The US military which had been developing as a largely mercenary force of hired thugs, is now moving in a different direction. The new wars are being fought by small groups of assassins and terrorists known as special ops. Theres was one of the few budgets that was actually increased in the current US budget proposals.

called the Kairos Palestine Document. Written by a group of Palestinian Christians, the aim of the Kairos Document is the elimination of Israe,l and it urges economic warfare through a boycott.

The document also approves “armed resistance” against Israel as carried out by “some political parties,” meaning Hamas and other terrorist groups.  However, the document rejects the charge of terrorism, labelling the murder of Israelis as “legal resistance.”

The Los Angeles Times has printed a good summary of what appears to have motivated the Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik …

Norway’s twin attacks appear to have been orchestrated by a lone home-grown terrorist — raised and educated in a middle-class family, and who never had problems with the law before….

I have recently met a young man of 19 or so. He is dating the sixteen year old daughter of some acquaintances of mine. He also boards with them, and it is agreed the daughter will move in with h im when she is seventeen and finishes high school. He is extremely devout in ways I  find strange. At first, I wrote it off as extreme fundamentalism.

A recent article in Reader's Digest carries an article on the Russian AK 47, claiming it is the biggest killer in history - beating out the bubonic plague, AIDS, moslem terrorism etc. It's a good example of the silly thinking that runs loose in the educated world.

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Toronto mosque offers 'detox' for Islamic radicals

Updated Wed. Feb. 11 2009 6:51 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

In what is likely the first of its kind in Canada, a Toronto mosque is offering a "detox" program for young Islamic radicals who are sympathetic to the terrorist group al Qaeda.