The more civilians are killed in those buses and restaurants, the better Hizballah likes it. From the Dow Jones Newswire, : Hezbollah is paying bonuses for each person Palestinian suicide bombers kill, the head of Israel’s parliamentary defense and foreign affairs committee said Tuesday. Committee chairman Yuval Steinitz told Dow Jones Newswires that the Lebanese […]
Voice of Palestine Honors Rather Than Condemns Bus Bomber
The official PA radio is contradicting official condemnation of the latest bus bombing. From IMRA: Voice of Palestine Radio (VOP) (that is run by the PA and under the tight control of Yasser Arafat) referred to the man who committed the bombing of the bus in Jerusalem yesterday as a martyr (“shahid”) in their news […]
Purported al-Qaida video details preparation, execution of Riyadh bombing
This from AP, and Alyssa Lappen: A video purported to be from Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terror network shows Saudi militants planning, training for and carrying out what it claimed was the Nov. 8 bombing of a housing compound for foreigners in the Saudi capital that killed 17 people. The 90-minute video, viewed on an […]
Moscow Train Blast Kills 39, Wounds 130
From AP: A huge explosion blasted apart a subway car packed with morning rush hour commuters Friday, killing 39 people and wounding more than 130 in what some officials said was a suicide attack on the Russian capital’s transport lifeline. President Vladimir Putin drew a connection between the blast and Chechen rebels whom Russian troops […]
Canadian accused of suicide bombing
The Canadian citizen who was recently confirmed dead in Pakistan may have died in a suicide bombing against coalition troops. This from WND: A Canadian family accused of having close ties to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terrorist network is in the news again with allegations by the Taliban that another son was involved in a […]
Egyptian Government Daily: Suicide Bombings are Legitimate Even if Children Are Killed
MEMRI reports that Al-Masaa, an Egyptian government daily, has justified the murder of children by suicide bombing: “We have no argument regarding the question of the legitimacy of these operations, because they are considered a powerful weapon used by the Palestinians against an enemy with no morality or religion, [an enemy] who has deadly weapons […]
Jihad in an Indonesian cafe
From the Jakarta Post: A bomb attack on a cafe in the town of Palopo, South Sulawesi, was part of a jihad (holy war) against vice in nightclubs and bars, a key suspect was quoted on Monday by the provincial police as saying. “That’s our preliminary conclusion based on the confession by key suspect Jasmin […]
Aspiration, not desperation: why suicide bombers do it
Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook explain in the Jerusalem Post what I have long contended: that suicide bombings are not the result of poverty and desperation, but of deeply held religious motivations. “I always wanted to be the first woman who sacrifices her life for Allah. My joy will be complete when my body parts […]
Jerusalem Bus Bomber Kills 10, Wounds 50
The horror continues. This from AP: A suicide bomber blew up a bus near the prime minister’s residence Thursday, killing 10 bystanders and wounding at least 50 in the deadliest attack in four months. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing, which dealt a further setback to stalled peace efforts and coincided with a German-brokered […]
Suicide bombing kills 23 in Iraq
Why would a suicide bomber in Iraq or anywhere else target non-combatants — in this case Defense Department workers? Because Islamic law allows for the killing of civilians, even women and children, if they are viewed as aiding the war effort. This is the justification behind the suicide attacks in buses and restaurants in Israel: […]