Faheem Khalid Lodhi Update from the Hizballah News Agency, aka Reuters: “Architect jailed for 20 years for Sydney terror plot” SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Pakistan-born Australian architect was jailed for 20 years on Wednesday for planning bomb attacks in Sydney, a court official said. Pakistan-born Faheem Khalid Lodhi had planned to detonate home-made bombs in […]
Archives for 2006
Bin Laden has approval from an Islamic cleric for 10 million American deaths
What if there are ten million and one? Religion of Peace Update from CNN, with thanks to Doug: Michael Scheuer, who once headed the CIA’s bin Laden unit, says bin Laden has been given permission by a young cleric in Saudi Arabia authorizing al Qaeda to “use nuclear weapons against the United States … capping […]
Italy stops — but will let proceed — shipment of assault rifles and plastic explosives sent from Saudi Arabia to USA
Who is shipping them? Who is receiving them? Why will the shipment be allowed to proceed? “Italy reports seizing US-bound arms shipment,” from AFP, with thanks to Kathy: ROME, Italy (AFP) – Italian authorities seized a container full of weapons, including Kalashnikov assault rifles and plastic explosives bound for the United States from Saudi Arabia […]
Report: Iran won’t give up enrichment
Stop The Presses! Nothing really new in this one, but the emphasis is on the fact that Iran has no intention of giving up uranium enrichment. From AP: TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Tuesday it was ready for “serious negotiations” on its nuclear program, but a semi-official news agency said the government was unwilling to […]
Le Monde: UN force in Lebanon not authorized to seek Hizballah arms
An update on Hizballah’s human shields in blue helmets from AFP: “UN force in Lebanon not authorised to seek Hezbollah arms: Le Monde” PARIS – The new UN force being deployed to Lebanon is allowed to use force to defend itself or civilians and to enforce a buffer zone along the Israeli border, but cannot […]
Iran ready for ‘serious’ nuclear talks
The world cringed and braced for the worst, and Iran offered a…bridge for sale! Obviously that’s far better than any attack; I just hope no one buys the bridge. From AP: TEHRAN, Iran – Iran formally responded Tuesday to a package of Western incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, with officials saying […]
Fitzgerald: A farce, but not by Feydeau
Azzam Tamimi insists on telling the truth: of course there is no such thing as “European Islam.” There is no different text of Qur’an and Hadith and Sira stamped “European edition.” Islam does not offer different versions of its immutable texts, the texts that inhibit free and skeptical inquiry, or any possible interpretive escape, a […]
Iran offers ‘new formula’ for solution
A new formula! Probably “bow and surrender.” From AP: TEHRAN, Iran – Iran formally responded Tuesday to a package of Western incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, with officials saying it has offered a “new formula” to resolve the dispute. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, hand-delivered Iran’s response to the Western […]
Iran hands over reply to nuclear incentives offer
No details yet, but an “ambiguous” answer is expected. From the Hizballah News Agency, aka Reuters: TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran on Tuesday handed over its reply to an incentives package by world powers aimed at allaying Western fears that Tehran seeks to build atomic bombs, Iran’s state-run Arabic-language Al-Alam television reported. Ali Larijani, Iran’s chief […]
Iran ‘fires on Romanian oil rig’
An odd story from AP, with thanks to Ana. Is Iran looking for a little practice in firing upon and occupying enemy ships? Is the Thug-In-Chief Ahmadinejad planning to throw us all a curve today and declare war on…Romania? BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian oil rig off the coast of Iran came under fire […]