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Archive for February 8th, 2007

Global Warming update plus the pic of the day

by @ 17:47. Filed under Global "Warming".

Info from RedState, pic spotted on the Free Republic thread on that RS post, and the High Priest update courtesy Allahpundit:

  • Cold in Northern Michigan in the top 10 coldest winters ever? – Check
  • Cambodia (where the Ketchup Boy spent a nice, warm Christmas back in 1968, or so he says) struggling to get out of the 40s? – Check
  • The Indian subcontinent seeing record cold in January? – Check
  • Polar bears fleeing Greenland (and calling on the aforementioned person for halp) – Check
    global_warming-polar_bears.jpg
  • Ice packs showing up off the coast of Iceland for the first time in 40 years? – Check

Guess Algore picked the wrong day to say that Red China should not have to reduce its emissions of “greenhouse gases” until the US does.

Al Qaeda on the run, no film at 5:30 and no column-inches tomorrow

by @ 17:15. Filed under Presstitute Follies, War on Terror.

(H/T – Michelle)

I wonder if it’s because no American choppers have been shot down today, or because some surgically-enhanced golddigger died today, but you won’t hear or read this bit of news in the LeftStream Media. Fortunately, we have the Jawa Report to fill in the gaps:

Coalition forces in Iraq have delivered a series of stunning blows to al Qaeda in Iraq in the last 48 hours.
A key aide to Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the man who replaced Abu Musab al Zarqawi as the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, has been captured south of Baghdad. As A.J. Strata notes, the trail to the al Qaeda leader is fresh: the captured aide admitted to meeting with al Masri yesterday.

Since Taji is north of Baghdad, these two al Qaeda IED cell leaders captured by the U.S. in West Taji are not the same as those above. That’s four al Qaeda leaders captured.

But four is such a lonely number. A facilitator of foreign fighters was captured by the Iarqi Army on the Syrian border. And foreign fighters tend to mean al Qaeda.

Not to be outdone by the IA, the U.S. struck two houses where foreign fighters had gathered—13 jihadis dead. An “individual” associated with foreign fighter facilitation was in the targeted area.

But wait, that’s not all. Coalition Forces conducted an air strike Wednesday targeting an al-Qaida in Iraq-related vehicle-borne improvised explosives devices network near Arab Jabour. Intelligence reports indicated that this network is responsible for a large and devastating number of VBIED attacks in the Baghdad area. They are also responsible for IED and sniper attacks conducted against the Iraqi people and Iraqi and Coalition Forces. Building destroyed, everyone inside presumably dead.

And another terrorist was captured in Taji. In addition to leading a bombing cell, he is also believed to be involved in taking Iraqis hostage and murdering them. Which would mean that he is either al Qaeda or one of the related organizations under the umbrella of the “Islamic State of Iraq”.

So, we have 6 al Qaeda leaders captured, and possibly dozens more killed. All in the last 48 hours.

Bravo Zulo, guys. Keep them running and dying tired.

I wonder if Hiliary still wants to stop the war, or is she good with Al Qaeda finding another home she might occassionally lob a few cruise missiles at?

Do you really want a follower as President?

by @ 7:23. Filed under Politics - National, War on Terror.

The reason I ask is the presumptive Democratic front-runner, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has shown neither leadership nor conviction on Iraq. Today’s OpinionJournal featured article outlines her move from her husband’s position that Hussein needed to be ousted to Retreat and Defeat. To answer their question, that is precisely the stalwart drift she would bring to the Oval Orifice.

School buses frozen over by “clean” diesel

by @ 7:07. Filed under Politics.

The Wall Street Journal has a story on how ultralow-sulfur diesel fuel has left school buses throughout the country unable to run during the ongoing bout of “global warming”. A couple of observations:

  • The process of refining ultralow-sulfur diesel leaves it more susceptible to gelling than the now-banned version. That is undoubtedly true, but with the temperatures that we’ve had this week, even the relatively-high sulfur diesel would be gelling without the winter additives. Further, I don’t seem to be seeing a whole lot of semis on the side of the road stalled out because of gelled fuel.
  • The story notes that some school officials didn’t know they needed to use additives or kerosene (which must also be ultralow-sulfur) in cold weather. And these are the Gorons that are educating indoctrinating our kids?

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