Prelude. “Israeli, Lebanese soldiers exchange fire on border,” from Reuters, August 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): EDAYSEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – Israeli artillery shelled a Lebanese village on Tuesday, wounding two people, after Lebanese Army troops fired warning shots at Israeli soldiers along the usually quiet but tense…

The family that slays together stays together. “Father and son held in joint police operation,” by Daniel Fisher for Wales On Sunday, August 1 (thanks to Tom): A FATHER and son from North Wales have been arrested on explosives charges. The two Asian men were arrested in separate raids in…

He had hoped to take out some policemen. “Suicide car bomb kills 5 kids in south Afghanistan,” by Mirwais Khan for Associated Press, August 2: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suicide car bomber blew himself up next to a police truck bringing a southern Afghan official to work early Monday, killing…

The rockets seem to have been fired from the Sinai Peninsula, showing again the effectiveness of the Camp David accords: if there are jihad groups operating in the Sinai, the Egyptian government should move against them. “Four injured in Jordan as 5 rockets land in Eilat area,” from the Jerusalem…

Of course, given Pakistan’s ongoing double game, there is always the question of whether the groups are banned as in “banned,” or banned as in “just lay low for a bit or consider changing your name.” “Suspected Islamists Shoot Five Christians to Death in Pakistan,” from Compass Direct News, July…

Employment’s only a problem if you have the wrong skin color.

In the West, Islamic spokesmen always insist that Islam supports the freedom of conscience, and the freedom to change one’s religion. These people must be reading that notorious Misunderstood Qur’an. Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: “Missionary trio leave Aceh after anger at baptisms,” by Toni O’Loughlin in the…

How an antiwar website’s release of classified military documents helps strengthen the case for the war in Afghanistan.

Has the Los Zetas drug gang taken over two ranches near Laredo, Texas?

I’m not saying that the humanitarian situation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip is acceptable or that we shouldn’t sympathize with the suffering of the Palestinians living there. I’m just saying that the world isn’t seeing the whole picture. Enter the brand new shopping mall that just opened in the area so commonly referred to as [...]