Archives for 2006

More short-sightedness from Western authorities: “West to boost aid to Yemen in face of al-Qa’ida threat,” by Anne Penketh in the Belfast Telegraph, : President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has undergone quite a transformation since Saddam Hussein presented him with a gold-plated AK-47 for his support in the first Gulf War. Now an enthusiastic […]

“But we did it because authorities did nothing against massacres of Muslims.” Oh come off it, Hasanuddin. I take it these three Christian teenage girls were at fault for doing nothing against alleged massacres of Muslims? Deflection of Responsibility Alert from AP, : A suspected Islamic militant told judges Wednesday he took part in the […]

Rosie strikes again. And in one sense, she’s right: I am certainly not interested in living my life in fear. And the defense against the global jihad is worlds away from her caricature of it as fear “of anyone who thinks different than you.” But I suspect she equates due vigilance with fear. From WorldNetDaily.com, […]

This story doesn’t say how Wolfgang Bohringer has been linked to Atta. “Report: FBI raises terror alarm about South Pacific flying school,” from The Associated Press, : CANBERRA, Australia: U.S. authorities have raised an alarm over a plan by a German citizen “” linked to the Sept. 11 terror attacks “” to build a flying […]

“The Americans love Pepsi Cola, we love death” Update from Iraq. “Iraq: Three killed in suicide attack at funeral,” from AP, : A suicide bomber drove his car into a tent where a funeral was being held in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 15, police said. The attack occurred at […]

Watch for more kidnappings. After all, it works. Centanni and Wiig Update: “Fox News reporters freed for $2 million: Terrorists used cash for arms to ‘hit Zionists,’ payment said to encourage more abductions,” by Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily.com, with thanks to News4U: JERUSALEM — Palestinian terror groups and security organizations in the Gaza Strip received […]

Charles Johnson at LGF (with thanks to Michelle Malkin for the mag cover above) has a particularly egregious example of how the mainstream media is not just biased — it is actively fighting for the jihadists. You”re not going to believe this one. All our suspicions about mainstream media slanting and distorting the news from […]

Against their will. “Sharia: another threat to peace,” from The Tide Online, with thanks to Morgaan Sinclair: The North West zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) last week condemned the repeated trial of Christians before Sharia (Islamic) Courts in Kaduna without the due consent of the Christians. According to a statement by CAN, […]

UPDATE: Kevin Mooney has made some revisions and corrections to his piece, for which I thank him. The revised piece is here. Here is a rather disappointing story about my talk at the Heritage Foundation yesterday — but since there is unlikely to be any other coverage of the event, I thought I’d comment on […]

They’ve found more traces of plutonium — and that’s just where they’ve been able to inspect. By Michael Adler for AFP: VIENNA, Nov 14, 2006 (AFP) – UN nuclear inspectors have found new traces of plutonium, a possible weapons material, in Iran, the UN atomic agency said in a confidential report that was unable to […]