U.S., U.K. close embassies in Yemen as al-Qaeda threatens "all-out war against every crusader on Muhammad's peninsula on land, air and sea"

It must be some kind of new-fangled idea that this sort of thing could be acceptable, right? Wrong: "I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim" - Muhammad, Sahih Muslim 19.4366.

"US, Britain shut Sanaa embassies over terrorist threat," from France24, January 3:

AFP - The American embassy in Yemen closed on Sunday in response to ongoing Al-Qaeda threats to attack US interests, an embassy statement said.
"The US Embassy in Sanaa is closed today, January 3, 2010, in response to ongoing threats by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to attack American interests in Yemen," said the statement posted on the embassy's website.
On Thursday the US mission sent a warden message to American citizens in the country reminding them of the "continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Amercian citizens and interests throughout the world."
AQAP had called on Monday for further attacks on Westerners in the Arabian Peninsula as it claimed the failed Christmas Day attack on a US airliner.
"We call upon every Muslim who cares about his religion and doctrine to assist in expelling the apostasies from the Arabian Peninsula, by killing every crusader who works at their embassies or other places, declare it an all-out war against every crusader on Mohammad's peninsula on land, air and sea," said an AQAP statement.
The United States and Britain have agreed to fund special counter-extremism police in Yemen after US President Barack Obama on Saturday for the first time blamed the Al-Qaeda franchise in Yemen for the thwarted attack....
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Another "no go" area in the Islamic world. No surprise here, same as no surprise of all the "no go" areas within the Islamic enclaves within Western Europe. "No go" seems to be a favorite with Mohammad's hostile hords, making travel in Moslem lands more difficult and dangerous. Tourists take special notice and save your money.

The underwear bomb didnt go off properly, however, Al Queda scores a win by getting the embassy closure. This just when the POTUS and his security czar trumpet our efforts to work with Yemen on security issues.

The administration is on a dangerous road in relation to the CIA. CIA director Leon Pinnetta showed the fractures, earlier this year, by his speaking out against the very administration that he answers to. The various threats made to conduct investigations by the DOJ of potential CIA misconduct in waterboarding and torture. The potential exposure of CIA activities as a showcase in the KSM court case, that could well result in purges or criminal charges for agents. The POTUS laid much of the fault for the underwear bomber at the foot of the CIA, then reversed field, praising their efforts, after the Afghan suicide bombing that claimed the lives of 7 CIA agents in Afghanistan.

Unfortunately, playing polling politics of the day, with intelligence, international relations, and security will result in schizophrenic-inconsistent policy. This will result in agents that spend more time CYA than gathering and processing intelligence. Agents will be reluctant to carry out orders and assignments, if they believe that they will be second guessed and may be the subject of criminal investigation. That is a formula for inaction and sets up failure.

Can i count it as a open declaration of a new genocide over predominately christian minorities ( beside the fate of other will also be same..)

ehm. no.... to be a victim, you must be a Muslim !

as usual, Islam marches on through the use of fear and death...

The UK Telegraph had an article yesterday about how the Knicker Bomber's spiritual mentor, American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is still able to spread his jihadist message at British educational institutions via video link. Mr. al-Awlaki isn't the only one either. Several other Muslim clerics have been allowed to spread the message of jihad and hatred of the filthy infidels. Meanwhile the New York Times has an article about the rogues gallery of internet jihad clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki and Abdullah el-Faisal. Missing in all of this is an explaination for how these clerics appeal to Muslims and what exactly should be done about it.

Does anyone know why Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with their high degree [by Islamic standards anyway] of openness, tolerance and Westernization (mini skirts, etc) have been granted a pass by AQ, and have never been attacked? I really don't get it....

WELL that might work expelling all muslims from the west but there would be the winning that we would have to listen to crying that islam is all about peace and the terrorist still attacking because they believe they have a allha given right to fight until all religion is for allha or the people of the book feel subdued and pay the jizha with willing submission

"The United States and Britain have agreed to fund special counter-extremism police in Yemen after US President Barack Obama on Saturday for the first time blamed the Al-Qaeda franchise in Yemen for the thwarted attack...."

I think this situation is a bit past the law enforcement stage, but do not tell that to President Obama. Also, he seems to be a bit slow in drawing conclusions from evidence provided over a week ago about the Yemeni connection and al-Qaida. I am not hopeful that such a sluggard will improve over time. President Obama seems to have a nearly flat learning curve.

