At Telegraph UK , ” Syria releases the 7/7 ‘mastermind’ “: The alleged terrorist mastermind behind the July 7 London bombings is reported to have been freed from a Syrian jail by President Bashar Assad’s regime . Abu Musab al-Suri had been held in Syria for six years after being captured by the CIA in 2005 and transported to the country of his birth under its controversial extraordinary rendition programme. But he is now said to have been released as a warning to the US and Britain about the consequences of turning their backs on President al-Assad’s regime as it tries to contain the uprising in the country. Al-Suri, also known as Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, was al-Qaeda’s operations chief in Europe and has been accused of planning the London bombings, in which four British-born terrorists detonated three bombs on the Underground and another on a bus, killing 52 people and injuring more than 700 others in 2005. More at the link .
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Syria Releases Abu Musab al-Suri, Mastermind of London’s 7/7 Terrorist Attacks
I just can’t even imagine how the parents are feeling. “Worst nightmare” only begins to describe the horror of something like this. Seriously. At Los Angeles Times , ” Second teacher arrested at L.A. school where Mark Berndt worked ,” and ” Official: 2nd accused teacher at L.A. school will be fired quickly .” And at London’s Daily Mail , ” Second teacher arrested for ‘fondling two 7 year old girls’ at school where pupils were ‘spoon fed semen on cookies’ .”
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Second Teacher Arrested in Miramonte Elementary School Sex Abuse Scandal
She looks great. At London’s Daily Mail , ” ‘I’ve never been with anyone that’s not a boyfriend’: Blake Lively insists she is whiter than white as she poses for Elle magazine .”
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Blake Lively’s Smokin’ Hot Photo Shoot for March Issue of Elle
Okay, my earlier post is here: ” Guilty Verdicts in Canada Honor Killing Trial .” And see Pamela here, ” GUILTY! First Degree Murder Verdicts in Shafia Honor Killing Trial .” And don’t miss the excellent Christie Blatchford, at National Post , ” No honour in ‘cold-blooded, shameless’ murder of Shafia girls .” Plus, London’s Daily Mail has a huge article, ” Honour killing family jailed for life as judge says: ‘It is difficult to conceive of a more despicable, more heinous crime’ .” And an update at Blazing Cat Fur, ” Shafia Murders: CBC Finds Apologist Who Implies Canada Racist & Just Like Islamist Hell Holes .” And here’s an earlier clip with Ezra Levant on the tragedy of honor killings in Canada:
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Shafia Family Guilty of Honor Killings in Canada: Updates
Well, regular Rule 5 readers will be impressed. At London’s Daily Mail , ” Michael Bublé’s model wife Luisana Lopilato stars in Ultimo’s Valentine’s day lingerie campaign .”
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Smokin’ Luisana Lopilato Valentine’s Day Lingerie Photo Shoot for UK’s Ultimo
Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson Mahmoud Ghezlan told the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Wednesday that the militant group will neither speak nor meet with Israeli officials. He added that the Brotherhood’s stance on Israel is unwavering and not up for discussion. “It’s illogical to have dialogue, any dialogue, in light of the Israeli practices against the Arab peoples,” the paper quoted Ghezlan as saying. Meanwhile, in the spirit of cooperation, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yigal Palmor told Israeli radio that Israel has not ruled out talks. “We will be happy to hold dialogues with whoever wants to have dialogue with us,” Palmor said. Egypt Independent adds: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party controls 47 percent of the seats in the newly formed People’s Assembly, but the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is still running the executive branch of Egypt’s government. Some fear that Islamists will push for ending the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Western officials met with several Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist leaders after People’s Assembly elections. Ghezlan said the Brotherhood has not yet received a similar invitation from the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, but that any such request would be rejected.
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Muslim Brotherhood Vows to Shun Israel: ‘It’s Illogical to Have Any Dialogue’
Actually, her comments are pretty vague, but considering she was out in December with alleged dirt on Speaker Gingrich from his House ethics investigation, it sure seems like a threat. At The Blaze , ” PELOSI: GINGRICH WILL ‘NEVER’ BE PRESIDENT, ‘THERE IS SOMETHING I KNOW’ .” And at London’s Daily Mail , ” ‘Newt will never become President, there is something I know’: Nancy Pelosi issues cryptic threat about Gingrich .” And see the commentary at Legal Insurrection, ” Nancy Pelosi’s evil mind games .”
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Nancy Pelosi Threatens New Revelations Against Newt Gingrich
Websites crashed after fans starting searching for her. At London’s Daily Mail , ” Bikini hunt meltdown! American Idol fans eager to see more of Brittany Kerr cause website crash .”
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Smokin’ Brittany Kerr Melts the Internet!
At Wall Street Journal : An Islamic militant group in Nigeria staged devastating bomb and gun assaults on government targets in the northern city of Kano, the latest in a series of attacks that appeared aimed at splitting Muslim and Christian communities in Africa’s most populous country. The attacks, which took place late Friday and Saturday, paired bomb blasts with shootings. An Associated Press count, based on hospital records, said that at least 143 people had died. A high-ranking Nigerian security official, who asked not to be identified, said the final toll may be higher than 200. The Islamic militia Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack. A Boko Haram spokesman, with a nom de guerre of Abul Qaqa, said that, during the chaos, Boko Haram had freed several of its members who had been in police custody without a trial. The group, whose name means “Western Education is Sacrilege,” has long targeted government workers and buildings in Africa’s most populous nation. But since last month, the group has also stepped up attacks on Christians living in the country’s overwhelmingly Muslim north, in an apparent effort to sow divisions between the two groups. Plus, at London’s Daily Mail , ” At least 143 dead after multiple bombs rock Nigerian city in attacks aimed at government targets .”
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Attacks in Nigeria Kill at Least 143
There’s an editorial at Toronto’s Globe and Mail . And see the Los Angeles Times , ” Recording in cruise ship disaster casts captain in bad light .” Also, at London’s Daily Mail , ” Forget women and children first. Burly crew men led the race for the lifeboats .” And at National Review , ” In the Italian cruise-ship disaster, another death knell for the age of chivalry .” UPDATE : At New York Times , ” Captain of Stricken Vessel Says He Fell Overboard in Passenger Panic .”
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The Cowardice of Captain Francesco Schettino
