Using recently translated Harmony Database documents, an intriguing American Thinker post attempts to connect some dots concerning Iraq’s supposedly non-existent nuclear program: Our contributor Ray Robison notes a startling early 2001 article from the U.K. Sunday Times, claiming Saddam had and tested a nuclear weapon. What makes this old, and apparently dismissed, claim more viable is a document in the Harmony Database (what we call here “The Saddam Files”) recently

“Had I fought Iran like I did that wet bunny, Reagan was soooo meat.”* **** (h/t Allah)

From the WSJ [subscription only]: We’ve all heard about the woman who won millions in a lawsuit after spilling hot coffee on herself. But now there’s a new contender for the title of most outrageous jury award. Last week a court in Texas demanded $27.5 million in damages for a woman of Iranian descent who claimed she was racially profiled during an altercation with Southwest Airlines flight attendants. Samantha Carrington

From the Jerusalem Post: An Iranian terrorist group stated on Wednesday that it was recruiting Muslim British citizens to come to Israel to execute suicide bombing attacks against Israelis. A spokesman for the group, Mohammad Samadi, told the London-based Guardian that Israel was the primary target of their attacks. “All the Jews are targets, whether military or civilian. It’s our land and they are in the wrong place. It’s their

From ABC News: Minuteman border watch leader Chris Simcox has a message for President Bush: Build new security fencing along the border with Mexico or private citizens will. Simcox said Wednesday that he’s sending an ultimatum to the president, through the media, of course “You can’t get through to the president any other way” to deploy military reserves and the National Guard to the Arizona border by May 25. Or,

Patterico asks: Is an L.A. Times columnist leaving comments on the Internet under assumed “sock puppet” identities — identities which he pretends is someone other than himself? Read on and judge for yourself. As for me, I’ve made up my mind, and the answer is “yes.” Jesus.  Well, I can’t really speak to Michael Hiltzik’s motivation, but I know that when I’m looking for a little self-affirmation and gratification, I

And bravo again. Whether or not you care for Michelle Malkin’s political positions, you should be honest enough to admit that this crusade to try to intimidate her and her family—a crusade being waged by mostly anonymous cowards who no person in the blogosphere, left OR right, should encourage or countenance—is both disgraceful and, in the long run, dangerous.  Not only that, but the pretext upon which it is based—the