مغامرات حاجي بابا الإصفهاني/النص الكامل

Interesting report from Little Green Footballs Throughout the Iraq war, there had always been an undercurrent of rumor that the WMDs had been trucked into the Beka'a Valley and buried. Since shortly before the Iraq War, weve been hearing reports that Iraq smuggled their weapons of mass destruction to Syria. It is trying to stake a claim that parts of Linux incorporate source code from SCO's version of Unix. SCO said in December it sent letters to thousands of Unix license holders requiring them to certify that they are not illegally using Unix software in their use of Linux. Remember when they were finding all those tankers that tested for traces of various very bad things - but had obviously also had gasoline in them? Damn - wish I had gotten in on some of that! Some people call it the Farm under the Sand, others Greenland's Pompeii. If I worked at a plant and was having a problem with a specific pump leaking a little bit, I would call it in. Today at National Review Jim Geraghty writes about an exiled Syrian journalist who claims to have very specific knowledge about these smuggling operations: The WMD Road to Damascus.

If we are to believe the Guardian, the BBC (and MI6, who runs them both), the Saudi Arabian government prefers to arrest, torture and behead innocent British subjects for terrorist bombings, rather than troubling the real culprits, who must surely be bearded Muslim fanatics. This is called failure-mode analysis and works great for keeping surprises down to a minimum. Back to Charles' site, some of the readers comments are interesting (one of the things which make this a site to check daily - the readers are generally very well informed and are free to post links of their own): bq. The waste is an issue - the stuff is long lived and deadly but, it is also very very small compared to the toxic stack waste from a commercial coal-burning electrical plant, even an efficient one. Loftus said they think the nasty stuff was trucked to Syria, offloaded, filled with gasoline and brought back.

They are being successful! The president outlined a plan that would offer illegal immigrants the opportunity to obtain legal status as temporary workers in jobs that "American citizens are not filling." The three-year worker visas they received would not grant them amnesty, he said, but would ensure for them wage and worker protections, and at least it would give them a shot at, though no promise of, attaining real residency that would allow them to stay here permanently And more: bq. Don't buy in now though - they are at the end of their run and at some point, this house of cards will collapse and the stock will be worth its real value. The problem of the lawsuits remains though and it is wonderful that IBM and Intel have stepped up to the plate and offered some real cash to defend against these SLAPP suits. Last week, President Bush stepped forward and announced "We should have immigration laws that work and make us proud." He proposed a new program and struck a mighty blow - for his own reelection chances. Now as the last contingents of UN troops start their withdrawal, it is Aydeed who has to weigh his options carefully: run the risk of breaking up his often fragile domestic support base by trying to form a government or, as the best armed and prepared leader in the country, return to the battlefield and bludgeon his way to power.

Sean, remembering his first antismoking rally. At the Summit, OSHWA will launch the first ever (version 1) of the open source hardware certification, Al fakher Vape administered by OSHWA. Syrian source reportedly wrote in Arabic to Nayyouf. Open Source Development Labs, a non-profit industry consortium based in Beaverton, Ore. Officials of the new Oromo movement say that members will be voting in Ethiopia's general elections in May, which, the officials believe, should "open the way to the formation of a popular government". Since the role of MI6 in the bombings is an open secret in the Western diplomatic community there, and Sir Richard's patrician brutality is not approved of, it proved to be fairly easy to find out. The other piece of good news: Europe can find the solutions it needs within Europe. These facilities, consisting of three aging metal buildings and small test ranges located an inefficient distance from other facilities, limit the quantity of personnel trained and the quality of instruction permissible. If, as recent events seem to indicate, terrorists are going to strike against the United States through its presence and citizens in foreign countries, then it is in our national interest to develop and expand "cop-to-cop" relationships with friendly foreign law enforcement, provide basic counterterrorism crime scene and related training, and share with them our forensic and related technologies.