Sharia Alert from AP: MOGADISHU, Somalia – Islamic militants controlling much of southern Somalia shut down a radio station Sunday for playing love songs and other music, the latest step to impose strict religious rule which has sparked fears of an emerging, Taliban-style regime. Since sweeping to power over much of southern Somalia, including the […]
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Palestinians torch Qalqilya YMCA
An update on this story from YNet News: Palestinian gunmen Saturday attacked and set fire to the Young Men’s Christian Association headquarters in Qalqiliya, a large West Bank city controlled by Hamas. Local government sources identified the attackers as members of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups, saying the identities of the gunmen are […]
Zawahiri video calls on Muslims to increase “resistance” against US
Another propaganda video from al-Zawahiri; one point of interest among the usual rhetoric is a call to Kurds in particular to rise up against the US in Iraq. From CNN: “Al Qaeda releases 9/11 anniversary message” (CNN) — A lengthy statement from al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri on the eve of the fifth anniversary […]
Fitzgerald: Podsnaps all
“…Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence. There was a dignified conclusiveness–not to add a grand convenience–in this way of getting rid of disagreeables which had done much towards establishing Mr Podsnap in his lofty place in Mr Podsnap’s satisfaction. ‘I don’t want to know about it; I […]
Fitzgerald: A tribute to Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters is a retired officer who is often sensible about the uses of military force, and he takes a dim view of the Arabs. He is also said to be a scholarly sort, with books in Russian and German in his library (at least, this is what the articles about him unfailingly convey). So […]
British Muslim leader: don’t resist terrorism, or you’ll get 2 million more terrorists
Anti-terror efforts breed terrorists, says Bari. In other words, please lie down and die. “Threat of up to two million Muslim terrorists, warns community leader,” from the Daily Mail, with thanks to Twostellas: Britain will face have to deal with up to two million Islamic terrorists unless there is an end to ‘demonising’ of Muslims, […]
Hizballah: Up to 90% of rocket arsenal left
The Hizballah deputy interviewed below seems to have no qualms about speaking freely about Hizballah’s arsenal, but why should he? It’s abundantly clear by now that no one is going to confiscate it. His tally of 8,000 missiles fired at Israel is grossly exaggerated (the Associated Press reported a total of 3,970 fired in the […]
Institute for Counter-Terrorism: Hizballah could resort to terror attacks
What? Hizballah resort to terrorism? Why, it’s unprecedented! Unheard of! Just think: some people actually pay the Institute for Counter-Terrorism for this kind of high-level analysis. Nice work if you can get it. Here’s one for free: Hamas may resort to terror also. No, don’t thank me. That one is gratis. “Estimation: Hizbullah could resort […]
Michigan Muslim arrested at airport with knife hidden in book
I want to emphasize at the outset, of course, that I am absolutely certain that this incident had nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism. I mean, that’s obvious: Mohammed Ghanem wasn’t wearing an Osama bin Laden t-shirt. Nor was he carrying an Al-Qaeda membership card. Therefore this incident is simply an isolated case involving an […]
Author faces trial in Turkey over book on Armenian genocide
This presentation of the case against Elif Shafak for “insulting Turkishness” unfortunately dodges the issues of religion in both the genocide of Armenian Christians by Muslims, and concerning the tensions in present-day Turkey resulting from its maneuvering to join the EU. Like so many other fronts in the jihad, it is being misrepresented as merely […]