In this pathetic world we live in, only the Jews are to be despised, and Muslims are to be exalted.  Shame on Scotland and the reprehensible brown-noser Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill for releasing a mass murderer.  Yet another example of how the UK has lost its moral will.  Via AP:

The Scottish government says it will release Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds to allow him to return to Libya to die.

Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said Thursday that there had been a significant deterioration in the health of al-Megrahi, who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer.

MacAskill says he is conscious that there “were deeply held feelings and that many may disagree.”

Al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001 of taking part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988. He was sentenced to life in prison.

The airliner — which was carrying mostly American passengers to New York — blew up as it flew over Scotland. All 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground died when the aircraft crashed into the town of Lockerbie.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi is a former Libyan intelligence officer, head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, and director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya. On 31 January 2001, he was convicted, by a panel of Scottish Judges sitting in a special court at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, of 270 counts of murder for his part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988.

Megrahi was sentenced to life imprisonment. Suffering from terminal prostate cancer, with less than three months to live, he was freed on compassionate grounds by the Scottish Government on 20 August 2009.

His release was met with controversy. His co-accused, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah was found not guilty and was acquitted.

Statement of Director Robert S. Mueller, III, Federal Bureau of Investigatio:

We are deeply disappointed over the decision to release Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi from prison. Mr. Megrahi’s guilt was firmly established by the court. His conviction resulted in a life sentence for his part in the loss of 270 innocent lives, including 189 Americans. He never admitted to his role in this act of terrorism, nor did he or the government of Libya disclose the names or roles of others who were responsible.

In a case of mass murder over Lockerbie, Mr. Megrahi served less than 14 days per victim. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those victims today, for the ongoing pain and loss caused by this horrific attack.

From Washington Times via Daily Alert:

Ahmad Vahidi, nominated Thursday by President Ahmadinejad to serve as Iran’s defense minister, is a suspected international terrorist sought by Interpol in connection with a deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Argentina.

Vahidi, a former commander of the elite unit of the Revolutionary Guard known as the Quds Force, was listed with four other Iranian officials on Interpol’s most-wanted list in 2007 at the request of Argentine prosecutors.

Kenneth Katzman, a senior analyst at the Congressional Research Service, said Vahidi is also suspected of having played a role in a 1996 attack on the Khobar Towers U.S. Air Force barracks in Saudi Arabia.

“Vahidi was commander of the Quds Force during the late 1980s to early 1990s, and his choice certainly sends a very strong signal that Ahmadinejad plans to continue, and maybe even accelerate, Iran’s material support for pro-Iranian parties and militias in the region,” Katzman said.

Vahidi’s “reputed intimate involvement in various acts of terrorism, particularly against Argentina and the United States, makes his selection especially flagrant,” said Kenneth Piernick, a former chief of the FBI’s Iran-Hizbullah unit.

“This does not look like an unclenched fist.” Malcolm Hoenlein, vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said the elevation of Vahidi “is reflective of the hard-line nature of the new Cabinet.”

“This should heighten concerns about Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons,” he added.

Via JihadWatch:

London: 120-200 “youth” raid and loot Starbucks during “Israel protest”

Jizya…coffee — it’s all the same to me, infidel: Hand it over!

The eternally-disgruntled “youth” protest once again; and while they’re at it, loot a Starbucks. “Violence erupts at Israel protest,” from ITV.com, January 17 (thanks to KM2 and Jdamn):

Young men – many wearing scarves covering their faces – clashed with police on Saturday, with one group seen kicking in the front window of a Starbucks coffee shop. A police car also had its rear window smashed.The Metropolitan Police force said it contained a group of between 120 and 200 people in Piccadilly at about 5.20pm.

A spokesman said: “The decision to contain this group was based on the need to prevent a further breach of the peace.”

The spokesman also said it was investigating reports of damaged, looted shops.

He said: “There is now believed to be two branches of Starbucks, one in Shaftesbury Avenue, junction with Rupert Street and one in Piccadilly. Windows have been smashed and shops looted.”

In related news, a few days earlier,while making anti-Semitic slurs, other “youth” (described as “Asian”) threw a firebomb into another Starbucks.

