Archives for 2005

For jihad in Canada? From CNN, with thanks to CGiddensJr: (CNN) — Two men tried to re-enter Canada from the United States early Saturday with handguns and ammunition strapped to their bodies, Canadian police said. Ali Dirie, 22, and Yasin Mohamed, 23 — both Canadians from the Toronto area — face weapons-related charges and are […]

No doubt it’s all about urban warfare of peace. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to Scaramouche: A PROMINENT London-based Saudi dissident, Muhammed al-Massari, is running a website that features a guide to urban warfare for potential terrorists. In a series of video and audio clips, the Beginner’s Guide for Mujahed gives detailed advice on physical […]

Attacks planned for New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to Sonshiya: The United States Intelligence Community has repeatedly advised of threat streams suggesting al Qaeda and affiliated groups have considered using a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) in a US-based attack. There are numerous historical and current threat streams […]

I’d like to see Sir Iq address the points made here regarding his defense of the jihadist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, or here about his own background and earlier statements. But so far all we are getting is that such things are “preposterous.” “Top Muslim group denies extremist roots,” from Reuters, with thanks to Scaramouche: LONDON (Reuters) […]

Recently a biased and blinkered ideologue sent me a link to a New Duranty Times puff piece on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that I discussed here: “What a sweet guy. Hostage taker? Naaah, he couldn’t have been. Look: he gave poor people discounted meat. This kind of story reminds me of puff pieces about Hitler published in […]

From the SITE Institute, with thanks to Judy: A member of a password-protected al-Qaeda affiliated message board provided the map of the Washington Metro subway system today, August 11, 2005, in addition to advocating an attack with chemical weapons upon this system to achieve “amazing results.”

Just wait until they get their nukes. Funny thing how Khamenei said that nuclear weapons were against Islam: if the Iranians just want to develop nuclear power, why will Western opposition cost us dearly? This is a clear indication that nuclear weaponry is just what the Iranians are aiming to develop. From the Middle East […]

“Boy ready for martyrdom,” from the San Francisco Chronicle, with thanks to Charles at LGF, who notes: “notice how this SF Chronicle story uses the language of the monsters themselves to describe their crimes: ‘Boy Ready for Martyrdom,’ instead of the more accurate ‘Boy Ready to Commit Mass Murder.’” Fifteen-year-old Abdel Kareem Mohammed Abu Habel […]

Sharia alert from Pakistan from AFP, with thanks to Bryce: KARACHI: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for writing an allegedly blasphemous book about the Holy Qur’an and the Islamic justice system, a lawyer said yesterday. Police in the Islamic republic arrested 40-year-old writer Younus Shaik early this year in Karachi […]

“Islamic Militants Kill Five in India,” from AP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: JAMMU, India (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants raided a remote mountain village in India’s Jammu-Kashmir state and attacked two Hindu families as they dined together, killing five people, police said Saturday. The gun and grenade attack on Friday night in Sajroo village, […]