Posts Tagged ‘God’

107-year-old woman is looking for her 23rd husband (because her current, 37-year-old partner is a drug addict

A 107-year-old Malaysian woman says she is ready to marry for the 23rd time because she fears her current drug addict husband might leave her for a younger woman, it was revealed.

Wook Kundor first hit the headlines when she married a man 70 years her junior, Muhammad Noor Che Musa.

But Wook is now looking for new love.

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Afghanistan’s ‘Weekend Jihadis’

Afghan security forces run to the Justice Ministry building following an attack in Kabul on Wednesday. (Musadeq Sadeq/Associated Press)

From The BBC:

In the villages of Afghanistan, many young men are working for the government during the week, but fighting for the Taliban at weekends.

“We don’t get paid,” says Gul Mohammad.

“It’s voluntary – all for the sake of God.

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NSA-Intercepted E-Mails Helped Convict Would-Be Bombers

From Threat Level:

The three men convicted in the United Kingdom on Monday of a plot to bomb several transcontinental flights were prosecuted in part using crucial e-mail correspondences intercepted by the U.S.

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Which State Security Branch Rules Tehran’s Streets?

The Iranian basij paramilitary, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard.
Vahid Salemi / AP

From Time Magazine:

Two weeks after the contested results of Iran’s Presidential elections led to widespread street riots and demonstrations across the country, the Islamic Republic pronounced its harshest threat yet to protesters. At the official ceremony for Friday prayers, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a hard-line cleric who often delivers the sermon, said those who agitate on the streets were “waging war against God,” a crime that carries the death sentence.

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My Comment: They are just a bunch of thugs picked off the street and given a uniform a license to intimidate and physically injure others.

Troubled Seas Ahead: The U.S. Military Budget

Courtesy the Heritage Foundation, via Greg McNeal at The Tank.

From Defense Tech:

I’ll try to stay off my soapbox, but two points are worth mentioning.

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