Saturday, October 30, 2004
Friday, October 29, 2004
My thoughts and prayers are with the Hendrick family and their many friends in and out of NASCAR. I hope that the Hendrick stable of cars does well in the remaining races this season as a tribute to those who lost their lives so tragically. ESPN.com - Grieving Gordon's 'never been so inspired' to win
Instapundit points to a very scary set of creatures indeed. Korla Pundit: Infamous Monsters of Filmland
Bin Laden apparently appears, and speaks of contemporaneous events, albeit bizarrely. Towers in Lebanon? I look forward to reading a full translation without the "presenter's" comments on Memri.org at some point. DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2004?
Update: I haven't seen a transcript on Memri.org yet, but here's a slightly more complete version.
A couple of thoughts:
1) It's interesting to see some of the references to woolly thinking from Michael Moore; e.g., the President reading "My Pet Goat" to FL school children after the attack began.
2) As others have noted, this is the second tape from Al Qaeda this week. This could either be a very bad sign--an indication of an upcoming attack--or a sign that they wish to influence the election through rhetoric since they've been unable to attack us directly since 9/11.
3) It can't be good for Kerry to see UBL adopt leftist tenets in his speech.
Update: I haven't seen a transcript on Memri.org yet, but here's a slightly more complete version.
A couple of thoughts:
1) It's interesting to see some of the references to woolly thinking from Michael Moore; e.g., the President reading "My Pet Goat" to FL school children after the attack began.
2) As others have noted, this is the second tape from Al Qaeda this week. This could either be a very bad sign--an indication of an upcoming attack--or a sign that they wish to influence the election through rhetoric since they've been unable to attack us directly since 9/11.
3) It can't be good for Kerry to see UBL adopt leftist tenets in his speech.
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Or, aspiring but unsuccessful logician speaks out on playground diplomacy. ThePittsburghChannel.com - News - Heinz Kerry Criticizes 'Neanderthal' Attacks On Husband
INDC Journal has another excellent roundup of the latest news as well as some from the past that collectively add context to the tale of NYTrogate.
Update: Wizbang has some very useful additional information here.
Update: Wizbang has some very useful additional information here.
Well, hmmmpf, if you're going to believe THEM! They're the Pentagon! What do they know?! DefenseLINK News: Officials Say Chances of Enemy Ordnance Move Nearly Nil
An amazing article, well researched, and well sourced. Saddam Hussein's Philanthropy of Terror - by Deroy Murdock
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
And on a night when we could clearly see "the dark side of the moon", too. ESPN.com - MLB/FALLCLASSIC - Caple: 86'd forever
National Review Online's excellent blog, The Corner, reminds us of this story. CNN.com - Russian convoy fired on in Iraq - Apr. 6, 2003
Here's the full version of the Washington Times story on Iraqi arms smuggling aided by Russian special operators referenced below.
Another reason why Kerry should switch from the New York Times for his inspiration to this: 
ABC News: Discrepancy Found in Explosives Amounts
ABC News: Discrepancy Found in Explosives Amounts
This story is interesting (text shown below because the original site is very busy).
I like the quote in this article "Achalov wouldn't say why Iraqi Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Akhmed decorated the two, telling the Russian Internet newspaper Gazeta.ru, which ran a photograph of the two in the Iraqi capital, only: 'We didn't fly to Baghdad to drink coffee.' "
Here's a related article in the Russian paper with photos of the Russians and Iraqis.
Apparently, among the topics that the Generals were able to advise the Iraqis on is a technique called maskirovska, or "smoke screen"/deception/camouflage.
They were confident in the plan that they helped Saddam develop, but Iraq's quick defeat unsettled Russia and made them doubt their standard military doctrine could stand up to America.
The AP gets around to admitting that the Iraqi Survey Group didn't find any IAEA seals at the site when they searched in May, 2003 in the final paragraph of the AP story here.
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Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein’s weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned.
John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, said in an interview that he believes the Russian troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, "almost certainly" removed the high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility, south of Baghdad.
