From the UK Timesonline, “Mother, 21, faces firing squad” EUROPEAN leaders are making desperate pleas to spare the life of a 21-year-old mother who is expected to face a firing squad in Yemen on Monday. The lawyer for Amina Ali Abduladif will visit her in prison today to break the news that her execution is […]
Pressured Australian Cleric Withdraws Rape Statement
Another update on this story, from Australian News, with thanks to Nicolei: SYDNEY’S Islamic community yesterday condemned one of its own leaders who claimed rape victims had no one to blame but themselves. But as Muslims inundated Arabic-speaking radio stations to deplore Sheik Faiz Mohamad’s controversial comments, the Muslim leader apologised. The apology came as […]
Saudi Religious Police: Christians “Trying to Spread the Poison and their Beliefs’
An update on this story from MEMRI: “40 Christians Arrested in Saudi Arabia for Religious Activity By Saudi Religious Police: ‘For Trying to Spread the Poison and their Beliefs’” On April 23, 2005, Saudi newspapers reported that 40 Pakistanis were arrested by the Saudi religious police in a Riyadh apartment for conducting Christian religious activity. […]
Pipes: Moussaoui Asked, Can an Airplane Pilot Shut off Oxygen to Passengers?
Daniel Pipes investigates “Zacarias Moussaoui’s Plan of Attack” in Frontpage: Zacarias Moussaoui, 36, a French national of Algerian origins, pleaded guilty on April 22, 2005, to six counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism. He says he intended to take part in a post-9/11 air attack on the White House. “I came to the United States […]
Iran to Resume Uranium Enrichment and Keep Talking
The Iranians will negotiate in perpetuity in order to put Europe between themselves and the US, but that won’t stop them from pursuing nukes. From Xinhuanet,”Iran likely to resume uranium enrichment” BEIJING — Iran announced on Saturday it will likely resume activities related to uranium enrichment, after talks with European negotiators yielded no results in […]
200 Held in Cairo Tourist Attacks
From AP, “200 held after attacks in Cairo” CAIRO, Egypt — Police on Sunday detained about 200 people from the home villages of the three attackers responsible for a bomb blast and tour bus shooting near Cairo tourist sites the day before, authorities said. The records of the detainees, from the villages of al-Ammar and […]
Nine Killed in Third Day of Iraq Attacks
From AP, “Nine Killed in Third Day of Iraq Attacks” BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents began a third straight day of attacks in Iraq on Sunday, including ambushes, car bombs and a drive-by shooting, killing nine Iraqis and wounding 21, police said. That raised the death toll from the latest wave of insurgent attacks that began […]
Iraq Raids Seize Men Over Margaret Hassan’s Death
From Reuters,”Iraq Raids Seize Men Over UK Aid Worker’s Death” BAGHDAD – U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a town south of Baghdad Sunday and detained several men believed linked to the death of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was kidnapped and killed late last year. Iraqi police said the early morning raids happened near […]
McCarthy: Release “Em
Andrew McCarthy write in NRO about how The State department plays games with terrorism statistics. “Release “Em” Terrorist attacks globally are up sharply. Perhaps by well over 300 percent. That’s bad. But it’s a fact. Given that international terrorism is the defining national-security issue of this era, shouldn’t we know the facts? In detail? The […]
Mowbray: Setting Terrorists Free
Joel Mowbray writes in Frontpage about the DHS policy of “Setting Terrorists Free” The Department of Homeland Security is releasing drug smugglers and human traffickers, and perhaps even suspected terrorists and violent felons, as a matter of policy “” because it doesn’t have the resources to keep them in custody. In a classified memo issued […]