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August 2011

LACHLAN MARKAY LIBYAN CONSTITUTION…SHARIA IS THE SOURCE

http://origin.blog.heritage.org/2011/08/22/libyan-draft-constitution-sharia-is-principal-source-of-legislation/ The dust has not yet settled over the Libyan capital of Tripoli since rebels took control over the weekend. But already, a draft constitutional charter for the transitional state has appeared online (embedded below). It is just a draft, mind you, and gauging its authenticity at this point is difficult. There is also no […]

ANDREW BOSTOM: LIBYA MADE SAFE FOR SHARIA?

http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/08/22/the-new-libyan-zabibah-stan-made-safe-for-sharia/  The New Libyan Zabibah-stan: Made Safe for Sharia? Zabibah [2]–prominent [3]* Libyan “rebel” spokesperson Mustafa Abduljalil, born in 1952 in Al Baida, one of the first cities to rise against Gaddafi, studied law and Islamic jurisprudence in Benghazi before embarking on a legal career that culminated in his appointment in 2007 as Qaddafi’s “minister […]

FINALLY A CANDIDATE WHO CHALLENGES TORT LAWYERS: RICK PERRY:ED MORRISEY

Trial lawyers prepare for war against Perry li82-18.members.linode.com/trial-lawyers-prepare-war-against-rick–perry  Texas has successfully implemented tort reform on the state level, saving businesses billions of dollars in the long run, and Rick Perry deserves a significant amount of credit for its conclusion.  He pushed through a final 2003 reform act that made Texas a model for tort reform, […]

YORAM ETTINGER: PRE-EMPTION….NOT RETALIATION

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=375 The recent surge in Palestinian terrorism behooves Israel to revisit the fundamentals of counter-terrorism. For example, the most effective defense against terrorism – operationally, financially and morally – is not retaliation and a limited, surgical offensive, but a comprehensive, decisive, sustained and disproportionate preemptive ground offensive, which aims to obliterate terror infrastructures and capabilities, […]

WES PRUDEN: HE’S STILL RUNNING AGAINST GEORGE BUSH

http://www.prudenpolitics.com/index.php/pruden/full_column/the_jetliner_that_changed_everything Barack Obama is boring, and in his summer of distemper. And if the Tea Party conservatives restrain their rants and raves and their schoolyard slanging matches, next summer is likely to be no fun at all for the president. But the growing chorus of ranters should keep in mind James Carville’s caution written on […]

MOSHE DANN: FIRE EHUD BARAK BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE…..SEE NOTE PLEASE

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4112533,00.html Fire Barak before it’s too late Op-Ed: Barak a serial blunderer with history of defeatism, arrogance and faulty judgment LET US FIRE OUR BARACK IN 2012 BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE FOR US TOO….RSK Defense Minister Ehud Barak‘s incompetence is no secret. Thursday’s attacks along Israel’s border with Sinai which killed eight people and wounded 35 […]