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Praying that the unconfirmed report is true.

President Bush and Japanese PM Koizumi visited Graceland today. Allah has video of Koizumi singing “Love Me Tender.” He’s got a better voice than Connie Chung, at least.
Reader Shana F. is in Memphis and snapped photos of an anti-Bush crowd that gathered to protest. Elvis was there:

No clowns, though.

Sign a letter supporting Oriana Fallaci. (Hat tip: Gates of Vienna)
THE LETTER OF SOLIDARITY WITH ORIANA FALLACI
Judge Armando Grasso of Bergamo acknowledged a suit against Oriana Fallaci filed by the president of Muslim Union of Italy. On June 6th the trial against a journalist and a publicist over insult of Islam by statements made in [...]

I think you should all know what’s going on. John Hoellwarth of the Marine Corps Times reports the latest twist in Cpl. Joshua Belile’s story. It’s not good:
Jimm Mosher, record producer and co-owner of Hit Music Incorporated of Spencer, N.C., said his studio is on retainer for radio’s internationally syndicated Mike Church Show, which often [...]

The blabbermouth McPaper backpedals on its NSA data-mining story. Or as Allah puts it, the editors are “eating shinola.”
They couldn’t find room to put the correction on the front page, of course, like they did with the original faulty story.
Meanwhile, AJ Strata points out more terrorist surveillance exposure By USA Today.

Today’s special public service announcement: Bryan Preston creates a chilling reminder of what happens when the government is obstructed from collecting and connecting the dots.
Watch.
E-mail it to the Times: news-tips@nytimes.com.
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Another Times-related announcement:
There’s another Times protest being organized by FReepers and Accuracy in Media. In addition to the July 10 planned protest in NYC, there [...]

***scroll for updates…university library cancels its NYT subscription!…and the WSJ explains the circumstances that led the newspaper to publish its SWIFT story…read the whole thing…the NYTimes covers the House resolution condemning the paper…***
I mentioned the other day that I’d been hearing buzz about a protest at the New York Times building.
It’s coming together and there [...]

Yo, yo, yo: Don’t miss my video report on Jihad Rap.

More on the dope Islamic rhymes of Aki Nawaz. The lowdown on rapper “Arabic Assassin.” Brit Muslims love “Dirty Kuffar.”
And your tax dollars at work at the State Department. Native Deen lead singer served as a CAIR official.

Here’s the video.
The ACLU is popping the champagne corks.
But Andrew Cochran makes a prediction:
The decision is actually a huge political gift to President Bush, and the detainees will not be released that easily. The President and GOP leaders will propose a bill to override the decision and keep the terrorists in jail until they are [...]

Salim Hamdan, Osama’s driver: Why is this man smiling?

***latest update 1120am Eastern…opinions have been posted…flashback: A jihadi gets his day in court…***
***update: breaking…1014am Eastern…Ruling is delivered…5-3…”Bush overstepped authority”…Lyle Denniston at SCOTUS Blog: “The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Congress did not take away the Court’s authority to rule on the military commissions’ validity, and [...]

A “surprising diplomatic breakthrough?”
Defense Minister Amir Peretz revealed on Thursday that a “surprising diplomatic breakthrough” was possible in the attempts to release kidnapped Cpl. Gilad Shalit, but did not elaborate on the development.
“We are in one of the most crucial stages of establishing the rules of conduct between us and the Palestinian terror organizations, he [...]

***update: video of bombing runs at Sky News (hat tip: Dan Riehl)…reports of chem weapons used by Palestinian terrorists…Asheri’s body found, shot in the head (hat tips: Allah and Dan)…Israel bombs pro-Hamas Islamic University…Israeli warplanes buzz Syrian president’s summer home…Bias watch: Notice how many media outlets took the terrorists’ description of their brutal murder of [...]

From Michael Moore’s website:
Dear Friends,
GSFP and Code Pink are sponsoring a hunger strike for peace which begins July 04, called Troops Home Fast Some of us like Dick Gregory and Diane Wilson will be fasting until the troops come home from Iraq, and some, like me, will be fasting for a specified time. My fast [...]

Putting words in the mouths of Joe Lieberman, George Bush, Ned Lamont, and Kos.

The DoD announced today the death of Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar, 30, of Lake Orion, Mich.:
Plouhar died June 26 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Plouhar was exploited by [...]

