Kirk Takes on State

From the State Dept. blog: Should the U.S. engage Hamas as part of its efforts to bring about peace between the Israelis and Palestinians?

I prefer to think of him as my Congressman (district starts now across the street) Rep. Mark Kirk tangled with the World Bank recently on the issue of dollars fueling terror. He also comments on the State post. Via LGF.

UPDATE:

The kafkaesque trial of Bangladesh dissident Sallah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury continues

With American attention on disgraced Eliot Spitzer and the fierce fight between Democrat presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Choudhury faces a trial whose penalties include only execution or imprisonment.

These are the words on the official document demanding Choudhury's March 12th court appearance:

"The State Prosecution has brought allegation (s) against you, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury stating that, being the editor and owner of Blitz newspaper, you sent an article titled, `Hello Tel Aviv' to USA Today newspaper published from Washington. Furthermore, in 2003, while attempting to travel to Israel to attend a conference titled `Education towards Culture of Peace', organized between 1st December to 3rd December 2003, you appeared at the Zia International Airport on the 29th November 2003 and the Immigration police arrested you and and found the copy of the speech you prepared to deliver in the conference