Once again, land concessions to jihadists prove fruitless: Anything short of everything is simply not enough. From Reuters: “Manila says no new deadline for Muslim peace deal” MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine government declined on Tuesday to give a new deadline for a peace agreement with Muslim rebels as differences over territory junked hopes for […]
Archives for 2006
Saudi Gets 27 Years to Life for Enslaving Maid
Homaidan Al-Turki Update from Arab News: WASHINGTON, 1 September 2006 – A Saudi man convicted of sexually assaulting an Indonesian housekeeper and keeping her as a virtual slave was sentenced yesterday to 27 years to life in prison in Colorado. Homaidan Al-Turki, the 37-year-old Saudi national, denied the charges and blamed anti-Muslim prejudice for the […]
One killed, dozens hurt in wave of bombings in Thai Muslim south
Thai Jihad Update from AFP: YALA, Thailand (AFP) – A wave of small bombs have exploded almost simultaneously at 22 banks in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, leaving one person dead and at least 29 injured. Militants, many of them dressed as students, left the bombs hidden inside books at commercial banks across the province of Yala, […]
U.N. votes for force in Darfur; Sudan says “no”
Sudan Jihad Update from Reuters: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan’s Darfur region to avert a new humanitarian disaster, but the Khartoum government rejected the resolution as “illegal.” The vote to send the force to Darfur once Sudan has agreed to […]
61 killed in Iraq bombing wave
Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update from AFP: “Sixty-one killed as Iraq prepares to take charge of military” BAGHDAD (AFP) – Insurgents killed at least 61 Iraqis, including 14 in a car bomb attack on a popular Baghdad market, as the government prepared to take full command of its own military. At least 43 were killed when a […]
U.S. military sees Iran’s nuke bomb 5 years away
It boggles the mind that a five-year estimate on Iran’s nuclear capabilities could be viewed with any kind of relief, let alone that it could lead to a “general lack of urgency” for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program. From the Washington Times: The U.S. military is operating under the assumption that Iran is five to […]
While in S. Lebanon, IDF forces uncover more Hizballah youth propaganda
While Hizballah’s attempts to infuse itself with popular culture and entertainment, and to indoctrinate children are not new, materials discovered by the Israel Defense Forces show a lower-tech and more direct angle via the content of children’s games. From YNet News: “Hizbullah presents: How to recruit children” Do you know who is “the most senior […]
US gov’t blacklists Hizballah “charity” that allowed donors to earmark funds for weapons
A case that gives new meaning to “guns and butter.” From AFP: “US targets Hezbollah fundraising arm” WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government blacklisted a fundraising arm of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah which it said makes no pretence of hiding the deadly aim of its activities. The Treasury froze any US assets held by […]
Swiss charge Pakistani over ‘honor killing’ of wife
Eurabia Alert from AFP: ZURICH — Swiss prosecutors have charged a Pakistani man over the “honor killing” of his wife, according to legal documents published Wednesday [August 23]. Ajmal Butt Aziz, 24, is accused of murdering his 20-year-old wife Khudeja because she refused to follow Islamic tradition and wear a headscarf, according to the charge […]
Hizballah: We’re arming for second round
Ceasefire Update from YNet News: “Hizbullah: We’re arming for second round” Hizbullah representative in Iran Muhammad Abdullah Sif al-Din, said Wednesday that Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah has a new strategic plan to rearm ahead of the “next round against Israel.” In an interview with the Iranian news agency Fars, al-Din said: “No one can promise […]