Hospital jihad. “U.S. official foresees additional developments before end of week,” from The Argus, : Federal prosecutors said Wednesday their investigation of two Lodi men charged with lying to the FBI about involvement in al-Qaida terrorism training camps in Pakistan is widening, with three more arrests. The FBI arrested Hamid Hayat, 22, and his father, […]
Archives for June 2005
Terror case raises fears of sleeper cells
Hamid Hayat update. Sleeper cells? But there are no more sleeper cells, right? So much for the confident assertions of those unnamed officials: when it comes to Islamic terrorism, the feds seem confident of quite a few things about which their confidence is likely misplaced. From UPI, : Washington, DC, Jun. 8 (UPI) — The […]
Myth of Islamic tolerance reigns at AP
The myth of Islamic tolerance is presented as fact in this AP story, “Anti-Semitism Conference Opens in Spain” (thanks to Seymour Paine for the link): CORDOBA, Spain (AP) — Governments must take concrete measures to fight anti-Semitism and other hate crimes, delegates to an international conference said Wednesday, meeting in a city where Jews, Muslims […]
Saidist professor update: Khalidi a plagiarist?
This is the quality of work being done today in the politicized Middle East Studies Departments of our nation’s universities. Yet in those Departments the “Orientalists” are routinely derided by men who are just (at best) propagandists and shills, not academics. “Rashid Khalidi: Plagiarist?” from Lee Kaplan at FrontPage: For those unfamiliar with Khalidi, he […]
“Hamid…specifically requested to come to the United States to carry out his jihadi mission. Potential targets for attack included hospitals and large food stores.”
Lodi jihad update: “Feds Charge Father, Son With al-Qaida Link,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: LODI, Calif. – A terrorism investigation in this quiet farming town has led to the arrests of a father and son who said he trained at an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan and planned to attack U.S. hospitals […]
Iran honors “the first martyr to die on a mission to kill Salman Rushdie”
The Brits say it never happened, but that isn’t stopping the Iranians. “Iran honors would-be Rushdie assassin,” from UPI, with thanks to Rogier Van Bakel: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 8 (UPI) — While Britain denies there ever was an attack, a grave marker in Tehran trumpets “the first martyr to die on a mission to kill […]
Flag-rippers part of New York jihadist group
The video that I posted below of American Muslims stomping on and then ripping up an American flag comes from a New York-based Muslim group called the Islamic Thinkers Society. According to “Not just another Jihadi face: The Islamic Thinkers Society – Al Muhajiroun’s identical twin in NYC” in Militant Islam Monitor, the Islamic Thinkers […]
CIA reviewing translator security rules
Does this mean that they’re thinking about hiring translators who do have families in vulnerable areas? “C.I.A. Is Reviewing Its Security Policy for Recruitment,” from the New Duranty Times, with thanks to Alyssa A. Lappen: WASHINGTON, June 7 – The Central Intelligence Agency is reviewing security procedures that have led the agency to turn away […]
Fitzgerald: Mr. Bush, meet Ibn Warraq and Ali Sina
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald deftly and clearly explains how we can win the war: The problem continues as long as the idea that this is a “war” that “can be won” continues. This is a war, a continuous war. It has no end. “Winning” does not exist. Islam will not disappear. What […]
Dhimmitude from James Carroll: “The image of Muslims as prone to violence by virtue of their religion was mainly constructed across centuries by Europeans seeking to bolster their own purposes”
The ever-egregious James Carroll outdoes himself with this outstanding display of historical distortion and obfuscation, “The war against Islam,” from the Boston Globe (thanks to all who sent this in): AMONG THE factors leading to the French and Dutch rejections of the European constitution last week, none looms more ominously than the nightmare of antagonism […]