The Global War on You Know Who has done a fascinating first-hand investigative report on Islamic asylum-seekers in Germany. The intrepid blogger ST ventured into the “camps” the German government provides for Muslim immigrants awaiting decision on their status. It may be called a “camp”, but it looks like a slum:

ST wandered around taking photos and arousing the ire of the residents until the situation became alarming.

The situation described seems tailor-made for importing terrorists into the heart of Europe:

Go on over to GWOYKW and read the rest, and look at the photos. It’s a great job of first-hand reporting.

 
According to Fox News,

Does this mean that Dick Cheney is sitting on a pile of money?

 
Do you know why you never hear the Martin Luther King speech all the way through — just a sentence here and there?

Read the answer at The Neighborhood of God.

 
A couple of weeks ago a young man named Patrick emailed us wanting information about the town of Lund in Sweden, since he was considering attending the University there. I sought the advice of Scandinavian bloggers, and made a post out of it, The Color of Swedish Grass.

The issue was the proximity of Lund to Malmö, where there is a large Muslim population, and (according to some sources) a high incidence of rape and other crimes. There ensued a long argument in the comments, primarily between Anders, a Swede who lives in Malmö, and NoDhimmitude, who lived there for an extended period. NoDhimmitude is, however, Norwegian, and was at pains to emphasize that fact.

Each made an offer of help to Patrick in the comments, which I drew together into a follow-up post presenting their conflicting points of view.

As promised, I also emailed the same information to Patrick. Here is his reply:

We can be thankful that he was at least disabused of his notion of Sweden as a Utopia. And I’m certain that Scandinavia will be a relief to him, a calm haven after the stress of living here under the increasingly fascistic Bush regime.

But there’s one thing I don’t understand — how did Patrick ever conclude that Gates of Vienna, of all places, would provide a reliable answer to his question?

Life is full of mysteries.

 
Longtime Gates of Vienna commenter Uncle Pavian has started his own blog, Eleven North, and will be covering events in Trinidad and Tobago.

His most recent post concerns sheikh Yasin Abu Bakr:

Islamist leader Yasin Abu Bakr spent the night behind bars after a judge denied him bail and bound him over for trial on charges of terrorism, sedition, inciting larceny and breaching the peace. Mr. Bakr is the leader of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen, a group best known for a failed coup attempt on July 27, 1990, in which 24 people were killed.

You didn’t know the jihad was active in Trindad? Well, neither did I, until recently.

Go over to Uncle Pavian’s place to read the rest.

Boy, what a way to celebrate a blogoversary:The Jawa Report helped catch a terrorist. Some people have all the luck!

Dr. Shackleford begins:

Okay, he’s set the standard for the rest of us. Go have a cry in your beer ’cause it wasn’t your catch, pull up your socks, and get on the Jawa Wagon.

Read the rest here.

 
In my post on Wednesday I talked about a young man in the southern suburbs of Richmond, Chetanand “Ashley” Sewraz, who is facing bombing and fraud charges. His activities do not seem to be jihad-related, but it is still a peculiar case.

Late last night my post must have been indexed by Google. Since then no fewer than twenty searchers for “Ashley Sewraz” or “Chetanand Sewraz” have found their way to Gates of Vienna. So somebody is looking for him.

Searches still don’t find him on Google News, and the only MSM site I can find him on is on MSNBC. So where are all these searchers coming from?

Then today commenter pbz23294 weighed in:

Pbz23294: if you are reading this, please email me at the address on the left sidebar, or click here. We’d really like to know more.

 
The Washington Post has the story on President Jacques Chirac’s latest — heh — “threat”:

So does this mean that his tactical strike will be on the Paris suburbs? Because that’s where the armaments very likely are stored even as he bloviates.

Don’t forget, France is Target Number One for the Algerian terrorists. They make our feelings for France look positively warm:

Can you say “Algerian Salafist Group for Call and Combat”?* If you’re French, you might try using your cathedrals to start a campaign for a “French Catholic Group for Call and Prayer” because the nuclear terrorists have come ashore long ago, Chirac’s bluster notwithstanding.

