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Some of us still remember. Last November, I noted that the unborn child of Fort Hood soldier Francheska Velez was the 14th murder victim of jihadist Nidal Hasan. At Hasan’s Article 32 trial yesterday, a witness testified about Velez’s searing last words before succumbing to gunshot wounds during the attack: A pregnant soldier shot during [...]

Scroll for updates…4:56pm Eastern…the White House finally releases statement… Did you remember? Before 9/11, there was 10/12. The USS Cole bombing, ten years ago today, should have taught us all that the jihadists’ war on the infidel West started a long, long time ago. Remember: The flame of Muslim outrage is eternal. Never forget: The [...]

The national security buzz this weekend centered on “commando-style” plots by jihadists in Europe — possibly targeting airport lobbies. Thomas Josceyln at Long War Journal shines light on the ties between the new plotters and the al Qaeda Hamburg cell linked to 9/11. Apparently, some British intel officials are unhappy with how the U.S. leaked [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Outrageous outrage in the Daily Illini, courtesy of one David Green, Academic Professional: The vast majority of 9/11 observances in this country cannot be seen as politically neutral events. Implicit in their nature are the notions that lives lost at the World Trade Center are more valuable than lives lost in [...]

**Foot bath & muezzin not included

**Written by Doug Powers Just in: LONDON — Five men were arrested in London over an alleged threat to the pope and police searches were under way at locations across the British capital, police said Friday. Pope Benedict XVI is in London on the second day of a four-day visit to Britain. London’s Metropolitan Police [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Is burning the Koran something protected by the First Amendment? Supreme Court Justice Breyer told George Stephanopoulos that it might not be, claiming it could be akin to yelling “fire” in a crowded theater — which to me is a bogus argument, provided the book wasn’t set ablaze in a crowded [...]

I have seen the enemy, and he is denial of comic proportions

At 8:46am this morning, nine years ago, murderous jihadists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. At 9:03am this morning, nine years ago, murderous jihadists crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. At 9:37am this morning, nine years ago, murderous jihadists [...]

I wrote this column seven years ago, on the 2nd anniversary of the 9/11 jihadi attacks. Sad to say, I could have just as well written it today. Spitting on their graves by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate 9/10/03 Across the nation, public officials will strike somber poses and shed television-friendly tears and bow their blow-dried [...]

Every blogger worth his salt knows “Islamic Rage Boy.” He represents the professional Muslim grievance-monger, always at the ready to protest whatever manufactured insult could be exploited to curse the West. Christopher Hitchens wrote on the futility of appeasing the worldwide Rage Boy mob — a theme I’ve struck here for years, which bears repeating [...]

In retaliation for wackadoodle pastor Terry Jones’s Burn a Koran Day on 9/11, a British Muslim activist has called for an international “Burn the Stars and Stripes Day.” A radical Islamic activist and lawyer in the U.K. has called on Muslims worldwide to burn U.S. flags outside American embassies on Sept. 11, a “direct retaliation” [...]

Provocateur pastor Terry Jones is getting his 15 minutes of fame with a “burn-the-Koran” day. The media and politicians are providing him with plenty of attention oxygen. Our America-bashing State Department has dubbed his First Amendment-protected exercise of fame-seeking “un-American.” And the usual grievance-mongers are doing their thing. Gen. Petraeus says the provocation endangers the [...]

America: Religious freedom and settled tax debts, not necessarily in that order

Before there was 9/11, there was 10/12. Do you remember? We are nearing the 10th anniversary of the USS Cole bombing that took the lives of these American heroes on Oct. 12, 2000: Electronics Technician 1st Class Richard Costelow Mess Management Specialist Lakina Francis Information Systems Technician Tim Guana Signalman Seaman Recruit Cherone Gunn Seaman [...]

Sentence first, verdict later!

I suppose I should be flattered that music industry mogul Russell Simmons has devoted an entire essay attacking me over the Ground Zero mosque and urging his Twitter followers to spread it around. The problem is, er, I didn’t write the excellent post spotlighting Simmons’ embarrassing 1993 World Trade Center bombing error last week. Guest-blogger [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Have you noticed how the Democrats have trotted out Michigan’s failure of an outgoing Governor, Jennifer Granholm, more and more lately on a national level? I think it’s because she’s one of the few people Democrats can find who has done a worse job than President Obama (it’s the political equivalent [...]

**Written by Doug Powers The Associated Press is now prohibiting its staff from using the words “Ground Zero mosque” in stories: The Associated Press, one of world’s most powerful news organizations, issued a memo today advising staff to avoid the phrase “Ground Zero mosque.” The Upshot reported Tuesday that the AP started using the phrase [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Russell Simmons was on with Larry King last night arguing on behalf of the Ground Zero mosque. During the chat, Simmons said the following: “If you’re blaming Muslims for the 9/11, you need to change your mind — did we blame Christians for the first World Trade attack [in 1993]?” The [...]

“Help us, George W., you’re our only hope”

Damn that Glenn Beck!

Michigan State University seems to have a problem. It has failed to teach its student agitators how to engage in civil discourse with opponents. Flashback: December 1, 2006 – Mob rule at Michigan State University Flashback: January 26, 2009 – 3 students arrested in Gaza protest Two of those students, who were charged with trespassing [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Much has been written about the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” and its proximity to where the World Trade Center towers once stood, but here’s an aereal photo that puts the location into perspective. The red box is the old Burlington Coat Factory building where landing gear from one of the hijacked [...]

**Written by Doug Powers President Obama broke his silence on the Ground Zero mosque debate during a speech at tonight’s Ramadan dinner at the White House. Based on that, can you guess on which side of the issue he falls? I know the suspense is probably just too much, so here you go. Update: Doug [...]

Issuing a Ramadan message

**Written by Doug Powers New York Governor David Paterson offered to help find another site for the mosque/cultural center planned near Ground Zero, but it sounds like some of the project’s supporters first want to see what kind of place Greg Gutfeld opens up next door before making a final decision: “While we have a [...]

“They were Christian missionaries and we killed them all.”

**Written by Doug Powers New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has written an impassioned essay about religious tolerance and freedom as it concerns the debate over the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan. My assumption that Bloomberg’s “across-the-board religious tolerance” sermon wouldn’t be nearly as passionate if the Westboro Baptist freakazoids wanted to [...]

Here is what Team Obama’s “smart” and sensitive form of diplomacy has wrought: A hero’s welcome home to Libya for the murderous Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was released last August claiming he had terminal cancer and three months to live. A year later, the jihadist is still alive, senators want an investigation, and [...]