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there were a couple of fresh reminders this week for the "new york times" set on the nature of the mohammedian enemy.
in saudi arabia a woman gang raped by 7 mussulmen was sentenced to 400 or so lashes. i'm not sure of the exact amount. after the first 100 or so the mind does start to wander. it was a nice round number anyway. never mind the rape, the beak said, she was seen in public talking to a chap who wasn't a relative. unchaperoned! her family must be horrified. i doubt they'll ever be able to be seen in the bazaars again. if the beating doesn't kill her, her family probably will. it's allah's law, innit?
meanwhile in the sudan a woman was locked away for letting her primary school class name a teddy bear after the heresiarch mohammed. naturally the people of sudan were appalled by this, and took to the streets demanding her death. as one would. unfortunately diplomatic pressure ensured her release (sans the beating). but, as "the sun" points out, the bear itself still languishes in captivity.
the sudanese should either release the bear or follow the example of the taliban (they used to publicly hang tv sets) and execute him. this shilly-shallying won't do at all.
is welcome news. he wasn't inept (like janet reno). he simply wasn't qualified for the post. his defence of executive privilege was expedient (anyone could see that), but necessary under the circs. if it was up to barbara boxer terrorists wouldn't be stowed at gitmo, they'd be given suites at the waldorf-astoria instead. with fabulous views. that's no way to fight a war.
changed his name to yousef islam. madness. as a name "toilet duck" has more dignity.
we don't want to fight but by jingo if we do,we've got the nukes, we've got the 'planes, we've got the money too!
but i don't care for the way it was managed. it's a sorry state of affairs when we have to rely on one terrorist organization (hamas) to compel another (the kidnappers). hopeless. the english should have told the terrorists they would incinerate one palestinian village a day until johnston was returned. that's what an air force and a navy is for. alan johnston is our property after all. and no one fucks with the west.
alan johnston is now at liberty to continue filing the usual appeasement pieces for the bbc, much in the same way geoffrey dawson used to do when he edited "the times" in the 1930s. it's something of a tradition over there.
there were a couple of fresh reminders this week for the "new york times" set on the nature of the mohammedian enemy.
