Author: Papa Giorgio

Great Photo of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Southern Iceland!! (Click to Enlarge)

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From Shield of Achilles

Wow! This is one hell of a photo – Lightning bolts captured around the plume of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Southern Iceland! This embedded image doesn’t do it justice – click on it to see the full picture. It comes through NASA’s “astronomy picture of the day“, so I’m reasonably certain it’s genuine. This photo was taken by Marco Fulle.

From The Big Picture: “Collected here are some images from Iceland over the past few days. (35 photos total)”

Afshan Azad, of Harry Potter Fame, Was Almost A Victim of Sharia

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Here is a story posted over at Libertarian Republican about honor killings that hits close to the entertainment home:

The London Daily Mail is reporting on the attempted killing of actress Afshan Azad. She played Padma Patil in the latter Harry Potter movies. However, the Mail neglects to mention the religious affiliation of the father and son who are accused of the assault.

From the Daily Mail, July 2:

A Harry Potter actress has fled her home after her father and brother allegedly threatened to kill her.

Afshan Azad, 22, who has appeared in four of the blockbuster movies as Padma Patil, is now believed to be staying with friends in London.

Her father Abdul Azad, 54, and brother Ashraf Azad, 28, both of Longsight in Manchester (photo of downtown Manchester), were arrested and charged.

Both are accused of threatening to kill her.

Ashraf Azad is also accused of assaulting his sister causing her actual bodily harm….

But Infidel Bloggers Alliance asks:

Will Harry Potter fans begin to recognize in radical Islam the face of Voldemort and the Death Eaters? Or will the PC/MC indoctrination they have received all their lives corral their natural, spontaneous outrage into the safe confines of “cultural relativism”?

UPDATE!!

CNN confirms family is Muslim

Just breaking from CNN:

Abdul Azad, 54, and his son Ashraf, 28, are accused of attacking actress Afshan Azad earlier this month because of her relationship with a Hindu man, a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said. The family is Muslim.

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Military Build Up Around Iran Continues

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This is a growing story and DebkaFile fills in recent military news in its growth. Here are my two previous stories on it:

Here is an update:

USS Nassau

debkafile’s military sources report that Washington has posted a third carrier opposite Iran’s shores. It is supported by amphibious assault ships and up to 4,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, bringing the total US strength in these waters to three carriers and 10,000 combat personnel.

The USS Nassau (LHA-4) Amphibious Ready Group 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, tasked with supporting the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet area of operations, is cruising around the Bab al-Mandeb Straits where the Gulf of Aden flows into the Red Sea. Its presence there accounts for Tehran announcing Sunday, June 27 that its “aid ship for Gaza” had been called off, for fear an American military boarding party would intercept the vessel and search it. This would be permissible under the latest UN sanctions punishing the Islamic Republic for its nuclear program.

The third US carrier group to reach waters around Iran consists of three vessels:

1. The USS Nassau Amphibious Assault ship is not just an enormous landing craft for the 3,000 Marines aboard; its decks carry 6 vertical take-off AV-HB Harrier attack plans; four AH-1W Super Cobra, twelve CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters, as well choppers convertible to fast V-22 Osprey airplanes capable of landing in any conditions.

This vast warship has 1,400 cabinets for sleeping the entire Marine-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard.

2. The amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde which carries 800 Marines equipped for instantaneous landing.

3. The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland which carries 400 Marines and 102 commandos trained for special operations behind enemy lines.

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