One suspect is dead, another at large, and a third is in custody. In a gunfight, a suspect flung a pressure-cooker bomb at Watertown MA police. He was killed and his companion fled.

One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead, and another is at large in one of the biggest manhunts in Massachusetts history. A police officer is dead, and another is severely wounded, following a shoot-out and further bomb blasts.

Is violent and radical action, such as the hail of gunfire the emerged from the Muslim Mohammed Merah in Toulouse, actually alien to Islam?

Spain's Real Madrid football team removed a Christian cross from its official emblem to appease Muslims.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed legislaiton that would jail anyone visiting extremist websites.

The same old message is being transmitted to Israel: make gestures, give concessions, take risks.

"Wake up, pond scum. America is at war with a ruthless enemy."

Decades of sharia law in Iran, where women's rights are crushed, should be evidence enough of the dangers of conceding to Islamism.