Jihadi Du Jour

Camp Pendleton, California (AHN) -

“A U.S. medic who aided in the kidnapping and execution of an Iraqi grandfather by an American squad was meted a 10 year prison sentence but will only serve a year under a plea deal.

Petty Officer Melson Bacos, 21, testified that his patrol leader’s rage at the release of an alleged “terrorist” from Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison lead to the killing of the man’s neighbor.”

This is the first conviction of another ongoing prosecution, one of a series indicating the frustration of the troops and laxness of their oversight. These things wouldn’t be happening if the officers in charge weren’t tacitly consenting. In the military, you do only what you know is allowed.

“Luxembourg (AHN) - The negotiators from the European Union and the United States have clinched a deal on Friday that would allow both countries to share trans-Atlantic air passenger data used in anti-terror investigations.

According to the new deal, European airliners must pass on 34 items of data, including passenger addresses, telephone numbers and credit card details, to be allowed to land at U.S. airports.”

Another good sign that things might be slowly turning against the Islamic Invasion of Europe.

North Korea’s Nuclear Intentions. With all the shouting about North Korea’s and Iran’s nuclear programs, no one has mentioned the obvious connection. These two have been trade partners for years. It’s well known that Iran buys N. Korea’s missiles, but there’s no mention of all the possible and likely trade in nuclear materials and technology that may have gone on. Clearly, both of these nasty combative regimes need to be taken down.

Palestinians about to plunge into civil war. Unless a unity government is formed, experts say, disaster is seen for Palestinians, and clearly there will be no unity government. Fatah insists on recognition of Israel and will not back down. Hamas absolutely refuses and will not back down. There is fighting in the streets now between them and hit squads from each party killing each other, with the civilian bystanders getting blown away as usual.

Iraq is sliding further into civil war and Al Queda is losing members as a side benefit. a UN Security Council report said Wednesday.

“As Iraq continues to slide towards civil war, al-Qaeda may paradoxically see more losses than gains,” the report prepared by council members said. “Certainly, on return to their homelands, some fighters have expressed their dissatisfaction that on arrival in Iraq, they were asked to kill fellow Muslims rather than foreign soldiers, or even told that there was no role for them except as suicide bombers,” the report said.

Talk about turmoil in the Middle East. It’s always been messy, as those Arabs simply can’t get along with each other, but now it’s catastrophic. I fail to see how this can grow much worse without it becoming global. There are signs that this is happening, the way Russia (Putin) has become a dictatorship in all but name once again, and all the power jockeying going on between Russia, China, India and the USA and all the smaller countries with any clout at all. Look at the Leftist mess happening in South America and the wars in Africa. Man. I think I need a trank.