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ABC News Reporter Threatened With Beheading
ABC News correspondent Brian Hartman carjacked and threatened with being beheaded in the latest of an growing number of attacks on foreign journalists covering the uprising in Egypt. Read more.
Oysters Disappearing Worldwide: Study
Most of the remaining wild oysters in the world, or about 75 percent, can be found in five locations in North America, said the study published in BioScience, the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Read more.
Muslim Brotherhood Wants End to Egypt-Israeli Peace Deal
Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood movement has unveiled its plans to scrap a peace treaty with Israel if it comes to power, a deputy leader said in an interview with NHK TV. Read more.
Muslim Brotherhood Declares Jihad on America; America Declares Muslim Brotherhood is Moderate

By Barry Rubin -“The best thing I can do for you to understand the Muslim Brotherhood is to ask you to read what I wrote last October 7. In that article I asked whether the United States would notice that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, through its leader, declared Jihad on America. At the end of the article I noted that an Egyptian friend said I was the only one who noticed outside of the country.
Here’s the key quote:
The United States is ‘experiencing the beginning of its end and is heading towards its demise….Resistance is the only solution…. The United States cannot impose an agreement upon the Palestinians, despite all the means and power at its disposal. [Today] it is withdrawing from Iraq, defeated and wounded, and it is also on the verge of withdrawing from Afghanistan. [All] its warplanes, missiles and modern military technology were defeated by the will of the peoples, as long as [these peoples] insisted on resistance – and the wars of Lebanon and Gaza, which were not so long ago, [are proof of this].’
And here’s what the previous supreme guide, Mahdi Akef, said:
“Question: Regarding resistance and jihad…do you consider Osama Bin Laden a terrorist or an Islamic Mujahid [a holy warrior, literally someone who wages jihad]?
“Akef: Certainly, a mujahid, and I have no doubt in his sincerity in resisting the occupation, drawing closer to God Almighty.”
What I never imagined is that 3.5 months later people would be claiming — in contradiction to every Muslim Brotherhood speech and writing (in Arabic) — that the Muslim Brotherhood is some harmless nonviolent reform group.
Read more…Australia’s Cyclone Yasi Devastation is ‘Apocalyptic’
Trees are down, cars have been swept away, roofs have been torn off and the sand on the beach is gone. “Nothing’s been spared. The devastation is phenomenal, like nothing I’ve ever experienced,” the veteran of at least five cyclones told the ABC. Read more.
Iran “could develop a nuclear weapon as early as next year”
Iran could develop nuclear weapons by as early as next year, the Defence Secretary claimed yesterday.
Liam Fox issued his starkest warning to date that the hardline Islamic state was on the brink of producing atomic warheads.
In astonishingly hawkish remarks to MPs, the Cabinet minister said it was ‘entirely possible’ that the regime in Tehran would have got its hands on a weapon of mass destruction by 2012.
Three feet of rain? Katrina-size cyclone aims for waterlogged Australia
CAIRNS, Australia — Thousands of people fled their homes and crammed into shelters in northeastern Australia on Wednesday as the most powerful cyclone in the country’s history barreled toward a string of popular tourist cities lining the coast. Read more.
Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Wants War With Israel
Mohamed Ghanem, one of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, calls Egypt to stop pumping gas to Israel and prepare the Egyptian army for a war with it’s eastern neighbor. Speaking with Iranian television station Al-Alam, Mohamed Ghanem blamed Israel for supporting Hosni Mubarak’s regime. Ghanem also said that the Egyptian police and army won’t be able to stop the Muslim Brotherhood movement. Read more.
EGYPT RIOTS: Hosni Mubarak must go, but beware what comes next
The people voted for an Islamist government in Turkey. The people voted for Hezbollah in Lebanon. The people voted for Hamas in Gaza. What will the people vote for in Egypt?
“Eighteen months ago, I predicted there would soon be an uprising in Egypt.
My book, The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution, caused quite a stir in the country and was promptly banned by the oppressive regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
With demonstrations on the streets of every major city, the army mobilised and the death toll already well over 100, my prediction has become terrifyingly real.”
Read more here.
Gulf Shore Beaches Still Seeing Oil
Joey Phillips, who owns property along the beach in Gulf Shores, found the tide washed more than water ashore. Phillips said he was walking with his wife along the water early Sunday morning. When they had finished, the bottoms of his wife’s feet were black. The remnants of oil are so tiny, you may miss them. Once you touch a piece, the crude oil smears your hands. Phillips said they are carried in with the tide. Read more.




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