier, there are several other nonnuclear conventional technologies that can deliver better penetrations into the ground. A nuclear equipped bunker buster would have to…

Learn about one of the greatest military victories of all time at the Battle of Agincourt, which transpired in Northern France 590 years ago today….

John Robb has some worthwhile ideas but lately he’s been off-base. Here’s a case in point: He declares, point-blank, that the Palestine Hotel bombing was a direct success. His title, F[ear]V[ector]M[anagement] + Media = Success, says as much (for the…

Nick Schultz, How Powerful is Productivity? Thomas Sowell, Us or Them John Podhoretz, Times Trashfest Mark Steyn, Never Think It Couldn’t Happen Here The Guardian, Make the punishment fit the crime Bill Roggio, al Qaeda Attack on Palestine Hotel News…

Personally, I rather believe Galloway was (is) a toady for butchers quite free-of-charge; somehow these allegations of rational self-interest make him appear human, fallible. I rather like him gruesome and monsterous. Then again, like Hitchens said, looking at Galloway is…

It wasn’t really in doubt…but, thank Almighty Gawd… Two mostly Sunni Arab provinces — Salahuddin and Anbar — had voted against the constitution by at least a two-thirds vote. The commission, which had been auditing the referendum results for 10…

Welcome Media Lies Readers, please stay and peruse our collection of ultradocious-Geopolitical witticisms and send Jeff any constructive comments, I handle the hatemail love letters. Today’s media assault has all the earmarks of a CIA disinformation operation, just the sort…

Rumsfeld Promises U.S. Support for Ukraine’s NATO Ambitions Rumsfeld’s Mongolia Visit Focuses on Peacekeeping Operations Rumsfeld Compares Korea, Iraq Missions at Town Hall Meeting…

North Korea on Sunday demanded the United States grant the communist state the same status as Israel, a US ally suspected of having nuclear arms outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Wow. I think 10 million Moonbats just earned their wings. I…

Last year we commented on how the world’s largest book fair in Frankfurt, Germany featured quite prominently anti-Semites, holocaust deniers, and general representatives of the authoritarian Arab League. This year a contributor at Transatlantic Intelligencer was at the book fair…

But of course. It isn’t necessarily politics that keeps the media on the ‘neutral’ or ‘insurgent’-abetting page. It’s fear. Journalists are one of the most powerful weapons of this war, and now the terrorists have nearly lost on the ground….

But still no condemnation of the defense contractor burned alive in Iraq. Perhaps they are still wrapping up their 13th million draft meeting to discuss the issue to set the deadline for the proposal to set the agenda. It has,…

I’m blessedly biased, with my own Sergeant’s stripes and all, but Kaplan does the fighting services proud. Also in support of trigger-pullers everywhere, Charles Johnson comes to the rescue. Pop-quiz: Do you think a demographic that overwhelming voted for a…

Seems the Aussies still have some common sense and respect for their flag even on this most hallowed of days. God save the Queen if they lose it….

Steve Schippert, at the Word Unheard has more….

Dan Darling at the Winds of Change… Via Knight-Ridder, I see that the official preliminary totals for the Iraqi constitutional referendum are coming in. While the final results aren’t in yet, so far it looks like both Anbar and Salahuddin…

Senator John McCain has been no cheerleader for the Future Combat System but he may turn out to be that Army program’s best friend. Even it’s advocates have been, ahem, dismayed when the sticker price shot up to 445 BILLION…

The SDB is one of the rare programs that results in an across the board improvement in US warfighting. Namely, these small bombs are more accurate and so retain the same destructive value as larger bombs (in other words, promise…

Anti-war protesters to celebrate casualties There are currently 284 events planned in 47 states and counting… On the day after the 2,000th reported U.S. military death in Iraq, people will gather in communities across the U.S. to say that the…

Secretary Rumsfeld says China’s desire for economic growth has led to an openness that will cause a healthy tension with its political system, and that in the end the desire for more growth will be the winner. He says China…

Defendant in manpad missile plot sentenced to 24 months: Manthena Raja, 45, pleaded guilty in September to one count of money laundering. He admitted he facilitated two cash transfers from the U.S. worth $86,500 for British businessman Hemant Lakhani, even…

One of the best books I have read lately is Ralph Peter’s New Glory, a partisan slap in the face…to anybody that puts partisanship above patriotism. It is a fantastic book. Read it. Tigerhawk has more, with a short passage…

The fallout from the divisive war in Iraq continued for Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday, as a former member of his Cabinet tried to limit the government’s power to send British troops to war. Currently the government can authorize…

AP The decision to assassinate Hariri “could not have been taken without the approval of top-ranked Syrian security officials and could not have been further organized without the collusion of their counterparts in the Lebanese security services,” the report said….

