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Interesting stories from around the web today:

• zombietime provides the definitive collection of information (The Red Cross Ambulance Incident: How the Media Legitimized an Anti-Israel Hoax and Changed the Course of a War) - well worth a good read for the recap. (And where exactly *did* that rust on the roof come from?) (via LGF)
• Public Figures… Beware notes that reports show the Norwegian Ambassador to the UN about the Oil for Food kickbacks in Iraq, but didn’t pursue because it would give ammunition for the US to act in Iraq. He observes: “Basically, he let his own personal politics prevent him from doing the right thing. It must be such a bitch when the truth of the matter will force people to take a stand on an issue directly opposed to where you stand.”
• The 12 Indian men detained in Amsterdam after strange behavior on Northwest Flight 42 have now been released. In an strange coincidence, Tim Nelson, the man who first alerted the FBI of Zacarias Moussaoui’s odd behavior, was a passenger on this flight.
• IndependentConservative notes reports about violence against Christians in Bangladesh. He observes: “It is interesting how followers of Islam call it a “religion of peace”, but those who convert from Islam to the faith led by the Prince of Peace Jesus Christ are often attacked and killed in Muslim lands.”
• Jim Wooten reports on a conversation with Senator Johnny Isakson who said “I’m sorry, I can’t keep quiet on this. The terrorists and those that are trying their best to attack us – and a lot of that is coming out of Iran – are concentrated on Baghdad. It’s a reflection of the success we’ve had in the majority of the country. If you confront that concentration now with the appropriate force and in conjunction with the Iraqi army and you can break its back, it has the chance to be a very optimistic result. If you turn the other way and say you’re failing, then you’ve handed them a victory. You have to remember the terrorists don’t have to beat us to win. All they have to have us do is quit and go home and they declare victory. You saw what Hezbollah did in South Lebanon.”
• Apparently, as of today, Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Wasn’t it just last week that we were heard that three additional bodies might be additionally considered planets? From space.com: “For decades, we’ve been telling our students “there are nine planets in our solar system” rather than “nine objects in our solar system meet our current definition of a planet.” Maybe Rumfeld should consider moving the detainees from Guantanamo to the demoted Pluto!
• Herman Cain discusses the bizarre Wal-Mart bashing that’s been in vogue recently. He observed: “The Hezbocrat assault on Wal-Mart probably has the casual political observer scratching his head over why a political party would blast away at an employer of 1.3 million Americans, not to mention his family’s favorite place to shop. The candidates claim to be looking out for the nation’s ‘working families’ by advocating higher wages and full healthcare coverage for all employees. In truth, the Hezbocrat candidates have another agenda, one that is purely political and would hurt the very Wal-Mart employees and customers they claim to support.”
• Neal Boortz is part of the Care-A-Thon raising money for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta - childhood cancer treatment. A very worthy cause.
• Right Minded notes that some Senators are traveling to Greenland to observe global warming. He observes: “Really, how do you ‘observe’ global warming? Pull up a chair, grab some popcorn, and watch ice melt?”
• Ann Coulter asks the question - if Democrats support the war on terror but not the war in Iraq… what part of the war on terror do they really support? She observes: “This would be like complaining that Roosevelt’s war in Germany was hampering our ability to fight the real global war on fascism. Or anti-discrimination laws were hampering our ability to fight the real war on racism. Or dusting is hampering our ability to fight the real war on dust.”
• Blue Star Chronicles reminds about a classic and timely Winston Churchill quote today: “One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.”