I received this email this morning from an American military officer in Iraq. I have removed various specific references to location etc. Greetings again from [Iraqi location]. I am a daily reader and just wanted to share an experience I had yesterday at a weekly meeting given by the [military] staff to the [military officers]. […]
Archives for 2006
Syria, Iran intelligence services aided Hizballah during war
A Stop-The-Presses Alert: “Syria, Iran intelligence services aided Hezbollah during war,” by Ze’ev Schiff in Haaretz, with thanks to Sr. Soph: During the fighting in Lebanon Hezbollah received direct intelligence support from Syria, using data collected by listening posts jointly manned by Russian and Syrian crews. Hezbollah was also fed intelligence from new listening posts […]
Another death threat — from the same person
A new message this morning from romeosay@hotmail.com, IP 202.83.163.129. Anyone who insults any religion in the world is an agent of satan. Behold, Robert Damn Spencer hell dweller is a hate preacher. He loves to hate Islam and I love to slit his throat. This will be soon. He will pay for what he wrote […]
UK jihad terror suspect: I thought the fertilizer was for construction, not bombs
Terrorism? Nabeel Hussain is shocked — shocked! — at the very idea. “Suspect thought fertiliser for construction not bomb,” from Reuters, with thanks to Ronin: One of seven Britons accused of planning to carry out bomb attacks said on Monday he thought a huge bag of fertiliser contained sand for construction work rather than material […]
Al-Sadr followers: US invaded Iraq to prevent return of the Mahdi
No, this is not a parody. Note, in fact, that when he says the Americans are trying to destroy Islam, that this essentially amounts to just another pretext to stir up outrage and gain recruits for the jihad. “Waiting for the imam’s return to Earth,” from the TimesOnline, : THE followers of Moqtada al-Sadr believe […]
Afraid of the Fear of Terror
“At this point, it seems, terrorists don’t even need to issue a specific threat in order to intimidate us.” From Henryk M. Broder in Spiegel (thanks to HF): One of Mozart’s operas been taken off the playlist at Berlin’s State Opera for fear of a terrorist attack. It’s a shocking example of pre-emptive surrender: At […]
UK: Muslim prisoners can buy jihad books
More astounding dhimmitude from the UK, where it has already reached levels far beyond parody. “Inmates can buy terror books,” from The Sun, with thanks to Fjordman: TERROR suspects at Britain’s main top-security jail are being given access to books which promote HOLY WAR. Muslim prisoners have been given a catalogue featuring fanatical publications which […]
Pakistani jihad group issues fatwa: kill the Pope
Pope Rage is not over. The Western press forgets about these things, but in the Islamic world, they continue to simmer. “LET Issues Fatwa to Kill the Pope,” from the International Terrorism Monitor, with thanks to LGF: Acting on behalf of the International Islamic Front (IIF) for Jihad Against the Crusaders and the Jewish People, […]
Fitzgerald: What should security services do?
Converts, reverts, New Muslims, whatever they are called, often come from the ranks of the psychically marginal, the people whose oddness, whose inability to accept or adapt to or even haughtily mock, their lot, whether earned or unmerited, makes them vulnerable to the siren-song of a Total Regulation of Life. There are elements of Huey, […]
Possible honor killing in Norway
“Neighbours also described the shootings as baffling, describing the family as ‘very nice’ and ‘completely normal,’ noting that they often invited neighbours in for Pakistani food.” “Three sisters shot and killed,” from Aftenposten, with thanks to Bruce Bawer: A 30-year-old man was in police custody and under observation at UllevÃ¥l University Hospital Monday after he’s […]