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You know, this really has to be one of the most amusing ways in the world to mess up a protest:

On Tuesday, a protest was held by Hamas supporters in the Gaza Strip where sheep, camels and donkeys where paraded before journalists (with some farm animals wearing Hamas headbands!) alongside signs reading "Save the Children of Gaza" in a protest against Israel's decision to blockade the Gaza Strip... But there was only one problem — The Hamas-garbed farmed [sic] animals wouldn't stop defecating into the street and having sex with each other during the protest. From the always-excellent Popb--ch:... After a few minutes the beasts started a dirty protest. Some defecated in the streets, while the donkeys started shagging each other. Journalists found it almost impossible to do a straight piece to camera without some animal porn behind them.

When I first saw this series of pictures, it occurred to me that Hamas is genuinely starting to get desperate. I mean, they use their women as human shields. They use their children as human shields. And every time they do, we see right through their ruse.

So I guess it's only natural that they have to stoop so low as to need to use their livestock as human shields as well.

At least the animals in this particular instance put a stop to this despicable charade in their own rather unique way. That's more than I can say for most of the Hamas-supporting "civilians" of Gaza.

Pictures of this comical event are here, here, and here, while they last. (And I just might have been joshing around on that last one. )

(Many thanks to Yishai for sending this report along!)

I'm not sure the service that's dead to me is in much of a position to speak on the First Amendment, but it would seem that Curley's done it regardless.

Hey Tom, why don't you try explaining to me your personal take on this so-called "Freedom of Speech" one of these days.

Says The Foxhole:

The AP has a publishing policy in accordance with their leftist agenda, and Curley has the unmitigated gall to hyperventilate about “waning civilian oversight of the military” and “eclipsing press freedom and other constitutional safeguards”.

What. An. A--hole.

If anything, the Fifth Column has done everything guaranteed by the Constitution to undermine the security of the United States. They portray al Qaeda and the Taliban (what’s left of them) in a favorable light, denigrate the American military as ‘occupiers’, print national secrets across their front pages, and snivel about FISA and the Patriot Act as if the government has nothing else better to do than to eavesdrop on Curley’s phone sex.

"Shadow" of 9/11, indeed.

Good riddance to bad rubbish—Which, in this case, is a bunch of two-dimensional cartoon characters with suspiciously similar voices:



If a nation becomes what its children are taught, then what is Palestine? Yeah, I thought so.

'Cuz, you know, the Israelis are just that heartless:

Security workers employed by the Israel Airport Authority uncovered two tons of fertilizer used in the manufacturing of Qassam rockets on Monday afternoon, the substantial amount of explosive material was concealed in a truck allegedly transporting humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

The security officials manning the Kerem Shalom border crossing discovered the smuggling attempt during a random inspection of vehicles carrying humanitarian equipment and goods.

This is the second such incident to occur this week.

Keep incidents like this in mind the next time you read a report of weeping and woes regarding the humanitarian "crisis" in Gaza.

Can you spot what's missing from this caption?



Yeah, those dastardly IDF soldiers, firing unprovoked tank shells at the poor, innocent "Palestinian" civilians.

But wait, there's more to the story? Uhh, yeah:

Two Palestinian gunmen fired anti-tank missiles at IDF forces operating to neutralize terror infrastructure in the southern Gaza Strip. The force fired at the gunmen and identified hitting the two.

Hmm, one would've thought that the fact that these terrorists were launching rockets right next to a civilian's home would have merited a brief mention in the caption. No doubt, the usual gaggle of "anti-war" groups will line up to condemn Israel for this "meritless" attack, conveniently forgetting to mention the reality of the situation:



More photos from this event following the break—some of which may be slightly graphic (nothing too major yet). Pay close attention to the discrepancies between all of the accounts.

Update: The captions are now reading that eight people have died in the "bombardments." The increased number is presumably intended to enhance the "drama" of the wire reports, but from all appearances, two terrorists were killed outside of the civilian home, and another four to six terrorists were killed in an air strike, which are technically two separate events.

Notice the AFP's use of the loaded term "blitz" to describe the IDF's coördinated anti-terror operation... Continue reading »

It would appear that the Hezbollah-supporting students of Lebanon are sorely lacking a supreme sense of irony as well. Notice what the text on their banners says, and then compare it to how their cowardly hero behaves—particularly with respect to "guns:"

Sigh. Are shameless photo-ops like this really necessary? Do they tell us anything newsworthy that we didn't already know—other than the fact that Syria has been completely ignoring the Golan Heights until it found that the territory could be used to weaken Israel? Was it really appropriate to put the girl next to such an emotional construct as barbed-wire, which could as easily have been placed by the Syrians as by the Israelis?



It's almost as if Reuters wants to be the official propagandists for the Syrian dictatorial regime. Continue reading »