Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category

‘No one knew about it’

The untold story of the battle against the ‘Soldiers of Heaven’ January 28th, 2007, the SF team members had no clue they were racing into a 24-hour battle, vastly outnumbered and outgunned by a heavily armed militia of about 800 cult-like Shiite warriors (‘Soldiers of Heaven’) willing to fight to the death. But our guys closed the gates to heaven and opened the gates to hell. The battle has since been reconstructed in some media accounts ,but the fight against…

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The annual Pink Ribbon Challenge is here again.

October is here and it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Your click on the “Fund Free Mammograms” button helps fund free mammograms, paid for by site sponsors whose ads appear after you click and provided to women in need through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation to low-income, inner-city and minority women, whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on “donating…

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Call me racist but I think this guy’s awesome.

A Black Conservative Tells It Like It Is. Why He’s Voting for McCain/Palin It’s 9.5 minute long but worth every minute. However since this video he was invited and banned in the same day by the conservative website, Free Rebublic. Why? See here More of his videos can be found here HT: The Anchoress…

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Joe Vogler and the AIP

Is there a difference between forming a political party that wants to use the ballot to achieve it’s goals and forming a terrorist organization that prefers to use bombs? At TPM Election Central the answer appears to be “no”. Will the name Joe Vogler start appearing in the mainstream media alongside Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers? He’s the founder of the Alaskan Independence Party, and certainly an interesting character - to say the least. He died a couple of years…

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Racism rears its ugly head

Barack Obama has assured his supporters that Republicans will attack him because he’s black. The AP has found an example of just that - headline: AP: Palin’s Ayers Attack “Racially Tinged”. Here are the first paragraphs:WASHINGTON — By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is “palling around with terrorists” and doesn’t see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her…

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What would you call a lie like this one…

…from Joe Biden in the VP debate?”The fact is that our commanding general in Afghanistan said today that a surge — the surge principles used in Iraq will not — well, let me say this again now — our commanding general in Afghanistan said the surge principle in Iraq will not work in Afghanistan, not Joe Biden, our commanding general in Afghanistan”The Washington Post and CNN call it a “fact”….

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I Win Apologies, Retractions, and Corrections

Writing about the Middle East and Islam is a rough business, one where my critics sometimes go over the line into factual misrepresentation. I on occasion ? in particular, when factual mistakes are involved ? take the time to point this out. Here’s a running log, in reverse chronological order, of the apologies, retractions, and corrections as I extract them.

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Bibliography ? My Writings on Barack Obama’s Early Years as a Muslim

I have written a series of articles on Obama’s Muslim childhood which I list here in chronological order, for convenience sake: “Was Barack Obama a Muslim?” FrontPageMag.com, December 24, 2007. Raises questions about Obama’s childhood religion and considers its implications for the campaign and the presidency. “Confirmed: Barack Obama Practiced Islam.” FrontPageMag.com, January 7, 2008. Replies to a critique of the previous article by “Media Matters for America.” “Barack Obama’s Muslim

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WELCOME BACK


New article in the September issue of Esquire magazine.

Welcome Back
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http://cbftw.blogspot.com

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Posted by admin on September 14th, 2008 No Comments

WELCOME BACK


New article in the September issue of Esquire magazine.

Welcome Back
page 172

http://cbftw.blogspot.com

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Posted by admin on September 14th, 2008 No Comments