The good news: He failed, and he’s been expelled from the country. “Sweden expels Syrian diplomat, tried to kidnap his daughter,” from the Associated Press, May 14: STOCKHOLM — A prosecutor says Sweden has expelled a Syrian diplomat in an alleged plot to abduct his daughter and bring her out of the Scandinavian country. Prosecutor […]
Archives for 2010
Pakistan arrests accomplice to Times Square jihadist
An update on this story. “Pakistan arrests man with militant ties who says he aided Times Square bomb suspect,” by Greg Miller for the Washington Post, May 14: The Pakistani government has arrested a suspect with connections to a Pakistani militant group who said he acted as an accomplice to the man accused of trying […]
Pakistani Taliban: America will “burn”
“They can neither eliminate the mujahideen nor jihad, nor they can harm Islam.” Can’t harm Islam? Not even with cartoons? “Pakistani Taliban say America will ‘burn’,” from Reuters, May 14: (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban militants have warned America that it will soon “burn” while calling for Pakistan’s rulers to be overthrown for following “America’s agenda”. […]
Indonesia: Jihadists planned to assassinate president, stage Sharia coup
The group was based in Aceh, which continues to prove itself shockingly — shockingly — “immoderate.” “Indonesia militants planned sharia coup, assassinations,” by Olivia Rondonuwu and Sunanda Creagh for Reuters, May 14 (thanks to Twostellas): JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian militants captured in recent police raids were planning a series of attacks including a Mumbai-style hotel […]
Iraq: al-Sadr’s Shi’ite militias show signs of regrouping in south
More trouble ahead. “Are Sadr militias rearming in Iraq’s south?” by Jane Arraf for the Christian Science Monitor, May 12: Baghdad – A senior US general said forces loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr are rising again in Iraq’s south, engaging in intimidation, extortion, and political violence as politicians in Baghdad continue to negotiate over […]
Spencer: Theology for a Holocaust
In FrontPage for Friday I discuss the recent endorsement of genocide by a Muslim student at UCSD: UC-San Diego student Jumanah Imad Albahri last week, under questioning from David Horowitz, refused to condemn Hamas and Hizballah and endorsed a genocidal statement by Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Many were shocked. Albahri’s statement is being treated as […]
Pamela Geller debates the 9/11 Mosque on Hannity radio show
Her opponent is Michael Ghouse of the Muslim American Congress. Take a listen.
Saudi paper: Spencer is “the Likud anti-Christ”
I can’t stop laughing. “From Saudi Newspaper: ‘Jihad Watch [Spreads] Nazi Propaganda in order to Link Islam with Terrorism,” from Translating Jihad, May 13: This article, published in the Saudi newspaper Dar al-Hayat on 30 April, is a response to Robert Spencer’s “See No Qur’an, Hear No Qur’an,” published on 16 April in Frontpage Magazine. […]
Netherlands tracking a growing number of Dutch jihadists
And those who are training overseas now “can as Dutch citizens return to the Netherlands, ready to answer the call for further action.” “The Dutch Taliban,” from DutchNews, May 13: Recently growing attention has been given to US citizens who have joined the jihad in Pakistan. But the phenomenon is not limited to Americans, writes […]
Dagestan: Jihad against repairmen
The intrepid mujahedin, targeting Russian workers repairing a damaged broadcast tower. “Militants Kill 7 Russian Workers In North Caucasus,” from RTTNews, May 13: (RTTNews) – More than seven people have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist insurgents in Russia’s restive North Caucasus region, local officials told media on Thursday. Those killed in the […]