So he wasn’t a braggart after all: The line from the U.S. back when Khalid Sheik Mohammed was captured was that he didn’t kill Daniel Pearl, he was just a braggart who wanted credit for the murder. Turns out that line was bull. He did it. What a p.o.s. And hey, great work, guys, in figuring out when a terrorist is lying and when he’s telling the truth. I’m so confident in my country’s ability to protect me from them.
Challah Hu Akbar: New guy in the neighborhood, with a very witty blog title. Yes, indeed, challah is great. (And one of the tastiest breads in the world!) He’s on the blogroll.
We’ll whitewash Palestinian terrorism even if it kills you: The AP reports that a Palestinian man—that’s the phrase they use—rode up to a checkpoint, fired at soldiers while chanting “Allahu akbar,” and likely did it to revenge a relative who was killed while attacking soldiers with a pipe bomb two week ago—yet he doesn’t even get the “militant” designate. Why? Because the AP can’t find a “militant” group to tie him to.
That famous Muslim religious tolerance: While I am stunned that this is an AP story about Muslim religious intolerance, this is worse than anything they report on the Haredim. Muslim courts divorced a couple that did not request a divorce, leaving their marriage in limbo. This is apparently common practice against unapproved Islamic sects. Where did this happen? Gaza? Nope. Tulkarem, West Bank. Think we’ll see a cover story in Time about the Palestinians upcoming fascist state? (Of course, I kid. We’ll never see a negative story in Time about the Palestinians.)
How corrupt is the UN? This corrupt: The UN investigator is under investigation—for retaliating against two whistleblowers who reported corruption at the UN. Awesome. And oh yeah—this is the guy who closed down investigations before they were finished, with no charges filed. There are no hens, only foxes, in the UN henhouse.