JPost tells the world that Israel can do whatever the hell it wants

While some Western newspapers are upset that Israel acts with impunity, the Jerusalem Post claims in this editorial that the Jewish state has the right to act as it wants, even illegally, as it’s fighting the “war on terror” that all Western states are fighting. The last bit is true and hypocrisy is the name…

How chili may smoke those terrorists out of their holes

How many other countries will be interested in this new weapon against supposed terrorists? The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world’s hottest chilli. After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhut jolokia”, or “ghost chilli”, to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilise suspects, defence officials said…

Bin Laden will never receive his full rights

Washington is still the greatest rogue in the village: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive, Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers on Tuesday. During a heated exchange with Republican congressmen, Holder predicted that “we will be reading Miranda rights to the…

Terrible headline on a 9/11 story

An article in the New York Observer titled, “The Gay Terrorist”: It’s been more than eight years since 9/11, but the fallout continues to reverberate throughout today’s New York. The Obama administration’s waffling over how to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the attack’s mastermind, and the continuous, embarrassing delay in rebuilding the towers downtown have kept…

Dershowitz backs extra-judicial murder (and torture)

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has a love affair with Israel that has no bounds. It’s therefore unsurprising that he supports Israel’s recent assassination in Dubai: The complaints leveled against Israel by European countries and Australia, regarding the alleged misuse of passports by the Mossad in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, ring hollow and smack…

Australia dares not offend Israel even when crimes are clear

The latest on the Australia/Israel Mossad scandal: The Australian government is far from satisfied with the response so far from Israel on the alleged use of Australian passports by a Mossad death squad. In an interview with the Herald, a restrained Kevin Rudd said no more information had been forthcoming since Australia first protested last…

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