Alamoudi was one of the highest-profile “moderates” in the country. This article suggests that the main thing he was doing was trying to topple the House of Saud. That doesn’t seem like criminal activity to me — unless he was doing it so that an even more virulent regime could take its place. Questions linger. […]
Archives for July 2004
Pelosi, Democratic Leaders Hold Roundtable Discussion with CAIR
As Doug Ross, who kindly sent this to me, observes: “This … is the same group of which Chuck Schumer (someone pinch me, I can’t believe I’m agreeing with him) said, ‘we know [CAIR] has ties to terrorism.’ The same CAIR that was directing donations, ostensibly targeted for the NY/DC Emergency Relief Fund, to Hamas. […]
Symposium: The Muslim Convert
A fascinating exchange between two Muslims who converted to Christianity and one Christian who converted to Islam is up at FrontPage this morning. Remember: only in America. In Muslim countries the two Christian converts would be in hiding, in fear for their lives. As it is, they have to take serious security measures. One of […]
Ignoring security threats
Now DHS has retracted an earlier statement and says that Annie Jacobsen’s 14 Syrian musicians were here legally after all. What does that suggest about what DHS really knows about anything? An op-ed from the Washington Times, : The Homeland Security Department reversed itself yesterday, announcing that all 14 Syrian musicians who exhibited bizarre, menacing […]
Fearful Jews Fleeing France
They are fleeing Muslim anti-Semitism, which is just part of the steadily mounting Islamic jihad in Europe. The jihad against their new home of Israel is already fully raging. From CBS News, with thanks to “Allah”: (CBS/AP) Just 10 days after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon enraged French leaders by urging France’s Jews to leave […]
Christians Fear Persecution in New Iraq
I have posted here many stories about the persecution of Christians in Iraq over the last few months. The situation is not improving. Christians felt safer when Saddam was in charge because, genocidal murderer that he was, he was not interested in enforcing Sharia provisions of dhimmitude. But people like Muqtada Al-Sadr are. From AP, […]
Dhimmi analysts living in denial
Dr. Ajai Sahni in OutlookIndia (thanks to Fanabba) takes aim at the dhimmi analysts and academics who refuse to acknowledge the Pakistani jihad that is in front of their faces: A “failure of imagination”, the Panel investigating the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US stated, was what kept US officials from understanding the […]
Whistle-Blowing Said to Be Factor in an F.B.I. Firing
Here’s one that will build your confidence in American counter-terrorism activities. From the New York Times, with thanks to Al-Canine: WASHINGTON, July 28 – A classified Justice Department investigation has concluded that a former F.B.I. translator at the center of a growing controversy was dismissed in part because she accused the bureau of ineptitude, and […]
Texas: Potential terrorists released due to lack of jail space, congressman says
Here’s one that will build your confidence in our border controls. From the Brownsville Herald, with thanks to Al-Canine: Middle Easterners with possible terrorist ties have been detained after entering the country from Mexico but released for lack of jail space, said U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services […]
Kashmir jihadists target hapless women to spread terror
A horrific story from Qatar’s Peninsula Online, with thanks to Raymond for the link: Jammu: The women of Jammu and Kashmir are paying with their honour and lives as terrorists target the families of those who they feel have betrayed them. Mariam Begum of Gandoh in Doda district was raped for days together before she […]