I’m sorry. They weren’t Methodists at all. They were actually Muslims. I know it’s hard to believe that Muslims could have anything to do with terrorism, but there it is. “9 More Arrested in Botched London Attacks,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: LONDON – Anti-terrorist officers arrested nine men in raids early […]
Archives for 2005
Spencer: Nuke Mecca? Nope.
I discuss an unexamined side of the Tancredo controversy in FrontPage: his suggestion wouldn’t work. Have at it. Why not bomb Mecca? Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has brought the issue to the table. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has demanded that he apologize to Muslims, and commentators left and right have subjected him […]
The war on terror is over!
Some time ago I suggested in an article that the phrase “war on terror” be discarded in favor of a more forthright acknowledgement that we are defending ourselves against a global jihad. And the good news today is that the Administration has, after over a year, heeded my advice and discarded the “war on terror” […]
Would-be London bombers were on the dole
“The benefit bombers who repaid help with hatred: They came into this country as child refugees but grew up to plot mass murder,” from the Times Online, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: ON THE rundown North London housing estate where they lived, they were known as idlers and petty criminals who passed their time […]
Poll: Most Palestinians credit terror for Israeli withdrawal
The more that jihadists (and all Muslims) think that terror works, the more terror we will see. From The World Tribune, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: RAMALLAH “” Most Palestinians think the Islamic insurgency forced Israel’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip, according to a new poll. The survey reported that a […]
Would-Be Millennium Bomber Gets 22 Years
Just in from AP: SEATTLE – The man convicted of plotting to blow up the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison. Ahmed Ressam got a lighter sentence than prosecutors had requested, reflecting his cooperation in telling international investigators about the workings of terror camps […]
Raid Targets Islamic Charity in Falls Church
More Virginia jihad? From the Washington Post, with thanks to all who sent this in: FBI and Homeland Security agents raided the Northern Virginia office of a Saudi-based charity that has been under scrutiny for possible terrorist ties and detained one of its employees on immigration charges, officials said yesterday. The Muslim World League office […]
U.S. ties smuggler to terror camp trip
“U.S. ties smuggler to terror camp trip: Yemeni-American gets 3 years for role in cigarette smuggling ring,” from AP, : BUFFALO, New York (AP) — A Yemeni-American businessman accused of helping pay for a group of men to travel to a terrorist training camp was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for […]
“Jihad” reference prompts complaint
Oh brother. Why doesn’t he complain to Osama bin Laden and Omar Bakri about THEIR use of the word “jihad”? From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: SALEM, Ore. “” A Portland Muslim leader is asking a pesticide-industry lobbyist to retract a statement in which she warned that Senate Democrats had declared “jihad” against […]
Danish ex-Guantanamo prisoner drops suit against US — will he now rejoin the jihad?
Why not? What was done at Guantanamo to disabuse him of the jihad ideology? Nothing. “Danish Guantanamo prisoner drops case,” from the Copenhagen Post, with thanks to Fjordman and ZZ: Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane, the Danish citizen arrested by US forces in Pakistan and detained on Guantanamo as an ‘unlawful combatant’, has decided to give up […]