“The nature of the blast is said to be of the suicide nature, he noted.” Paradise is guaranteed to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (Qur’an 9:111). “Blast, firing hit U.S. consulate in Afghanistan, killing three and wounding 10,” from Xinhua, September 13 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur): HERAT, Afghanistan, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) […]
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“I saw a scene of utter cruelty”: Eyewitness account of Syrian jihadists beheading a foe
The idea that we would even be considering aiding these jihadis, and are already giving them weapons, is unconscionable. It will forever be a blot on the history of the United States. Even if Islamic supremacists write those histories, the theme of this chapter will be the spectacular success of their disinformation campaign in the […]
Hamas-linked Canadian Muslim group’s smear campaign fails: Robert Spencer speaking tour begins tomorrow
The National Council of Canadian Muslims, formerly known as the Council on American-Islamic Relations Canada, mounted a campaign featuring the usual defamation and lies to get me (and Pamela Geller, who will be along next week) barred from Canada. They failed. Canada evidently is more realistic and courageous than Britain, and not ready to bar […]
Syria: Residents of Christian village ravaged by jihadists write to Congress: “What will happen when the USA bombs Syria?”
“What will happen when it weakens, when the air force of the USA is bombing Syria? What awaits Christians in the towns and villages? It is terrible and it is scaring us.” These are the people we should be aiding, not al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. But one thing about Obama: he’s consistent. “Residents of […]
Syria: Jihadists massacre 22 in revenge for Assad’s alleged chemical attack
Good thing we are intervening to help these al-Qaeda jihadists murder more old men and young children. “Syria Massacre? Nusra Front Fighters Reportedly Kill Women, Children, Elderly Men In Alawite Village,” from Reuters, September 12: BEIRUT, Sept 12 (Reuters) – The death toll from an alleged massacre in an Alawite village in central Syria has […]
Putin: U.S. strike in Syria “will result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria’s borders”
He also slaps at Obama’s reference to American exceptionalism, which is ironic, since Obama has criticized the idea of American exceptionalism as well, which suggests that his reference to it was surpassingly cynical. In any case, his warning of escalation here carries more than a hint of a threat, since he is one of the […]
Two hostages of Syrian jihadists say chemical attack was “launched by the rebels as a provocation to lead the West to intervene militarily”
War is deceit, said Muhammad. “These Two Men Allegedly Overheard Incredibly Explosive Skype Conversation While Being Held Hostage in Syria,” by Jason Howerton for The Blaze, September 11: Two Europeans who were allegedly abducted and held hostage for several months in Syria claim they overheard a conversation between their captors suggesting the Syrian rebels were […]
CIA has begun delivering weapons to Syrian jihadists
Twelve years after 9/11, we are arming the ideological brethren of those who struck us on that day. “U.S. weapons reaching Syrian rebels,” by Ernesto Londoño and Greg Miller for the Washington Post, September 11: The CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria, ending months of delay in lethal aid that had been […]
Robert Spencer: Canadian speaking tour
And on October 1, I’ll be addressing the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley on the topic: “Political Correctness About the Jihad Threat: It Gets People Killed.” Register here.
Robert Spencer beginning Canadian tour
On my way to Canada now for a series of talks there. Here is a reasonably fair report from the Canadian Jewish News. “U.S. analyst sounds warning against “˜creeping sharia,– by Paul Lungen for the Canadian Jewish News, September 9: TORONTO “” Here are a few items you may have missed if your sole source […]