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Notice the text of the "oath board" that these cute little kids "signed:"

Jordanian children show their ink-stained fingers after leaving their fingerprints on an oath board in a rally in Amman October 10, 2009. The rally was held to express solidarity with Palestinians in Jerusalem because of the clashes with Israeli police at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem in late September. The placard on the oath board reads, "We, the children of Jordan, are committed to the children of Palestine, defenders of Palestine and the mortars of Palestine, to stand steadfast in the defence of al-Aqsa Mosque until martyrdom or liberation, and God (Allah) is our witness". REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Until martyrdom? One wonders where the children of Palestine get such crazy ideas.

And if the parents and schoolteachers that put these tiny little kids up to this televised publicity stunt told them what "martyrdom" really meant.

Aussie Dave caught this one right away—he's sporting a sleek new design that's worth an extra visit, btw—but seeing how I was stuck crawling around a server cabinet all day on Friday, I'm a bit late to the game.

Is this not the greatest example of motherhood, evuh?

Released Palestinian prisoner Fatma Ziq, center, who returned to Gaza after her release from an Israeli jail, holds a rifle as she sits with her children in the family house in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Israel freed 19 Palestinian women prisoners on Friday after Hamas militants handed over a video disc offering a first glimpse of an Israeli soldier they've held captive for more than three years. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)

One wonders where our local terror-apologists stand on imagery like this... Somehow, I suspect the only way that any leftist would condemn this woman is if I were to reveal that she was an evil home schooler.

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