Are roadside bombs in Afghanistan packed with HIV-laced needles? By Jeff Schogol Sgt. Tait Terzo and his bomb dog, Urmel, examine the site of an bomb blast in Jilga, Afghanistan, June 5. Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times // The Rumor Doctor,  a lovechild of the sublime and the ridiculous, felt compelled to look into a report in a British tabloid that the Taliban are using needles infected with HIV in their roadside bombs. The purpose of using the infected needles is to prick bomb disposal technicians trying to disarm the bombs, or infect troops as shrapnel, according to The Sun. … Continue reading Taliban and AIDS?

For more articles check http://www.alternet.org ot truthout.org Ten Things That Terrify Right-Wingers by: Joshua Holland  |  AlterNet (Photo: Sage Ross / Wikimedia Commons) These are some of the things that keep American conservatives awake at night. Modern American conservatism is based on an almost endless series of grievances. Author Thomas Frank coined a term for it: the conservative “plenty-plaint” — a long and ever-evolving list of personal and cultural gripes dressed up as an ideology. But there’s also fear! And while it spans the breadth of the movement, this is the year of the Tea Party revolt, when the grassroots right, disgusted … Continue reading Ten Things That Terrify The Christian Taliban!

From Bishop Alans Blog (http://bishopalan.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-press-feeds-bigotry.html) At the last census, High Wycombe’s population was 92,300, of whom 10,838 were Muslim (11·7 %). If you prick them, do they not bleed? Like the rest of us, Muslims die. Therefore it can come as no surprise that there is a demand for Muslim burials in High Wycombe. The Local Authority has to meet this. Population is growing, and room running out. It would suit Hysterical Islamophobics to be able to say space had been clawed back from consecrated ground in the local graveyard; but that would be barmy because the other 88% of … Continue reading How papers feed bigotry about Islam – by A British Bishop

Poll favourite may put anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders in Cabinet Loonwatch.com Geert Wilders (For everything on Geert Wilders, check out the Dutch site: Krapuul) Here’s something scary from TimesOnline: Poll favourite may put anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders in Cabinet By: David Charter, The Hague Geert Wilders, the far-right Dutch politician who wants to tax Muslim headscarves and ban mosque building, could join the next government, the leader of the country’s biggest party said. Mark Rutte, who is tipped to be the next Prime Minister after Wednesday’s vote, told The Times that he was prepared to share power with the anti-Islamic … Continue reading Dutch to elect Village Idiot to Leadership position!

Former Christian Converted to Islam Terrorized with Anthrax? Double Standards Galore Loonwatch.com Joshua Evans Joshua Evans, a former Christian missionary and youth minister from South Carolina, converted to Islam some years ago.  He began preaching again, but this time explaining why he converted religions.  Evans relocated to Florida, and someone detonated a pipe bomb in front of the Jacksonville mosque in which he worships.  Just this week, Evans’ received in the mail an envelope full of white powder which he feared might be anthrax.  The Florida Muslim preacher was rushed to the hospital, and the substance was tested.  Thankfully, it … Continue reading Terrorized with Anthrax?

Jewish Leaders Condemn the English Defense League LOONWATCH.COM English Defense League Hooligans holding up Israeli Flag The EDL has created a Jewish division, obviously playing off of the narrative they have created for themselves as big backers of Israel. Many Jewish organizations are truly appalled by this, and rightly see this as a ploy by the EDL, and that their support for Israel is in fact founded on a foundation of Islamophobia and intimidation. A while ago we reported about a strange new nexus that has developed amongst right-wing Islamophobes. The hoisting of the Israeli flag as a badge of … Continue reading Jewish Brothers/Sisters Condemn the English Defense League

Makkah Clock Tower set to open soon A view of the clock tower being built as part of the King Abdul Aziz Endowment Project near the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (AN photo by Badea Abu Al-Naja) By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS Published: Jun 13, 2010 00:02 Updated: Jun 13, 2010 00:05 MAKKAH: The Makkah Clock Tower, which is being built on the instructions of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, is scheduled to be inaugurated shortly. The tower, designed by a leading German company,  on completion will be the tallest in the world. It can be … Continue reading Mecca Clock Tower

US discovers $1 trillion Afghan mineral deposits: NYT dawn.com The report about the country’s untapped wealth is likely to intensify competition among regional players such as China, India and even Russia for a greater role in exploiting those resources. — Photo by AFP Front Page Taliban could become part of Afghan set-up: Obama aide Taliban could become part of Afghan set-up: Obama aide SINGAPORE: Afghanistan could be holding $1 trillion of untapped mineral deposits including critical industrial metals such as lithium, the New York Times reported, quoting US government officials. The previously unknown deposits of iron, copper, cobalt and gold … Continue reading $1 trillion in minerals in Afghan Pashtun areas

The three blind mice By Jawed Naqvi .com dawn Suicide and torture have a strange nexus. Both are increasingly used as strategies in today’s terror war. There is no dearth of survivors of the most horrendous forms of torture in liberal and democratic India. Not everyone survives the ordeal of course. In the wider world, prisoners including, ironically enough, death-row convicts are said to have hanged themselves to escape the pain inflicted on them. Gory details of Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib are beyond normal human capacity to absorb or accept. But India’s middle classes and its ruling elite made … Continue reading Suicide and torture – strategies of war?