“Bomber duo on the run: Egypt,” from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: CAIRO: Egyptian investigators have identified two more suspects from a deadly Cairo bombing this month and said they may be planning more attacks, a newspaper said yesterday. The daily Al-Gomhuria reported both men had “embraced the ideas of jihad (holy war)” […]
Iraq suicide bombings kill 23, Pakistani hostage released
We may be seeing a new tactic from the Zarqawi group in Iraq in favor of twin suicide car bombs. From AFP, “Iraq suicide bombings kill 23, Pakistani hostage released” BAGHDAD – At least 23 people died and more than 80 were wounded in a series of bomb attacks near a mosque in Baghdad and […]
The worst-ever article on Islam?
Daniel Pipes opines that this could be the very worst article on Islam, and with good reason: “It has every platitude, inaccuracy, and banality in the book, from mistranslating the word Islam to getting the number of Muslims in the United States wrong to that hoary business about “A Muslim can’t be a terrorist, and […]
Jihadist activity in Jordan
This AP story, “A city at the centre of a storm,” raises the curtain a bit on jihadist activity in “moderate” Jordan: SALT (Jordan): This city – with its numerous churches, its liquor stores and its past as a cosmopolitan trading hub – was an unusual one to suddenly develop a reputation as a centre […]
“Why do they call every pious person a terrorist? They (the family) only pray and read the Quran”
Why do they call “every pious person” a terrorist? Well, maybe it’s little matters like this suicide bombing. From another Bashandi story: “Egyptian Police Arrest 30 in Cairo Bombing,” from
The mild-mannered suicide bomber
Everyone is shocked that Bashandi could have become a suicide bomber. But of course! They’re always shocked! Search the archives, and whenever a Muslim is arrested on suspicion of terrorist activity, you will find friends and neighbors saying how shocked they were, how pious he was, etc. etc. No one seems to look into that […]
Yemen terror suspects hunted down
Hunting for jihadists in Osama’s old haunts. From UPI, : Sanaa, Yemen, – Yemeni security forces are hunting terrorists suspected of involvement in the bombing of military targets in Sanaa in the past two days, reports said Monday. The pro-government daily September 26 quoted an official source as saying police had identified the suspects after […]
15-year old Suicide Bomber Stopped by Israeli Soldiers
Those bad old Israelis have saved another child suicide bomber. “Another boy-bomber caught at Hawara,” from the Jerusalem Post, : A 15-year-old Palestinian carrying five pipe bombs was arrested by soldiers at the Hawara checkpoint outside of Nablus when he attempted to detonate one of the bombs near them. Soldiers’ suspicions were aroused when the […]
Egypt arrests three misunderstanders of Islam over Cairo bombing
We keep hearing about how Islam is being “misunderstood.” Can we get Ibrahim Hooper over to Cairo to clue these guys in on the real thing? “Egypt arrests 3 Islamists over Cairo bombing,” from AFP, : CAIRO – Egyptian security forces have arrested three Islamists suspected of planning last week’s suicide bombing in a Cairo […]
Girl Called Would-Be Bomber Was Drawn to Islam
An update on this story from the New York Times, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist. It’s a strange case, and the Times in this story seems fairly sure there’s nothing to it. Maybe there isn’t, but their portrayal of the girl as such a deeply religious Muslim that even overhearing discussions by other teenagers […]