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Comics
Leaving my normal topics for a minute – I haven’t read comic books in years, although I was a big fan of Xmen and the like way back when. In the process of finding some quality graphic novels or comic … Continue reading
Zarqawi’s Hero
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross has an interesting piece up at the Weekly Standard. In it he outlines Zarqawi’s focus on his historical predecessor – one Nur ad-Din Zanki: “One cannot understand Zarqawi and cannot attempt to predict the future of his organization … Continue reading
Zarqawi’s Kitchen Timer
Robb speculates on Zarqawi’s fishy outing (which I mentioned in my last post) in the comments here – Here’s a total speculation (and not worth much since he had already outlived his usefulness in Iraq and analysts that attempt to … Continue reading
Zarqawi Is Dead
In one of the most significant developments in Iraq since the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Jordanian Zarqawi was killed in a bombing raid on Wednesday in a U-S.-Iraqi operation helped by tip-offs from Iraqis and Jordanian intelligence. That’s … Continue reading
Open Source In Toronto
CNN – …a group of men inspired by al Qaeda who were planning attacks in and around Toronto. The plot was said to involve three tons of ammonium nitrate — three times the amount of fertilizer used in the Oklahoma … Continue reading