In “Hollywood Discovers Radical Islam” in FrontPage today, Daniel Pipes defends Fox’s 24 on grounds that I have often pointed out here: every Muslim arrested on terror-related charges in the U.S. is always portrayed in media reports as kind, cuddly, gentle, etc. Others, like Mike Hawash, have seemed thoroughly secularized and moderate. So Fox’s portrayal […]
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Kuwaiti ‘cell’ planned to hit Americans
“Kuwaiti ‘cell’ planned to hit joint exercise; ‘Two to three’ still held,” from Arab Times, with thanks to Twostellas: KUWAIT CITY (Agencies): Staunch US ally Kuwait uncovered a cell in its army that was plotting to attack American and other foreign forces in the country, the defence minister said Tuesday, amid suspicions the group could […]
Tsunami in Indonesia: Jihadists pitch in to clean up and keep Islamic law
“Moderate” Indonesia sends in the jihadists to help clean up after the tsunami “” and make sure the locals are behaving in a sufficiently Islamic manner. From “Radicals pitch in to clean up and keep Islamic law” in the Sydney Morning Herald, with thanks to tinplug: Radical Islamic groups best known for smashing bars and […]
Tsunamis won’t stop jihadis
From B. Raman, additional secretary (retired), cabinet government of India, New Delhi, and currently director of the Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai, and distinguished fellow and convener, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai chapter, in AsiaTimes, with thanks to mjinks: The large-scale deployment of highly visible US troops in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand could make […]
Spencer on The Right Balance radio show this morning
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer is scheduled for The Right Balance with Greg Allen this morning at 10:30AM EST. You can listen online at The Right Balance site. And since we have been asked in the past to provide a link to a time zone converter, here it is (thanks to Dom).
Email troubles
Charles notes that Hosting Matters put in an upgrade yesterday evening, and perhaps coincidentally, my director@jihadwatch.org email went down around the same time. I have received a few messages since then, but I have found out about some other important ones that I didn’t receive, and it still doesn’t seem to be working fully. So…if […]
Marine who surfaced in Lebanon after purported kidnapping missing again
Strange doings. He was already charged with desertion, and he deserted again. From AP, with thanks to Twostellas: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Marine charged with desertion after he claimed to have been kidnapped last year in Iraq was again declared a deserter Wednesday after he failed to return from a holiday leave. Cpl. Wassef […]
Feds search for Middle Eastern man who tried to buy same explosive McVeigh used
From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: WASHINGTON (AP) Federal authorities searched Wednesday for a man using a Middle Eastern name and possible bogus construction credentials to try to purchase large quantities of the same explosive used by Timothy McVeigh to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms […]
East Boston street gang linked to Al-Qaeda
“Eastie gang linked to al-Qaeda,” from the Boston Herald, with thanks to Kemaste: A burgeoning East Boston-based street gang made up of alleged rapists and machete-wielding robbers has been linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, prompting Boston police to “turn up the heat” on its members, the Herald has learned. MS-13, which stands for La […]
Iran leader urges students to promote culture of jihad and “martyrdom”
From Al Bawaba, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday stressed that “enemies of the Islamic Republic are trying to humiliate and diminish the value of martyrdom and the culture of jihad in the eyes of the youth, particularly students.” In a message to the 8th Congress […]