Robert Spencer has a guest piece today at Michelle Malkin’s video blog, Hot Air. He points out that “because of the religious derivation of the ideology that confronts us, analysts are generally reluctant to identify it properly or fully. They think that to speak of its roots would be bigotry or racism. But the jihadists […]
‘Green Helmet’ Helps Rescue the Wounded
AP circles the wagons in the Washington Post: After hours of digging, Daher emerged with the youngest victim. In a parched voice, he shouted something in Arabic and held the child up for the photographer. To many in the West, such photographs are surprising; but they are not unusual in the Middle East, where grief […]
Muslim leaders say foreign policy makes UK target
From The Guardian: Leading UK Muslims have united to tell Tony Blair that his foreign policy in Iraq and on Israel offers “ammunition to extremists” and puts British lives “at increased risk”. An open letter signed by three of the four Muslim MPs, three of the four peers, and 38 organisations including the Muslim Council […]
UN calls for peace as fighting continues
If I had a dime for every “lasting peace” agreement in the Middle East, I would be able to retire in luxury. Al Jazeera.Net includes a bonus picture of all powerful Green Helmet Man in a charming ensemble that includes gloves but no orange vest, which is good, because orange is so last season. Condoleezza […]
War with Photos
Here’s a little something for those of you who die Deutsches sprechen, a German language article about the amazing adventures of Green Helmet Man. Check out the photos from 1996. Same guy, different corpse–one hopes. UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has video on the story.
Update: More on British aircraft bomb plot
More on this. From AP: British authorities said Thursday they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in carry-on luggage. British Airways canceled all flights between London’s Heathrow airport and all points in Britain, Europe and Libya for the day. Britain’s Home Secretary John […]
Pope backs G8 Middle East declaration
Reader Ron wrote requesting we report this in light of earlier posts. Pope Benedict XVI tonight lent his support to the G8 summit declaration on the Middle East, which blamed the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah for the escalation in fighting and which urged Israel to exercise restraint. and Vatican radio today reports the following […]
Feds uncover plot to bomb tunnel, flood NYC
From the NY Daily News: The FBI has uncovered what officials consider a serious plot by jihadists to bomb the Holland Tunnel in hopes of causing a torrent of water to deluge lower Manhattan, the Daily News has learned. However, despite Islam’s alleged glorious contributions to science in the fabled days of yore, the jihadists […]
Palestinian Imam: “Praise Allah the bird flu has hit the Jews.”
From World Net Daily: Sheikh Abu Muhammed, an imam at the popular Al-Tadwa mosque in Beit Lahia north of Gaza City, went on to ask Muslims at his Friday night sermon to pray for the sexual organs of Jews to “dry out” so they cannot reproduce, a Palestinian in attendance at the mosque services told […]
No cheer for Muslim women
From with The Star Online with thanks to Mentat. Marina Mahathir is an author, newspaper columnist and social activist, a Muslim, and the daughter of a former Prime Minister of Malaysia. With the end of that racist system, people may be forgiven for thinking that apartheid does not exist anymore. While few countries practise any […]