From AP, “Slaying of Afghan Women Concerns U.N.” KABUL, Afghanistan “” The United Nations sounded an alarm for women’s rights in Afghanistan on Thursday after three young Afghan women were found raped, hanged and dumped on a roadside with a warning not to work for foreign relief organizations. Women’s groups rallied in the capital to […]
Archives for 2005
Islamic group claims responsibility for NY blasts outside British consulate blasts; authorities are dismissive
“A Statement from Jund al-Sham Claiming Responsibility for the Explosions in New York,” from the SITE Institute, : Today, May 5, 2005, Jund al-Sham (Soldiers of Levant) claimed responsibility for the small explosions outside of the British consulate in New York City, claiming that the attack was “the beginning of war inside and outside of […]
Hamas Wins Big in PA Elections
From IrelandOnline, “Hamas heads for important local election wins” The militant Hamas group won municipal elections in the West Bank town of Qalqiliya and appeared headed for victory in two key Gaza Strip towns, poll results showed today, giving the Islamists new momentum ahead of parliamentary elections this summer. Hamas and the ruling Fatah movement, […]
A killing commanded by Islamic law
Although that is what this article is about — “There was no option. This is what Islam commands us.” — the WaPo headlines this one “A Killing Commanded by Tradition.” (Thanks to EPG for the link.) Within an hour, the entire village would learn that the 25-year-old married woman had been discovered in a darkened […]
Message from al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia Asks bin Laden for Help and Calls for Attacking America Immediately
Note also the “Do not vote! Voting is an act of apostasy! Hellfire tomorrow!” graphic above the article. From Taliban-Online, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A message from al-Qaeda in the Land of al-Haramain (Saudi Arabia) asking bin Laden for help was posted to the internet today, May 5, 2005. The message is a […]
Iran: Venue for Apostasy Trial Changed
The mullahs flee from the light of international attention. Hamid Pourmand update from Compass Direct, with thanks to Doc Washburn: April 30 (Compass) — Iranian authorities abandoned preliminary hearings against Christian convert Hamid Pourmand before an Islamic sharia court in Tehran last week, apparently after news of his trial leaked out to the international press. […]
“˜Tortured Mariam of no use to me”
Too horrible for comment. From the Hindustan Times, with thanks to Sunindia: “Mariam mere kaam ki nahin rahi (Marriyam is of no use to me now).” That’s Mohammed Hussain, husband of Mariam Begum, whose ears and nose were chopped off by terrorists in 2004. Mariam, 23, now has her ears and nose back after reconstruction […]
Spencer: Terror Denial
Terrorism, you say? Pshaw. From today’s FrontPage: Last Friday, firefighters conducting a routine inspection in a Brooklyn supermarket found 200 automobile airbags and a room lined with posters of Osama bin Laden and beheadings in Iraq. An element in the airbags can be used to make pipe bombs. The owner of the building, according to […]
Insurgents kill 26 in surging Iraq violence
Our Iraq report from AFP: BAGHDAD – Insurgents killed 26 people in a string of attacks across Iraq, capping a bloody week that has left some 250 dead since the country’s new leaders unveiled the first democratically-elected government in half a century… This time, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an army recruiting post […]
Muslim American soldier arrested as deserter; anti-American notes found in his backpack
“Army sergeant arrested as deserter; anti-American notes found in his backpack,” from WIStv.com, with thanks to all who sent this in: (Wellington, FL-AP) May 5, 2005 – An Army sergeant who left his Georgia post six months ago has been tracked down at his parent’s home after a notebook with anti-American and anti-Semitic writings was […]