What’s Worse Than Using Kids For Human Shields?

Egyptian Weekly on Hizbullah’s Armed Children’s Militias
In its August 18, 2006 edition, the Egyptian weekly Roz Al-Yusuf featured an investigative article by Mirfat Al-Hakim titled “Hizbullah’s Children’s Militias.” The article reveals that Hizbullah has recruited over 2,000 children aged 10-15 to serve in armed militias, and that the Hizbullah-affiliated Mahdi Scouts youth organization is training them to become martyrs.

The following are excerpts from the article: More @ Memri

Via The Religion of Peace 

Sunday Ride Past The Leg

Brits Profile Muslim Charity

Britain freezes Muslim charity

A CHARITY at the centre of concerns over the funding of the alleged terrorist plot to attack trans-Atlantic aircraft has had its assets frozen.

The Charity Commission is investigating the activities of Crescent Relief, which raised large sums from British Muslims for the humanitarian operation after the earthquake in Kashmir last October.

The inquiry follows the revelation that one of the men arrested at High Wycombe, a town near London, in connection with the alleged plot was a fundraiser for the charity.

It has also emerged that a co-founder of the charity was Abdul Rauf, from Birmingham, whose son Rashid is in custody in Pakistan, where the authorities claim that he is a “key figure” in the conspiracy. – The Australian

Via Jihad Watch 

Sunday Ride

Downtown Regina from the top of Wascana Hill.

More Media Bias?

Israel says BBC not reporting war fairly

The Foreign Ministry is under pressure from Israeli citizens to resume its boycott of the BBC and to withdraw credentials from its reporters due to “one-sided” reports on the war in Lebanon, Israeli diplomatic officials said Wednesday. More @ Jerusalem Post

Scottish Star Trek

One Canadian Killed, Two Wounded In Afghanistan

Corporal Anthony Joseph Boneca was killed during an engagement with Taliban insurgents that occurred approximately 25 kilometres west of Kandahar Airfield. The incident occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. Kandahar time (12:00 a.m. EDT) on 9 July. Cpl. Boneca was serving with Task Force Afghanistan as part of the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (1 PPCLI) Battle Group. Cpl. Boneca was a member of the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, which is based in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Cpl. Boneca’s unit was operating in Zjarey district as part of Operation Zahar, which means “Sword” in Pashto. Operation Zahar is a joint Afghan National Army/Coalition security operation aimed at removing the Taliban threat to Afghan citizens in the region west of Kandahar City while strengthening the Afghan Government’s authority in the area. – Combat Camera

Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight – CTV – CBC

Manhunt Continues

RCMP search for suspect after 2 Saskatchewan Mounties shot in police pursuit

MILDRED, Sask. (CP) – RCMP continued a massive search Saturday for a suspect accused of shooting two Saskatchewan Mounties during a chase after they responded to an assault call.

Cpl. Keith Bott of the Spiritwood RCMP said the officers – one male and one female – underwent lengthy surgeries at a Saskatoon hospital. He added the next 48 hours would determine how well they respond.

“They’ve completed surgery and we’ve just basically been advised that it’s just . . . sit back and a waiting game now,” he said.

Bott said he did not know the medical state of the officers, who are based at the Spiritwood detachment, although media reports said both were in serious condition. Their names were not released.

He added both officers were wearing bullet-proof vests.

RCMP spokeswoman Heather Russell said the two officers had “very serious gunshot wounds,” but wasn’t sure where they were hit.

The officers were shot Friday night during a police pursuit on the country roads around the farming community of Mildred, Sask., about 140 kilometres west of Prince Albert.

Bott said a suspect considered armed and dangerous had not yet been found, although officers aided by a search plane and the Saskatoon major crimes unit were combing the area. Also brought in were RCMP members from Regina, a SWAT team and search dogs, while a helicopter from Edmonton was also expected. More @ CP

Sask. town shocked after 2 officers shot – CBC

Two Sask. Mounties recovering after shooting – CTV

Party Time In Pamplona

The annual running of the bulls is on in Pamplona. Great slideshow here.

Congressional Morons Vote For Oil Dependency

House Votes to Keep Offshore Drilling Ban

The House rejected an attempt late Thursday to end a quarter-century ban on oil and natural gas drilling in 85 percent of the country’s coastal waters despite arguments that the new supplies are needed to lower energy costs.

Lawmakers from Florida and California led the fight to maintain the long-standing drilling moratorium, contending that energy development as close as three miles from shore would jeopardize multibillion-dollar tourism industries.

“It’s a grievous assault on Florida and other (coastal) states,” declared Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Fla., of attempts to end the drilling prohibitions that Congress first imposed in 1981 and has reaffirmed every year since.

The moratorium bars oil and gas development in virtually all coastal waters outside the western Gulf of Mexico, where most of the country’s offshore oil and gas wells are concentrated. More @ AP

Meanwhile in Havana:
Cuba Plans Offshore Wells Banned in U.S. Waters -
NYT

Maybe these dummies would rather buy oil from Fidel.