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...hold your horses. (And that is this story's last pun. Promise). Few bills have stirred more passion, pro and con, than the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. It passed the House by a vote of 263-146 Thursday (with a large majority of Democrats supporting it, even though they griped that the chamber had more pressing matters). Here's the issue: about 90,000 horses are sent each year to three plants in this country (two in Texas and one in Illinois, all foreign-owned), where they're slaughtered and the meat is shipped to restaurants in Europe and Asia...
This Friday, September 1, marks the second anniversary of Russia's "9/11" - the atrocious seizure of more than 1,128 hostages in a Beslan school, which left more than 330 - most of them children - dead in an ensuing slaughter. And as hard as that milestone will be to endure, newly released claims about Russia's possible responsibility for and role in the massacre will make it much more painful to bear...
...Israel's attacks against the infrastructure and civilians of Lebanon are absolutely disproportionate and lacking in basic human consideration. The kidnapping or killing of two or three soldiers in no way excuses the slaughter of hundreds of civilians. Israel is not playing fair. Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga San Sebastián, Spain...
...conceive how things in Baghdad could get much worse. Though U.S. and Iraqi officials in Baghdad and Washington say that quelling sectarian violence is their highest priority, the continued inability of U.S. or Iraqi forces to do anything to curb the power of armed militias has meant the slaughter has grown beyond anyone's control. The July death toll in the capital exceeded 3,400, making it the bloodiest month since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The escalating bloodshed has prompted the U.S. to send 5,500 more soldiers to the city - only weeks after 7,200 U.S. troops...
...death. The entire world should unite around the cause of freedom. Gabe Dearborne Kiryat Bialik, Israel Israel's attacks against the infrastructure and civilians of Lebanon are absolutely disproportionate and lacking in basic human consideration. The kidnapping or killing of two or three soldiers in no way excuses the slaughter of hundreds of civilians. Israel is not playing fair. Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga San Sebastián, Spain I have watched with keen interest the carnage committed by Hizballah (with the presumed encouragement of Syria and Iran) against the state of Israel. If Islam teaches peace and respect...