Rashid Ahmed update from Reuters, with thanks to Skeetstreet: ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s main spy agency gave military training to Kashmiri rebels battling security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, a separatist leader has revealed for the first time. While India has long accused Pakistan of training and arming the rebels, a charge Islamabad denies, this is the […]
Archives for 2005
Lodi Muslims divided by arrests of imams
An intriguing article on the ice cream jihad fallout among Muslims in Lodi. Note the position of CAIR, and the altogether positive prospect of Muslims planning to protest against it. “Muslim community: division and reflection,” from the Record, with thanks to Thomas: LODI — The local Muslim community has tried hard this week to mask […]
The Business of Terror
Rachel Ehrenfeld writes on the charitable jihad in Frontpage, with thanks to EPG: On May 11, 2005, Muhamed Mubayyid was arrested and charged in Boston’s District Court for filing false tax returns on behalf of Care International, for which he acted as treasurer. Mubayyid was also the Customer Services manager of the company known as […]
Afghan Minister Says al-Qaida Regroups
Why haven’t they given up? Does the State Department know? Do they have any idea of the elements of the jihad ideology that motivates them? Do they know why the Karzai government has hewed so closely to the Islamic law that it was supposed to represent freedom from? From AP, : KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — […]
Al-Jazeera to air video of al-Qaida’s Zawahiri
A new tape surfaces from our old friend the doctor. From Xinhuanet: CAIRO – Al-Jazeera TV channel said Friday that it will air a new videotape from al-Qaida’s number two Ayman al-Zawahiri Friday evening. In the tape which the channel aired an excerpt, the terror network’s deputy leader appeared in a traditional gown wearing a […]
‘Operation Spear’ Launched in Iraq
An effort to clean up the Iraqi Syrian border region. From AP via Fox News: BAGHDAD, Iraq “” The U.S. military launched a major combat operation Friday, sending 1,000 Marines and Iraqi soldiers to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters in a volatile western province straddling Syria. Operation Spear started in the pre-dawn hours in […]
Hitchens: Mind over Mullahs
Christopher Hitchens has an interesting piece in this month’s Vanity Fair also carried in Front Page: Driving down through the desert, from Tehran to the holy city of Qom, I am following the path of so many who have made the pilgrimage before me. They either were seeking an audience with, or a glimpse of, […]
Calif. Terror Suspects Indicted
California, Pennsylvania and Arkansas in the news this morning. Lodi case update from AP via Fox News: SACRAMENTO, Calif. “” A father and son were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges they lied to authorities investigating links to Pakistani terrorist training camps connected to Al Qaeda. Hamid Hayat, 22, was accused of […]
U.S. closes its Nigerian embassy on security threat
From Reuters: LAGOS – The United States closed its Nigerian embassy in Abuja and consulate in Lagos on Friday due to a “security incident” which is being investigated by Nigerian police, an embassy spokesman said. A diplomatic source said intelligence indicated that foreign militants posed a specific threat to the U.S. presence in Nigeria, the […]
Jihad Paid For Studies, Feds Say
Sure, they blew up a few people, but they put this guy through school. What capital fellows! More on the Al-Arian case from the Tampa Tribune, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: TAMPA – As an international student, job options were severely limited for Sammeeh Hammoudeh. Immigration law severely restricts off-campus work. Before enrolling, he […]