This report comes to us from the g2 bulletin (subscription required): Hamid Mir, the only journalist to interview Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri in the wake of 9/11, has confirmed that al-Qaida has obtained nuclear suitcase weapons from the Russian black market, that the weapons were tested in Kabul in 2000 and that may […]
Zarqawi tape authentic, says Fisk
Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondant for the UK Independent, is interviewed by Tony Jones for Lateline about the new Zarqawi video: TONY JONES, LATELINE PRESENTER: Well, Robert Fisk is Middle East correspondent for ‘The Independent’ newspaper and more than 30 years of reporting from the region makes him one of the most acute observers of […]
Jihadis Use Media as a Weapon
From our “no kidding” department and Newswise, with thanks to LS. Jihadis place a great deal of emphasis on developing comprehensive public relations and communication strategies to aid their side in the media war. That’s according to communication researchers at Arizona State University who studied recently declassified al-Qaida documents and other open source reports captured […]
Iranian President Ahmadinejad Elaborates on His Plan for the Jews to Leave Israel and Return to Germany and Austria
Following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Iranian President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, aired on Iranian News Channel (IRINN) on April 24, 2006, brought to us by MEMRI TV: Iranian President Ahmadinejad: The greatest problem from which humanity suffers today, the main problem facing the countries of the Middle East, is the continuation of the […]
al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Mocks U.S. Forces
From AP, with thanks to Shinoliite. CAIRO, Egypt – In a rare video posted Tuesday on the Internet, al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden and said any government formed in Iraq would be merely a “stooge.” He also mocked the U.S. military in Iraq for what he called […]
Egyptian police detain 10 after deadly bombings
Update on the Egyptian bombings from Reuters: DAHAB, Egypt – Egyptian police detained at least 10 people, including computer engineers, on Tuesday in connection with a triple bombing that killed at least 18 people and wounded scores in the Red Sea tourist resort of Dahab. Security sources provided few details on those detained, but the […]
Shiite Militias Move Into Oil-Rich Kirkuk, Even as Kurds Dig In
As Secretary Rice prates on about how the Iraqi government must respond to the “legitimate aspirations the Iraqi people,” the facts on the ground are solidifying. From the Washington Post aka, the Bandar Beacon. KIRKUK, Iraq — Hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen have deployed in recent weeks to this restive city — widely considered the […]
Secretary of State dismisses new threats from Iran
Our Secretary of State’s ignorance of Islam and the mindset it engenders, even among “pot-hole fixers” like the former mayor of Tehran, seems to allow her to believe in a “peaceful solution” to the Iranian nuclear build-up. From AP: ATHENS, Greece Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed new threats from Iran over the future of […]
Iran Ready to Transfer Nuclear Know-How
Joining our “staunch ally in the war on terror,” Pakistan, the Iranians also want to help spread the joy of the Islamic bomb. From AP: TEHRAN, Iran “” Iran’s top leader said Tuesday that Tehran is ready to transfer its nuclear technology to other countries. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comments in a meeting with […]
U.S. military warily eyes Iraqi forces
The major question concerning where the loyalty of Iraqis lie and from whence their sense of identity stems, has been glossed over by the Bush administration from the beginning. Nationhood in the western sense was wrongly assumed to be the main cohesive factor for Iraqi society. From AP: BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. troops aren’t just […]