An interesting development from AFP, with thanks to Stephania. VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI held a meeting at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, a strident critic of Islam, Vatican sources confirmed. The 76-year-old writer, who describes herself as an atheist Christian and was sued in Italy for insulting […]
Archives for 2005
Pipes: Islamists, Get Out
Daniel Pipes writes in the New York Sun and his website about the growing anti-dhimmitude in Europe, the UK and Australia and asks, “where are the Americans?” As the full implications of the London terrorist attacks by domestic jihadis sink in, Westerners are speaking out about the problem of radical Islam with new clarity and […]
Iraq’s doomed police training
Paula Broadwell writes in the Boston Globe, with thanks to Hugh Fitzgerald. IN SEPTEMBER 2003, the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs constructed the Jordan International Police Training Center outside of Amman to train Iraq law enforcement personnel. Sixteen nations provide a total of 352 police trainers for the center. The camp has […]
U.S.: Airstrike kills al-Qaida operative in Iraq
Tribal clashes are increasing as well. From MSNBC: BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military said its forces killed an al-Qaida operative they named as Abu Islam and a number of fighters in air strikes at Karabila, close to Qaim, on the Syrian border on Tuesday. “Intelligence leads Coalition forces to believe that Abu Islam and […]
Palestinian Authority’s US assets are frozen
From the Boston Globe, with thanks to Hugh Fitzgerald. WASHINGTON — A Rhode Island lawyer trying to collect a $116 million terrorism judgment against the Palestinian Authority has obtained a court-ordered freeze on all its US-based assets, severely limiting most Palestinian economic and diplomatic activities in the United States at a critical moment for the […]
Lebanon says pro-Syrians suspects in Hariri murder
From Reuters: BEIRUT – U.N. investigators questioned an aide to Lebanon’s pro-Syrian president and three former security chiefs on Tuesday as suspects in the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, the prime minister said. Lebanese police detained the three top security officials in dawn raids, the first concrete steps toward implicating allies of Syria in […]
Israel’s Netanyahu to Challenge Sharon to Lead Likud
From Bloomberg: Benjamin Netanyahu, the former finance minister who resigned to protest Israel’s pullout from the Gaza Strip, said today he plans to run against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and replace him as leader of the ruling Likud party. Netanyahu’s announcement came a day after the Likud set a two- day meeting of its […]
Al-Arian jury puts trial in doubt
A few days ago I wrote in a column that Al-Arian’s supporters would not be laughing for long. However, this is a group that knows well how to play the system, and they will play this for all it’s worth and then some. Al-Arian walk watch, from the St. Petersburg Times, with thanks to the […]
Spencer on radio and TV today
Discussing jihad, dhimmitude, and my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades): 10:30 AM EDT: Radio: WIBA “Outside the Box with Mitch Henck” 11:00 AM EDT: TV: CBN News with Erick Stakelbeck 12:35 PM EDT: Radio: “G. Gordon Liddy Show” (Nationally Syndicated) 1:00 PM EDT: Radio: “Dennis Prager Show” (Nationally Syndicated) — […]
More TV means less Koran, say Muslims
Many, many times people have told me that I need not be concerned about the global jihad, because the jihad ideology will ultimately bow before Big Macs and Britney Spears. But I am not so sure that American pop culture is really all-conquering, and even less sure that it should be — there are ideological […]