“Muammar Gaddafi’s beating, abuse and ultimate death in the custody of former rebel fighters was an embarrassment to the previous transitional government. Officials in Tripoli said they were determined to handle his son’s case with more order.” “Gaddafi’s son captured, scared and without fight,” by Marie-Louise Gumuchian for Reuters, November 19: ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) – […]
New York: ConEd asks judge to let it evict Ground Zero mosque developer over $1.7 million owed in back rent
All of the self-righteous bullying over the mosque, and on the other hand, all of the fawning in much of the press, has come to this. An update on this story. “Con Ed bids to zap Ground Zero mosque,” by Dareh Gregorian and Melissa Klein for the New York Post, November 18 (thanks to Awake): […]
Iran reportedly training Gaza jihadists to operate anti-tank weapons
Iran is the Acme Company arming jihadist coyotes bent on devouring the Israeli roadrunner. This was thought to be a more fruitful path than Anvil and Umbrella Jihad. In all seriousness, though, the sophistication of weapons present in the Gaza Strip continues to grow at an alarming rate, as described below. “Iran trains Gazans to […]
U.K.: “Four men” charged with “fundraising for the purposes of terrorism”
No particular ideological affiliation is mentioned here. They’re just four young men who must have gotten their hands on a sinister, cast-off version of Things to Do on a Rainy Day. Tiny Minority of Extremists, plus four: an update on this story. “UK police charge four with terrorism offenses,” from Reuters, November 18: LONDON (Reuters) […]
Tunisia: Islamic party figure who announced aspirations to caliphate selected as prime minister
“Last Sunday, [Hamadi] Jebali, the party’s number two official, alarmed some by bringing up ‘the caliphate’.” The Ennahda party did not sweep him under the rug in embarrassment for reportedly going on about his personal aspirations to be a modern-day successor to the first few rulers of the entire Islamic world after Muhammad’s death, the […]
Egyptian priest: Muslim Brotherhood “showing their truer, most intransigent face, which they have cloaked so far under a veneer of moderate Islamic political activism”
We tried to tell you. “Islamist parties take to the street against the military, threaten violence,” from Asia News, November 18: Cairo (AsiaNews) — Thousands of supporters of Islamist parties rallied today in Tahrir Square to protest against excessive power wielded by the military. Led by the Muslim Brotherhood, the demonstration saw pro-democracy parties stay […]
Libyan envoy says Qatar is arming “Islamist” groups
Qatar was part of the coalition to support the NTC in ousting Gaddafi, sending six fighter jets. They seem to have to missed the memo that this is all about “democracy.” “Libya UN envoy says Qatar arming Islamists,” from Reuters, November 18 (thanks to Twostellas): TANGIER, Morocco Nov 18 (Reuters) – Libya’s U.N. envoy Mohammed […]
Egypt: Coptic Christians demanding justice for October massacre attacked while marching
Demand justice for a prior attack, get attacked again. Supporters of a “Islamist” political party reportedly joined in. Welcome to the “new” Egypt. “Dozens hurt as Christian march attacked in Cairo,” from Agence France-Presse, November 17: Hundreds of Coptic Christians marching in Cairo on Thursday came under attack by assailants throwing stones and bottles and […]
Report: Pakistani ambassador sought help from U.S. to rein in Pakistani military
“The memo sent to Adm. Mike Mullen, the top U.S. military officer at the time, reportedly offered to curb support to Islamist militants from Pakistan’s military intelligence service, the ISI.” “Pakistani ambassador to US caught in controversy,” by Chris Brummitt for the Associated Press, November 17: ISLAMABAD (AP) “” The Pakistani government said Thursday that […]
Saudi Arabia: Religious police have right to order women to cover “tempting” eyes, and they must comply at once
One again wonders how those in charge of discerning “sexy” eyes will be chosen. Perhaps there will just be a perfunctory “Sexy/Not Sexy” training PowerPoint. More on this story. “Saudi moral committee threatens to cover “tempting” women’s eyes,” by Manar Ammar for Bikya Masr, November 16: Women with sexy eyes in Saudi Arabia may be […]