I have seen nothing yet that convinces me that he isn’t dead. Videotapes and audiotapes have depicted him referring only to past events. But a new one may be different: “Al-Jazeera television is broadcasting what is said to be a new audio tape of Osama bin Laden.” So says SkyNews. “On the tape, the al […]
Archives for January 2004
“A roar from Muslims, and the French will back off”
Will the French back off at a roar from Muslims? We shall see. That roar came Friday: “Thousands of Muslim worshipers shouted ‘Death to France!’ during weekly prayers here Friday in response to a sermon denouncing a proposal to prohibit Muslim schoolgirls in France from wearing head scarves.” This from AFP, with thanks to filtrat. […]
Success in Afghanistan
Victory has been snatched from the jaws of defeat: “Afghanistan’s constitutional convention agreed Sunday on a historic new charter, its chairman said, overcoming weeks of division to hammer out a compromise meant to bind together the war-ravaged nation’s mosaic of ethnic groups. Just a day after warning the summit was heading to humiliating failure, council […]
Jihad in Thailand?
The headline to this AP story is “Unidentified assailants burn 18 schools, kill 4 soldiers in Thailand.” It also notes that “Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh told reporters that the attacks in Narathiwat province, which borders Malaysia, were not linked to international terrorism.” However, “Narathiwat is one of four Muslim-majority provinces in Thailand, which is […]
Dhimmitude on the gridiron
The Washington Post has had it up to here with all us yahoos getting upset about those Muslim football teams named Intifada, Mujahedin, etc. In a phrase that must have sent the editorial board cackling with the joys of turnabout-is-fair-play, they call it “political correctness run amok.” The problem, they explain was the names of […]
More dhimmitude in the classroom
Ask the children Palestinian Media Watch director Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook have a telling piece in the Jerusalem Post about the way children are brought up in the Palestinian Authority. “If you want to know what’s really at the heart of the Palestinian conflict with Israel,” they say, “don’t ask politicians or diplomats. Go […]
Terror supporters stir up crowd at Florida Islamic conference
An extraordinarily important report in today’s WND comes from the inside of the controversial Florida Islamic conference about which we have written here before. It’s a lengthy, detailed, insider’s account (and it’s just part one) — read it all, but here are a few highlights: “Just as a Florida Islamic conference was trying to recover […]
“All Western countries are enemies of Islam”
Who said that? Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, whom the New York Times identifies as “the father of the Pakistani [nuclear] bomb.” The story reveals that “as investigators unravel the mysteries of the North Korean, Iranian and now the Libyan nuclear projects, Pakistan — and those it empowered with knowledge and technology they are now selling […]
Thank you
I just stepped off the last stagecoach into Secure Undisclosed Locationville, back home from my trip to CSpan’s Washington Journal. I am deeply grateful for all your kind words and expressions of support — and substantially encouraged that these words of warning are not falling entirely on deaf ears.
Norway arrests founder of Iraqi Islamic group
Mullah Krekar “Norway rearrested the founder of an Iraqi Islamic group accused of attacks on U.S. troops on Friday, less than six months after authorities dropped terrorism charges against him for lack of evidence.” So says Reuters. “Police said they would bring new charges against Mullah Krekar, an Iraqi Kurd and co-founder of Ansar al-Islam, […]