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Archives for September 2011
Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Muhammad: Arab Muslims lack the know-how to pull off a 9/11-style attack, so the U.S. gov’t must have done it
The curious “bless our hearts, we’re incompetent” defense by people who are otherwise strident, triumphalist Islamic supremacists also came up soon after the 9/11 attacks, as the Taliban moved to protect its al-Qaeda “guests.” Mahathir is thus not the first to use this line, though he is well known for his advanced case of antisemitism […]
Sweden: Police arrest 4 on suspicion of terrorism, evacuate an art center
“The four men were arrested with the help of the National Task Force, which is deployed in situations of urgency such as terrorism or hostage-taking.” “4 Suspects Arrested in Swedish Terror Plot,” by Christina Anderson and Nicholas Kulisch for the New York Times, September 11 (thanks to Alexandre): LUND, Sweden “” Police in Goteborg arrested […]
Afghanistan: Taliban truck bomb wounds 77 Americans, no wounds said to be life-threatening
All they killed were five Afghan civilians, including a 3-year-old girl. Not the anniversary massacre they were hoping for, but 10 years later, the enemy is consistent in his disregard for civilians, and his desire for spectacular acts of slaughter in the cause of jihad. “77 Americans wounded in Afghan truck bombing,” by Rahim Faiez […]
Ground Zero Mosque Imam Rauf lies about mosque opponents
In an ugly sidelight to an ugly day, in the run-up to 9/11 the Wall Street Journal published this vicious little libel from the Ground Zero mosque and stealth Islamic supremacist Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf. In “A Call to All Religious Moderates,” September 9 (thanks to Paul), Rauf says this: When I launched my effort […]
A decade out, we’re losing
In Human Events this sad morning I outline a decade of denial, appeasement, and compromise: Ten years after 9/11, the war on terror is far from over, and we are losing it. We were attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, by Islamic jihadists who explained, in writings they left behind, that they were committing mass murder […]
Surprise: Egyptian military chief Tantawi did not respond to Israeli PM or defense minister during embassy attack: Egyptians were “unable to locate him”
According to Netanyahu, it was a major American intervention — with other reports mentioning Leon Panetta and Hillary Clinton as well as Obama — that made the difference between Egyptian inaction and action to rescue the embassy security guards behind the “last door” separating them from the Egyptian mob. Apparently Cairo isn’t screening out calls […]
Mark Steyn: “We commemorate an act of war as a ‘tragic event,’ and we retreat to equivocation, cultural self-loathing, and utterly fraudulent misrepresentation about the events of the day”
Steyn discusses the widespread efforts to turn the 9/11 anniversary commemoration into something, anything different — a Hallmark holiday on which to tack any nice-sounding cause — to the detriment of remembering the attacks and their victims, and by extension, of discussing the ideology that drove the attackers. “Let’s Roll Over,” by Mark Steyn for […]
Egypt: Crowd near Israeli embassy turns on journalists, accusing them of being Israeli and American spies
A CNN producer, an Egyptian who was himself accused of being an Israeli spy, may have helped to avert another assault like that which Lara Logan suffered, sexually assaulted by a mob shouting “Jew! Jew!” As for the American spy allegations, some thanks America gets for its support of the “Arab Spring.” Unfortunately, there is […]
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan decries abuse of non-Muslims, government inaction
“Perhaps [the assailants] have been emboldened by the flabbiness of the state in dealing with them.” Indeed, behavior that is rewarded tends to be repeated. “HRCP alarmed by assault on non-Muslims,” from The Nation, September 10 (thanks to Twostellas): LAHORE – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed acute concern at serious excesses […]