I once knew someone whose father worked in Dubai. They visited there quite often, going several times a year. They said that one of the reasons AQ doesn't target them is that the emirs of Dubai (or whoever runs the place) pay AQ a lot of money to not attack them.

If this is true, it means AQ gets a form of jizya from its Islamic brothers to use to finance terrorism elsewhere. I guess these emirs have the foresight to know that if they get bombed, Western investment in the UAE will markedly decrease and they will be the worse off. Hence, it's easier, still profitable (and helping their Islamic brothers by the way) if they can get Western investment, make billions per year and pay a small slice to AQ to keep them away. It's a form of zakat that we wouldn't hear about that much.

Thanks - I've heard things like that before, but then what I don't understand is that it makes it like AQ is a well-defined monolith, with no "rogue" branches. For example, let's suppose the $$ is going Straight into OBL's ATM account, and that that's enough to buy off all of AQ. Will, what about some other "I'm more Islamic than you are" offshoot? It's like the Mafia families - unless you have a broad **and enforcible** agreement or one ruthlessly dominant "family" you will get ruinous competition to shake them down and it never ends. Is AQ that well-defined and unified??

Sir,

Given your interest in textual interpretation, I hope you might give some attention to the word or words translated here as "Arabian Peninsula". In the original is extant the Arabic word for peninsula? What are the plain meanings of the words used? I am curious if radicals extrapolate from the text a geographic range greater than Muhammad intended.

The threat is almost a week old, contained in the claim of responsibility for the panty raid.
.. Which was in retaliation for the drone strike (and another sinister threat from AQAP) "America and its agents" "We are carrying a bomb to hit the enemies of God"
The Golden Temple, Saudi refineries, the Strait of Hormuz, but more importantly this is Patraeus's turf. Obama needs to stay out of the way.

"example" wrote:

Sir,

Given your interest in textual interpretation, I hope you might give some attention to the word or words translated here as "Arabian Peninsula". In the original is extant the Arabic word for peninsula? What are the plain meanings of the words used? I am curious if radicals extrapolate from the text a geographic range greater than Muhammad intended.
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What is your point here? To imply that Muhammed meant, perhaps, some small region surrounding Mecca, perhaps, or Medina only, and that "radicals" are exaggerating such areas that should be free of the filthy kufr?

Qur'an 2:193 reads: "And fight the unbelievers until religion be for Allah alone." The ultimate goal is for the *entire world* to be free of "Jews and crusaders". Already in Muhammed's lifetime, he was threatening the Byzantine Empire.

But the Arabian peninsula, the "Land of the two Holy places" is considered by Muslims the nub of the world, especially subject to besmirchment by the very presence of non-Muslims.

One of the reasons Israel is so hated is not just because it is located in what Muslims consider the "Muslim world", bust specifically because it is located on what they consider "Muhammed's peninsula".


"One of the reasons Israel is so hated is not just because it is located in what Muslims consider the "Muslim world", bust specifically because it is located on what they consider "Muhammed's peninsula"."

I have never seen that, and never ever seen any Islamist go after Christians in Jordan, for example, under that pretext.

"What is your point here? To imply that Muhammed meant, perhaps, some small region surrounding Mecca, perhaps, or Medina only, and that "radicals" are exaggerating such areas that should be free of the filthy kufr?"

Maybe. Or "Hejaz" or some other geographical idea.

Your point is not well taken. The translation says "Arabian Peninsula". I ask what the Arabic text plainly says. What is infuriating about that?

How can it be that the Great Uniter Obama could allow such ill will from the islamic world? Woops, Bush's fault I forgot. At some point in time W's incompetency will no longer get Barry an out. I hope it is not at the cost of another 911.

I'm not sure this will work coming from my computer, but here's the Arabic that *example* was asking for: Sahih Muslim book 019, number 4366

أخبرني ‏ ‏عمر بن الخطاب ‏
‏أنه سمع رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏يقول ‏ ‏لأخرجن ‏ ‏اليهود ‏ ‏والنصارى ‏ ‏من ‏ ‏جزيرة العرب ‏ ‏حتى لا أدع إلا مسلما ‏ ‏

The term "Arabian peninsula" is here written as "jazeerat-al-?arab", where jazeera is either an island or a peninsula.

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