Jeff at Beautiful Atrocities runs a fascinating digest about Michael Koubi, an Israeli interrogator, in which he discusses the mind games used for questioning Islamofascists. Interesting little datum: Koubi needed to know the Koran backward and forward. Makes sense. The whole thing is pretty compelling: what a job that would be.

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If you're at all sentimental, you'll want to vote for Pat Tillman for Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year; Sondra K is leading the charge.

Via Beautiful Atrocities.

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Jeff Goldstein, on reforming the CIA:

So let me get this straight: GossÂ’ plan is to replace people like Valerie Plame with actual deep-cover operatives whose mission it will be to infiltrate terror groups? And this is supposed to make us more popular on the UN cocktail party circuit how, exactly?

No. This wonÂ’t do. I beg you, Mr. Goss, think of the shrimp puffs!

Full story and links over at Protein Wisdom.

It continues to amaze me that so much of our "intelligence" capability appears to have been devoted strictly to getting information that was easy to get. And yet we know of at least two Americans who "infiltrated" terrorist organizations. Unfortunately, they were sincere.

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Annie Jacobsen's series on airline security concerns has been renamed "Safety in the Skies" in an apparent attempt to make it more palatable to the readers of Women's Wall Street. The tenth installment focuses on what a joke the "no fly list" used by the airlines is: you can read it here, and discuss it amongst yourselves. Scary stuff. (There is a sidebar next to the story that contains links to all the "Terror/Safety in the Skies" stories.)

We need to place more pressure on Congress and the President to get the Department of Homeland Security to do its job. Bureaucracy can be such an intractable evil . . .

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writing in the Boston Globe, reminds us that Arafat's big contribution to civilization was to deliberately promote children as targets of terrorist violence.

On the other hand, those children were mini-Jooos, so never mind.

Hat tip: everyone, including several bloggers. But I first got this from my friend, RS, whom I rely on for arcana on the foundering of the Titanic and the latest theories on Saucy Jack's identity.

UPDATE: Wouldn't it be cool to see some of those who are eulogizing Arafat blown into tiny bits? I'd love to see Jimmy Carter's brains splattered all over the sidewalk one day. Or, better: Amy Carter's brains on the sidewalk, and a picture of Jimmy's face when he sees what he's promoting when he speaks so kindly of this violent, disgusting excuse for a dead human being.

DISCLAIMER: I don't promote violence. Please don't commit violence. I'm making a statement about hypocrisy, and I'm really fucking pissed. Use your head.

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Cap'n Teach has a nice little summary of why we must not lionize Arafat, and he doesn't lapse into the obscenites I employ when I think about that murderous fuck (oops; there it is again).

(And in case you didn't know, I stole the title of this post from Rush Limbaugh.)

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Rot in hell, motherfucker.

Some have suggested, as an alternative to burying him in pig entrails, that his body be blown to bits in a public square, like those of the young Muslims he's egregiously misled.

That's fine, too. But I'm counting on the courageous Jewish nurse: I suspect she implanted a little bit of bacon somewhere on his aging, decrepit, murderous body.

And I hope his money corrupts his cronies; may his wife and his henchmen fight over the cash until they eat each other and there's nothing left with which to fuck over the young.

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Forgot to link this sweet sentiment from Lair.

Speaking of that old, pathetic murderer, has he died yet? Stil lingering? Perhaps in excruciating pain? Being tended by a Jewish nurse? About to be buried in pig entrails? Can I help?

I'm bracing myself for the obituaries. I really am.

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I don't go to Terrorism Unveiled enough. This piece by Athena in Jordan makes me quiver with a lot of fear . . . and a little hope.

Get these people an independent media. Now.

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Jeff at Beautiful Atrocities has a spirited discussion of the Theo Van Gogh murder, and the frightening possibility that Europe is slouching toward a new Kristallnacht against non-Muslims. (Jeff doesn't mention Kristallnacht, but his post scared me, and it should scare you, too.)

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1 Thanks! It's funny you should mention Kristalnachtt, I thought of that while writing that post, but thot, oh people will say that's too over the top. I don't think it is. They are in deep shit over there. But Russ from Mean Mr Mustard left an interesting comment from that post: "Once any large section of the West becomes sufficiently energized, this war will be over very fast. The current route is meant to muddle us through this whole ordeal with the smallest loss of life and wealth on both sides, and also to retain the comfort and freedom that we enjoy. But once that portion of the West (smart money is currently, of course, on the US, but don't totally count out a visceral backlash somewhere in Europe) looks at a calculus involving enough terrorism and deterioration in quality of life from Islam's influence, I'm expecting a drastic shortening in the length of the war, coupled with a huge increase in the amount of casualties, all of them on the other side.

Posted by: jeff at November 07, 2004 03:14 PM (23Azh)

2 What was also disturbing was the artist who painted a mural that said "Thou shall not kill" and the local mosque complained it was racist. To which the government responded by sand blasting it clean and destroying any tapes people made of them sandblasting it.

Posted by: The Pirate at November 08, 2004 07:44 AM (0ZKi5)

3 I thought video was still available of that . . . ? I could have sworn I saw that there was even a version that was translated into English. Of course, once video is online, it's online Sometimes, information does want to be free.

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