Archive for March 18th, 2004

And They Lived Happily Ever After

In my day (I know I sound old when I say that), the prince always ended up with the princess. Fairytales these days are somewhat different. The parents of an elementary school pupil are fuming over the book their daughter brought home from the school library: a children’s story about a prince whose true love [...]

Possible Tannenbaum Link to Ashdod Attack

Yesterday, some of the media reported on the evidence suggesting that the PLO Arab terrorists who perpetrated the Ashdod bombing arrived in a sea container. Debka believe that Al Qaeda devised this new method of hiding in shipping containers. Israeli security expertsí initial conclusion is that al Qaeda devised the Palestiniansí clever Trojan horse use [...]

Quote of the Day

Combatting terrorism with bombs, with operations of shock and awe, with Tomahawk missiles, is not the way to beat terrorism. Not like that. It is a way of generating more radicalism, more people who can wind up being tempted by using violence..Terrorism is fought by the state of law.” – Spanish Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis [...]

Al Qaeda Threat

Al Qaeda has threatened to strike a number of countries, including Australia, in a statement sent to an Arabic newspaper. A statement attributed to al-Qaeda has threatened “America’s lackeys” with attacks similar to those in Madrid last week, singling out Japan, Italy, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Pakistan, an Arab daily reported today. “To America’s [...]

Beware the Struggling Artist

Who said the French were not with us on the war against terror? A Frenchman was convicted for trying to run over a pedestrian he mistook for Osama bin Laden. The 35-year-old, identified as a struggling artist named Pierre, was sentenced Tuesday by a court in this southern France city to a three-month suspended prison [...]