It’s understandable that the government would not want to present its side of the case. But it just allows the New Duranty Times to print victimization speculation like this story. Perhaps some attention should be paid to the possibilities of disclosing enough to answer legitimate questions without compromising ongoing investigations. (Thanks to SusanP for the […]
Archives for June 2005
The making of a terrorist
An illuminating piece from the Asia Times, with thanks to Skeetstreet: KARACHI – Two and a half years ago, Pakistan’s most-wanted person, Asif Ramzi, was found dead, along with five others, following an explosion in a bombing-making factory in Korangi, a satellite district of the southern port city of Karachi. Ramzi was wanted in connection […]
Kashmiri rebel confirms Pakistani spy agency help
Rashid Ahmed update from Reuters, with thanks to Skeetstreet: ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s main spy agency gave military training to Kashmiri rebels battling security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, a separatist leader has revealed for the first time. While India has long accused Pakistan of training and arming the rebels, a charge Islamabad denies, this is the […]
Lodi Muslims divided by arrests of imams
An intriguing article on the ice cream jihad fallout among Muslims in Lodi. Note the position of CAIR, and the altogether positive prospect of Muslims planning to protest against it. “Muslim community: division and reflection,” from the Record, with thanks to Thomas: LODI — The local Muslim community has tried hard this week to mask […]
The Business of Terror
Rachel Ehrenfeld writes on the charitable jihad in Frontpage, with thanks to EPG: On May 11, 2005, Muhamed Mubayyid was arrested and charged in Boston’s District Court for filing false tax returns on behalf of Care International, for which he acted as treasurer. Mubayyid was also the Customer Services manager of the company known as […]
Afghan Minister Says al-Qaida Regroups
Why haven’t they given up? Does the State Department know? Do they have any idea of the elements of the jihad ideology that motivates them? Do they know why the Karzai government has hewed so closely to the Islamic law that it was supposed to represent freedom from? From AP, : KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — […]
Al-Jazeera to air video of al-Qaida’s Zawahiri
A new tape surfaces from our old friend the doctor. From Xinhuanet: CAIRO – Al-Jazeera TV channel said Friday that it will air a new videotape from al-Qaida’s number two Ayman al-Zawahiri Friday evening. In the tape which the channel aired an excerpt, the terror network’s deputy leader appeared in a traditional gown wearing a […]
‘Operation Spear’ Launched in Iraq
An effort to clean up the Iraqi Syrian border region. From AP via Fox News: BAGHDAD, Iraq “” The U.S. military launched a major combat operation Friday, sending 1,000 Marines and Iraqi soldiers to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters in a volatile western province straddling Syria. Operation Spear started in the pre-dawn hours in […]
Hitchens: Mind over Mullahs
Christopher Hitchens has an interesting piece in this month’s Vanity Fair also carried in Front Page: Driving down through the desert, from Tehran to the holy city of Qom, I am following the path of so many who have made the pilgrimage before me. They either were seeking an audience with, or a glimpse of, […]
Calif. Terror Suspects Indicted
California, Pennsylvania and Arkansas in the news this morning. Lodi case update from AP via Fox News: SACRAMENTO, Calif. “” A father and son were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges they lied to authorities investigating links to Pakistani terrorist training camps connected to Al Qaeda. Hamid Hayat, 22, was accused of […]