“Dozens Are Arrested in U.S.-Iraqi Operation: Anbar Residents Said to Offer Their Assistance,” which is most positive. From the Washington Post, : BAGHDAD, June 30 — U.S. and Iraqi forces in the volatile western province of Anbar have seized thousands of pounds of explosives and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents in a three-day sweep that […]
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Dutch Muslims receive terror training
Including one of the 9/11 hijackers. Here’s a translation of an article in today’s Telegraaf newspaper, with thanks to Cid Martel: At least four young Dutch Muslims received training these last couple of weeks in Syria and are now ready to blow themselves up with fragmentation bombs. DVD s show them detonating explosives in mock […]
Future doesn’t belong to ‘aggressive’ Islam: bishop
Yes, but now that he has said this, will the future belong to Muskens? From Expatica, : AMSTERDAM – Islam won’t dominate the future because it is too aggressive, Archbishop Martinus Muskens of Breda has claimed. In the quarterly magazine of Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Roman Catholic bishop writes: “I saw early on that […]
Indonesia arrests 24 jihadists…
…but continues to coddle Abu Bakar Bashir. “Indonesia arrests 24 suspected terrorists,” from the Washington Times, : Indonesian police have arrested 24 suspects linked to the 2002 Bali bombing and the 2003 bombing of Jakarta’s J.W. Marriott hotel, the Jakarta Post said Friday. The suspects, who were arrested over several days this week, are being […]
Pakistan Nabs Three More Jihadists
Just a few more million to go. “Pakistan Nabs Three Alleged Terrorists,” from AP, with thanks to Skeetstreet: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Three men suspected of ties to Usama bin Laden’s terror network have been arrested in Pakistan, a major newspaper reported Friday. The suspects were traveling in a vehicle when they were caught Thursday in […]
NBC anchor compares Founders to terrorists
The real news here is how common this witless moral equivalence really is. This is why the jihadists could win — the will to oppose them is not there. From WND, with thanks to all who sent this in: In his newscast tonight, “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams compared America’s first presidents to the […]
“The four men said they were targeted because they wished to practise a ‘pure form’ of Islam”
I have long maintained that jihadists recruit Muslims by presenting their case from the Qur’an and Sunnah, showing that theirs is the “pure Islam.” No one wants to face the implications of this. Here is more evidence of it. “Raided men defend their part in jihad,” from the Sydney Morning Herald, with thanks to Nicolei: […]
Iran leader denies embassy siege role
Ahmadinejad update from the Sydney Morning Herald, with thanks to Nicolei. I don’t believe him, but let’s assume for the sake of argument that he is telling the truth and really wasn’t involved in the 1979 hostage crisis. Very well. Does he disapprove of it? Does he wish it hadn’t happened? Does he repudiate the […]
Fitzgerald: Not Right, Not Left — But Don’t Mess With Mr. In-Between
I have maintained from the beginning that the resistance to jihad is not a partisan issue, or a liberal/conservative issue, but one that should interest and involves all those who live in the West and enjoy the benefits of Western civilization. Nonetheless, it is a fact of life that those who identify the jihad ideology […]
‘US must not condone Pak. military’s support to militancy’
Bravo, Husain Haqqani. From PTI, with thanks to Nicolei: Washington, June. 30 (PTI): The US should not condone the Pakistani military’s continued support of militants and “state sponsorship” of Islamic fundamentalists as also the use of intelligence apparatus to control local politics, an adviser to the country’s former Prime Ministers today told a powerful American […]