Lesson learned. “Hostages Dead in Bloody Climax to Siege in Algeria,” by Adam Nossiter for the New York Times, January 19: BAMAKO, Mali “” The four-day hostage crisis in the Sahara reached a bloody conclusion on Saturday as the Algerian Army carried out a final assault on the gas field taken over by Islamist militants, […]
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Jihad terrorist with “perfect English accent” one of Algerian jihadist kidnappers
Britain’s newest export: jihad terrorists. “Terrorist with ‘perfect English accent’ involved in Algerian hostage crisis,” by Henry Samuel in the Telegraph, January 18: A terrorist with “perfect English” was among those involved in the Algerian hostage crisis in which at least two Britons and perhaps many more are feared dead, it has emerged. An Algerian […]
Jihadist mastermind of Algerian hostage crisis financed his jihad via drugs and car theft
That was his jihad; what’s yours? “Jihad “˜Prince,” a Kidnapper, Is Tied to Raid,” by Steven Erlanger and Adam Nossiter for the New York Times, January 17: PARIS “” His entourage calls him “the Prince,” and after the militant Islamist takeover of a town in northern Mali last year, he liked to go down to […]
West Point brands believers in “individual freedoms” as terrorists
The U.S. Government has long since abandoned any realistic discussion of the Islamic jihad threat, and now is focusing on ordinary Americans who believe in individual rights as terror threats. And so the descent continues, ever more rapidly. “West Point center cites dangers of “˜far right” in U.S.,” by Rowan Scarborough in The Washington Times, […]
“I am told I will hang for my faith in Jesus”: American pastor faces death sentence in Iran
Saeed Abedini is accused of harming Iranian national security, apparently by converting from Islam to Christianity and founding Christian house churches. This kind of persecution manifests the fundamental fear, insecurity, and brittleness of the Islamic Republic. An update on this story. “‘I am told I will hang for my faith in Jesus’: American pastor faces […]
#MyJihad in Algeria: Jihadists were after “crusaders,” not Algerians, non-Muslim hostages “were all tied with one suicide bomber watching them”
Al-Qaeda wanted to send the message that it could strike anywhere in the Sahara. This comes just after Obama said they were essentially already defeated. “Kidnappers said were after “˜crusaders” not Algerians: freed hostage,” from Al Arabiya, January 19 (thanks to Voice of the Copts): Al-Qaeda-linked militants, who kidnapped hundreds of workers at a gas […]
#MyJihad in Algeria: Jihadis murder all their hostages, then are killed by special forces
That was their jihad. What’s yours? “Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages,” by Paul Schlemm and Karim Kebir for the Associated Press, January 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to […]
Online jihad forum misunderstands Islam, offers bomb-making courses
How did the Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad Movement in West Africa get the crazy idea that jihad had something to do with making bombs? What are U.S.-based “moderate” Muslim spokesmen doing to disabuse them of their misunderstanding? Why, nothing. Nothing at all. “MOJWA Media Wing Launches New Jihadi Forum To Offfer Training Courses In Bomb Manufacture, Booby-Trapping,” […]
#MyJihad in Pakistan: Country facing “extraordinary surge” of jihad terror activity
The root cause of this is what is taught in the mosques and madrasas, but no one in the mainstream media dares to discuss that. “Pakistan suffers unprecedented winter of attacks as militants seek ‘piece of the pie,’” by Waj S. Khan for NBC News, January 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): ISLAMABAD, […]
#MyJihad in Chicago: Muslim gets 14 years for misunderstanding Islam, playing role in plots to “murder on a grand, horrific scale”
He was involved in a plot by a Pakistani jihad group to “decapitate Danish newspaper employees and toss their heads onto the streets of Copenhagen” because of cartoons of Muhammad. That same jihad group was also behind the Mumbai jihad attack, in which 160 people were murdered and a tiny Chabad house was the primary […]