Fall on your knees, France. You did it for Saddam, so you already have calluses in the right places. It’s the knack for folding your hands and closing your eyes which your people have forgotten.

Prayer may not cure what ails you but it’s a good start. Besides, it gives you something to do while you wait for the Algerian Armageddon that GSPC has planned just for you.

Besides, fervent prayer has this additional advantage: not only is it not radioactive, it has more efficacy than Chirac’s bluster.

 
I noticed the headline of the main feature on the front page of the Richmond Times-Dispatch this morning:

The Feds Want to Know What You’re Googling

Well, good morning, America!

The story started last summer when the White House wanted Google to provide a week’s slice of searches plus a sample of the URLs in Google’s databases, in order to figure out how to track more effectively the people who look for and traffic in child pornography.

We all know MSM version of the story by now: a further example of the Bush Administration’s intrusion into the lives of ordinary citizens, erosion of our civil liberties, trampling on the Constitution, etc blah yak. Remember, these are the pals of Al Gore and Hillary Clinton, who want to control the internet for our own good.

But when it’s the Republicans doing it, why, that’s different.

Isn’t that right, Mr. Mainstream Journalist? Or are you worried that they might find out that you were searching last night for “topless photos pamela anderson”? Hmm? Or maybe even “directory of dominatrixes in ann arbor”…?

Since I am somewhat of a libertarian, I have sympathy with people who resent the idea of the government watching what we do. I don’t like Uncle Sam looking over my shoulder, either.

But given the kinds of searches that send people to Gates of Vienna, I wouldn’t mind too much if the Feds found out about some of these people. Hell, I’d send ’em the IP addresses myself.

Dymphna has PTSD, so she can’t stand to look at the search word referrals on our site meter. (WARNING: Dymphna, if you are reading this, stop now! DO. NOT. READ. FURTHER.)

How about all the people who arrive here searching for “kill jews” or “I hate jews”? And all the ones wanting to know “how to make a bomb”? Or the perennial favorite, “how to make a bomb jihad”?

Not to mention all the people who use Google as an oracle to answer “did bill gates convert to islam?”

There are people who find their way here by typing “sex with little girls” and “filipino sex slave”. People who want to know more about “raping little girls”.

Then there are the peculiar or pathetic ones like “naked muslim women” and “bathing suit hijab”.

But mostly it’s “how to make a bomb”, over and over again, with occasional variants, such as “how to kill infidels”.

I tell you, it’s depressing sometimes to read the “search words ranked by visits” section of our site meter.

However, I’m not giving up all hope. The other day, someone with an IP address in Austria found us by searching for “how to defeat the jihad”.

If we find out, let’s let him know.

 
So what would it be like if we hadn’t gone into Iraq? If Saddam were still in power? If the French had their way, we’d still be negotiating, wouldn’t we? While they sneered at the Cowboy’s paranoia and lies about WMD and blustered in the UN, Saddam would still be on the throne.

But leaving the quesitons about weapons aside, and bracketing for a moment the unspeakable misery of the Iraqi people under Saddam’s heel, consider what his remaining in power would have meant for the further training and dispersal of terrorists throughout the world.

In fact, look at the wide swathe of infection he spread before the Coalition Forces took him down.

In “The Algerian Plague,” The Weekly Standard assesses the damage:

Spain arrested 20 suspected terrorists last week in Madrid, Barcelona and the Basque region. They included Moroccans, Spaniards, a Turk and an Algerian.

But they aren’t the only ones. Spain has been arresting “numerous” GSPC members over the last few years:

And Italy? The author of the article describes Italy as a “crossroads” —

But France is the preferred target. France, the soft underbelly of Europe, the hated colonial power in Algeria. Her chickens have come home to roost and to riot:

The connections between bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were close and long-standing:

These two played ball together for a long, long time. And all the while France, mendacious France, thought she could contain the terrorists on her own soil while continuing to draw down the illicit oil money from Iraq.

