Archive for October 10th, 2005

Lost and Found

The Jerusalem Post reports:

A decomposing body was found in a water tank on the roof of a house on Smolansky Street in Jerusalem on Monday, a Zaka report said.
 
The house is located in close proximity to the Prime Minister’s Jerusalem residence.
Shimon Peres has been warned against bathing in the water tank again.

Terrorist Compromise

Introducing the softer, gentler side of Al-Qaida.

Al-Qaida has urged its commander in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to shoot rather than behead hostages because brutal executions alienate the Muslim world, according to American officials.
 
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Islamist group’s second-in-command, allegedly told his colleague that a bullet was as deadly as a knife and would not repulse [...]

The Pride of Egypt

The awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its (Mr Potato) Head, Mohammed El-Baradei, can be called a lot of things, such as a disgrace, complete joke, and politically-motivated sideshow.
 
According to the Egyptian Press, it can also be called a warning to the United States and [...]