May 10, 2004

Two Men Arrested After High-Speed Chase in Tennessee WHNS - Shmuel Dahan and Almaliach Naor, both from Israel , were being held without bond Sunday afternoon at the Unicoi County Jail. See?  Not only muslims are getting hassled... Even Israelis that drive erratically, don't stop for the police, and have false ID get pulled over. 10:40:13 PM

Another Sasser Worm Appears Despite Teen's Arrest InternetWeek.com -Despite the arrest Friday of an 18-year-old in Germany accused of creating the Sasser worm, another variant rolled onto the Internet a few hours after he was detained. 10:26:30 PM

Meanwhile, Back in the USA.... From Saturday's New York Times: Physical and sexual abuse of prisoners, similar to what has been uncovered in Iraq, takes place in American prisons with little public knowledge or concern, according to corrections officials, inmates and human rights advocates. I know, I know: You've been hearing this since the Abu Ghraib scandal broke. But the Times story moves past the broad comparisons and into the nauseating details. [Hit & Run] Of course the detainees in Abu Ghraib were not convicted of any crime...would that make a difference?   4:31:39 PM

A suicide bomb attack was thwarted with the arrest of a Palestinian woman, whom according to Palestinian reports is a hermaphrodite who goes by the name of Ahmed. Security forces arrested Amal Juma'a, 35, in the Askar refugee camp near Nablus on Sunday night.  Palestinian security officials and an hermaphrodite, both are equally rare.   1:31:38 PM

George Orwell got it wrong: I find the most interesting perspective comes from ordinary Iraqi's, still living and working in Iraq.   At one time it would have been impossible to know what someone half way across the world was thinking, except through the haze that is the mainstream media.  In my opinion, this is an example of the new media.  Instead of getting our news from 1984's Big Brother, we can read the reactions of the local citizens in real time.  Here are three brothers, working together on a blog in Iraq.  Read this to find out their reaction to the Abu Gharib. 1:16:03 PM