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Fred says men are men, build and wreck things, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Fred On Everything.

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Think we have heavy security now?  You ain’t seen nothin’ yet, sez Fred.

On February 17, at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, DC, a young Nigerian terrorist named Farouk Abdul al Faisal attempted to board United Airlines flight 1497 to Stuttgart, Germany. He had eluded detechtion by the FBI, and was not on the Terrorist Watch List. He seemed to have succeeded in his aims.

via Fred On Everything.

Fred says suicide is so sad to watch.  Especially to nations.

So little is necessary to terrorize the world’s hyperpower. A free-lance dingaling secretes a bomb of sorts in his shoe, whereupon the US goes into convulsions and long lines of Americans stand comically barefoot in airports. Dingaling Two popularizes liquid explosives, and so Washington frenziedly confiscates toothpaste. Yes, the world’s hyperpower is afraid of Colgate, with fluoride. Dinglaling Three hides the infernal machine in his skivvies, so Obama makes Firm Pronouncements, and we will now have to undergo examination by panty scanners. Always, over and over, the terrorists have the iniative. The country reacts hugely and predictably.

via Fred On Everything.

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12/26/2009 4:53 PM

It's so easy to see why this was ignored. A Nigerian banker contacting them on a matter of grave importance?

via Father of terror suspect, prominent Nigerian banker Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, reported Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to US Embassy 6 months ago – NYPOST.com….

Luckily, I don’t get those emails anymore, thanks to gmail’s great filters.

Oh great…more delays at the airport for those who really aren’t any threat at all.

The attempt to detonate an explosive aboard a Delta Air Lines Inc flight from Amsterdam to Detroit will prompt more intrusive security checks at airports for the foreseeable future and spur the development of new technologies that will eventually speed passenger screening, according to aviation security specialists in Europe.

via Bomb Attempt Will Intensify Security Checks – WSJ.com….

Will anyone get fired this time for letting this obvious terrorist through?  I doubt it.  Keep wanding the 80 year olds, guys.

Could this be any sadder?

The recently married couple, who have four children, talked at length about death before he deployed in September, said Mishelle Brown, wife of Warrant Officer Dennis Brown.

via TheStar.com… | Canada | Expected husband to die in Afghanistan, teary widow says.

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Talking to a military man recently, he said that many of these boys would be alive today if we were flying the Chretien-canceled helicopters.  Instead, we are driving these jeeps over tank mines, some of them doubled up.  In other words, we don’t have a chance.

A roadside bomb blast killed another Canadian soldier Saturday in southern Afghanistan, the latest death in what has become a bloody winter for the troops here.

via Roadside bomb kills Canadian soldier; 108th soilder killed in Afghanistan.

Until the government is willing to get some proper equipment, Canada should either hole-up in their camp or leave.  These boys aren’t even going down fighting.  The whole mission is reverting into farcical proportions, and it’s losing my support quickly.  A professional army simply isn’t the right force to fight a guerilla war.  Let’s simply send arms over to our version of freedom fighters, and keep our young boys home.

Three Canadian soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device on Saturday morning. They were killed in an area west of Kandahar City.

via Bomb kills three Canadian soldiers.

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Inside or outside job aside, the size and scope of the 9/11 attacks was unprecedented. Pretty much everything that has happened (negatively) in the world for the last seven years is directly related to this day in history.

Update: Another impressive slideshow on 9/11.

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Apologies for the poor video quality  -  my Canon Powershot A590 apparently likes lots of light, and this was filmed around 2100h.  The funeral procession moved at 100km/h as well, but the whole bridge either broke out into applause or stood quietly.

This photo was taken at Cpl Grenon’s departure March 7, 2008.

“Tears streak down the face of Krista Sierens as she kisses Cpl.Andrew Grenon in

their final moment together before Grenon’s departure from CFB Shilo on

March 7 to Afghanistan. Grenon was killed in an insurgent attack yesterday.”

Photo Credit: CP

Military Mom at Home: Cherished

“Why We Fight”

(Grenon had written this poem during his 2006 tour of duty in Afghanistan)

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Three more innocent faces were wiped from the Canadian army‘s ranks.  Very sad.  Is it possible for Canada to do a US – style surge and squash these bugs?  I hate that they are over there, seemingly getting picked off one by one.  Bad equipment, inadequate numbers, no air cover.  Is it time to cut and run or get the Americans to beef it up and help us get serious.

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I guess we’ll be heading back to the Highway of Heroes soon to see them off.  Three hearses at once.  Sickening.

When a fairly modern leader like Musharraf leaves, the West can only worry when the Sharia purists seize control (of the nukes).

A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him their outrage.

TheStar.com… | World | Women buried alive in ‘honour’ killings

Here’s a cleric that we can all love here in the West.

An Iranian cleric accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of betraying the people and called on reformers to unite to defeat him in next year’s elections, according to an interview in a German newspaper quoted by Reuters, Wednesday.

Wonder how long he’ll keep his head.