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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed To Get New York Trial

Thanks, Democrats, you dirtbags. Every last one of you should be forced to be in the courtroom for however many years this azzhole gets to thumb his nose at America. And when not there, we can find room for you adjacent to his cell. We'll even give you hand holding time.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four others accused in the attacks will be put on criminal trial in New York, Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce later Friday.

Feds Look To Seize Four Mosques, Skyscraper Linked To Iran

The mosques and building are linked to the Shiite Alavi Foundation, suspected of links to Iran. This ought to make the nuclear negotiations more fun! As if they've ever been actual negotiations.

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors are taking steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization. The organization — called the Alavi Foundation — has long been suspected of being under Iranian government control. Prosecutors say the foundation has been helping to illegally funnel money back to the Iranian government.

The government filed a forfeiture action in federal court in New York to seize four mosques in the city and in Maryland, California and Houston. The government also wants to take control of a 36-story office tower on New York's Fifth Avenue.

USS New York Heads To Sea

Not to sea, exactly - to a safer port given the weather, then on to North Carolina to offload Marines.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The USS New York has left its namesake city after finishing up its inaugural visit.

The Navy ship was built in Louisiana with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center. It arrived in the city last week and was officially commissioned over the weekend.

Lt. Commander Suzanna Brugler says the ship left at 7 a.m. Thursday for a naval weapons station in New Jersey.

Obama: "No Faith Justifies These Murders"

Oh, I don't know. I might be able to come up with one if I really, really tried.

"No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor," Obama told the crowd on a steamy Texas afternoon. "And for what he has done, we know that the killer will be met with justice—in this world and the next."

Fort Hood: What Radical Islamist?

As the LA Times carries the latest weak attempt to duck responsibility for their failure, officials insist there was no reason to suspect a threat from radical Islamist Nidal Malik Hasan.

Investigators are poring over numerous e-mails sent by Hasan to Anwar al Awlaki and apparently to other Islamist figures, said a federal law enforcement official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

But the official said that the information authorities had at the time did not suggest that Hasan -- a devout Muslim who was reportedly despondent over his scheduled deployment to Afghanistan -- was growing violent or was involved in "any terrorist planning or plotting."

Now, over to Instapundit for a particular word that caught my eye last night. It's from someone exposed to his presentations. Keyword "we". Evidently a room full of other officers should have been fully aware that there was something terribly wrong and it seems at least some were. But not the intelligence area? That terminology is an oxymoron at this point. 

“It was really strange,” said one staff member who attended the presentation and requested anonymity because of the investigation of Hasan. “The senior doctors looked really upset” at the end. These medical presentations occurred each Wednesday afternoon, and other students had lectured on new medications and treatment of specific mental illnesses. . . . The last bullet point on that page reads simply: “We love death more then (sic) you love life!”

Holder Cares About CAIR

Please tell me this idiot isn't the AG of the US of A?

What, no Black Panther conferences this month and he feels an urge to talk? Great.

Just how exposed do you think these clowns are going to leave the nation with this incessant need to reach out to religious extremists? Oh, what am I saying. Obama is the protege of a religious extremist as in Reverend Wright.

And the circle closes as the first un-American, looking more like anti-American presidency in history rolls on much to the disgrace to the very office Obama works in every day. What's next? Is Commerce going to start pushing a bring a jihadist to work day? That ought to be a real blast!

Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which includes the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though the FBI has formally severed contacts with the controversial Muslim civil rights organization.

On Nov. 19, Holder is scheduled to speak in Detroit to the first annual awards banquet of Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust, a coalition of several dozen law enforcement and community groups. An online registration form for the event includes the Council on American Islamic Relations-Michigan on a list of “official & participating organizations.”

A spokeswoman for ALPACT confirmed that CAIR is a member of the coalition.

Afghanistan: Scratch 130 Insurgents

Always nice to bring my readers some upbeat news. Well, it isn't exactly upbeat for everyone. But, they're dead, so ....

KABUL (AP) -- Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year.

The operation, which took place last week, was in the Chahar Dara district of Kunduz province against Taliban fighters who had been threatening NATO supply lines from Russia.

An estimated 700 Afghan troops and 50 international soldiers, mostly Americans, took part in the operation. A NATO statement said 130 Taliban fighters, including eight commanders, were killed. The statement did not say how NATO arrived at the death figure.

Nat Sec Tops How Many Human Lives, Exactly?

One can already guess where this may be headed. In the interests of National Security, yada, yada, yada.... But with the Democrats in all but complete control, something like this might be used to seriously damage our intelligence capabilities. Can you say Church, as in committee?

But how does one justify this given the loss of life involved? Depending upon the direction, all Panetta may lose is his job, whether it was directly his responsibility, or not. I doubt this goes quietly into the good night.

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

CIA director Leon Panetta and the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, have been asked by Congress "to preserve" all documents and intelligence files that relate to Hasan, according to the lawmaker.

Reynolds More Like Bush, Than Dukakis

This one was too easy. Whether it's short memories, or ideological divide, the Right mostly gave Bush a pass for the very same thing over which we are now bashing Obama - and it seems Glenn Reynolds. heh! For myself, I can recall defending Bush as no POTUS wants a full-fledged war between Christianity and Islam. That doesn't mean the behavior doesn't tick me off. But I gave Bush slack because I liked him.

h/t Instapundit, Don Surber thinks Glenn Reynolds, along with Obama, are Dukakis-like due to their muted rhetoric and failure to speak of jihad in the wake of the Fort Hood attack. This is Bush in December 2001 and it's totally indicative of the rhetoric he used throughout his presidency when discussing terrorism.

Right after the attacks I went to a mosque to send a signal that the war against terror has nothing to do with the Muslim faith. It has everything to do with evil, evil people. What you can do to help America beyond the economy is to remind people that regardless of our religious beliefs, we're all, first and foremost, Americans. That this is a country...

Do people really not remember the same frustration with Bush on this? lol Okay, enough with the honest broker crap. I'm a political guy, so anything that weakens Obama floats my boat. What a weak-kneed piece of political detritis we now have in the WH, blah, blah, blah.... I'm down for it. However, that doesn't mean I don't realize the truth of it. ; ) I'm just not in the mood to be generous, especially in the wake of the House passing that killer of a health care bill last night. So, flail away, wingers. I got your back!