The French look more like criminals with each passing day. Meanwhile, the hatred and death they spawned in Algeria continues to infect Europe and the Middle East with a virulent strain of terrorism and death.

Could it be? Is France herself a kind of Weapon of Mass Destruction?

 
Using a phrase from her Senate confirmation hearings, Dr. Rice gave a broad outline of the sea change about to happen at the State Department.

In a speech at Georgetown University, reported by The Washington Times Insider, the Secretary of State outlined broad changes at Foggy Bottom:

Perhaps, Dr. Rice, we could begin with a more visible presence in the Ivory Coast? Ivorians could certainly use some of that transformational diplomacy now that the French have had their way with them.

We could call it “transformational compassionate diplomacy.” Anything to annoy the French.

Wretchard’s current analysis of our “Post-post colonial World” not only has his usual trenchant commentary, it’s also rich with links to information you won’t find in many other places.

Here’s an example, which begins with EU Referendum, a blog in the UK, which links to Farg France (sorry, this is a family site. I like the sentiment, though), which in turn drills down to a story in African News Dimension, which unfortunately has archived the story behind its premium wall. However, FF has the whole of the story on its site:

	Saturday, 14 January 2006
	African News Dimension
	By Kalou Louis Tra
	Commotions between the rebels and the French army after French soldiers allegedly raped young girls and stripped them naked for pornography scenes in the north of Ivory Coast. Another tough year has begun for Ivorians as a dispute rose between the rebels and the French troops positioned in the north of Ivory cost, precisely in Niakaramadougou.
	Although they were very happy when the French troop first arrived on their territory as their backup force in the alleged plot against Laurent Gbagbo, the rebels today are very angry.
	The French soldiers are alleged to have robed 58,000 euros from the Ivorians’ reserve bank last year and are said to have entered in another venture that displeased even they rebels themselves.
	The French soldiers are accused of kidnapping young girls between 16 and 22 to for a strip show. Some soldiers are said to be giving US$1.50 to the girls when they are hostile to their disgraceful scenes.
	The residents after receiving several complaints from some of the girls have confronted the French army, forcing the rebels to intervene.
	When the news broke in Katiola, another town 250 miles away from Niakaramadougou, the residents of that town became very furious and have according to one leader of the community, the people want all the rebels occupying their territories out. They allege the rebels are in cohorts with the French soldiers.
	A resident of the town of Katiola said, “Those rebels and their Europeans friends, we will chase them ourselves, we cannot accept this awful behavior any longer.” He adds: “When you are riding on a bicycle to your farm, on the road they demand you pay US$5, sometime more”.
	“Now that we heard that the rebels and their French have been disgraceful toward us, our children and our people, we are going to chase them ourselves by all means.”
	The accusation of the French went even far when a man in tears said her daughter after been raped several times by the French soldiers has been forced to make love to a dog.
	Reports say that the rebels have already asked the French soldiers to leave Niakaramadougou and Katiola in the next 2 days. The rebels’ representative in the North who refused to be identified said, “Everything else is maybe acceptable but a pornography scene with a dog is unbelievable and therefore unacceptable in our African custom.”

”Everything else is maybe acceptable”?? Dear Lord in heaven.

So these are the French, the ones who criticize us for Gitmo? For Iraq? Well, here’s their own Le Monde Diplomatique last April:

EU Referendum, from which this quote is taken, has more details on the history of Operation Unicorn.

It also asks this question of the British:

Indeed!

EU Referendum finishes with a flourish about the media “hacks” watching America’s every move in Iraq:

Good heavens, and miss an opportunity to observe an American mis-step in the quagmire? A thousand times “non” to you, sir. After all, what interest is there in a few little black girls in a hot, unruly place where one might get hurt?

