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Five U.S. soldiers are being investigated for the alleged rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and her family: Forbes—Five U.S. Army soldiers are being investigated for allegedly raping a young woman, then killing her and three members of her family in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday. The soldiers also allegedly burned the body [...]
Immigration minister Rita Verdonk wanted to withdraw Hirsi Ali’s passport over revelations that she lied on her Asylum request. The move sparked outrage and led the small D66 coalition partner to demand her ouster. D66 withdrew from the cabinet when the demand was refused, fracturing a fragile coalition of parties and leading to the fall [...]
The Jawa Report is back after a successful battle against Islamic cyberterrorists: Jawa Report—After nearly two weeks of fighting a cyberterrorist attack launched by Turkish Islamists, and then wrestling with a new server, The Jawa Report is back! We promise to continue the reporting the news the only way we know how–with mediocre analysis & [...]
Here is Randal McCloy’s testimony to accident investigators. The 96-page report was released after a FOIA request by the Associated Press. The report is in PDF format: [ click here ] Randal McCloy is the lone survivor of the Sago Mine tragedy in West Virginia. May God continue to bless him and his family, and [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has guts. A man of action, that’s what I like. President Putin, responding to the slaughter of four Russian diplomats in Iraq, has ordered Russian secret services to track down and kill their murderers: RIA Novosti—President Vladimir Putin Wednesday ordered Russia’s special services to do everything necessary to find and eliminate [...]
Charlie Camarda—a top space shuttle engineer—has resigned his position just days before the next shuttle launch: The Blotter—A 30-year NASA veteran and top engineer at the shuttle program submitted an angry letter of resignation just five days before Saturday’s scheduled Discovery launch. …
Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegas police confronted, tased, and shot a man that had kidnapped a young boy from a McCarron Airport gift shop. Police confronted the man as he led the child away with a knife to his throat. The man was only identified as a 25-year-old white man: KLASTV—Officials say a man around 25 [...]
The Marine that wrote and sang “Hadji Girl” has been exonerated: Reuters—The U.S. military will not punish a Marine who performed an obscenity-laced song to a laughing and cheering crowd of fellow troops in Iraq making light of killing Iraqis, the Marine Corps said on Tuesday. … Michelle Malkin has Joshua Belile’s statement; here’s an [...]
This morning, seven verses from the book of Zechariah really stood out to me, seeming to hold an unusual power and importance about them. I’d like to share them with you. They are especially beautiful when you consider Jerusalem’s situation today: The Holy Bible, Zechariah 8: 2-8: 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I [...]
Yesterday, Attorney Joe Cheshire told reporters that the accuser had told investigators that she had been raped by five guys. An investigator for the Durham County D.A.’s office, Linwood Wilson, challenged him to produce the paperwork to prove it. Today, Joe Cheshire did just that. Cheshire faxed the document backing up his statement to several [...]
