Very interesting column from Mark Steyn about, of all things, the assassination of President Garfield in 1876 and how the national crisis brought out a great groundswell of interest and ingenuity to try to save the wounded President’s life. Critics…

(H/T – See-Dubya guest-blogging for Michelle Malkin while she is over in Iraq)
The Daily Telegraph reports the British Army has found evidence that the terrorists in Basra are using maps generated by Google Earth to target them.
I see this as a problem…

Taliban chiefs have ordered 15 women suicide bombers to dress as beggars or teachers and hide devices under burkas, and murder British troops in Afghanistan, according to a secret intelligence report.

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Link to Michelle Malkin: Insurgents found with Google Earth maps
*snort* I had a nice chuckle out of this. Um, sweetie I really hate to tell you this but Google buys the info from the satellites and aren’t going to decide what is or isn’t …

I’m sure if Al-Qaeda asked Google to not show their camps and bases, they’d comply.

Terrorists ‘use Google maps to hit UK troops’ Terrorists attacking British bases in Basra are using aerial footage displayed by the Google Earth internet tool to pinpoint their attacks, say Army intelligence sources. Documents seized during raids on th…