Oh The Horror!

For decades the world has been told that there is an humanitarian crises in Gaza.  That the people living in Gaza are being systematically starved to death by the evil Israelis.  That unless the world sends help thousands of people will starve.  Yet these people are the greatest of humanitarians.  For while they are starving to death they are sending their food to Somalia.  Yes they are sending humanitarian aid to Somalia.

In another sign that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza isn't all it is said to be, Gazans are sending aid to Somalia.

Imams in mosques in the Gaza strip mentioned Somalia during Friday prayers last week and asked Gazans to donate to their brothers there. Moreover, the Arab Doctors Union Gaza branch ran a campaign asking the people of Gaza to donate to people of Somalia.

The campaign, called "From Gaza hand in hand to save the children of Somalia", will last throughout Ramadan.

The Union took out advertisements supporting the campaign in local radios and websites to encourage people to contribute to the campaign. It is planning advertisements on local television also.

Various people responded to the campaign, but most donations came from the local non-governmental organizations and some wealthy businessmen, according to the organizers of the campaign.

One of the donors, Mohammed Abd Al Latif said, "I saw the pictures of our brothers in Somalia and felt so sorry for them; I wanted to do anything to help."

"The campaign aimed at demonstrating the extent of physical cohesion between the besieged Gaza and Somalia, showing that the Palestinian people are capable of supporting and standing by the Somali people," said Ahmad Hathat, the public relations officer of the Union.

The charity campaign underscores the fact that Gaza is swimming in surplus aid from an international community willing to underwrite the national aspirations of Fatah and Hamas to the extent that their enclaves have become transit points, rather than a destination, for aid.

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Such generosity (while receiving US and UN aid for their hunger problem.) should be rewarded don't you think?  Especially after crying about their own problems of hunger and deprivation.

The people of Gaza who are crying wolf so often that none should ever believe them again!

How Is It That The Somalis Can...

Catch a terrorist using the same type of bomb that was used by the Underware bomber, and the West can't?

A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an explosion in a case bearing chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The Somali man - whose name has not yet been released - was arrested by African Union peacekeeping troops before the Nov. 13 Daallo Airlines flight took off. It had been scheduled to travel from Mogadishu to the northern Somali city of Hargeisa, then to Djibouti and Dubai. A Somali police spokesman, Abdulahi Hassan Barise, said the suspect is in Somali custody.

"We don't know whether he's linked with al-Qaida or other foreign organizations, but his actions were the acts of a terrorist. We caught him red-handed," said Barise.

A Nairobi-based diplomat said the incident in Somalia is similar to the attempted attack on the Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day in that the Somali man had a syringe, a bag of powdered chemicals and liquid - tools similar to those used in the Detroit attack. The diplomat spoke on condition he not be identified because he isn't authorized to release the information.

Barigye Bahoku, the spokesman for the African Union military force in Mogadishu, said the chemicals from the Somali suspect could have caused an explosion that would have caused air decompression inside the plane. However, Bahoku said he doesn't believe an explosion would have brought the plane down.

A second international official familiar with the incident, also speaking on condition of anonymity because he isn't authorized to discuss the case, confirmed that the substances carried by the Somali passenger could have been used as an explosive device.

In the Detroit case, alleged attacker Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab hid explosive PETN in a condom or condom-like bag just below his torso when he traveled from Amsterdam to Detroit. Like the captured Somali, Abdulmutallab also had a syringe filled with liquid. The substances seized from the Somali passenger are being tested.

The November incident garnered little attention before the Dec. 25 attack aboard a flight on final approach to Detroit. US officials have now learned of the Somali case and are hastening to investigate any possible links between it and the Detroit attack, though no officials would speak on the record about the probe.

US investigators said Abdulmutallab told them he received training and instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen - which lies across the Gulf of Aden fromSomalia. Similarly, large swaths of Somalia are controlled by an insurgent group, al-Shabab, which has ties to al-Qaida.

Western officials say many of the hundreds of foreign jihadi fighters in Somalia come in small boats across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen. The officials also say that examination of equipment used in some Somali suicide attacks leads them to believe it was originally assembled in Yemen.

Law enforcement officials believe the suspect in the Detroit incident tried to ignite a two-part concoction of the high explosive PETN and possibly a glycol-based liquid explosive, setting off popping, smoke and some fire but no deadly detonation. Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian national, is charged with trying to destroy an aircraft.

A Somali security official involved in the capture of the suspect in Mogadishu said he had a 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) package of chemical powder and a container of liquid chemicals. The security official said the suspect was the last passenger to try to board.

Once security officials detected the powder chemicals and syringe, the suspect tried to bribe the security team that detained him, the Somali security official said. The security official said the suspect had a white shampoo bottle with a black acid-like substance in it. He also had a clear plastic bag with a light green chalky substance and a syringe containing a green liquid. The security official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.

The powdered material had the strong scent of ammonia, Bahoku said, and samples have been sent to London for testing.

The Somali security officials said the Daallo Airlines flight was scheduled to go from Mogadishu to Hargeisa, to Djibouti and then to Dubai.

