Kashmir update from the Times of India, . When terrorism was at its peak in the Valley, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed set up terrorist camps in Pakistan where around 3,500 jihadis were trained in guerrilla warfare. This astonishing revelation has come from Kashmiri separatist leader and JKLF chairman Yasin Malik. According to Daily Times […]
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Assailants in Indonesian province linked to Al Qaeda: police
From the Khaleej Times, . JAKARTA – Authorities have accused assailants involved in a recent armed attack on a police post in Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku of having links with Al Qaeda, an official said on Tuesday. Maluku Police Chief Brigadier General Aditya Warman said the evidence came from the capture and interrogation of […]
Cleric Denies Jihadist Training for Calif. Man
Update on the Lodi case from AP via Fox News: RAWALPINDI, Pakistan “” A white-bearded cleric, tutor to hundreds of Islamic students at a Pakistani seminary near the capital, on Tuesday branded FBI allegations that his 22-year-old grandson received jihadist training while attending the school a “pack of lies.” Qari Saeed-ur Rehman, leader of the […]
Spain Makes Terror Arrests
From AP via Fox News, . MADRID, Spain “” Police arrested 16 Islamic terror suspects in raids in several cities, including 11 men accused of having ties to Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi’s group Al Qaeda in Iraq and recruiting people for attacks there, officials said Wednesday. The 11 were part of a support group for a Syrian-based […]
Chemical Security Upgrades Are Urged
Homeland Official to Tell Senate Panel Of Change in Administration Policy. From the Washington Post, . For the first time, the Bush administration is endorsing mandatory requirements for heightened security at chemical plants, many of which homeland defense experts consider highly vulnerable to catastrophic terrorist attack. The change in policy is one of the first […]
Spencer: The Global Jihad: Made in the U.S.A.?
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer discusses some prevailing winds in today’s FrontPage: Holland and France have rejected the EU Constitution, and word is getting out that the main reason they did was out of concern for the growing Muslim presence in those countries, which threatens to remake those societies into Islamic states before this century […]
Al-Arian’s network emerging
Today’s Al-Arian update: “Prosecutors work to tie together Al-Arian and co-defendants,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Federal prosecutors continued today the methodical task of tying together the characters in what they say was a conspiracy operating from Tampa to support and raise money for Palestinian terrorists. Nafeesah Abdurrashid, a former employee of […]
Moroccans, Turks rally against Dutch immigration plans
From the Dutch Expatica, with thanks to Dutch Cares. AMSTERDAM “” Moroccan and Turkish groups in the Netherlands have set up a new action committee named “Genoeg is genoeg” (enough is enough) to organise a campaign against the Dutch government’s tough immigration and integration policies. The organisers are calling for a national demonstration on 17 […]
“There will be no dialogue with the Jews and Christians other than the sound of bullets, blood and fire”
From Reuters, “Iraq’s al Qaeda warns against talks with govt-Web” DUBAI – Iraq’s al Qaeda vowed to kill anyone negotiating with the U.S.-backed Iraqi government in a Web statement on Tuesday, a sign the group was worried about possible divisions among its Sunni Muslim allies. The group led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was responding […]
Bin Laden, Omar are well, Taliban commander says
From Reuters: ISLAMABAD – Osama bin Laden is in good health, a Taliban commander said, dismissing speculation the fugitive al Qaeda leader was sick. The commander, Mullah Akhtar Usmani, also said Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar was well and in direct command of Taliban forces in Afghanistan. “All praise to Allah, he is all right,” […]