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280 Christians Killed by Muslims in California

http://nocompromisemedia.com/2009/11/07/280-christians-killed-by-muslims-in-california/

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الإسلام هو الشر Is the heart of Islam hatred?

Converted muslim U.S. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan yelled, “Allahu Akbar!” (God is... more

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Al Qaeda has a magazine!

Don't say the magazine industry is dead yet - there's still some space left for... more

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Fact or rumor about Fort Hood shooter?

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/fort-hood-shooter-regularly-described-war-on-terror-a... more

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Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood shooter: Islamic terrorist?

Was Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, an Islamic terrorist? Hasan, an... more

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Police Prepare Plague Drill at Elementary School

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Reconsidering Conspiracy

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Iraq's bomb detectors are useless?

Getting caught up on this story from yesterday in the NY Times: Apparently security forces in Iraq are using bomb detecting "wands" that the Pentagon thinks are useless. All those checkpoints that are supposed to keep Iraq's cities safe from car bombs might not be having much of an effect at all.

From the NY Times:
"The Iraqis, however, believe passionately in them. “Whether it’s magic or scientific, what I care about is it detects bombs,” said Maj. Gen. Jehad al-Jabiri, head of the Ministry of the Interior’s General Directorate for Combating Explosives. Dale Murray, head of the National Explosive Engineering Sciences Security Center at Sandia Labs, which does testing for the Department of Defense, said the center had “tested several devices in this category, and none have ever performed better than random chance.”

Iraq is in the middle of a delicate transition period. Things have begun to seem more stable, less violent. US troops have pulled back to their bases, out of the cities. And blast walls in the capital have even come down. But with recent bombings in Baghdad - bomb detection is a really critical part of maintaining security. The New York Times described the wands as working on the "same principle as a Ouija board" - by the power of user suggestion.

From the NY Times:
"On Tuesday, a guard and a driver for The New York Times, both licensed to carry firearms, drove through nine police checkpoints that were using the device. None of the checkpoint guards detected the two AK-47 rifles and ammunition inside the vehicle. During an interview on Tuesday, General Jabiri challenged a Times reporter to test the ADE 651, placing a grenade and a machine pistol in plain view in his office. Despite two attempts, the wand did not detect the weapons when used by the reporter but did so each time it was used by a policeman. “You need more training,” the general said."

On the Current News Blog: http://blogs.current.com/news/2009/11/05/iraqs-bomb-detectors-are-useless/

The story in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04sensors.html
Image: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/11/04/world/04sensors_CA1.htmlGetting caught up on this story from yesterday in the NY Times: Apparently security... more