From the anti-Muslim Brotherhood, anti-Morsi demonstrations in Tahrir Square today. (Thanks to Kenneth.)
Robert Spencer: Hillary Lets the Jihadist Cat Out of the Bag
Now she tells us. My article in FrontPage this morning focuses on a largely overlooked aspect of Clinton’s testimony yesterday: After four years of pretending there is no jihad against the free world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blurted out the truth during her testimony on the Benghazi jihad massacre Wednesday: “We now face a […]
Hillary Clinton denies blaming free speech for Benghazi jihad massacre: “I did not say”¦ that it was about the video for Libya”
No end to the dissembling. “Hillary Clinton: “˜I Did Not Say That It Was About the Video for Libya,– from Fox News, January 23 (thanks to all who sent this in): Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, answering questions on the attack in Benghazi, Libya. Rep. Adam Kinzinger […]
Clinton says she “didn’t see” requests for improved Benghazi security, doesn’t explain why she falsely blamed Muhammad video for jihad massacres
She didn’t see requests that would have shown up the folly of the administration’s support for the Libyan jihadists. “Choking up, Hillary Clinton says Benghazi is “˜personal,– by Olivier Knox for Yahoo! News, January 23: Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, testifying before Congress on the deadly Sept. 11 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, choked […]
Obama refuses to cancel F-16s for Egypt, says arms deal serves U.S. “regional security interests”
What interests? Against whom besides Israel will Egypt use these fighter jets? “Egypt to Receive F-16s: State Department refuses to delay delivery to Muslim Brotherhood-run Egypt,” by Adam Kredo for the Washington Free Beacon, January 22 (thanks to Tom): The State Department has refused to cancel or delay the delivery of several American-made F-16 fighter […]
Robert Spencer: Algeria: Obama’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
In FrontPage this morning I discuss how the jihad mass murders in Algeria are the fruit of Obama’s foreign policy: Jeremiah Wright was right after all. The Algeria jihad attack proves it. Not long after the 9/11 jihad attacks, Barack Obama’s mentor and friend, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, preached a sermon in which he uttered […]
Pamela Geller on Algeria: Obama fiddles, Americans burn
In “Bloody jihad: Obama fiddles, Americans burn” in WND today, Pamela Geller blasts Obama for his lack of leadership in what amounted to an act of war: the Algeria jihad mass murders: The Algerian hostage crisis came to a bloody end Saturday when Special Forces stormed the BP gas complex after the jihadists executed their […]
West Point brands believers in “individual freedoms” as terrorists
The U.S. Government has long since abandoned any realistic discussion of the Islamic jihad threat, and now is focusing on ordinary Americans who believe in individual rights as terror threats. And so the descent continues, ever more rapidly. “West Point center cites dangers of “˜far right” in U.S.,” by Rowan Scarborough in The Washington Times, […]
#MyJihad in Algeria: Jihadists were after “crusaders,” not Algerians, non-Muslim hostages “were all tied with one suicide bomber watching them”
Al-Qaeda wanted to send the message that it could strike anywhere in the Sahara. This comes just after Obama said they were essentially already defeated. “Kidnappers said were after “˜crusaders” not Algerians: freed hostage,” from Al Arabiya, January 19 (thanks to Voice of the Copts): Al-Qaeda-linked militants, who kidnapped hundreds of workers at a gas […]
U.S. negotiating to sell F-16s and tanks to Egypt despite lawmakers’ objections
They will most likely be used against genuine pro-democracy protesters and/or Israel, but we are not supposed to think about that. “Higher strategic interests” are involved here. “Military source: US arms deal continuing despite lawmakers’ objections,” from DPA, January 13: Egypt’s negotiations with the US to acquire F-16 aircraft and M1A1 Abrams tanks are proceeding […]