A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
In the News: (Registration may be required to read some stories)
Saddam ordered to hang for '82 massacre “An Iraqi court yesterday sentenced Saddam Hussein to death for crimes against humanity, convicting the former dictator and six subordinates in the torture and murder of nearly 150 Shi'ites from the city of Dujail in 1982.” (READ MORE)
Politics from the pulpits “The top two candidates in Maryland's U.S. Senate race attended black churches yesterday in the key battleground of Prince George's County, and received clear and not-so-clear endorsements from the pulpits.” (READ MORE)
Disabled newborns face verdict “A leading British medical college has called on the health profession to consider euthanasia for seriously disabled newborns.” (READ MORE)
News From the Front:
The Online Chaplin writes Clear Target “When soldiers go on missions, chaplains are expected to pray. The prayer I pray with men and women going “over the wire” has struck a strange cord with me. I pray, “…and Lord if we must engage the enemy… we pray for clear target, a quick response, deadly aim, and that your will be done.” Let’s just say they don’t teach this one in seminary. It has been birthed by late nights with grieving soldiers, sleepless nights when I have been one of them, and the eternal hope that we have seen the last of the tragedy.” (READ MORE)
IRAQI POLICE, ARMY DELIVER FOOD TO AL-BOHEMLA “Iraqi Policemen and soldiers of the Iraqi Army delivered more than 6,000 pounds of food supplies to the Al Bohemla mosque Saturday to help relieve a food shortage here in the central portion of the city. Local residents approached Iraqi Army soldiers during patrols to express their concern about the food shortage.” (READ MORE)
HUGE WEAPONS CACHE, OTHER EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS FOUND DURING RAIDS “Coalition Forces discovered a large weapons and explosives cache and killed one terrorist during separate raids near Bayji and al-Yusifiyah Sunday morning. During a raid near Bayji, Coalition Forces discovered multiple caches of explosives and weapons which included machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades, a significant amount of artillery and mortar rounds and an improvised explosive device ready for emplacement. An explosive ordnance team was called out to safely detonate the IED and dispose of the weapons caches.” (READ MORE)
AFGHAN GOVERNOR DISCREDITS TALIBAN AND HIZB-I ISLAMI GULBIDDIN MISINFORAMTION CAMPAIGN “In a public statement made on November 4, 2006, Governor Murad denounced recent Taliban and HIG claims that Afghan National Police and Army Soldiers along with Coalition forces caused casualties and deaths of local nationals in his area of the Tagab Valley. ‘These claims are false,” Murad stated. “The Taliban will use innocent Afghan civilians as human shields and then blame us. Their tactics are truly inhumane and cowardly.’” (READ MORE)
Bill Roggio writes Inside Iraq - Saddam to Hang, another raid in Sadr City; Iraq at a critical juncture “An Iraqi court has sentenced Saddam Hussein to hang for his ordering the massacring of Shiites during his reign as president. The Middle East Times provides an account of the moment Saddam was sentenced:” (READ MORE)
On the Web:
Debra J. Saunders writing at Townhall.com writes The woman who would be speaker “It is a sign of how out-of-touch San Francisco is from the rest of the country when most voters here consider House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi a moderate. No, make that: too moderate.” (READ MORE)
Donald Lambro writing at Townhall.com writes Good luck if the Democrats win “Two things will likely happen if the Democrats regain control of Congress Tuesday: Federal social welfare spending will go up and the core of the Republican tax cuts will be repealed.” (READ MORE)
Star Parker writing at Townhall.com writes Republican ideals, Black illusions “Recent polls done by AP/Ipsos Public Affairs/AOL do not paint a pretty picture regarding the current disposition of black voters toward the state of the country and toward the Republican Party.” (READ MORE)
Crazy Politico writes The Soldiers Side of It “Buried on page A13 of the Washington Post print edition and in the "other headlines" section of the online edition is a great story. ‘Soldiers in Iraq Say Pullout Would Have Devastating Results’ is a an excellent article by Josh White. Sometimes it's said that the best person to ask in the military isn't General SoandSo Admiral What'shisface. Instead, talk to the guys and gals actually doing the dirty work. White seems to have done that and gotten a ton of comments like this one, from a self described ‘more liberal than conservative’ soldier.” (READ MORE)
Victor Davis Hanson writes Before Iraq-The assumptions of a forgetful chattering class are badly off the mark. “What is written about Iraq now is exclusively acrimonious. The narrative is the suicide bomber and IED, never how many terrorists we have killed, how many Iraqis have been given a chance for something different than the old nightmare, or how a consensual government has withstood enemies on nearly every front.” (READ MORE)
