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A while ago I posted what is, in my opinion, the worst cartoon theme song ever.

Well, today I found myself singing what I consider to be the best.

You be the judge.

Leave your favorites in the comments.

For those UN “peacekeepers” in Lebanon, the fun and games have ended. There’s serious work to be done. Like ensuring that Hizbullah disarms engaging in a confrontation with the IDF.

UN and Israeli tanks have been involved in a brief face-off on a road in southern Lebanon where the Israeli army has been setting up checkpoints.

Four French Leclerc tanks with UN peacekeepers moved up the hill to stand 500 meters (yards) from the entrance to the border village of Marwaheen, as two Israeli Merkava tanks operated nearby on Lebanese soil.

Standing some 50 meters from each other, the tanks were locked in a 20-minute face-off, the first between the Israeli army and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has been boosted to oversee the current truce.

Needless to say, this confrontation ended the same way that all confrontations involving the French end.

The French tanks then withdrew from the area, as observers of the UN Truce Supervision Organisation deployed in the area.

Update: Here’s an AP picture from the confrontation.

A French U.N. peacekeeper, left, gestures as he talks to an Israeli

soldier after French peacekeepers with Leclerc tanks blocked an Israeli

tracked armoured vehicle and jeeps from penetrating deeper into

Lebanese territory near the southern village of Marwaheen, Lebanon,

Thursday Sept. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

I can’t work out whether the French “peacekeeper” is crying, or doing a mime.

CNN reports on Saudi Arabia’s measures to prevent terrorists from entering their territory.

In a sign of regional concern over terrorism, Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence along its entire 560-mile (900-kilometer) border with Iraq to prevent terrorists from entering the kingdom from the chaotic north.

 

The barrier, which likely will take five to six years to complete, is part of a $12 billion package of measures, including electronic sensors, bases and physical barriers, to protect the oil-rich kingdom from external threats, said Nawaf Obaid, head of the Saudi National Security Assessment Project, an independent research institute that provides security advice to the Saudi government.

Paris Hilton hasn’t quite got the hang of this Kabbalah lark. The heir-head, 25, was asked to describe a spiritual experience in class. We’re told: “People usually talk about relatives who have passed on, but Paris blurted out a story about a hot man. Nobody knew what to say.”

“Yes, there’s cruelty in terrorism across the world. There’s cruelty in Darfur. But, there’s also cruelty going on with the geese.”

Maybe this has something to do with that?

Word from series creator Marc Cherry that a November storyline will involve a ‚Äò‚Äôhuge hostage situation in a supermarket,’‚Äô that Lynette and several other primary characters will be present, that one character will be wounded, and that one lead will be killed. Via Spoilerfix

Maybe the hostage situation is terrorism in Israel?  Although I find that hard to believe that the Desperate Housewives would ALL go to Israel.

“The Palestinian problem needs to be solved urgently since it is the root cause of the conflict between the West and the Islamic world,” Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

 

During a speech in New York, Musharraf added that the ongoing violence in the Middle East and in Afghanistan was closely tied to the fate of the Palestinian people.

 

“If the Palestinian problem is solved peacefully other disputes in the world between the West and Muslims will also be solved,” said the Pakistani president.

Isaac pleads his case to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Here’s hoping they grant him asylum.

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“I’ve always admired Israel’s extraordinary fortitude and resilience in being able to survive the constant attacks and the determination still of many countries to destroy it.”

- Australian Prime Minister John Howard