A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
In the News: (Registration may be required to read some stories)
Muslim groups' suit over cartoons rejected “A Danish court rejected a lawsuit yesterday against the newspaper that first printed prophet Muhammad cartoons, some of which depicted Islam as a violent religion.” (READ MORE)
Cardin skips debate in Charles County “U.S. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin last night skipped an NAACP-sponsored debate in Charles County, Md., a day after the Democratic Senate nominee stammered and stumbled during a faceoff with the Republican nominee, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele.” (READ MORE)
Bush signs law to build border fence “President Bush yesterday signed a law committing to build nearly 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border -- although less than 24 hours earlier, he told conservative writers that he doesn't see immigration as a major issue in this year's campaign.” (READ MORE)
Rumsfeld Tells Iraq Critics to 'Back Off' “With his chorus of critics expanding deeper into Republican ranks, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told detractors yesterday to pull back as U.S. and Iraqi officials grapple with the uncertainties of laying out Iraq's course.” (READ MORE)
News From the Front:
IPS AMBUSHED BY INSURGENTS, IPS AND CF FIGHT BACK “At approximately 6:30 a.m. Thursday, a Baqubah based Iraqi police unit came under attack by an unknown number of anti-Iraqi forces, in the vicinity of Khan Bani Sa’ad in Diyala Province. The police under fire fought back in intense house to house fighting.” (READ MORE)
FIVE HAQQANI NETWORK TERRORISTS CAPTURED IN KHOWST PROVINCE “Afghan and Coalition forces detained five terrorists associated with the Haqqani network during an early morning operation in the vicinity of Shah Vazir Kala in the Khowst Province today. After requesting a peaceful surrender, in which several occupants came out, the combined force entered the compound. The compound contained several men, women and children, and the combined force secured the area without incident.” (READ MORE)Iraqis, Coalition Unite in Poverty Fight “Diversity is the mark of the Kirkuk province. Arabs, Christians, Kurds and Turkman coexist here with all their attendant cultural and religious nuances. Despite its many differences, however, there is a commonality among many of the region’s people, and that’s poverty.” (READ MORE)
Agha Jon School Reopens After Taliban Torching “Officials from the Gelan District of Ghazni Province, Afghan National Policemen and key Coalition leaders joined around 300 enthusiastic children, elders and area villagers for the reopening of a school in the town of Agha Jon.” (READ MORE)
On the Web:
Oliver North writing at Townhall writes Vietnam and Iraq: Myth vs. Reality “Much is being said and written these days about how the war in Iraq resembles the war in Vietnam. The theme began during the 2004 presidential campaign with Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry describing Iraq as a "quagmire" and demanding a "date certain" for a U.S. pullout. Purveyors of the "news" in our so-called mainstream media picked up the beat -- though many of them are too young to know anything more about Vietnam than what they learned from a movie. The "Vietnam deja vu" howl is now in full cry. But it's a myth.” (READ MORE)
Crazy Politico writes Responsible Voting “Hey, guess what, if you can't tell by the 900 ads a day for candidates, election day is only a little way off. Luckily, like a bad case of gas it will pass. Unfortunately, like herpes it'll pop back up in a few years. Since Election Day is close, and I've had a comment or two here and read many elsewhere on the election, I thought I'd bring up responsible voting.” (READ MORE)
Bruce Thornton writing at Victor Davis Hanson writes The Wolf Pack “Ambrose Bierce once quipped that war was God’s way of teaching Americans geography. He could have said “teaching us history,” for the enemy is emboldened by our ignorance not just of where he lives but of how he lives, his beliefs and values, and to understand these traditions we must understand their history. Unfortunately, in the current war against Islamic jihad we persist in ignoring the documented history of Islam and its beliefs, accepting instead the spin and distortions of various propagandists, apologists, and Western useful idiots.” (READ MORE)
Jay Tea writes The New Bloody Shirt “Back during the Civil War and reconstruction eras, a lot of Republican politicians used a rather deplorable political tactic that quickly became known as "waving the bloody shirt." They would give a fiery speech, and at its climax wave a bloodied shirt they said was taken from a beaten -- or killed -- carpetbagger by unrepentant rebels. This would inflame the crowds, naturally, and sway them to whatever the speaker was espousing. In the last few years, a new trend in political speech has emerged, and I find myself wondering if it might be a return of that practice.” (READ MORE)
GayPatriotWest writing at Gay Patriot writes Nancy Pelosi & the Democrats’ Politics of Obstruction “…In a recent interview with 60 Minutes, potential Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi made clear that should her party win control of Congress next month, she will continue this practice of obstruction. Claiming that the election is about the President and Vice President, she would be satisfied to make ‘them lame ducks.’” (READ MORE)
William Teach writes Changing The Debate On Stem Cells “When the debate on illegal immigration boiled over, those who supported illegal immigration/opposed President Bush attempted to changed the debate to one encompasing all immigration. Now, they attempt to do the same by saying those evil right wingers are against all stem cell research, instead of the embryonic research that Michael J. Fox's three commercials brought up. Leading the way is the official blog of the Democratic Party as written by Tracy Russo…” (READ MORE)
Mohammed of Iraq the Model writes The Amara Lesson “What will happen if the MNF are withdrawn prematurely before the job is done? Perhaps the lesson from the recent troubles in Amara when militias took over large parts of the city gives a clear answer and offers Iraqis and the allies a forecast of what the future holds for us should we make the wrong decisions. I think the decision to announce a phased withdrawal of troops (which is now dubbed as a phased handover of security responsibility) was made without putting in consideration the developments on the ground. And I think pressures on the American and British governments accelerated the process in a reactionary protective manner rather than a rational pragmatic one.” (READ MORE)
Bill Roggio writes The Sadr City Raids “Following up the raids in Sadr City; Maliki did approve of the raids. The primary target of the joint Iraqi and U.S. raid inside Sadr city on October 25 was directed as Mahdi Army commander Abu Dura (or Abu Deraa), a death squad leader believed to be responsible for some of the worst sectarian killing in and around Baghdad. The initial raid led to a follow on operation in Sadr City, after ‘credible intelligence indicating that criminals involved in the kidnapping of a US Soldier were located in a Sadr City mosque’ was although it is unclear if this intelligence was obtained during the initial raid. Note the Coalition now believes the Mahdi Army may be complicit in the kidnapping of an American soldier - an incident that will only increase the pressure on Sadr.” (READ MORE)
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