Extremists plotted “anti-Islamic activity” across Europe, Spanish paper says

Suspected Islamic extremists arrested last week in Barcelona were planning al Qaeda-style attacks in Spain, Germany, France, Britain and Portugal, according to an informant who “infiltrated” the group, Spain’s El Pais newspaper reports. – CNN

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Universal Heath Care Except…

Doctors are calling for NHS treatment to be withheld from patients who are too old or who lead unhealthy lives. – Daily Telegraph

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“You have used weapons of mass destruction before. We are determined to deny you the capacity to use them again.”

Bill Clinton sounding a whole lot like GW 10 years ago…

h/t GWP

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Rich Kids 1978

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Too Funny – Too True

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Labour Party Newspeak

It can’t get any stupider than this folks…

Ministers have adopted a new language for declarations on Islamic terrorism.

In future, fanatics will be referred to as pursuing “anti-Islamic activity”.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said that extremists were behaving contrary to their faith, rather than acting in the name of Islam.

Security officials believe that directly linking terrorism to Islam is inflammatory, and risks alienating mainstream Muslim opinion. – Daily Mail

h/t  Jawa

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Couldn’t Have Said It Better

Shaidle put this up and I can’t resist, I love this guy…

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Nasrallah Tempts Israel With Body Parts

Israel needs to remove the smile…

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says his armed group has body parts of Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon during the 2006 conflict.

He said they had the “heads, the hands, the feet and even a nearly intact cadaver” in a speech marking his first public appearance in more than a year. – BBC

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Those Wacky Shias

Wow and I thought Christmas was a pain in the ass.

Devout Shiites cut their heads with blades during an Ashoura procession to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. Ashoura, the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, is marked by Shiite believers as the day that Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and one of their most revered saints, was killed in the Battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. – Yahoo

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“You’re entitled to your opinions, that’s for sure.”

Maybe not…

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