“War is deceit,” after all. And the evidence is mounting that a story used to inflame anti-American hatred and justify violence may be an elaborate work of fiction. “Daughter Gadhafi said was dead apparently lives,” by Hadeel al-Shalchi for the Associated Press, August 30: TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) “” Since the rebel takeover of Tripoli, evidence […]
Jihadist garage sale of the century underway: Gaza groups reportedly buying Libyan weapons
While there continue to be concerns about Libya’s unconventional weapons and potential “dirty bomb” material, lighter conventional weapons are already reported to be on the market. And there also remains the possibility of a second “storefront” opening up upon the fall of the Assad regime. “‘Gaza militants have Libyan arms’,” from Reuters, August 29: Palestinians […]
Jihadists among prisoners freed from Libyan jail
Jihadist groups are allied with the National Transitional Council anyway. They would not have thrown in their lot with the NTC unless there were something in it for them, and there has been plenty. This, of course, is the same NTC that won’t extradite al-Megrahi. One can’t help but note that the timing of his […]
Shocker: Libya’s new government won’t deport Lockerbie bomber
There’s been no shortage of favorable coverage of the Libyan rebels in the Western media, declaring their boundless love for ‘freedom’. Of course, there’s no denying that Libya’s now fugitive ‘brotherly leader’ Gadhafi, i.e. ‘Col. Daffy’, i.e. the ‘Duck of Death‘, was an erratic and sadistic megalomaniac. But now that the proverbial devil that we […]
Libya: Senior rebel allied with National Transitional Council once spent time with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
The world is left to hold its breath and cross its fingers that this group will somehow pull a tolerant, stable, pluralistic democracy that respects civil liberties and human rights out of its hat. They may pull off an election, but a democracy is only as good as the values that inform its participants. And […]
Cal Thomas: Prospects for pluralistic, tolerant democracy in Libya are grim; can we at least send them the bill?
Below, Thomas notes the apparent contradiction in Libya’s draft constitution between the stated respect for religious freedom and women’s rights and the institution of Sharia as the highest law of the land. But even those statements about rights, quoted below, are awkwardly, vaguely worded. They have covered their bases with generalities, but Sharia will determine […]
Nuclear experts warn of “dirty bomb” risk in Libya aftermath
There is also the matter of Gadhafi’s chemical weapons stockpiles. Together with the radiological materials, they could make for the jihadist garage sale of the century, matched only by a similar potential scenario in Syria. “Nuclear experts warn of Libya “dirty bomb” material,” from Reuters, August 24: A research center near Tripoli has stocks of […]
NATO: The new janissaries?
Or, as we posted in March when Britain and the U.S. took on this outsourced jihad: “Curse the infidels — er, uh, wait: help us out, infidels! Better yet, how about you do it!” George Jonas has done a great service in introducing the concept of the janissary to a mainstream media readership, in “Worse […]
Israel concerned about fate of Assad’s weapons if regime falls
The U.S. and NATO have already been trying to secure Gadhafi’s arsenal, which includes mustard gas, through the Libyan rebels. The fall of Gadhafi’s and Assad’s regimes could both make for one hellish garage sale for jihadist bargain-hunters. “Mideast Expert: Syria’s WMD Could Fall to Islamists,” by Brett Sandala for NewsMax, August 22: Israel is […]
Libyan draft Constitution: “Islam is the Religion of the State, and the principal source of legislation is Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia)”
Maybe the secular, democratic, pro-Western forces among the Libyan rebels will keep anything like this draft Constitution from being implemented. How likely do you think that is? It seems extraordinarily unlikely to me, and yet it is taken for granted by all those who wield power in the U.S. and Europe. Well, we’ll see now. […]