Al Quesadilla Endorses McCain?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_el_pr/al_qaida_us_election_2
Or so says SITE (who else?)
"[Continuing the wars]requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as McCain, who pledged to continue the war till the last American soldier," the message said. "Then, al-Qaida will have to support McCain in the coming elections so that he continues the failing march of his predecessor, Bush."
SITE Intelligence Group, based in Bethesda, Md., monitors the Web site and translated the message.
"If al-Qaida carries out a big operation against American interests," the message said, "this act will be support of McCain because it will push the Americans deliberately to vote for McCain so that he takes revenge for them against al-Qaida. Al-Qaida then will succeed in exhausting America till its last year in it."
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Bwahahaha
Oh puhleeze.I mean come on.
Colombia smashes drug ring with Hezbollah ties
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian authorities said on Tuesday they broke up a drug and money-laundering ring in an international operation that included the capture of three people suspected of shipping funds to Hezbollah guerrillas.
More than 100 suspects were arrested in Colombia and overseas on charges they trafficked drugs and laundered cash for Colombia's Norte del Valle cartel and for outlawed paramilitaries in a network that stretched from South America to Asia, the attorney's general office said.
"The criminal organisation used routes through Venezuela, Panama, Guatemala, Middle East and Europe, bringing in cash from the sale of these substances," the statement said.
Among those arrested in Colombia were three people suspected of coordinating drug smuggling to send some of their profits to groups such as Hezbollah, the office said.
Those suspects -- Chekry Mahmoud Harb, Ali Mohamad Abdul Rahim and Zacaria Hussein Harb -- used front companies to send drug cash overseas, it said without providing further details.
Colombia, a key U.S. ally, remains the world's No. 1 cocaine producer, although over the last seven years Washington has sent more than $5 billion (3 billion pounds) in aid that has helped weaken the country's FARC rebels and reduce violence from its conflict.
Washington has often complained that Iran-backed Hezbollah and other Islamic groups that it considers terrorist organizations are active in Arab communities in South American countries such as Brazil and Venezuela.
(Reporting by Patrick Markey in Bogota; Editing by John O'Callaghan)
http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnTRE49L0GQ.html
so let me get this straight
All you have to do (in theory) to make a cool billion or so is to declare that you have broken up an Islamofascist Ring of Fiery Death, lurking in local PTA meetings let's say, and declare that in order to go after the broader network you require financial assistance. Your contribution, unexpected as it is, to the cause of anti-Islamofascism will surely be rewarded with fat contracts and succulent bribes.
Why, a social system could thus evolve into a bounty system where citizens hunt each other for the amusement of the rulers in exchange for sustenance--how much would *that* suck!
like "children of men"
which is pretty much even worse
Why, a social system could thus evolve into a bounty system where citizens hunt each other for the amusement of the rulers in exchange for sustenance--how much would *that* suck!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men