More on this. From AP: British authorities said Thursday they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in carry-on luggage. British Airways canceled all flights between London’s Heathrow airport and all points in Britain, Europe and Libya for the day. Britain’s Home Secretary John […]
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Jihadists take control of key town in central Somalia
Beledweyne falls. Somali Jihad Update from AFP: “Islamists take control of key central Somali town” MOGADISHU (AFP) – Islamic militia has seized control of a strategic township near the Ethiopian border from Somalia’s transitional government, further expanding their territory. There were no reported casualties in the clash, which saw only a brief exchange of fire […]
Iran: Another ex-Muslim persecuted
Perhaps the drug charge is to divert unwanted Western attention from the underlying problem of Mojdehi’s apostasy, which is really what upsets them. Islamic Tolerance Alert: “Iran: Government “˜Officially” Charges Ex-Muslim with Drug Trafficking: Officers tell convert to Christianity his real crime was abandoning Islam,” from Compass Direct: August 8 (Compass Direct News) — Seven […]
British police thwart major terror plot
Another Methodist terror plot, no doubt. From AP: LONDON – A major terrorist plot to blow up an aircraft mid-flight between Britain and the U.S. has been disrupted, police said Thursday. Police arrested a number of people overnight in London after a covert counter-terrorist operation lasting several months, police said in a statement. The plot […]
Ahmadinejad threatens Bush
When Iran’s Thug-In-Chief sent his letter to President Bush, I pointed out that it had the form of invitations to accept Islam that preceded jihad attacks all the way back to Muhammad’s day. The prophet of Islam himself wrote to the Byzantine emperor Heraclius and other rulers, telling them, “Accept Islam and your lives and […]
1 of missing Egyptian students arrested
An update on this story. An odd thing, that they are looking for these students so assiduously if they actually pose no threat. Nationwide alerts aren’t usually issued for visa violators. From AP, with thanks to K.: WASHINGTON – An Egyptian exchange student, among the 11 who entered the United States but failed to report […]
Malaysian Foreign Minister: Muslim countries should arm Hizballah
From Kyodo News: “Malaysia calls for end to Israel ‘dictating to the world’” (Kyodo) – Israel should not be allowed to dictate to the world or Islamic countries would be driven to consider supplying arms to Hezbollah to fight the Jewish state, Malaysia’s foreign minister warned Tuesday. Syed Hamid Albar said he is “unhappy” with […]
Spencer: Khaybar, Khaybar
In FrontPage this morning I offer some historical background to current events (news links in the original): As Hizballah fires its Khaibar-1 rockets into Israel, Kuwaiti demonstrators recently chanted, “Khaybar, Khaybar, ya Yahoud, jaish Muhammad sa yaoud” — that is, “Khaybar, Khaybar, O Jews, the army of Muhammad will return.” (The Kuwait Times rendered this […]
Pipes: Sudden Jihad Syndrome in Seattle
Important observations from Daniel Pipes in FrontPage this morning (many news links in the original): About 4 p.m. on Friday, July 28, on the eve of the Jewish sabbath, a Muslim terrorist of Pakistani origins named Naveed Afzal Haq forced a 14-year-old girl to get him into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building by […]
Shiites Press for a Partition of Iraq
They were the most enthusiastic supporters of the democracy project, but now that it is clear that it isn’t getting them what they want, they’re singing a different tune. From the LA Times, with thanks to Arjun: BAGHDAD “” They have a new constitution, a new government and a new military. But faced with incessant […]