A spokeswoman for Daallo Airlines said that company officials weren't aware of the incident and would have to seek more information before commenting. Daallo Airlines is based in Dubai and has offices in Djibouti and France.

Perhaps Janet Napolitano, Director of Homeland Security, former Governor of Arizona who said:  "The system worked." immediately after not only it didn't, but was totally ineffective in stopping terrorist attacks, should learn from the Somalis how to stop a terrorist from boarding a plane.

The Somalis weren't looking for US veterans, those opposed to abortions and illegal immigrants, or those who wish to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights.  They were looking for Muslim men between the ages of 18 to 50.  And for a good reason: 90% of all hijackers since 1965 have been Muslim men between 18-50.

This is called profiling.  And it works!  If 90% of hijackers were little old ladies from Pasadena, then those women should be profiled!  But the minute you do this, CAIR, the ACLU, and the rest of the Moonbat leftist elites scream:  "RACISM!!"

I would rather be a live racist in their eyes than killed by Political Correctness!

It has been almost one year since Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President.  And almost a full year of his foreign policy trying to reestablish good relations with the Muslim world kissing and apologizing to Muslims for the fact the US still hasn't adopted Shar'ia Law and establish Islam as its state religion.

Even after that, Muslims still don't love the US, and never will.

Ask yourself this:

Am I safer today than I was a year ago?

Pirate Reinforcements Face-Down U.S. Warships: Captain Phillips Tries to Escape

A report out of Nairobi, Kenya this morning says more U.S. Naval reinforcements are heading toward Captain Richard Phillips sitting in that lifeboat held hostage by "pirates." But the story is that "pirate reinforcements with an international gallery of hostages" - also "rushed toward the spot where four Somali bandits" are holding an American citizen. And the terrorists are not fearing American warships. Updates will added to the bottom of this article as they are available.

Captain Richard Phillips

According to this report, fellow-pirates plan to up the ante. They plan to "link up with their colleagues," and use their "Russian, German, Filipino and other hostages captured IN RECENT DAYS as human shields.

What has happened to America, the Super Power, who allows sea terrorists from a Muslim Nation to hold us hostage?

This Captain, who offered his life in exchange for the lives of his crew, tried to escape by jumping overboard early this morning. He didn't make it, and was hauled back into the boat in some fashion. Make no doubt about it, this man's life has been in mortal danger since the moment his ship was taken, and especially once in the lifeboat with the terrorists.

We took comfort in the American warship that arrived. We should not have. I listened to a retired American General interviewed by FOX News just as the warship arrived. It was still dark outside. He was confident that when light dawned and the pirates saw that magnificent warship looming, they would give back the Captain. Right. We all know that America no longer works that way.

There is only one option guaranteed to work for this man's safety: Snipers take out the pirates - three bullets at the same time. We know it can be done. What about Navy Seals?

I know what every man aboard the Naval ship wants to do. I know what every American military member around the world wants to do, and most of the time can successfully do, but our politically correct, terrorism-denying, political leadership has succumbed to previously un-known, un-American attitudes.

The ship, the Maersk Alabama, was traveling through the Gulf of Aden at the time of the assault. Somalia on one side, Yemen on the other - one of the most dangerous areas of the world for ships from the free world. The ship was carrying humanitarian relief supplies to refugees.

Pirates are not fearing American warships - not one warship, not even multiple warships. They have hostages, after all. We have nothing but warships impotent to do anything.

Update 4/10/09: Two reports from Reuters:

Quoting Reuters:

(1) "Reached by Reuters via satellite phone, the pirates on the lifeboat sounded desperate. "We are surrounded by warships and don't have time to talk," one said. "Please pray for us."

(2) The attacks have occurred for years but hit unprecedented levels in 2008. Pirates hold 18 vessels with a total of 267 hostages, many of them from the Philippines, according to the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme.

Also, FOX News is reporting Navy Seals are onboard the warship.

Update 4/10/09 7:35 p.m. EST: In addition to the U.S.S. Bainbridge, an amphibious assault ship, the U.S.S. Boxer is in the area, as is the U.S. Halyburton, a guided-missile frigate with helicopters.

Missing: Somali Men

Hat tip to Jihad Watch

With the problems Swift and other meat packers are having with Somali immigrants, comes good news in a way.

Young Somali men are vanishing off the streets of the Twin Cities. More than 20 have left in the last few months, and the community fears they’ve gone back to Somalia to fight in a holy war.

They’re known in the Somali community simply at The Missing. More than 20 young Somali men, between the ages of 17 and 22, who have left the Twin Cities in the last few months, without a single word to their families.

The families and community leaders believe the men have gone back to fight in a bloody civil war, in which Al Quiada is a major player.

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Holy War? Not likely. Piracy you bet! Why bother make a living when you can hijack a ship and hold it for ransom. That is a lot easier than working in a meat packing plant, driving a taxi or working in retail. Ok, I'll give everyone 2 out of 3.

If these men want to return to the US, we should say no. And leave it at that. You cannot fight against the US and then want to return to it. Of course under the Obama administration, they will not only be allowed back in, but will be allowed to bring their multiple wives with them. All to go onto welfare.