Interesting New From Around The Web

The NYT tells us today, in its lead article, that most of the foreign fighters in Iraq have been coming from Saudi Arabia and that these foreign fighter constitute 90% of the suicide bombers. I am not sure how any of that is news – we’ve known it for years. And than the NYT tells us that the bulk of the Sunni insurgents were Iraqi. Well, yes, we’ve known that too, just as we also know that, for a lot of the Sunni “insurgents,” their motive has been bin Franklin, not bin Laden, and that most of the bin Franklins have been flowing out of Saudi Arabia. How these facts justify a lead article has me a bit stumped. Am I missing something?

One of the world’s youngest democracies, Mongolia, has a new PM, Sanj Bayar.

In some really good news, that treacherous former French President, Jackques Chirac was placed under formal investigation Wednesday for allegedly embezzling public funds while he was mayor of Paris.

Iran is acting to push up the price of oil. Bomb them. Bomb them now.

“The situation in Iraq has improved so rapidly that Democrats now shun the topic as thoroughly as they shun our troops when the cameras aren't around.” Ralph Peters tells us the 5 reasons Iraq is now such a success.

Instapundit weighs in on the Supreme Court’s options in deciding the Heller 2nd Amendment case. None of the options seem palatable but for finding an individual right to own guns.

Rich Lowrey reviews "A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World," a book by Gregory Clark that covers just how important capitalism has been to the world’s development. Some of the observations are breathtaking.

Don Surber names names as he documents how the Dems passed judgement on the surge in days gone by.

The anti-gun crowd is spiraling up . . . but their claims are lacking more than a little in the veracity department. This from Volokh Conspiracy on some wild claims in the LA Times

The secret collaboration between CAIR and Representative John Conyers raises concerns over the lawmaker's support for "a group unambiguously proven to be part of the Muslim Brotherhood-Hamas infrastructure."