THE POINT RIDER REPUBLICAN

Terrorists Last To Be Blamed

The U.N. and several countries condemned the Israeli offensive launched to force terrorists to hand over Israeli hostages abducted by Palestinian terrorists.

"An Israeli "war on all fronts" drew a rare warning from Egypt on Thursday that the military escalation jeopardizes a peace treaty with Israel as the Arab League held an emergency session to discuss the crisis. The threat of a regional conflagration rose Wednesday after Israeli warplanes overflew a palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose country is host to several Palestinian militant groups. A defiant Syria on Thursday vowed to defend itself against Israeli attacks.

"Syrian Premier Mohammad Naji Otri warned that "Syria is capable of defending itself against any aggression."

"This aggression [the over-flight] represents Israeli piracy that aims at covering up the savage crimes the Israeli occupation forces are committing in the Gaza Strip and occupied Palestinian lands," Otri said.

Russia also criticized the overflight. "Violations of the borders and airspace of other states, in this case Syria, are completely unacceptable," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said in a statement."

Why aren't these countries and the U.N. putting pressure on the terrorists who kidnap, kill and then keep themselves hidden in civilian areas using them as shields??  Obviously, terrorists have been absolved and are not being held responsible for their actions.

More Proof Osama Bin Laden Must Be Dead

A video was put on the internet today showing pretty good evidence that Osama Bin Laden is no longer alive.  In fact, al-Qaeda's Osama's Bin Absent for two years:

"Osama bin Laden praised slain al-Qaida in leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as the "lion of holy war" in a new videotape posted on the Internet on Friday.

The 19-minute message shows an old still photo of bin Laden in a split-screen next to images of al-Zarqawi taken from a previous video. A voice resembling bin Laden's narrates a tribute to the Jordanian-born militant, who was killed in a June 7 airstrike northeast of Baghdad.

New video images of him have not appeared since October 2004."

Notice how gaunt and grey he looks here.  The nutless al-Qaeda loser who never could strap on a bomb must be dead, otherwise we would be seeing more than "still photographs".

Terrorists Talk Chemical

Saddam and his buddies, the U.N. and Syria, have claimed that all chemical and biological warheads had been destroyed.

"President Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials say all of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons were destroyed shortly after the 1991 Persian Gulf War, a claim that United Nations weapons inspectors say cannot be verified."

The Democrats swallowed this hook, line and sinker and since have been hollering that there never were WMD's ruling out every possible senario including WMD relocation inspite of reports to the contrary.  Yesterday, Palestinian terrorists talked of firing rockets with chemical warheads.  Where did these chemical warheads come from??

" A spokesman for gunmen in the Gaza Strip said they had fired a rocket tipped with a chemical warhead at Israel early on Thursday.

The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the claim by the spokesman from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement.

The group had recently claimed to possess about 20 biological warheads for the makeshift rockets commonly fired from Gaza at Israeli towns. This was the first time the group had claimed firing such a rocket.

"The al-Aqsa Brigades have fired one rocket with a chemical warhead" at southern Israel, Abu Qusai, a spokesman for the group, said in Gaza ."

Did these chemical warheads come from Syria??

"A top Pentagon official who was responsible for tracking Saddam Hussein's weapons programs before and after the 2003 liberation of Iraq, has provided the first-ever account of how Saddam Hussein "cleaned up" his weapons of mass destruction stockpiles to prevent the United States from discovering them.

"The short answer to the question of where the WMD Saddam bought from the Russians went was that they went to Syria and Lebanon," former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John A. Shaw told an audience Saturday at a privately sponsored "Intelligence Summit" in Alexandria, Va. (www.intelligencesummit.org).

"They were moved by Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) units out of uniform, that were specifically sent to Iraq to move the weaponry and eradicate any evidence of its existence," he said.

Shaw has dealt with weapons-related issues and export controls as a U.S. government official for 30 years, and was serving as deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security when the events he described today occurred."

Democrats and other disbelievers would have us think that Jihad was just celebrating an early 4th of July yesterday when they fired a rocket with an attached chemical warhead, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Saddam's secret weapons cache is now under the control of terrorists. 

Has Ahmadinejad Been Assassinated??

Where is Momud Ahmadinejad??  We haven't heard a peep out of the Iranian President lately, but we've been hearing plenty from this old fart:

"Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran does "not need" talks with the United States over its nuclear program because nothing would be gained, state television reported Tuesday.

"Negotiations with the United States would have no benefit for us, and we do not need them," state television quoted Khamenei as telling Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade.