“As things stand, the U.N. has simply lost the credibility and the confidence in its administrative capacities necessary for it to meet large challenges that seem sure to arise in the future,” Mr. Volcker said. Paul Volcker never seemed…

According to ticker at FoxNews. Developping. AP. BAGHDAD, Iraq – The lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein’s co-defendants was kidnapped from his Baghdad office Thursday, police said. Saadoun Sghaiyer al-Janabi, who was in the courtroom during Wednesday’s opening session of…

There is a trial going on in Iraq that contrasts strongly with another trial going on in Europe. Here we have Slobodan Milosevich being tried by an international effort, for half a decade and exorbant cost and in Iraq we…

Iraq and the War on Terror: Securing the Syrian Border, at the Fourth Rail Desecrations of Terrorist [Bodies] in Afghanistan at Black Five The Resurgence of the Iraqi Navy The Torture Question at Froggy Ruminations [Warning: Matthew Heidt is an…

We are introducing a new feature here at GPR that will (hopefully) expose our readers to an interesting, but likely unfamiliar topic, entity, or event. The first installment (drum roll please) concerns the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an Intergovernmental…

North Korea conspiring with terrorists? Well, not quite there yet, but this is another gem saved from the memory hole… Never accuse the North of not fighting above its weight or thinking big. In the process, it has cemented the…

Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested more than 20 people in connection with deadly weekend bombings in southern Iran which the government has blamed on Britain. Saturday’s blasts outside a shopping mall in the city of Ahvaz killed six…

Ladies and gentlemen, the al Anbar campaign is presented in flash player courtesy of Steve Schippert, Marvin Hutchens and Bill Roggio. The al Anbar campaign is the ongoing set of operations to close the arteries leading into Iraq, specifically the…

The mighty election day offensive of the vaunted terrorist ‘insurgency’ has ended, with 13 incidents. Contrast that with 347 attacks in January. The Iraqi government has stood up over 200,000 troops, in contrast to 120,000 in January. They are also…

Who is the stronger horse? Who must fight in the shadows, in their ‘own’ country? This is the face of the new, confident Iraqi Army. Unafraid of the ‘Insurgents’… Exercising the franchise… Walking a post… Guarding a corner… Because every…

And now they’ve closed at approximately 10:00am eastern time. Terrorists attacked five polling places and wounded seven voters. Where the January vote was significant in itself, the constitutional vote hinges on a yes or a no; developing. Tallying the…

While it is rumored that a journalism degree requires actual college, it sometimes appears that ‘Take Our Kids to Work Days’ have gone completely out of hand. Here is a profession that prides itself on production values and interviews are…

Victor Davis Hanson, An American “Debacle?” Lieutenant Colonel Gary Skubal, An Iraqi Answer for Terrorists Dan Darling, Thoughts on Nalchik The Myth of Incompetence, Real Clear Politics Innovations: Robot-Mule to Get Legs? The automation of the US military proceeds apace…

More than 200,000 Iraqis are serving in Iraq’s security forces. An excellent graphic is here at the Security Watch Tower. The projected total will be end strength of 270,000 through the Ministry of Defense and the Interior. Its important to…

From the Times… MILTON OBOTE was Uganda’s first leader after his country gained its independence from Britain in 1962, first as Prime Minister, and later, when he had seized power from his own president, as executive head of state. As…

Blogging will be limited on my part for at least the next month because I am currently working on a 50+ page comment for the International Law Journal at the Washington College of Law. Unfortunately, this commitment prohibits me from…

One of the chief fears in contemporary Iraq is that an Islamist republic (influenced by Iran) will ultimately replace the Bathist dictatorship of Saddam. This concern is somewhat valid, and there certainly are some problems to this effect in the…

A mayoral candidate in Denmark has been reported to police for anti-Islam postings on her website: The Danish People’s Party’s (DF) mayoral candidate in Copenhagen, Louise Frevert, has been reported to the police for posting derogatory comments on Muslims on…