Awwww. More on this story. It is unfortunate that it does not look as if anyone (least of all Pakistan) is pressing for a military advantage while the group is floundering; the CIA has suspended drone strikes as of last month. It would appear that this is an opportunity that is being allowed to pass. […]
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What could go wrong? Taliban strikes deal to open “political office” in Qatar
The U.S. agreed to the idea earlier last year. The third-country presence carries the risk of giving the Taliban an undeserved veneer of legitimacy, giving it the opportunity to buy time on the battlefield by going through the motions, and engage in blackmail over quitting negotiations. It also threatens the evolution of a Hizballah-like Taliban […]
“The Muslim Brotherhood Will Become Much More Savage After Elections”
Evidence of the Muslim Brotherhood’s illegal activities during Egypt’s elections continue to emerge””including tricking voters into not voting for non-MB candidates by pretending they had died. Of course, such trickery will turn into ferocity once winning the people’s votes are no longer necessary and the MB assumes power. “The Muslim Brotherhood Will Become Much More […]
Israel Security Council: Obama Naive on Muslim Brotherhood
Naive? Maybe. “Israel Security Council: Obama Naive on Muslim Brotherhood,” by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu in Israel National News, January 3 (thanks to Twostellas): Israel’s National Security Council thinks that President Barack Obama is naïve in his attitude towards the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, which stated Sunday it can’t fathom the idea of recognizing Israel. Dr. Rashad […]
Islam’s Slave-Soldiers Return to Egypt
In Stonegate Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com) I discuss some of the parallels between Egypt’s ruling military and the Mamluks — military slaves who usurped power in Egypt for centuries, exercising a form of brutality against the people that has returned: The myths of a “patriotic” or “altruistic” Egyptian military carefully protecting the “rights” of its citizenry””the […]
Spencer: Jihad plotting persists in mosques
In Human Events I discuss some new allegations that show yet again how willfully blind the Obama Administration’s approach to jihad terrorism and Islamic supremacism really is: It is now official U.S. Government policy that Islam has nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism, and that therefore any examination of the stated motives and goals of […]
Spencer: Requiem for the Third See of Christendom
In the Catholic magazine Crisis this morning, I provide some historical background on the embattled and courageous Coptic Church of Egypt: Egypt today is the site of a persecution of the Church on a scale unseen in Western Europe since the darkest days of the French Revolution; the Coptic Church is fighting for its life […]
Media, Hamas-linked CAIR focus on mosque firebombed in Queens, ignore firebombing against Hindus, Christians
A Shi’ite mosque, a house where Hindus were meeting to worship, and a Christian family home were all firebombed, along with other sites. In its daily “American Muslim News Briefs,” the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) mentioned in passing that “two nearby homes were apparently targeted by the same attackers,” but didn’t bother to […]
“Arab Spring” fuelling rise of discrimination and violence against Christians
I tried to tell you. “Christians face waves of persecution: Arab Spring has partly fuelled rise of discrimination and violence against Jesus’s followers,” by Harry Sterling for the Vancouver Sun, January 2: …According to reports, Christians are being increasingly harassed, intimidated and even subjected to persecution and violence, including murder, in a number of foreign […]
Pakistan police say abduction of Hindus is of no consequence
Here is yet another ongoing human rights abuse that goes largely ignored by the international human rights organizations. “PAKISTAN: A lawyer from Hindu community is missing and police refuse to register the case claiming that the abduction of Hindus is of no consequence,” from the Asian Human Rights Commission, December 30 (thanks to Linda): Dear […]