Israel is at the front line of the global jihad movement. Ever since the State of Israel was founded in 1948, and even before, it has faced jihadist opposition from groups adamant in their determination to destroy it utterly. Yet I expect that a poll of Americans would find only a tiny minority would affirm […]
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Senior Iraqi Sunni Leader Killed
“Iraq Insurgents Kill Senior Sunni Leader” But were they really “insurgents”? From AP via Interest Alert: Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms broke into the home of a senior Sunni leader on Wednesday and killed him, his three sons and his son-in-law on the outskirts of Baghdad, his brother and an interior ministry official said. Khadim […]
Iraq’s Talabani says Iran promises support against insurgents
From AFX via Forbes: TEHRAN – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani wrapped up a landmark visit to neighbouring Iran today, saying he had won promises of support for his bid to end the insurgency ravaging his country. ‘Iran is interested in our security just as it is interested in its own security. We should use all […]
US to Resume Sales of Lethal Weapons to Indonesia
From VOA: The United States has decided to resume the sale of lethal military hardware to Indonesia. The State Department announced Tuesday that in the interest of U.S. national security it has exercised its authority under a law passed earlier this month to waive conditions on U.S. military relations with Indonesia. The State Department statement […]
Paper Says Bush Talked of Bombing Arab TV Network
But Tony Blair talked him out of it. So says the Washington Post, also known affectionately as the “Bandar Beacon”: LONDON — President Bush expressed interest in bombing the headquarters of the Arabic television network al-Jazeera during a White House conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair in April 2004, a British newspaper reported Tuesday. The […]
Rabat Declaration: FGM “Un-Islamic”
“Islam United to Stop Female Genital Mutilation” From AllAfrica.com with thanks to Eric. Ministers, politicians and religious leaders from almost 50 Muslim states were gathered for two days in the Moroccan capital at the first Islamic childhood conference. The resulting “Rabat Declaration” puts special emphasis on female genital mutilation and other harmful practices discriminating girls, […]
Nuclear plan could be enriching
Bronwen Maddox says reining-in Iran’s ambitions could also help others to explore alternative fuels in this article in TimesOnline, with thanks to Interested. IN FOUR months of extravagantly bad-tempered diplomacy, Iran’s new President has pulled off one small success. He has sidestepped a fight with the rest of the world tomorrow over his country”s nuclear […]
Afghans find body of kidnapped Indian engineer
From Reuters: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Afghan police on Wednesday found the decapitated body of an Indian man who Taliban insurgents said they kidnapped and executed, a provincial official said. The body of the engineer, who had been working on a road project, was found on a dirt road in the southern province of Nimroz, said […]
Burglary for hawala cash leaves British cop dead
From NewIndPress: LONDON: A large amount of cash intended for ‘hawala’ transactions in the Indian subcontinent was the main target of a burglary at a British travel agency in which one woman police officer was shot dead. The killing of the officer, Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, last Friday has dominated media coverage here, including the coverage […]
D.C. Watson to CAIR: Your deflection strategy needs work
D.C. Watson keeps Dennis Prager’s debate going, telling C.A.I.R., “The purpose of this column is certainly not to berate every Muslim in the world, as many of them have been intimidated and threatened by their militant fellow believers. Nevertheless, many of these radical Islamic problem children are in the United States, and you’re not helping […]