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Fighting al-Qaeda/Jihadism Both at Home and Overseas

She's right, when it comes to defeating al-Qaeda, the individual will save the day. In this particular case, a US citizen, Joseph Shahada is knocking deadly dangerous militant Islamist websites off the internet.

As to waging war against al-Qaeda in Iraq, Michael Ledeen writes that we could actually be winning the war In Iraq-in real terms. This is notable, because Mr. Ledeen expressed reservations about invading Iraq in the run up to the invasion there. It's notable also because Ledeen is an expert on the Middle East, especially Iran:

Should we declare victory over al Qaeda in the battle of Iraq?

The very question would have seemed proof of dementia only a few months ago, yet now some highly respected military officers, including the commander of Special Forces in Iraq, Gen. Stanley McCrystal, reportedly feel it is justified by the facts on the ground.

Captain's Quarters comments on Ledeen's piece.

The Asia Times reports that Pakistan has declared all out war on terrorists in Waziristan:

Just how important is this coming battle?

This could prove to be the turning point in the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan while setting al-Qaeda’s operations back to where they were in 2003 after the Taliban was defeated. A “qualified” intelligence estimate is that pacification of the Waziristans would reduce the capability of the Afghan resistance by 85% as well as “deliver a serious setback to the Iraqi resistance” who depend on the bases in Waziristan for money, weapons, and logistical support.

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Columbia's Ahmadinejad Invitation

So Lee Bollinger, invited the Islamo-fascist Ahmadinejad, to speak at Columbia University. The Iranian pip-squeak shows up to give his speech a couple days ago, and Bollinger harshly scolds him for being the murderous dictatorial tyrant that Ahmadinejad is.

Dean Barnett has a point, that Bollinger is to be applauded for looking evil in the eye and calling it out, but that Columbia should have never have invited the jerk in the first place.

John Podhoretz also makes a good point when he writes that Bollinger should not have invited Ahmadinejad to speak, and then use this as an opportunity to (metaphorically) pin him to the wall.

There is a larger point to be made here, I think. Doesn't all of this seem/feel awfully contrived? Regardless of the particulars in this case, Ahmadinejad, Bollinger and Columbia University got tons and tons of publicity and media love this week. All kinds of attention from conservative bloggers, talk radio, Free Republic, Rush Limbaugh, and on and on. And isn't this the real object of Columbia and Ahmadinejad's exercise? How many web pages were generated this week that focused their text, photos and videos on the Iranian Little Man, Bollinger and Columbia? The answer, obviously, is tons and tons of web pages. And all of these web pages are linked to and from each other, creating an internet web that extends from hither and yon - all of them generating serious tonnage in Google's search engine rankings and revenue for Google Adsense.

The moral of my little rant: it's really Google that runs the world.

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Columbia University, 1933

Bollinger, the President of Columbia University, isn't the first president of the school to invite a fascist to speak. Nicholas Butler, the president in 1933 invited Hitler's ambassador to speak there.

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Military Commissions: Bring Them On (Finally)

It's been 6 years since 9-11, and the trials of the terrorists at Gitmo are only beginning. The US Court of Military Commission Review will allow the trials to move on...About time.

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Nouri al-Maliki Is Toughing It Out (Good for Him)

Such dangerous times to be Prime Minister of Iraq. There's been plenty of criticism of Maliki, for a long time now. Turns out, though, that Maliki's shed his coalition of extremists.

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Osama bin Laden Videos, 1,008,468,247 Served

Yada yada yada and blah blah blah, OBL has released another video. Does his mouth move in this one, or is 90% of it freeze framed like the previous? He really is tiresome, and embarrassingly ineffective (from the jihadist point of view).

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Steve Emerson, Terrorism Expert, Launches New Website

Steve Emerson has long been a hero of mine. He was the force behind the video, American Jihad, long before most Americans (including me, certainly) had any idea that we were seriously threatened by radical Islam. Steve's website is called, The Investigative Project (H/T: The Corner).

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Kagan: The Surge Is Succeeding

If we win in Iraq, what will the drive-by media (MSM) say then?

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Obsession, the Documentary, Is Controversial in the Academy

Obsession, is a vitally important documentary. Using video footage from Arab television, Obsession describes how too many Muslims are indoctrinated into the Islamic Jihad movement. Also depicted, is the historical connection between Nazism and the jihadis. I own a DVD of the movie, and I recommend that all Americans view this important film. I believe that our survival as a country is at stake in our war against radical Islam.

Obsession, the movie, is finally beginning to get some attention.

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Glenn Beck Exposes Militant Islam

I don't have cable TV in my house (the 24 hour news channels are too un-American for me), so I didn't see Glenn Beck's CNN Headline News special about radical Islam. But it's now on a blog so all can see.

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