Washington's offer to join talks was seen as a major concession since the United States lists Iran as a sponsor of international terrorism and there have been no diplomatic relations between the two countries since 1979, when militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took Americans hostage for 444 days."

Today his tough radical islamic talk is indirectly encouraging terrorists to resist the arrogant Americans:

"In a meeting with justice officials to mark anniversary of bombing on June 28, 1981 in which the then chief justice Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti and 72 senior statesmen were killed, Khamenei said that since the 1979 Revolution, the hegemonic powers exerted various military, political and economic pressures on Iran to undermine the pillars of the Islamic Republic.

"Therefore, under such sensitive circumstances, every individual and all the officials of three branches of government are expected to make strides for reinforcement of pillars of the Islamic Republic carefully by promoting sense of responsibility and national solidarity."

The Supreme Leader said that Iran is the only country which both the government and nation have stood against bullying of the arrogant powers, so the dispute between Iran and the hegemonist powers is not an ordinary one."

Is the Ayatolla insisting on leading Ahmadinejad around by the hand??  Khamenei states that the three branches of Iranian government need to be in agreement in reinforcing the pillars of the Islamic republic.  Does this indicate disagreement between Ahmadinejad and the Ayatolla on issues concerning the incentives package??  The Ayatolla also had this to say:

"The Iranian nation will respond to any blow with double the intensity," he added, in comments reported on TV.

Addressing workers in Tehran on International Labourers' Day, Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran would not heed US "threats and intimidation".

This primeval piece of camel poop needs to be put out to pasture.

Islamofascists Beheaded Boy

Palestinian terrorists are proving again today that radical muslims don't give a rat's ass about their own people.  They are simply cowards who kidnap people, behead them and then hide among human shields consisting mainly of women and children.

"Israeli forces rounded up Palestinian Cabinet ministers and lawmakers from the Islamic Hamas, increasing pressure on the Islamic militants to release a captured Israeli soldier.

The deputy premier, Nasser Shaer, had called for release of the captured Israeli soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shaer, taken in a Hamas-led attack on an Israeli border post outside Gaza on Sunday, setting off an Israeli invasion.

Earlier, Israeli forces arrested Labor Minister Mohammed Barghouti. All those arrested were from Hamas.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian terrorist group said it executed an 18-year-old Israeli settler kidnapped earlier in the West Bank.

The statement from the Popular Resistance Committees in Gaza said the settler, Eliahu Asheri, had been executed. The group, which has links to Hamas, had threatened to execute the Israeli if Israel did not halt its invasion of Gaza.

Palestinian security officials in the West Bank city of Ramallah said they believed a body had been found.

"The PRC's spokesman, Abu Abir, gave reporters identifying details on Asheri, including his date of birth, his ID card number and his parents' name. Soon after Israeli forces raided Gaza Strip at around 2:30 a.m., a spokesman for PRC claimed Asheri would be executed. According to Abu Abir, the threats are "serious."

And these bastards brag about beheading a boy.

Victory Day In Iraq

Insurgent groups in Iraq have agreed to stop attacks on Iraqi people and U.S. soldiers if the U.S. leaves Iraq at the end of 2 years!!  If this agreement holds, it's HALLELUJAH DAY VICTORY DAY for the U.S. military and the Iraqi people!!!!:

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks -- including those on American troops -- if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Withdrawal is the centerpiece of a set of demands from the groups, which operate north of Baghdad in the heavily Sunni Arab provinces of Salahuddin and Diyala."

According to General Dempsey, it appears that the Iraqi Army will be at full strength by year's end:

"The U.S. general in charge of training Iraqi security forces said Tuesday he expects Iraq's army to be at full strength by the end of this year, but expressed concern about finding capable Iraqis to lead it.

Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey also declined to say how many Iraqi security battalions, if any, can operate and sustain themselves without U.S. help. He said U.S. forces will need to work closely with the government ministries overseeing the Iraqi forces for at least two more years.

U.S. leaders have said the ability of Iraqi forces to assume responsibility for security in their own country, gripped by insurgent violence and sectarian fighting more than three years into the war, is a key factor in decisions on withdrawing American troops."

Today, the Iraqis themselves captured a suspect in the Shiite Shrine bombing:

"Iraqi officials say they have arrested a senior al-Qaeda figure for the bombing of the revered Shiite shrine in Samarra in February, which triggered a nationwide surge in sectarian bloodshed. "Iraqi security forces have arrested the terrorist a Tunisian national, Yusri Fakhir Muhammed, also named Abu Qudama al-Tunisi, during a military operation in the Udhaim area in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad," Muwafaq al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security advisor, told reporters on Tuesday.

