Archives for 2006

It has been awhile since we had a 1938 Alert. “Iran Test-Fires Longer Range Missile,” by Nasser Karimi for AP, with thanks to James: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran test-fired dozens of missiles, including the Shahab-3 that can reach Israel, in military maneuvers Thursday that it said were aimed at putting a stop to the […]

Good thing al-Maliki asserted his independence from the Americans and lifted his blockade, eh? By Sameer N. Yacoub for Associated Press, : BAGHDAD, Iraq – A motorcycle rigged with explosives blew up Thursday in a crowded market in Baghdad’s Shiite Sadr City district, killing at least seven people and wounding 45, police said. It was […]

It says here that the call for Sharia is an “unexpected initiative,” but it doesn’t seem to have been at all unexpected among Jihad Watch readers here, and Charles Johnson called it also. “Thai PM apologizes for ex-govt’s tactics,” by Rungrawee C. Pinyorat for Associated Press, with thanks to LGF: PATTANI, Thailand – Thailand’s interim […]

Dhimmi Prince Charlie prescribes Islam for what ails the world. Apparently he thinks it’s a positive thing to come out publicly for the same thing for which Osama bin Laden, Omar Bakri, and others of like mind are striving. From the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA), with thanks to Voltaire: ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (KUNA) — Prince […]

He shouted, “I am happy to be a Muslim!” But should the rest of the world be happy about that as well? “Man fires shots to protest Pope,” from Agence France-Presse, : POLICE detained a man who fired shots into the air outside the Italian consulate allegedly to protest an upcoming visit by Pope Benedict […]

Cartoon Rage is not over. From Gulfnews, with thanks to Fjordman: Cairo: Egyptians view Denmark as a “very hostile” nation, according to a government poll released on Tuesday. The cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Centre which conducted the survey, said in a statement that the poll showed that 60 per cent of a random sample […]

Sunni Arab Jihadists come in various kinds. There are those who have received the most attention in the American press: the volunteers who arrive from outside Iraq, and who are considered to be part of the local succursale of Al Qaeda. There are the supporters of Saddam Hussein and his regime (often called Ba’athists). There […]

In 1948, the Armenian-American journalist Arthur A. Derounian, who infiltrated Nazi groups in America and wrote about his adventures in the bestseller Under Cover (published under the pseudonym John Roy Carlson), traveled to the Middle East, where he used the Nazi connections he had made to get in with Arab groups preparing to destroy the […]

For only eight years. Is that because he is a juvenile? “Jailed For Honour Killing,” from SkyNews, with thanks to Mackie: A teenager who killed a six-year-old girl in a so-called honour arson attack has been jailed for eight years. Daryll Tuzzio, 18, bought the petrol that was used in an attack on the home […]

In this week’s Jihad Watch videoblog at HotAir, I discuss the notorious words of the Mufti of Australia, Sheikh al-Hilali, blaming women if they are raped.