From AP via Haaretz, “Islamic Jihad kills Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel,” with thanks to Skeetstreet. Militants from the Islamic Jihad on Saturday killed a Palestinian youth suspected of collaborating with Israeli intelligence, the group said. The body of the 18-year-old youth, identified as Rami al-Malakh, was found outside his village near the West […]
Shi’a vs Sunni in Ramadi
A very interesting story on the rise of militias in Iraq from the Washington Post, “To the Dismay of Local Sunnis, Shiites Arrive to Police Ramadi” RAMADI, Iraq – At a checkpoint on a bridge into this volatile Sunni Muslim city, an Iraqi platoon frisked a row of men and rummaged through their cars and […]
Pakistan: Jihadis destroy music shops
From ANI, “NWFP jihadis destroy music shops in Miranshah” Islamabad – Just days after militants in Pakistan’s NWFP’s North Waziristan Agency distributed leaflets warning the local populace of closing down their music and video shops, a bomb destroyed three music and video shops in Miranshah. The explosion also partially damaged seven other shops in the […]
Tortured Maid Changes Statement
A not so baffling update on this story from the Arab News, “New Twist in Nour Miyati Torture Case Baffles All” JEDDAH — The inquiry report in the case of the Indonesian maid, Nour Miyati, who accused her sponsor and his wife of torture came as a surprise to everyone. Quoting a statement by the […]
“Arab Idol” show goes on
From the Gulf Daily News, “Go-ahead for show,” with thanks to Skeetstreet: A LIVE performance by stars from the Arab reality TV show, Star Academy, is going ahead at a new venue and under a different name, sources told the GDN yesterday. Islamist MPs had tried to block the show, but sources said the Information […]
Pakistan: The Qadiyanis must be stopped.
Islamic religious “tolerance” in action. From the Pakistan Times, “Qadiyanis carrying out anti-Islam acts freely,” with thanks to Skeetstreet: SAMBRIAL – Aalmi Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwat Pakistan has alleged Qadiyanis have been preaching their faith more freely and vigorously during the tenure of incumbent government and warned if their anti-Islam activities are not checked immediately, they will […]
Australian Hostage Wood has 72 hours
From the Australian Herald Sun, “Time running out for Wood” AUSTRALIAN hostage Douglas Wood faces execution at 2.20am on Tuesday, if Australia does not start withdrawing troops from Iraq. Early yesterday, Islamic insurgents issued a 72-hour deadline for the withdrawal of Australian troops as disturbing new pictures emerged of a bruised and beaten Mr Wood. […]
PA Will Not Disarm Militias
From the World Tribune, “Palestinians refuse to disarm insurgency groups” GAZA CITY “” The Palestinian Authority has ruled out the prospect that it would disarm insurgency groups in the West Bank or Gaza Strip. The PA assertion came in wake of a May 2 clash between Hamas and security forces in which Egypt obtained the […]
War on Error
Merryl Wyn Davies writes in the Scotsman reviewing the new movie Kingdom of Heaven. TO SAY HOLLYWOOD PLAYS FAST AND loose with history is about as revelatory as a “dog bites man” headline: no news at all. The point is not that movies falsify history but how and to what end they work their cinemagic. […]
NJ: Hospital Security Breach
From WABC New York, “Government Alert: Hospital Security Breach” New York “” Imagine – people posing as doctors and inspectors, just walking into a hospital and demanding information and patient records. Now the Department of Homeland Security is taking action. The last two hospitals where it happened were in Newton and New Brunswick, New Jersey. […]