Whatever the various past issues that motivate Brazil’s aversion to counter-terror operations, what amounts to an official national policy of sticking their heads in the sand here will not ultimately make the country safer. Nor will it make its neighbors or the rest of the hemisphere safer. More on this story. “Brazil denies terrorists operate […]
Brazil school shooter: “Four hours every day I spend reading the Koran”
Wellington Menezes de Oliveira murdered twelve children in a school in Realengo, a poor suburb of Rio de Janeiro, last Thursday. Here is more indication that the shooting was jihad-related, rather like the attempted murders that Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar committed in North Carolina after making his own close study of the Koran. More on this […]
“In Argentina, we have seen graffiti written in Arabic calling for jihad which coincided with the visit of Iranians here”
While the world focuses on the resurgence of Islamic supremacism in the Middle East, the jihad is advancing in South America as well. More on this story. “Al Qaeda in Brazil?,” by Jaime Daremblum in The Weekly Standard via Mexidata, April 11: The Brazilian magazine Veja is reporting that al Qaeda members have established an […]
Brazil: Muslim who recently “got closer to Islam” murders 11 at school
His letter contained “the words of a person who no longer believes in anything, full of sentences that made no sense and references to Islamic fundamentalism.” “At least 11 dead in massacre at Rio de Janeiro school,” from DPA, April 7 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Rio de Janeiro – At least 11 people, mostly children, […]
Report: Members of al-Qaeda, Hizballah, Hamas hiding in Brazil, raising money
Al-Qaeda em Brasil. With apologies as always to Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Misunderstand Islam. “Al Qaeda members hide in Brazil, raise money: report,” by Raymond Colitt for Reuters, April 2: BRASILIA (Reuters) — Al Qaeda operatives are in Brazil planning attacks, raising money and recruiting followers, a leading news magazine reported Saturday, renewing […]
Brazil Town to Honor Arafat With Statue
Paraiba do Sol will have one of the only statues of a terrorist in the Western world. From AP, : SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The New Year’s Eve celebrations in the small community of Paraiba do Sul will honor a figure the town’s mayor says hasn’t been honored anywhere else in the West – […]
Al-Qaida south of the border
More on the jihad in South America, courtesy Donald Rumsfeld. From WND, : Pentagon officials have confirmed human smuggling rings in Latin America are attempting to sneak al-Qaida operatives into the U.S., information first reported in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin more than a year ago. In a Defense Department briefing Friday about National Guardsman Ryan […]