tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34655062024-03-08T10:27:10.560-08:00MidEastWatchA look at what's happening among the mid-east conflictsChief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.comBlogger574125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1167719482607874472007-01-01T22:28:00.000-08:002007-01-01T22:31:22.626-08:00Iranian Sci-Fi TV Series Stars Mega-Evil Jewish QueenThe following are excerpts from an Iranian sci-fi film titled "The Land of Wishes," part of a series, which aired on Iranian Channel 1 on October 20, 2006. In it, an evil queen, adorned with a large Star of David and sitting on a throne in the "Black House" (which is also marked with a Star of David) engages in a battle of "virtual warriors" with a young girl who seeks to free the masses the Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1160088113845148572006-10-05T07:23:00.000-07:002006-12-21T21:21:49.436-08:00Iranian Mullahs Have A Sense Of Humor TooIranian Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khameini has his own website ( better brush up on your Farsi if you don't like the fuzzy-wuzzy 'religion of peace' English version) and he answers your most pressing questions about Ramadan.First question:"If somebody masturbates during the month of Ramadan but without any discharge, is his fasting invalidated?"First, Ramadan is only sun-up to sun-down ... I Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1159560254965854952006-09-29T13:01:00.000-07:002006-09-29T13:04:14.983-07:00Stone: Bush Has Set Us Back 10 YearsOliver Stone blasted President Bush Thursday, saying he has "set America back 10 years." I assume he means because of things in Iraq. But 10 years ago Clinton was President and Oliver Stone still had some chance of making a decent movie. Is he sure that's such a bad thing?Nothing makes me giggle more than aging Hipsters who stop inhaling long enough to say really funny things.Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1158775174964420992006-09-20T10:52:00.000-07:002006-09-20T10:59:34.980-07:00Don't Want It Known You Have Sex With Animals? Go To CanadaCanadians can say almost anything about Americans - and I think they get some kind of tax rebate if they say insulting things about President Bush - but they'd better not make jokes about people in the mid-east.The chairman of the publicly funded Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Guy Fournier, found himself in deep doo-doo when he talked about bowel movements and Lebanese law. Forget the bowel Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1158074808701118912006-09-12T08:17:00.000-07:002006-09-12T08:26:48.723-07:00World's Dumbest TerroristsGenerally speaking, if you want to look like you are 'cooperating' in the war on terror, you have two basic options.If you are Hezbollah, for example, you agree to a cease-fire with Israel and then immediately create a splinter group with a different name that continues to bomb Jews. This is not any surprise to people but it makes the U.N. feel like they accomplished something.If you are a Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1157828996410649622006-09-09T12:03:00.000-07:002006-10-19T13:42:49.050-07:00Be A Good Muslim; Get Rid Of Your CatOr the Muttawa will come after you.Why do such a thing? Because it will prevent the spread of western ideas, like not strapping bombs to your chest and blowing up people of other religions. Will it work? Probably not. For as much griping in Saudi Arabia as there is about 'western' ideas the audiences for western movies go around the block.Didn't Mohammed LOVE cats? Sure he did.“One bad habitChief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1157766353427721942006-09-08T18:34:00.000-07:002006-09-08T18:45:53.443-07:00Saddam Didn't Really Like al-QaidaDemocrat Senators decide Saddam viewed al-Qaida as a threat. Which means he couldn't possibly have accepted help, planning or strategies from him. I know, I know, a big revelation that someone chose to believe a dictator's statements rather than the evidence.In other news, Saddam also stated that everyone loved him ( after all, he did get over 99% of the vote ) and that he never killed anyone.Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1157059640399866682006-08-31T14:26:00.000-07:002006-09-07T14:52:55.816-07:00Iranian Nuclear Chief Mohammad Sa'idi Explains Why Iran Produces Heavy Water: Drinking It Helps Fight Cancer and AIDSWhy have heavy water production in Iran?It cures AIDS and cancer.Interviewer: "You just said that in some cases, heavy water can even be used for drinking."Mohammad Sa'idi: "Yes."Interviewer: "Could you elaborate on this?"Mohammad Sa'idi: "One of the products of heavy water is depleted deuterium. As you know, in an environment with depleted deuterium, the reception of cancer cells and of the Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1156568718587829732006-08-25T21:49:00.000-07:002006-08-25T22:08:50.030-07:00Wait ... Hezbollah WON???Why am I just getting this message? I thought when you were overwhelmed militarily and you're only saved by UN interference and Israeli leadership being a little confused about what they wanted to accomplish it didn't really count as a win ... but I left out my handy MID-EAST TO WEST translator.The folks at Reason aren't misled so easily but you may not want to read that whole article so I will Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1156566868766836672006-08-25T21:28:00.000-07:002006-08-25T21:34:28.783-07:00The BBC Handbook On Bomb-Site PrioritizationIf you find a 1000 lb. bomb in the remains of a destroyed home ...1) Make sure you are out of harm's way.2) Place a child in harm's way.3) Capitalize on the ensuing photo opportunity.The BCC made the world safe for satire though slightly more dangerous for children with this rather ridiculous story about their efforts to get a good picture of some destruction.There's a good reason journalists areChief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1156446777230165572006-08-24T12:09:00.000-07:002006-08-24T12:12:57.396-07:00France Reads My Blog TooI guess they didn't like me making fun of them for insisting that there be a UN-enforced