Al-Rubaie accused al-Tunisi of bombing the revered al-Askari shrine in Samarra under the leadership of Haitham al-Badri, an al-Qaeda leader in Salahudin province, who is still at large. Badri was in a charge of an al Qaeda in Iraq unit consisting of two Iraqis, four Saudis and Abu Qudama.

"They were trying to storm an Iraqi military checkpoint in al-Dhuluiyah," al-Rubaie said, announcing the capture of the Samarra bombing suspect. He added that Iraqi army and security forces had killed 15 foreign fighters and captured Abu Qudama al-Tunisi in the operation. Abu Qudama reportedly confessed to the bombing of the shrine in Samarra with a group of fighters, including four Saudi fighters.

Al-Rubaie also accused Tunisi of killing well-known female Iraqi journalist Atwar Bahjat near Samarra, after she arrived near the city to cover the bombing of the shrine.

"He took part in the assassination of Atwar Bahjat while she was covering the bombing of the Ali al-Hadi and Hassan al-Askari mausoleum in Samarra after he received information about her place from Haitham al-Badri," al-Rubaie said."

Iraqi military personel demonstrating how they don't take HORSE MANURE.

Islamofascist Cowards Force Gaza Clash

Terrorists who are holding an Israeli soldier have stated that they also have a Jewish settler in their custody and are threatening to kill him.

"The Popular Resistance Committees on Wednesday threatened to kill an abducted settler if Israel doesn't stop its raid on the Gaza Strip.

The organization, which has claimed responsibility for abducting both Eliyahu Asheri from Itamar and Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who is held in Gaza, said in a statement that "we are running out of patience."

Meanwhile, a body has been found in Ramallah and the settler may already be dead at the hands of radical muslims who are continuing to murder, behead and mutilate bodies.

"the IDF was investigating the credibility of a report received on Tuesday, claiming that an Israeli body was discovered in Ramallah."

Sadistic terrorists have struck again and as a result, Israel has now begun to roll into Gaza.

"Israel launched a ground offensive and air strikes against the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a bid to secure the release of the soldier."

These islamofascists are obviously trying to force Israel and the United States to fight just as they did on 9/11.  Al-Qaeda, and all islamofascist groups are THE AGGRESSORS.  Will the bodies of Gilad Shalit and Eliyahu Asheri be found beheaded and mutilated by radical muslims like our missing U.S. soldiers??  These terrorists don't fight like men.  They are cowards....common criminals who kidnap people and cut off their heads.

Defense Deployment Against The North Korean Taepo Dong-2

If the North Korean, Kim Jong, decides to cut loose one of his Taepo Dongs, he will have it pulverized in mid-air by a Patriot:

"Japan and the United States have agreed to deploy advanced Patriot interceptor missiles on US bases in Japan for the first time, officials said Monday, amid concerns North Korea may test-fire a long-range ballistic missile.

The plan will put Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles - designed to intercept ballistic missiles, cruise missiles or enemy aircraft - on US bases in Japan for the first time.

A local newspaper reported that the US military would deploy three or four of the surface-to-air missile batteries on the southern island of Okinawa by the end of the year and send an additional 500 to 600 US troops there. Up to 16 missiles can fit in a single PAC-3 battery, according to the system's manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corp.

Recent intelligence reports have said North Korea may be fueling a Taepodong-2, one of its most advanced missiles believed capable of reaching parts of the US, at a launch site on the country's northeastern coast, sparking concerns Pyongyang may soon test-fire one."

Thanks to President Bush who made a missile defense system a top priority, the Taepo Dong can also be blasted out of the sky by a newly built missile defense system in  Alaska:

"The Pentagon's missile defense chief predicted Friday that interceptor rockets based in Alaska and California would hit and destroy a North Korean missile in flight if President Bush gave the order to attack it on a path to U.S. territory.

Longtime critics of national missile defense see politics as the driving force behind Bush's determination to make Fort Greely operational several weeks before the next presidential election. But administration officials insist the motivation is military, not political. They point to intelligence reports predicting that within the next few years, North Korea could have a missile able to reach the western United States."

It has turned out that the Bush administration was right.  The North Korean Runt is now trying to test a Taepo Dong and the United States is READY.....and furthermore, the mealy-mouthed, whining critics of the Bush National Missile Defense System were WRONG.