"The Russians brought in, just before the war got started, a whole series of military units," Mr. Shaw said. "Their main job was to shred all evidence of any of the contractual arrangements they had with the Iraqis. The others were transportation units."
Mr. Shaw, who was in charge of cataloguing the tons of conventional arms provided to Iraq by foreign suppliers, said he recently obtained reliable information on the arms-dispersal program from two European intelligence services that have detailed knowledge of the Russian-Iraqi weapons collaboration.
Most of Saddam’s most powerful arms were systematically separated from other arms like mortars, bombs and rockets, and sent to Syria and Lebanon, and possibly to Iran, he said.
The Russian involvement in helping disperse Saddam’s weapons, including some 380 tons of RDX and HMX is still being investigated, Mr. Shaw said.
I like the quote in this article "Achalov wouldn't say why Iraqi Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Akhmed decorated the two, telling the Russian Internet newspaper Gazeta.ru, which ran a photograph of the two in the Iraqi capital, only: 'We didn't fly to Baghdad to drink coffee.' "
Here's a related article in the Russian paper with photos of the Russians and Iraqis.
Apparently, among the topics that the Generals were able to advise the Iraqis on is a technique called maskirovska, or "smoke screen"/deception/camouflage.
They were confident in the plan that they helped Saddam develop, but Iraq's quick defeat unsettled Russia and made them doubt their standard military doctrine could stand up to America.
The AP gets around to admitting that the Iraqi Survey Group didn't find any IAEA seals at the site when they searched in May, 2003 in the final paragraph of the AP story here.
_________________________________________________________________
Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein’s weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned.
John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, said in an interview that he believes the Russian troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, "almost certainly" removed the high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility, south of Baghdad.
"The Russians brought in, just before the war got started, a whole series of military units," Mr. Shaw said. "Their main job was to shred all evidence of any of the contractual arrangements they had with the Iraqis. The others were transportation units."
Mr. Shaw, who was in charge of cataloguing the tons of conventional arms provided to Iraq by foreign suppliers, said he recently obtained reliable information on the arms-dispersal program from two European intelligence services that have detailed knowledge of the Russian-Iraqi weapons collaboration.
Most of Saddam’s most powerful arms were systematically separated from other arms like mortars, bombs and rockets, and sent to Syria and Lebanon, and possibly to Iran, he said.
The Russian involvement in helping disperse Saddam’s weapons, including some 380 tons of RDX and HMX is still being investigated, Mr. Shaw said.
The rowback on NYTrogate begins, albeit slowly. The New York Times: Missing Explosives: No Check of Bunker, Unit Commander Says
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
The Questing Cat
If you ever thought about giving Kerry a pass for "voting for the $87 billion before voting against it", remember this. The Questing Cat: The Combat Life Saver 10.21.04
Monday, October 25, 2004
NYTrogate, a scandal with three players: the NYT, CBS "60 Minutes" (not them again!), and the Kerry campaign. Excellent posts here Say Anything: The Iraq Explosives Non-Story and here Captains Quarters as well as in The Drudge Report.
Update: to see some cool pictures of ordinance destruction in Iraq, click here and for a little more info from the Washington Times, click here.
Update: to see some cool pictures of ordinance destruction in Iraq, click here and for a little more info from the Washington Times, click here.
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Wow! Curt Schilling may have absorbed some of Ted Williams' spirit, courage and determination. Actually, I think that it was in Curt all along. FOXSports.com - Schilling makes medical history for Game 2
The Drudge Report points to a fascinating non-interview with John Kerry--why didn't he show? Was he worried that his canned answers wouldn't fit the script? Bob Woodward attempted to ask Kerry these questions about Iraq (washingtonpost.com)
What in the world is going on in my home town? Let the record show that if my Mom had been called to a classroom, and a ruckus erupted with her and a teacher, they'd still be wiping the walls with the teacher's sorry stain. And when my Dad arrived...well, you wouldn't like my Dad when he got angry...Yahoo! News - Teacher Jailed After Brawl With Parent
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