From Al Jazeera, with thanks to Skeetstreet, who asks: “Where is the moral outrage? It appears the Muslim world reserves that rage for the alleged Qur’an flushers.” Thirty-four corpses of men shot dead, beheaded or with their throats cut have been uncovered across Iraq, medical and security sources said. Thirteen of the corpses were found […]
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Finn restarts Chechen Web site, raising funds
I have featured many stories here from the jihadist Kavkaz Center website. You can find there open expositions of Islamic jihad doctrine and the necessity to wage war against unbelievers. And now it comes to you, says Reuters (thanks to Nicolei) courtesy a Finnish businessman: A Finnish businessman has restarted a Web site used by […]
Saudi ‘martyrs’ fuel Iraq’s insurgency
A religious awakening led Hadi bin Mubarak Qahtani to become “an anonymous fireball.” (An intriguing contrast to Pentecost.) Yet we are still to believe that to examine the workings and causes of such religious awakenings would be irrelevant. How long will the media (left and right) continue this masquerade? From the Washington Post via MSNBC, […]
Pakistan: Police unwilling to monitor prisoners if they’re freed
From Pakistan’s News International, with thanks to Nicolei: ISLAMABAD: The government has been told that Station House Officers (SHOs) of different police stations all over Pakistan are not ready to monitor the activities of repatriated Pakistani prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in case they were freed from jails at home. Despite being released by the Americans […]
More Iraq Violence
Our Iraq jihad update comes from Reuters, “Nine dead in U.S. assault, blasts hit Baghdad” BAGHDAD – The U.S. military said on Saturday nine of its troops were killed in an offensive against insurgents and foreign fighters in western Iraq, and guerrillas struck again in Baghdad, leaving at least five people dead. Backed by air […]
Pakistan Denies Drone Killing on its Territory
From Reuters, “Pakistan denies report U.S drone kills Qaeda leader” ISLAMABAD – Pakistan denied on Saturday U.S. media reports that a senior al Qaeda leader was killed in a missile attack by an unmanned U.S. intelligence Predator aircraft on Pakistani territory near the Afghan border. ABC News, one of several U.S. news networks reporting the […]
Uzbek Police Fire on Crowd
An Update on the Muslim Riots in Uzbekistan from CBS News, “U.S. Ally Fires On Its People” ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan – President Islam Karimov claimed Saturday that authorities tried to negotiate a peaceful end to protests, but that troops were forced to open fire when insurgents who had seized a government building attempted to break through […]
State Dept. Vows to Boycott Hamas Representatives Unless…
In news from The Forward, “Bush Administration Vows To Boycott Hamas Militants Elected in Territories,” with thanks to III44(?, my apologies). The Bush administration “will neither recognize nor engage with” members of Hamas or Hezbollah who are elected to office unless the two militant groups disarm, a top American diplomat told the Forward. David Satterfield, […]
Pakistan: Case Lowers Marriageable Age for Girls
From AFP via Sify News, “Pak court validates marriage of 12-year-old girl,” with thanks to Nicolei. Lahore: A Pakistani court in the first verdict of its kind has declared valid the marriage of a 12-year-old girl, a lawyer and court officials said on Friday. A judge sitting at the High Court in the eastern city […]
Internet Vigilante Targets Terrorist Web Sites
A profile of the founder of Internet Haganah from St. Louis’ KMOV, “Internet vigilant [sic] targets terrorist Web sites,” . For most of us the war on terror involves soldiers and federal agents in foreign countries. But one local man is waging his own battle thousands of miles from the frontlines. In this News 4 […]