Not just for women anymore

An openly gay Turkish man has died from a gunshot wound he received outside of a cafe, killed for "honor."  He was very much open, which his family strongly objected to and wanted him to seek out a "cure" for his homosexuality.  The family is also refusing to tend to his body and make funeral arrangements, which is common when a family has killed for "honor." 

He had been receiving death threats, and told to leave Turkey for his own safety, but unfortunately he chose to stay.  The police didn't meet his requests for protection or pursue those who were making the threats, either.  This is believed to be the first gay "honor" killing in Turkey.  (h/t)

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A little midday EPIC FAIL for you

Brian at Snapped Shot sends this video of Iran's Very Special Forces, training in the newly developed EPIC FAIL doctrine.  Wait till you see the spectacular finish of this maneuver at the end of the clip,

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Hail the conquering hero

Earlier today, MP noted the release of Samir Kantar and four other Hezbollah assholes in exchange for the corpses of two murdered Israeli soldiers. Piggybacking on that, anybody want to guess what kind of reception Kantar and his asshole buddies got?

Five Lebanese militants freed from prisons in Israel in exchange for the bodies of two captured Israeli soldiers strode down a red carpet behind a Hezbollah honor guard Wednesday to a boisterous welcome from hundreds of cheering spectators.

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Kantar, who had been serving multiple life terms in Israel for a grisly 1979 attack, wiped away tears as he stood before hundreds in the coastal border town of Naqoura in southern Lebanon. An honor guard escorted the men to a stage as a brass band played martial music and rows of uniformed fighters saluted.

"We knew that you were waiting for the resistance and it reached you. You came back free and heroes," said Ibrahim Amin al-Sayed, head of Hezbollah's political bureau.

Part of that "grisly 1979 attack" included the death of a four-year-old girl. That's right. Their big man, the tough guy hero, murdered an innocent little girl.

What a bunch of filthy fucking savages.

Update: Via Allahpundit, here's a 2003 account of the attack from one of the victims.  It's extremely brutal.  The poor woman must be just sick today about this fucker's release.

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Quote of the Day: Nuance Edition

“I admire Bin Laden, but would not have sanctioned the 9/11 attacks – except for those on the Pentagon, CIA HQ, and the White House.”

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Bombstantinople

Wow, that was a lame title.  Anyway, in case you hadn't heard, there was a terror attack on the US Embassy in Turkey this morning.  I'll defer to Jim Geraghty (follow the first link) for perspective on Turkey, as he lived there for a while.

I toured Turkey in the summer of 2004.  There was a NATO summit in Istanbul at the time, and the city was full of posters that, translated, said something like "NATO, BUSH, F*** YOU!"  So it was kind of like being in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of DC.   There was one thing that did surprise me, though (below the fold).

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Forget Where's Waldo?, time to play Where's Rage Boy?

Brian at Snapped Shot has a fun new game, see if you can find Islamic Rage Boy in the picture. 

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Good news

Terrorists have habeas now.  Thanks Supreme Court!  The nutroots must be collectively orgasmic right now.  Kennedy was of course the deciding vote, and even got to break out his favorite crayon to scrawl out the opinion for the decision too.  I bet you love all the love and attention the media is giving you now that you've undermined our ability to combat our enemies, eh justice?

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I Want A Fatwa

Yup, that ought to do it.

P.S.: If you are over five years old and think that's funny, can you let me know? I'm curious if I need therapy.

I laughed for like ten minutes when I thought of doing this.

P.P.S.:  Alice H. was right, white penises show up way better.

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been a while since we've seen this guy

Islamic Rage Boy makes an appearance!  Haven't seen much of him lately, Brian thinks AP and Reuters have finally been shamed into not taking, or at least not publishing photos of IRB.  However, AFP and a few other services do keep him around.  I hate to admit it, but I think I'd be a bit disappointed if the news services embargoed the little wanker altogether.

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the other side of the story

See-Dubya sends this along, he has been following the the story of terrorist operative Abu Omar since 2005, and the he has an update on the Omar story today.  Be sure to read it and get to know who and what Abu Omar is, and his role as a major terrorist operative in Europe, and his efforts to recruit jihadis for the upcoming invasion of Iraq.

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the media swoons under the spell of terrorist thugs

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false alarm?

The Iraqi government was claiming they had captured Abu al-Masri, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq.  The Jawas are saying its not gonna pan out, sounds they have an inside source they can't divulge.  Looks like they know.

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