From The Telegraph: A couple of weeks ago one of the nutters who runs al-Qa’eda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, delivered a ferocious denunciation of one of his and his movement’s most bitter enemies: that well-known zealot and extremist Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Her Majesty is also, of course, by the […]
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Defense official: Rumsfeld given Iraq withdrawal plan
Plan calls for troops to begin pulling out after December elections, from CNN: WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Iraq has submitted a plan to the Pentagon for withdrawing troops in Iraq, according to a senior defense official. Gen. George Casey submitted the plan to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. It includes numerous options […]
US and China to cooperate more on terrorism
From Reuters, : BEIJING – The United States and China hope to strengthen shared efforts to fight terrorism and “pirate” copying of goods, Washington’s top justice official said on Saturday. U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told a news conference in Beijing he had discussed expanding cooperation with Chinese justice and police officials in talks before […]
Crown prince sees “˜end of terrorism” in Saudi in two years
From AFP, : DUBAI – Saudi Arabia, which has been battling a wave of violence, could put an end to homegrown terrorism in the next two years, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz said in remarks aired on Saturday. “I can assure you that the watchful eye of the security forces, the intelligence services and […]
Italy: Algerian Suspects Allegedly Planned To Kill 10,000
From AKI, : Brescia and Naples – The three Algerians detained on Tuesday in the Italian cities of Brescia and Naples were planning a massive terror attack – “on a ship as big as the Titanic, packed with explosives” – that aimed to kill “at least 10,000 people”, as well as an attack on “Italian […]
Vonnegut lauds suicide bombers
We take exception to the description of Vonnegut as “one of the greatest living US writers,” but report his words nonetheless. From The Australian, : ONE of the greatest living US writers has praised terrorists as “very brave people” and used drug culture slang to describe the “amazing high” suicide bombers must feel before blowing […]
Senior al Qaeda militant destroyed in Chechnya
From Itar-Tass, : KHANKALA – Russian secret services destroyed a senior al Qaeda representative in Chechnya, head of the regional headquarters in control of the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus Col-Gen Arkady Yedelev told reporters here on Friday. The operation was carried out by an army elite reconnaissance unit near the village of Avtury, […]
Monograph Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society
From IMRA, with thanks to Looney Tunes: The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is proud to offer the following link to Professor Justus Reid Weiner’s new Monograph Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society. It is a 1.4 megabyte PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the file, but it is available […]
Daniels: The Suburbs Are Burning
Anthony Daniels, also known as Theodore Dalrymple, writes in National Review (subscription required): For the last two weeks, the French have been watching the numbers of cars burnt the night before in the suburbs the way New Yorkers watch the Dow Jones index. Does 463 mean that the riots are now in recession, or is […]
Pakistan Gets Pledges of $5.4 Billion to Rebuild After Quake
From Bloomberg: Pakistan gained pledges of $5.4 billion from international donors and lenders, more than the south Asian nation was seeking, to rebuild cities and rehabilitate people devastated by last month’s earthquake. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the northern Himalayan territory of Kashmir on Oct. 8, killing more than 74,000 people and leaving millions homeless. […]