Sunday night Round-up

I have a special affection for this Stryker Brigade Unit. They're the group I've been sending care packages to and the last time they were scheduled to come home their tour of duty was extended three months. So glad to see that they are back with their families at last.Stryker Brigade returns to Open Arms
"It was 32 below zero on Fort Wainwright, a 102-degree difference from Baghdad, where hundreds of soldiers with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team had been just prior to their return to Fairbanks on Saturday.

But even with foggy and icy windows on the buses that brought them in from Eielson Air Force Base, all the soldiers knew was the warm welcome of friends and family."

Those hijabs are good for something after all. Coalition forces rounded up a bunch of shahids today... "One of the 11 terrorists detained was hiding in a house dressed as a woman, pretending to nurse a baby, officials reported."

Another one bites the dust. Russian forces kill 'Al-Qaeda leader' in Dagestan

This can't be good. Calls for calm as crowd stones Iraqi PM

This can't be good either: Al-Sadr loyalists take over Iraqi television station

8,000 rally in Pakistan against rape law changes That means they are rallying for rape.

And in the UK: Muslims oppose vast mosque plan