More Blame Game From The Left On Beheadings

Al-Qaeda terrorists have also been indirectly declared innocent in other dispicable reports:

"The principal blame for the killing, reportedly execution-style, of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Brownsville, Texas, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Oregon lies squarely with the US government and military. On the basis of fear-mongering and lies, as part of its drive to dominate the globe, the American ruling elite put these soldiers—along with Specialist David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Massachusetts, who was killed with Menchaca and Tucker when insurgents initially attacked in Yusufiya—in a deadly situation.

While the US media was busy denouncing the "barbarism" of the deaths of Menchaca and Tucker this week, further charges of cold-blooded murder of civilians were being laid against American military personnel."

David Walsh, the author of this disgusting piece detritus, obviously doesn't live in Oregon, because if he does, he DIDN'T READ what Pfc Thomas Tucker's family had to say about these blood-thirsty beheadings:

"In a statement, father Wes Tucker said the family bears no ill will toward the Iraqi people, "because they are not the ones responsible for the death of their son," it read. "The fault lies with the insurgents." The family also thanked the community for its continued support."

Also:

Supporters have established the "Bring Tommy Home Fund" to cover travel expenses for family members visiting from outside the area for services. Excess money will go to a scholarship in the soldier's name. People may send checks to Columbia River Bank, P.O. Box 0, Madras, OR 97741.

Also, cards and letters of support may be sent to The Tucker Family,
C/O Public Affairs, Oregon Military Dept., P.O. Box 14350, Salem, OR
97309-5047.

Russia Blames U.S. For Beheadings

Russia has had the audacity to say that the U.S., NOT al-Qaeda, is to BLAME for the beheadings of Russian diplomats.  Even though the diplomats were kidnapped and killed by al-Qaeda, the U.S. is being held responsible:

"Russian officials stated yesterday that the coalition forces were responsible for security in Iraq, including the safety of foreign diplomats in Baghdad. 'The responsibility for the execution of the Russian diplomats is the burden on the shoulders of all those who occupied Iraq. This crime is on their conscience,' deputy speaker of the Russian State Duma, Lubov Sliska said.

The head of the Iraqi Cultural Forum (the organization unites Iraqi emigrants in Russia, mostly those people who stand against Saddam Hussein’s regime), Salyam Musafir, said in an interview with Vremya Novostei newspaper that Western secret services were standing behind the tragedy with the Russian diplomats. “This is a US-led game. This is how they decided to punish the Russian diplomacy for its anti-war stance. The USA is definitely responsible for the fact that they have occupied Iraq but failed to establish law and order there,” the official said.

Several Russian officials share the same opinion, although this point of view is absolutely rejected in Iraq. Iraqi politicians are certain that the crime has been committed by al-Qaeda.

Why is al-Qaeda being ABSOLVED from all ACCOUNTABILITY in THEIR killing of 4 kidnapped Russians??  When terrorists hack off heads, America is cursed and al-Qaeda is without culpability??

"We must ask this question, because mere deliberations about the ruthlessness and irrationality of Islamic terrorists are not enough this time. We must honestly analyze the tragedy and draw lessons from it to find an answer.

Russia, as well as other countries, should learn from it. After all, if not for the reckless American operation in Iraq, the Russian diplomats would be alive today.

Shocking as it may sound, the United States is responsible for their deaths, because it was its imperial policy that provoked their kidnapping and execution"

This type of twisted logic is aiding and abetting al-Qaeda terrorists who engage in abhorrent acts such as this:

And what about al-Qaeda's statement:

"God has enabled the lions of monotheism to arrest four Russian diplomats in Iraq and kill the fifth," the statement read.

The message urged Moscow to withdraw its troops from Chechnya within 48 hours or "face the consequences".

Obviously, Russia turned a deaf ear to al-Qaeda terrorist's threats concerning Chechnya.  Chechnya is Russia's albatross, not America's!!  Afterall, this is NOT the first time Russia has had hostages held by islamic radicals:

"The three-day hostage siege at a school in southern Russia ended in chaos and bloodshed Friday, after witnesses said Chechen militants set off bombs and Russian commandos stormed the building. Hostages fled in terror, many of them children who were half-naked and covered in blood. Officials estimated the death toll at more than 200."

IF Russia is NOT going to hold al-Qaeda RESPONSIBLE for it's actions, Putin CANNOT "pass the buck" off on Bush.  The reasonable truth is that terrorists beheaded the hostages and unless the buck stops with radical islam, the world will not win the war on terror.