BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

WHY I MURDERED 13 AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT FORT HOOD: NIDAL HASSAN EXPLAINS IT ALL TO YOU by Barry Rubin How do we know that the attack at Fort Hood was an act of Islamist terrorism? Simple, Major Nidal Hassan told us so. You've seen reports of a long list of things he did and said along these lines. But what's most amazing of all is this: Hassan is the first terrorist in history to give an academic lecture[1] explaining why he was about to attack. Yet that still isn't enough for too many people — including the president of the United States — to understand that the murderous assault at Fort Hood was a Jihad attack. It was reported that the audience was shocked and frightened by his lecture. He was supposed to speak on some medical topic yet instead talked on the topic: "The Koranic World View as it Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military." All you have to do is look at the 50 Power Point slides[1] and they tell you everything you need to know. It is quite a good talk...

Israel decides to take advantage of Thursday's bloody terror attack in Jerusalem in order to launch aggressive campaign against Hamas by Itamar Eichner Israel has decided to take advantage of Thursday's bloody terror attack in Jerusalem in order to launch an aggressive campaign against Hamas. Yedioth Ahronoth has learned that the political echelon instructed the Government Press Office to distribute the shocking images from the yeshiva shooting worldwide, including pictures of holy books perforated with bullets, a blood-stained praying shawl and the terrorist's body inside the yeshiva. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni decided that the Foreign Ministry would work to convey the Israeli messages to the international community. Livni spoke to a large number of foreign ministers and expressed the State of Israel's abhorrence over the deadly attack. A sources in the Prime Minister's Office said Thursday, "There is a direct link between this...

IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY This week, like many people, I have been following the aftermath of the Virginia Tech tragedy. This evoked a lot of strong emotions & reactions in a lot of people. Some good, some bad - yet all we can do is pray. Pray for the families, students & administration left behind and pray for the souls of the senselessly murdered. There's been a lot of talk and a lot of hindsight. I for one, am getting sick of the woulda, coulda, shoulda talkers. I do hope this incident shines a light on the need for mental health care in this country to be taken more seriously. For the insurance industry to start paying to treat the brain and its disorders, and for the mental illness to come out of the dark, unspeakable shadows and the stigma of depression, schizophrenia and other disorders to be lifted so that sufferers wanting help get it. That said, was there anything we could have done to prevent this? The U.S. learned on 9/11 it isn't im...