What has gone wrong with the Wall Street Journal? It was never very good on the jihad issue, but now it is worse than ever. First it hosted Rauf’s lies, and now this. “‘Vcitim’ [sic] Pak’s 9/11 ad rattles US,” from PTI, September 13 (thanks to Sanjay): An advertisement by Pakistan in America’s leading daily […]
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Pakistan: Don’t take that tone with us, Panetta
A predictable reaction from Islamabad to the Secretary of Defense’s pointed criticism of Pakistan’s refusal to take on the Haqqani network. Also predictably, Pakistan is demanding “proof,” and continuing its recent diversionary tactic of accusing the U.S. and NATO of being culpably negligent in ensuring border security, in a situation they portray as analogous to […]
Secretary of Defense Panetta warns Islamabad after Pakistan-based jihadists are implicated in 20-hour attack on Kabul
When jihadists have gone over the border from Pakistan and attacked inside Afghanistan, it has never been that big a deal for Pakistan. When even Pakistan-based jihadists go back over the border from Afghanistan and attack Pakistan, it is an affront and a crisis. An update on this story. “U.S. warns Pakistan after suspected Haqqani […]
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan decries abuse of non-Muslims, government inaction
“Perhaps [the assailants] have been emboldened by the flabbiness of the state in dealing with them.” Indeed, behavior that is rewarded tends to be repeated. “HRCP alarmed by assault on non-Muslims,” from The Nation, September 10 (thanks to Twostellas): LAHORE – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed acute concern at serious excesses […]
Jude Kenan Mohammad, an American citizen already indicted in 2009 jihad plot and believed to be in Pakistan, named as possible plotter in 9/11 anniversary threat
On FBI’s Most Wanted list This jihad plot ended in arrests. Mohammad, it appears, is still trying. “Pictured: FBI put American on their Ten Most wanted list as ‘credible’ suspect who is believed to be plotting 9/11 anniversary car bombing,” from the Daily Mail, September 10: This is believed to be one of the men […]
Taliban reportedly planning abductions to press for release of bin Laden family remaining in Pakistan
They do like their abductions. The children they abducted have not been released yet. “Taliban plan abductions to free bin Laden family,” by Sheree Sardar for the Associated Press, September 9: ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban militants plan to kidnap senior Pakistani officials to pressure authorities to release relatives of Osama bin Laden detained after […]
New York: “Albanian man” who came to the U.S. in 2008 arrested boarding flight to wage jihad in Pakistan and “marry with the girls in paradise”
Qur’an 9:111 promises paradise to those who “slay and are slain” fighting in Allah’s cause. The promises of a frat party on steroids for the slain jihadists are rooted in part in Qur’an 52:20 and 78:31-34, and 56:35-37. “Albanian who allegedly hoped to join terrorists is held in N.Y.,” from the Los Angeles Times, September […]
Pakistan-based jihadist group claims responsibility for attacks in China that killed over 3 dozen
Maybe they were reading some of those cheap, typo-riddled Chinese-made Qur’ans that had Iran so irate. Maybe that‘s where all that “misunderstanding” came from. “Muslim militant group claims western China attacks,” by Chi-Chi Zhang for Reuters, September 8: BEIJING (AP) “” A militant Muslim group claimed by video it carried out recent attacks in western […]
You stay classy: Pakistan even discriminates against non-Muslim war heroes
The message they send: Your life is cheap, and we’re entitled to your self-sacrifice. Also in this report is a major escalation against Ahmadis in Pakistan, with the emergence of a hit list of 50 of their members, following the recent demolition of an Ahmadi mosque. “Islamabad discriminates against non-Muslim war heroes,” by Jibran Khan […]
Pakistan may have overstated importance of arrested al-Qaeda operative
A possible complication in this story. “Pakistan may have overplayed al-Qaida arrest, terrorism expert says,” by Padraic Murphy for the Herald Sun, September 6: An al-Qaida man captured last week and accused of plotting attacks against Australia may have had his role overstated by Pakistani authorities desperate to win the approval of the US, a […]