From the Washington Post, with thanks to Anthony: HAMBURG – After three years of failing to hold anyone accountable for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Germany is preparing to expel accused members of the Hamburg-based cell that led the hijackings and send them to countries with more aggressive records of prosecuting terrorism. Although two […]
Archives for 2004
Tehran convicted some Iranians for al-Qaeda ties
After long denying any Al-Qaeda presence in the country. From AP, with thanks to Anthony: Iran acknowledged for the first time Sunday it has convicted some Iranian nationals of supporting al-Qaeda, saying the number was fewer than five. “A few pro-al-Qaeda Iranian nationals have been tried and convicted,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi […]
Is Erdogan saying, “Admit Turkey to EU — or else”?
Is the jihadist thug Erdogan beginning to show his true colors? From the Times Online, with thanks to JJP Mackie: RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, the Turkish Prime Minister, has told European Union leaders that they will pay a heavy price in continued and escalating violence from Islamic extremists if the EU rejects Turkey as a member […]
Jihadists plan Christmas terror
From WND, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Anti-terror experts say highly motivated jihadists around the world are making plans for terrorist attacks during the Christmas season, report Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence weekly newsletter published by WND. Radical militants operating in the West are known to have conducted clandestine meetings debating […]
Fitzgerald: A tribute to Mark LeVine
UC-Irvine prof Mark LeVine’s objections (scroll down to the comments field) to my article about him have attracted the attention of Jihad Watch Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald, who writes: Mark LeVine’s own description of himself states: Mark LeVine is an emerging leader of the new generation of historians and analysts of the modern Middle East […]
Mark LeVine does not blame only the West
Last week I published an article in FrontPage about the University of California at Irvine professor Mark LeVine. Yesterday several people brought to my attention the fact that a reply from LeVine had been posted in the comments section here, as well as at Juan Cole’s website. You can read my response to his reply […]
UK bank accused over cash for terror
Remember all you’ve heard about how suicide bombings are the last, desperate result of a poor, oppressed people that lacks even the money to buy conventional weapons? Well, forget it. From the Times Online, with thanks to JS: HSBC, one of Britain’s biggest banks, has been accused of channelling tens of millions of pounds to […]
Marines learn how to fight for Allah
Wait a minute. I thought we were supposed to believe that the jihadists were twisting the Qur’an.* And now the American marines are studying the Qur’an in order to think like jihadists? What does that tell us? From the Times Online, with thanks to J. Lynch: AMERICAN marines and military intelligence analysts are studying the […]
Moore’s paedophile ‘slur’ angers Muslims
The predictable reaction to Charles Moore’s superb Telegraph piece. Never mind that they’re just proving his point. From The Independent, with thanks to Nicolei: Charles Moore, former editor of The Daily Telegraph, provoked a storm of criticism from British Muslims yesterday for an article in which he championed the right to call the Prophet Mohamed […]
Germany: Bitter Debate Between Stoiber and Erdogan
German opposition leader Edmund Stoiber pledges to oppose EU membership for Turkey. From the German-language Die Spiegel, as translated for Jihad Watch: Berlin. Several days before the decisive meeting in Brussels, there has been a heated debate between Recep Tayyip Erdogan, PM of Turkey, and the governor of Bavaria, Mr. Edmund Stoiber. Mr. Stoiber denied […]