Don’t you wonder sometimes, about the karma of the MSM? Don’t you wonder what they’re racking up for the next life? Ponder it, as we slowly dismantle their sorry gold-bricking asses.

This week’s first place went to The Glittering Eye for his excellent essay “Perspectives on Foreign Command of U. S. Forces.” This is dense essay, not easily taken apart for discussion. However, here’s the setting for his subject:

We’re “allergic” to foreign command of U. S. Forces because our military is built upon very different assumptions from that of other countries. You can begin with the class differences, so sharp among European classes, and so absent in our Army. Dwight Eisenhower would never have made it to Sandhurst.

New Sisyphus took second place for Misogyny Day, his post on the Canadian massacre of the girls in a Montreal schoolroom back in the ‘70’s. Like the rest of us, New Sisyphus is disgusted at learning that the incident was not about “Western man’s horrific violence against women.” When you discover that the killer was not “Marc Lepine,” as he claimed, but in reality was a Muslim named Gamil Gharbi, as New Sisyphus says,

Another fable presented to us by the MSM and the lying elites. They have no shame in pushing their agenda, as you will see in one of the non-council posts, below.

This week’s non-council winner, Patterico’s Los Angeles Dog Trainer Year in Review 2005 deserves his spot just for all the work he put into it. Besides which, you have to admire anyone dedicated to exposing The Los Angeles Times for what it is. Right up front, Patterico sums it up:

He’s not kidding, either, about the sheer volume of their perfidy. Well worth your time. And I freely admit my bias, I love anyone who exposes the Old Grey Doxy in New York City, or her West Coast echo companion, The Dog Trainer. Patterico is a man after my own heart.

There was a tie for second place between Maxed Out Mama and Protein Wisdom.

M.O.M’s Stuck on Thought means exactly that. She ponders two issues which do not have clear boundaries or answers, and she asks you to follow along with her.One bit of her wisdom is well worth consideration. She says that anger does not corrode the soul (as Judge Cashman claimed) but Hate sure does….food for thought. Maybe someone could point out her post to His Honor.

Protein Wisdom‘s subject matter is closely aligned with New Sisyphus, above. His post is concerned about the dominant [perception of] reality and who will be allowed to control that reality.
In “We Love the Troops; But It’s a Tough Love (#144) – UPDATED,” PW terms the present moment as a postmodern one in which reality is granted to those who control the dominant narrative:

Well and truly said. And this struggle is going to be a long one.

Interesting point: three of the four winning posts this week have to do with aspects of the perception of reality. All three, from varying perspectives, question or disparage the common wisdom. Perhaps because it has ceased to be either common or wise?

All the nominations are over at the Watcher’s place. Quite an offering.

 
Jerry Seper, the Washington Times reporter lauded by Tony Blankley for his accurate reporting on the Mexican border situation, says today that an Arizona Congressional representative, Rick Renzi, wrote to Secretary of State Rice describing the events at our border with Mexico as “narco-terrorism in its purest form:”

The State Department responded with Foggy Bottom Speak, claiming that:

• they are “in touch with the Mexican government when incidents occur,”
• “they are usually resolved at that time at the local level.”

Oh, of course. Nothing going on here. So what about Homeland Security’s take on the subject? Well, director Michael Chertoff claims that:

• “Mexican military incursions average about 20 a year, but were declining.
• concern over the issue is “overblown” and “scare tactics.”
• significant number of these incursions were “innocent,”
• Mexican police or military may step across the border chasing criminals because they don’t know where the line is.” (despite their GPS units??)
• Sometimes criminals are dressed in military-type clothing and thus may appear to be soldiers when they’re just crooks.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Rep. Renzi has different information:

Renzi is rightly concerned. As are other states that share borders with Mexico:

Now who are you going to believe? The State Department and Homeland Security or the U.S. Border Patrol and Representative Renzi’s lying eyes?

Renzi is not just pushing air through his lungs. He has a program, ready to go:

REPEAT: The program, although funded, has not been implemented.