As anti-Semitism skyrockets in Europe, “the government is very anxious not to upset the Muslim community.” From The Telegraph: Jewish leaders accused the European Union yesterday of covering up the true scale of anti-Semitic violence carried out by Muslim youths, reigniting a controversy over Europe’s failure to confront Islamic extremism at home. A study released […]
Archives for March 2004
Al-Qaeda urges attacks on Canadians
Saif al-Adel Hit easy targets that are not protected, it says. From The National Post via the SITE Institute, : A new al-Qaeda manual posted on the Internet is calling for terrorist attacks against Canadians, and specifies that businessmen, politicians, scientists, soldiers and tourists should be targeted, according to U.S. researchers. Canada is one of […]
Link: Al-Qaeda and Saudi intelligence agency
Prince Turki (Time) Two private Saudi firms linked to Al-Qaeda are also mixed up with Saudi intelligence. From the Chicago Tribune, with thanks to LGF: HAMBURG, Germany — Two private Saudi companies linked with suspected Al Qaeda cells here and in Indonesia also have connections to the Saudi Arabian intelligence agency and its longtime chief, […]
EU may have funded terrorists, says Parliament
EU Parliament: the terrorists’ bank? (EU Parliament photo) For the first time, EU authorities have admitted that their money might have been used for terrorism. From the EU Observer, with thanks to LGF. Tens of thousands of euro of EU funds may have been diverted to people linked with Palestinian terrorism, according to a report […]
No more Somalias: US vows to stay the course
Smiling at the massacre From Reuters: The United States vowed on Wednesday to stay the course in Iraq after three American contractors were killed in an ambush and their bodies dragged through the streets of Falluja in an incident reminiscent of the grisly fate of U.S. soldiers attacked in Somalia in 1993. Four contractors to […]
Sudan Arrests Islamic Opposition Leader
Hassan al-Turabi (AP) A major jihad leader has been arrested in Sudan. From VOA News: Sudan’s security forces have arrested Islamic opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and close to a dozen of his sympathizers and accused them of attempting to overthrow the government. Authorities surrounded the home of the 72-year-old head of Sudan’s Popular Congress Party […]
Gunmen Seize Explosives in Thailand’s Muslim South
Bhokin Bhalakula The Thai jihad continues apace. From Reuters: Heavily armed raiders stole a large quantity of explosives from a quarry in Thailand’s largely Muslim south, just days after a bomb attack in the region and prompting fears of another, officials said on Wednesday. “With this amount of fertilizer, you could blow up a whole […]
A Testimony on Suicide Bombers’ Recruitment to Ansar Al-Islam
A forensics expert collects evidence at a suicide bombing site in Israel (AP) Is suicide bombing really all about economic and social grievances? From MEMRI: “The London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published the story of a member of the Islamic terrorist organization Ansar Al-Islam, who planned to blow himself up in the Interior Ministry building […]
The growth of radical Islam in Central Asia
Background on the jihad in Uzbekistan, from Asia Times. Note that the jihadis were from middle-class families: Recent reports Prior to the recent terror attacks in Uzbekistan which claimed at least 19 lives, a spate of reports from the region shows ongoing Islamist activity and law-enforcement efforts to contain it. One report details the state […]
Europe: Anti-Jewish attacks soaring
Who is responsible for all this? No clue from this article. From News24.com: The number of anti-Semitic attacks in Europe has soared in recent years, according to a report by the EU’s racism watchdog on Wednesday which singled out five countries for particular concern. Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Britain have seen a notable […]