Allah Pundit is tracking.

My syndicated column today (now on Yahoo! News) offers a reminder that the blabbermouths at the New York Times have been implicated in terror tip-offs about our financial investigations before:
I remind you of the case of the Treason Times, the Holy Land Foundation, and the Global Relief Foundation. As the New York Post reported last [...]

Illegal alien railway serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz is finally executed.
Previous: Where’s the compassion?
Background: Court TV’s Crime Library-Terror Near the Tracks * Tx Dept of Crim Justice page * DOJ Inspector General’s report

Cam Edwards reports on the U.N. confab in NYC this week on renewed international efforts to undermine the Second Amendment:
A remarkable thing happened at the United Nations yesterday. We, the United States, told the world “no”. The messenger was Robert Joseph, the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Speaking before the dozens [...]

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Photo via Kesher Talk
Israel’s mission to save 19-year-old soldier Gilad Shalit continued through the night and morning. Troops entered Gaza:
Palestinians dug in behind walls and embankments in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, bracing for a major assault after Israel sent in troops and tanks and bombarded bridges and a power station [...]

I meant to link this several days ago. Have you heard about the clowns who vandalized a nuclear missile facility?
No, really.

Photo via Military.com
Defense Tech has more details. Gateway Pundit has a good round-up on the trio’s not-so-funny antics. Minot Daily News covers here:
Three nuclear protesters arrested Tuesday at a Minuteman III missile launch facility west [...]

Bridge attacked.
Vital Perspective is live-blogging.
John Little at Blogs of War also has live coverage.
Israpundit reports another alleged kidnapping.
Jerusalem Post has breaking news coverage:
IAF aircraft blew up a bridge in the northern Gaza Strip shortly before midnight on Tuesday. The army said that the operation was intended to keep Hamas from taking kidnapped soldier Cpl. Gilad [...]

I talked last night with Marine Josh Belile, who was targeted by the Haditha exploiters at CAIR for a satirical song he sang to the troops. He has been exonerated and asked me to post his statement:
It’s good to be able to breathe again. I have had a lot of support since this [...]

Heartache and rage:

Brownsville grieves.
More details about the murders of Menchaca and Pvt. Thomas Tucker:
The U.S. military now says explosives experts had to dismantle three roadside bombs to reach the brutalized bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers.
In a statement, the military says the remains were found tied together with a bomb between one soldier’s legs.
A U.S. [...]

Did you know the moonbats have declared today a “National Day of Action” in support of military “resister” Lt. Ehren Watada, who refused to deploy to Iraq last week after volunteering to join the military in March 2003? Shouldn’t it be “Inaction?” My vent here.
Note that fake Iraq vet Jesse MacBeth’s publicists are the [...]

***update: Rush deals with the story with trademark humor…via Drudge: “How did Bob Dole’s luggage get on my airplane? I told my doctor I was worried about the next election”…Mark Finkelstein at Newsbusters has more…wire story here…AUDIO here…audio at The Media Crunch***
The MSM goes nuts over reports that talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh was detained [...]

Good catch from a reader at Power Line, posted by Scott Johnson:
Reader Douglas Rose has drawn our attention to this September 24, 2001 New York Times editorial (”Finances of Terror”) (access limited to TimesSelect):
Organizing the hijacking of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon took significant sums of money. The [...]

Missing
Israel says it will not negotitate with Hamas:
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has refused to release any Palestinian prisoners in exchange for information about an abducted Israeli soldier.
He was responding to a demand from three militant groups that women and youths be freed from Israeli jails in return for news on Gilad Shalit.
Those making the [...]

***update: video of Keller revelations about Murtha here***
***update 2: Bryan, Allah and INDC Bill note that Keller actually says the opposite about Murtha. Ok, now that makes sense.***
Just in…Treasury Secy John Snow’s letter to the blabbermouth NYTimes. Snow reveals something significant I hadn’t seen anywhere else yet (at least not in the NYTimes):
It should also [...]

At Hot Air today, we resurrect the Private Snafu cartoons from WWII to try and help the Fish Wrappers understand that blabbing carries consequences. Watch the whole thing. Especially what’s in the mirror at the end of the cartoon. A very fitting reflection of Bill Keller, in my opinion.
Here’s video of Bush calls the leak [...]