The jihadists continue to crow. “Hezbollah declares ‘historic victory,’” from AP, : BINT JBAIL, Lebanon – Hours after a U.N.-imposed cease-fire halted the monthlong Mideast conflict, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah declared that his guerrillas had achieved a “strategic, historic victory” over Israel. Israel’s prime minister, however, maintained the offensive eliminated the “state within a […]
Archives for 2006
FBI: No terror threat to Michigan bridge
Michigan Jihad Update: move along, nothing to see here. Of course, the FBI is still working according to the utterly useless proposition that one is not a “terrorist” unless one has a “direct” connection to “known terrorist groups.” The possibility that these bridge plotters could have been inspired by the same ideology that motivates jihad […]
Italy: Over 13,000 potential terrorist targets “under control”
Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “Italy: Over 13,000 Potential Terrorist Targets ‘Under Control,’” from AKI, : Rome, 14 August (AKI) – Security services in Italy are keeping under surveillance some 13,664 potential terrorist targets and have deployed some 19,559 operatives to do the job, the Interior Ministry announced on Monday. In the wake of last […]
UK Muslim MPs renew “change your foreign policy or we’ll blow you up” warning
The anti-dhimmi scorn and derision these MPs received for their initial “change your foreign policy or we’ll blow you up” warning has not made them alter their position one bit. They don’t seem in the least concerned about the fact that lots of individuals and groups dislike various government policies, but aren’t blowing anyone up […]
Iran vows to rein in media in new morality clampdown
Rescuing souls from the excesses of… news. Sharia Alert from AFP: TEHRAN, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) – Iran’s conservative Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi vowed Friday to rein in the media as part of a new clampdown on “wicked manifestations in society”. The minister said there too many domestic news agencies in the […]
At least 10 Katyusha rockets fired into S. Lebanon Monday
Just firing off a few extras– they certainly wouldn’t want to make work for the UN disarmament forces by turning them in unfired. From AP: “10 Katyusha rockets explode in Lebanon” JERUSALEM – Israel’s military said Hezbollah guerrillas fired at least 10 Katyusha rockets into southern Lebanon early Tuesday. None hit inside Israel and no […]
UK: Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown
Stop the presses! A Western government actually deals with the real threat! From the TimesOnline, with thanks to all who sent this in: THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk. The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting […]
Iran Unveils Holocaust Cartoon Exhibit
From AP: TEHRAN, Iran – An exhibition of more than 200 cartoons about the Holocaust opened Monday as Iran’s response to last year’s Muslim outrage over a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper. The display, showing 204 entries from Iran and abroad, was strongly influenced by the views of Iran’s hard-line President […]
Fitzgerald: Questions for a Christian American in Turkey
A poster at Jihad Watch recently informed us: “I’ve been living in Istanbul for five years…openly as a Christian and American. No problems yet…” The poster is not taking in the real situation. If Turkey permits him to live “openly as a Christian and American,” that does not mean much about Islam. For Turkey is […]
Jihad in Michigan?
More Wal-Mart and cell phone jihad? “Arrests Prompt More Mich. Bridge Patrols,” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: CARO, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has increased patrols near the bridge connecting Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas after prosecutors said they believe three men jailed on terrorism charges were targeting […]