cease-fire, bleating about their strong ties to Lebanon ( though they let Syria make it a vassal and Iran funnel money and bombs in )and then adding only 200 troops to the cause. Now they have increased it to 2000 total. Still well below Italy's contribution but at least France looks slightly less Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1156444488258989842006-08-24T09:10:00.000-07:002006-12-04T15:42:37.870-08:00Hezbollah Reads My BlogNo sooner do I make fun of the Germans for only being willing to patrol the coast of Lebanon after insisting the UN be allowed to put troops between Israelis and Hezbollah, then pictures appear of Hezbollah sinking boats.I can imagine the conversation:German Ambassador: "Durka, durka. Mid-East Watch is making fun of Germany for only being willing to patrol the coast of Lebanon. They say that, Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1156279084660841502006-08-22T13:36:00.000-07:002006-08-22T13:38:04.676-07:00Summing Up Where UK Muslims Go AstrayFrom Europhobia:The Muslim Public Affairs Committee, who I don't think I've ever heard of before but who have orchestrated this little witch hunt, apparently aims to"open an avenue for rational dialogue and re-education of the individual on the street regarding Islam and Muslims. The aim is make the all-too-common misrepresentation of Islam a thing of the past."All very well and good - but Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1156185848815583382006-08-21T08:23:00.000-07:002006-08-22T12:27:34.256-07:00Europe Wants To Stop The Fighting ...... unless it means someone besides Arabs and Israelis might die. "All the countries are saying what Germany is saying: We need the right rules for the deployment" and the approval of the Lebanese government, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.Except the Lebanese government is not bombing Israel. It would be best to remain skeptical about European offers. They may want the fighting to stop Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1156021572383440862006-08-19T14:04:00.000-07:002006-08-19T14:06:12.400-07:00Mufti of Egypt: The True Face of the Blood-Sucking Hebrew Entity has Been ExposedIn an article in the Egyptian government daily Al-Ahram, Egyptian Mufti Sheikh Dr. 'Ali Gum'a expressed his support of the resistance in Lebanon and stated that the lies of the "Hebrew entity" expose "the true and hideous face of the blood-suckers... who prepare [Passover] matzos from human blood." [1] The following are excerpts from the article: "Greetings to the Lebanese people, to the LebaneseChief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1155569498035047492006-08-14T08:25:00.000-07:002006-08-14T08:31:38.056-07:00Baby Bombers Are Nothing NewSome in Britain are surprised that suicide bombers were going to use children to hide them but this isn't anything new. No terrorist leader has walked in public without being surrounded by children in decades. To some it might look like public relations - especially because there's always a Reuters reporter around to take ( or Photoshop ) a picture that looks Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1155420007853885402006-08-12T14:58:00.000-07:002006-08-12T15:00:07.870-07:00UN Passes A Resolution To End Fighting In LebanonWhew ... that was a close one. As long as the UN agrees they should stop fighting, everything will be okay.Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1154874145319777772006-08-06T07:20:00.000-07:002006-08-06T07:22:25.330-07:00Reuters Admits To Publishing Doctored PhotoEnhanced damage of Lebanon courtest of a Reuters photographer ( now suspended ) here.Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1147061482335511552006-05-07T21:09:00.000-07:002006-08-13T21:02:12.963-07:00Is the U.S. better off with the Middle East as it is now than as it was before 2001?After September 11, there were only seven sovereign countries in the Middle East that posed a real danger to the policies and, in some cases, the security of the United States—Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Ignoring the hysteria about the Sunni Triangle in Iraq, if we look at Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1146410973840416092006-04-30T08:27:00.000-07:002006-04-30T08:29:33.843-07:00 Intelligence Files In the War On Terrorhttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_6_58/ai_n16118670After years of delay, the intelligence community has begun sharing with the public the millions of files from the intelligence haul amassed in the War on Terror. These include files from Saddam Hussein's regime. With scholars and analysts now poring over just the small portion thus far Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1143385746409833282006-03-26T07:08:00.000-08:002006-09-08T18:21:57.400-07:00Terrorist 007 CaughtNaturally, he's British.Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1143153495661600212006-03-23T14:37:00.000-08:002006-03-23T14:38:15.680-08:00Iraq Archive Document Describes Bin Laden Meetinghttp://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/story?id=1734490&page=1Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1142651523367777782006-03-17T19:11:00.000-08:002006-03-17T19:12:03.376-08:00 Saddam Documents Discuss Bin Laden and WMDshttp://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/story?id=1734490&page=1Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1140629324011741762006-02-22T09:27:00.000-08:002006-02-22T09:28:44.026-08:00UK Radiation Jump Based On Iraq ShellsWait, now there were weapons of mass destruction again?Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465506.post-1114882029192659422005-04-30T10:22:00.000-07:002005-11-16T17:30:44.070-08:00Shocking News ... Saddam Was The Weapon of Mass DestructionAnother mass grave uncovered. This one even made the newspapers. I guess if the crime in Iraq is large enough maybe even CNN will report it.The grave, filled with mostly Kurdish women and children, was uncovered by investigators who are still sifting through the carnage. What is known is that the site was carefully chosen, the women Chief Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071952842804810484noreply@blogger.com0