This week Hamas enacted a Sharia (Islamic Law) criminal code for the Palestinian Authority which legalizes crucifying enemies of Islam.  Via Caroline Glick:

Both Iran and its Hamas proxy in Gaza have been busy this Christmas week showing Christendom just what they think of it. But no one seems to have noticed.

On Tuesday, Hamas legislators marked the Christmas season by passing a Shari’a criminal code for the Palestinian Authority. Among other things, it legalizes crucifixion.

Hamas’s endorsement of nailing enemies of Islam to crosses came at the same time it renewed its jihad. Here, too, Hamas wanted to make sure that Christians didn’t feel neglected as its fighters launched missiles at Jewish day care centers and schools. So on Wednesday, Hamas lobbed a mortar shell at the Erez crossing point into Israel just as a group of Gazan Christians were standing on line waiting to travel to Bethlehem for Christmas.

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Today, Sunday, is Gilad Shalit’s 910th day in Hamas captivity.
7:39 pm Saturday: Rockets land in Sderot.

Channel 10 reporter Shlomo Eldar was arrested for entering Gaza in defiance of IDF ban. He was released with restrictions.

9:25 pm Saturday: Kassam rocket attack.

A truck carrying 50,000 liters of gasoline to be smuggled into Gaza exploded in Sinai on Saturday as fuel was being removed. A number
of homes were destroyed but miraculously, no one was killed.

7:43 am : Kassam rockets and mortar shells were fired into southern Israel. One man, a foreign worker, was lightly injured in Moshav Netiv HaAsarah. There are reports of damage to a number of agricultural hothouses.

7:50 am: Kassam rocket(s) fired into Sderot. No injuries reported.

10:15 am ’Äì Two rockets landed in the Ashkelon area without injuries. One of the rockets landed inside the Rotenberg Power Plant.

12:25 pm: Hamas leaders in Gaza are beginning to go underground. Arab media reports they are “taking steps” to protect themselves, expecting an IDF reaction soon.

12:57 pm: Rocket attack without injuries.

1:29 pm: Two Kassam rockets fired into southern Israel. No injuries.

2:57 pm: Arabs in northern Gaza fire at IDF bulldozer operators near Kissufim. No injuries.

3:41 pm: A Kassam rocket landed near Miflasim. No injuries.

300 students from Cholons Katzir School protested outside the Prime Ministers Office on Sunday morning while ministers took part in the weekly cabinet meeting demanding action to obtain the release of Gilad Shalit.

During the weekly cabinet meeting, Defense Minister Barak stated
Israel will respond to rocket attacks when required, at her own pace,
calling on Prime Minister Olmert to control the “irresponsible
statements of cabinet members”.

Shas leader Yishai on Sunday morning called on the “three leaders”, Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Barak and Foreign Minister Livni to move their offices to Sderot until such time they understand the need to act immediately.

Ministers Boim and Sheetrit called on ordering the IDF into Gaza to “make order”.

Minister Yitzchak Herzog stated the current period reminds him of the atmosphere that preceded the 1967 Six Day War, stating Hamas is
under “tremendous pressure and is trying to pressure Israel [into
acting].” He stated the “blow to Gaza will come, and it will be strong and painful”.

Ashkelon Mayor Benny Vaknin called on the government to “demand
a price” from Hamas for every rocket fired. He made his comments on
Sunday morning after two rockets exploded in industrial parks in the
city.

Kassam Slams into Sderot Home ’Äì 8:07 AM

Sunday morning for Sderot residents has been anything but relaxing,
with Kassam rockets and mortar shells pounding the Greater Sderot
Area. This follows a Shabbat of rocket attacks and spending time in bomb shelters as well.

A few minutes ago, one rocket made a direct hit on a Sderot home leaving at least one person injured, only lightly thank G-d. It is truly an act of chessed from Hashem as the home sustained very heavy damage in the attack. In this last wave of rockets, damage is reported as well in the Kibbutz Erez Industrial Park.

Earlier in the morning, in one of a number of rocket attacks, a foreign worker was lightly injured in his hand in Moshav Netiv HaAsarah.

