Burning buildings, plane wreckage, bomb debris. These are the visible signs of terrorism that we think of. But in the world of Jihad, bombs aren't the only weapons, and buildings aren't the only targets.

An American, on American soil, has been attacked. What remains in question is how we are going to respond.

The freedom of speech is one of the most sacred rights of the American people. It is fundamental to who we are. It is so vital that having it leads us to defend it for others. It is the reason that Heroes will continue to defend the people who malign them. The post below is from Soldiers' Angels Germany - text posted in its entirety.

Your Freedom of Speech Under Cyber Attack
Just in case you thought the War on Terror was only being fought in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, think again. Now you're not supposed to read what people like Michelle Malkin have to say on their blogs. See, it's offensive to... certain people.

Today's only post on Michelle's blog so far:

Dear readers:
Yes, I know the site has been down all morning.

Yes, I've contacted the FBI.

I will try to get back to work, but this has been a bit of a distraction.

Thanks for sticking with me.

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Afternoon update: Confirmed DoS [Denial of Service] attack, with most of the IP addresses belonging to TurkTelecom.

From a later post at Pajamas Media:

After receiving several threats and experiencing one denial of service attack upon appearing on Fox News Channel to display the Mohammed Cartoons, my site went down again this morning at approx. 9am EST and remains down.

Check back at Pajamas Media for further posts from Michelle.

And because we're a military support blog, we'd like you to grok on this statement for a moment:

"If anybody is wondering: Where are the young idealists? Where are the people willing to devote themselves to causes larger than themselves?

They are in uniform in Iraq, straddling the divide between insanity and order."
- David Brooks