Allahpundit writes GOP within four on Pew’s generic ballot, Pelosi preemptively alleges vote-rigging; Update: Gallup sees Dem lead shrink by six “ This, combined with that WaPo poll released this morning, makes it a two-alarm fire with Gallup still to come later tonight. If we’re close there too, the Times is going to put a special flag-draped coffin photo series insert in tomorrow’s edition.” (READ MORE)
Hugh Hewitt writes What Did John Kerry Do? Part 7 “I wrote a summary column about Kerry's slander on the military here, and I discussed the column, and Kerry's non-apology on Thursday's program. I am certain that Mark Steyn did yesterday as he filled in for me. (The audio is here. My e-mails tell me that MS did the predictable superb job.) The disgust with Kerry and his enablers in the Democrats has not subsided, but you would not know that from MSM. But Christopher Hitchens got a sense of it. From today's Wall Street Journal:” (READ MORE)
Blackfive writes Casting a Vote to Punish the President Will Punish Iraqis Instead “While I've always voted Republican nationally, you may be surprised (maybe not) to know that I vote for a lot of Democrats locally. In some cases, there just are no other choices on the ballot - literally, no other choices. In others, its a wasted vote because only ten people vote Republican for the county board. And in others, its just because the person is better qualified.” (READ MORE)
Captain Ed writes Troops Speak Out Against Withdrawal “We have heard a lot from the Democrats in this election season about supporting the troops by withdrawing them from Iraq. Terms like "phased redeployment" and "event horizon" have been thrown around by critics of the war. However, the people that will have to execute those maneuvers do not have much enthusiasm for them, the Washington Post reports:” (READ MORE)
Confederate Yankee writes On Day of Saddam's Sentencing, Liberals Attack Republicans
“You would think that on the day a brutal murderous dictator like Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, that everyone but Baathist dead-enders would draw at least some satisfaction from the fact that at long last, the Butcher of Baghdad would pay for his decades of brutality, depravity, and bloodlust. You don't know liberals very well, do you?” (READ MORE)
Michelle Malkin writes The Dems' preemptive delegitimization plan “Michael Graham nails the Democrats' strategy of undermining the election results before they're tallied: ‘Either we win, or you cheated!’ Nancy Pelosi's doing it, too.” (READ MORE)
John Hawkins writes The Huffington Post: Death To Bush! “Over at the Huffington Post, the libs in the comments section got so furious about Saddam Hussein being sentenced to death (as if he didn't deserve it a hundred times over), that Huffpo reader after reader after reader called for George Bush to be put to death as well. You almost have to see it to believe it.” (READ MORE)
Brat writing at Tanker Brothers writes Politics is Personal “Over the last few days we have all witnessed the furor over a certain politician's outrageous disrespect for the brave men and women who sign on to serve their country. I have decided NOT to even mention that name again. Right now, I want to share with you the words, deeds and actions of a group of Gold Star families. To mention that name in the same post, to me smacks of dishonouring the sacrifice of our fallen heroes and their families. I won't deliberately do that.” (READ MORE)
Cassandra writes When Hyperpartisanship Trumps Humanity “It is perhaps appropriate that in the days leading up to November 11th, Veterans Day, a controversy has arisen over the use of flag-draped coffins in campaign advertisements. America has a bittersweet and in many ways dysfunctional relationship with those who manage to return from distant battles in exotic places. If the war was popular and they are lucky enough to return whole, we celebrate their homecoming with parades and brass bands.” (READ MORE)
jonjayray writing at Stop the ACLU writes ACLU now hits the city of Escondido over illegals “We read: ‘The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued the city of Escondido Friday in an effort to overturn a new law that punishes landlords for renting to illegal immigrants. The lawsuit, filed in San Diego federal court, says the ordinance violates federal and state laws and puts landlords in an “impossible position” of enforcing immigration laws. It asks the court to prevent the ordinance from taking effect Nov. 18 in the city of 140,000 people, north of San Diego.’” (READ MORE)
The Belmont Club writes The Song of Roland “This story in the Brussels Journal got almost no notice last week. Lutheran vicar Roland Weisselberg, aged 73, set himself alight in Erfurt where Martin Luther took monastic vows in 1505. Bystanders rushed to extinguish the flames. The man later died of his injuries. In a farewell letter to his wife the vicar wrote that he was setting himself on fire to warn against the danger of the Islamization of Europe according to the Brussels Journal.” (READ MORE)
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