Southern residents are calling for a stern military response as many residents are afraid to send their children to school of leave for work due to the frequency of the rocket attacks over recent days.
(Yechiel Spira ’Äì YWN Israel)

Via YnetNews:

Israel Police forensic teams will be heading to Mumbai Sunday on an Air Force plane in order to offer their assistance in identifying the remaining bodies in the Chabad House massacre.

Mumbai terror victims (Top row: Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg; bottom row: Bentzion Chroman, Yocheved Orpaz, Leibish Teitlebaum)

Officials are saying that eight or nine people were murdered at the Jewish center. Six bodies have been identified so far – five Israelis and a Jewish Mexican national.

The names of the five Israeli victims have been cleared for publication:

• Rivka Holtzberg
• Gavriel Holtzberg
• Leibish Teitlebaum
• Bentzion Chroman
• Yocheved Orpaz

One poster wrote:

I want to see the autopsy photos.  I realize how morbid and perverted that sounds, but I need to know that they exist. I want them broadcast all over the evening news. I want little kids to have nightmares over them. If the rest of the world and I don’t see those photos, we know what will happen. Muslims will deny that this ever happened. The MSM will deny it too. Everyone will claim that this story was a Jewish plot. Eisenhower, with good reason and remarkable foresight, ordered that endless photos be taken of the concentrations camps during and after WWII because he knew without photographic evidence everyone would deny it all. They do anyway, but they know and we know that we’re wrong. I want those photos. Who is witholding them?

I want to see them too.

Via INN:

A group of Arabs and Israeli leftist collaborators attacked a Jewish outpost in Samaria Wednesday morning, killed a dog and burned holy books, while the outpost’s residents were away protecting a nearby olive orchard.

The outpost that was attacked is called Churshah and is located next to the community of Adei Ad which was established ten years ago. The residents number about a dozen.

Kacha’s carcass.
Yona Tzoref

According to Evyatar Karo, one of Chursha’s residents, the Arabs and leftists carried out a successful ruse before their attack when they told police that they had come to harvest olives. The police then notified Chursha’s residents that officers and soldiers were escorting the Arabs to pick olives.

This apparently caused the outpost’s residents to leave the outpost without guards  – except for their dogs – and go off to guard a nearby olive grove planted by Jews several years ago, which Arabs claim is on their land.

The attack took place at around 8 A.M., under the cover of fog. Karo estimates that the attackers numbered at least 20 Arabs and a few leftist-anarchists. The perpetrators parked their car in the nearby village of Turmus-Ayah, south of Shilo, and reached Chursha by foot. They then proceeded to burn and destroy the makeshift living quarters and meager furnishings, and to kill Kacha, a mixed-breed female Caucasian Shepherd puppy. Kacha’s carcass bears signs of violence and she seems to have been beaten or bludgeoned to death.

Another one of the outpost’s three dogs was taken away by the attackers. The third was not harmed.

When the Jewish residents heard noises from the outpost and hurried back, the attackers fled. Security officer David Yoel of the nearby Shilo community blocked the path of four of the suspects as they tried to escape on foot and held them at bay until police and soldiers arrived and arrested them.

The Maalot massacre was a terrorist attack in Maalot, Israel, that occurred on May 15, 1974.

On this date, which corresponds with the 26th anniversary of Israel independence, Palestinian terrorists broke into the high school in Maalot, a community in northern Israel. The terrorists immediately killed a security guard and some of the children, the remaining children and teachers were held as hostages.

In the morning the terrorists were identified as members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine who had infiltrated into Israel from Lebanon. They presented their demands: release Arab terrorists from Israeli prisons, or they would kill the children. The deadline was set at 6:00pm the same day.

The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, met in an emergency session, and by 3:00pm a decision was reached to negotiate, but the Palestinian terrorists refused a request for more time.

At 5:45pm, a unit of the elite Golani Brigade stormed the building. All of the Palestinian terrorists were killed in the assault, but not before they used firearms and explosives to kill 21 children that afternoon. All told, 26 people were killed and 66 wounded (not including the terrorists), including several people murdered by the terrorists on their way to the school the night before.

More info at Maalot High School Massacre – Provided by the Free Online Encyclopedia