"Outsourcing depression"

I was very depressed last night, so I called Lifeline.
Got a call center in Pakistan .
I told them I was suicidal.
They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.

Mossad: Iran Will Go Nuclear Within Three Years

(IsraelNN.com) Mossad head Meir Dagan informed the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that Iran will achieve the ability to wage war with a nuclear weapon within three years.

In his report to the committee, Dagan warned that Iran remains the single most dangerous threat to the existence of the State of Israel, not only due to its nuclear capabilities, but also to its ability to influence regional enemies such as Hamas, Hizbullah and Syria.

Past security officials have said that Iran provides funds, training, equipment and weapons to Hizbullah, Hamas and Syria, as well as to the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, which receives Iranian support through Hizbullah.

MK Eldad: Gaza Exodus is 'Voluntary Transfer'

MK Eldad: Gaza Exodus is 'Voluntary Transfer'

(IsraelNN.com) MK Aryeh Eldad (NU/NRP) said Wednesday that the crossing of hundreds of thousands of Arabs from Gaza to Egyptian Rafiah proves that a voluntary transfer of populations between territories is possible.

"The Israeli left continues to claim that there is no such thing as voluntary transfer, and simply ignores reality," Eldad said.

Another member of Eldad's party, MK Benny Elon, has proposed a plan for compensation and relocation of the "refugees" from Judea, Samaria and Gaza to Arab countries.

A picture is worth a thousand words...

Who Wants to Be a Terrorist?

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/01/who-wants-to-be.html



Who Wants to Be a Terrorist?
By Sharon Weinberger January 14, 2008

Want to dress up in a salwar kameeze and eat kabobs? This gig could be for you. The miltiary is looking for a private contractor to help run a terrorism and counter-insurgency course. This is total immersion, so you'll need to "replicate the customs and culture that would take place in a terrorist training camp, to include training at a remote location and serving a Middle Eastern meal."

That's not all...

During the course students should be exposed to worldwide terrorist ideology specifically: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. In addition to operational planning exercises, Contractor should present lessons on: Islamic names and kunyas, radical Islam religions, selection and logistics of getting to a terrorist training camp, salat, and its role in the camps, roots of the global movement, inside al-Qaeda and their 11 year war, cell recruitment and internal security, evolution of Jihadists, targeted assassinations, historic attacks in the Middle-East, background behind the 2005 London bombings, Arab society and mindset, suicide bombings and attacks, and lessons learned from over 30 years of terrorism.

Students during the course are assigned to specific roles and stay in character throughout the week, acting out such activities, like "dealing with black-marketeers, customs within a camp (including salat), kidnapping, military council briefing, and other exercises."