On the condition that they disarm. Complete, verifiable, irreversible disarmament is well nigh impossible; after all, “war is deceit.” But there is a much larger issue: the imposition of Sharia law on any inch of the Philippines’ territory. If they get anywhere on disarmament, we’ll likely see the usual claims about Sharia: it isn’t really […]
Archives for August 2011
Muslim demands for prayer breaks disrupt Colorado meat packing plant
“We know that some of our employees would like a guaranteed prayer time every day. That is not the legal requirement, and it would be impractical to accommodate this without shutting down the production line.” Indeed — especially since the prescribed times for Muslim prayers change slightly each day. But the Denver Post, as you […]
U.N. schools for Palestinians have employed jihadists for decades, use antisemitic PA textbooks
Your tax dollars at work, in ways you never intended: “The US contributed over half a billion dollars ($560 million) from 2009-2010.” Just what you needed to hear in the ongoing debt crisis. Arab donors, by comparison, threw in $7 million. “Do UNRWA schools encourage terror against Israel?” by Anav Silverman for the Jerusalem Post, […]
Iraq: Sniper who killed 2 U.S. marines released from prison after Iraqi court “reviews” case
The case was thrown out for a “lack of evidence.” Wink-wink. “Iraqi sniper who shot dead two Marines freed after serving two-and-a-half years for each killing,” by Daniel Bates for the Daily Mail, August 21: They were told that so long as a U.S. marine was still in Iraq, he would remain in jail. But […]
Egypt: Police arrest man for posting Facebook comments “that were insulting to the Koran and the Prophet Mohammed and Islam and Muslims”
This is the kind of law that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is trying to compel Western states to adopt. The OIC”s campaign, OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu emphasized in June 2011, was “a matter of extreme priority for the OIC.” And it has met with a good deal of success. In November 2010, […]
Palestinian Authority tells Israel to stop “rogue behavior” as at least 20 rockets fired from Gaza
How about a word along those lines to Gaza? Of course not. All of the Palestinian factions know that if Israel cannot hold Hamas accountable as the entity that is, after all, putatively in control of Gaza, there will exist a perfect arrangement of plausible deniability among jihadist groups: everyone benefits, and no one can […]
That was quick: Jihadist groups discussing return to ceasefire with Israel
It was only Friday that Hamas declared the truce was off. As the Israeli response has escalated, and they may face actual consequences for the latest bombardment of southern Israel with rocket fire, they’ve changed their minds. It is a calculated move, of course, hoped to have the practical effect of allowing Hamas and jihadists […]
Report: Iran cuts funding to Hamas, irked by insufficient support for Syria’s Assad
This situation carries major implications for Hamas’ control of Gaza, and may partially explain both the moves to challenge its authority by other Iranian-supported groups such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Popular Resistance Committee, and the current flareup of jihadist violence in and around Gaza. Hamas is caught in the middle of attempting a […]
Spanish foreign minister supports statehood move to give Palestinians “hope”
Hope doesn’t make a governable state. Here again, as with all the blood and treasure squandered on “hearts and minds” in Iraq and Afghanistan (often translating into millions of dollars lost in the wrong hands) we see foreign policy based on wishful thinking and a fixation on other people’s “feelings.” We have already witnessed the […]
Yemen: Suspected al-Qaeda suicide bombers kill 11 tribesmen
An Arabia-Ain’t-Felix Update, following al-Qaeda’s takeover of a third town earlier this week. The dual attacks, the targets, and the tactic of suicide bombing all suggest al-Qaeda’s involvement. “Suicide blasts kill 11 tribesmen in southern Yemen,” by Ahmed al-Haj for the Associated Press, August 21: SANAA, Yemen (AP) “” A pair of suicide bombings targeting […]