Quelle surprise.

Posted by: Hugh at December 20, 2007 9:14 PM

http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php
View Terrorism as it happens.

Posted by: ElizaDoolittle

Posted by: ElizaDoolittle at December 20, 2007 9:16 PM

My question is, who helped Jamil El-Banna, Omar Deghayes and Abdenour Samuer not only escape from Guatanamo bay, but once back in the UK they again escaped from extradition to Spain for further terror charges?

Who is behind this cover up?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7153146.stm

Posted by: leonthepigfarmer at December 20, 2007 9:18 PM

The cops involved will probably get a pat on the head, a medal and a promotion for advancing the cause of Illah.

Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at December 20, 2007 9:25 PM

Those guards who were transporting him were probably more afraid of not helping him escape than their fate in jail.

Posted by: nyone at December 20, 2007 9:25 PM

It chills the blood to think that this Islamic cesspool of Pakistan, as riddled as it is with Islamic terrorists, as devoted as its population is to al Qaida and Bin Laden, as gulity as it is of secretly developing the nuclear bomb, as guilty as it is as the primary nuclear proliferator of all time under the auspices of AQ (al Qaida) Khan, it chills the blood to think that this flimsy corrupt backward seething nation of Pakistan is all that stands between Bin Laden and Armageddon.

Their police force is completely and utterly compomised by fascist Muslims, as is their "intelligence" agency, their judiciary, their military, and their parliament. Pakistan is an al Qaida nation for all intents and purposes. It is no surprise to learn that these vile policemen felt sympathy for the plotters and planners of mass extermination -- and it should be no surprise when Pakistani or Iranian nukes begin to go off in various Western nations in the months or years ahead. The idea that the entire Western World sat by and permitted these filthy Sunni Muslims of Pakistan to develop, then proliferate, and continue owning the bomb, and that we are now allowing the filthy Shiite Muslims of Iran to develop, and no doubt proliferate, and eventually own the bomb is insane. For those Islamic bombs will be used, and we are the most likely victims. We know this -- yet we are afraid to act on the fact.

Posted by: jsla at December 20, 2007 9:33 PM

BBC is publishing stories on Hajj (started Dec 19th). We should contact BBC and tell them Hajj is religious apertheid!

Will BBC glorify KKK seminars or Nazi conferences?

Hajj is discriminatory and any individual or organization involved in Hajj should be shunned. Boycott Hajjis!! Protest BBC's patronizing stories/pictures of Hajj!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7153540.stm

Posted by: Proud Woman at December 20, 2007 10:08 PM

"Pakistan police helped British suspect escape"

[YAWN!]

The two police officers who escorted him have since been formally charged.

Good PR move. Works for the evening news cycle. How long will it be before those charges are "dismissed" [YAWN] for insufficient evidence?

Posted by: PMK at December 20, 2007 10:17 PM

Just like we said.
It happens a lot.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2006/02/sec-060205-voa01.htm

Posted by: interestinconundrum at December 20, 2007 10:41 PM

Google "terrorists escape from jail"
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,550,000 for terrorists escape jail . (0.26 seconds)

Posted by: interestinconundrum at December 20, 2007 10:43 PM

Now that the police who were escorting the jihadist have been arrested, who will escort them? And once the police escorting the police escorts have been arrested, who will escort them? Why don't all the jihadists in Pakistan just escort each other around; that way we can feel great about how well the Global War on Terror is going.

Posted by: special_guest at December 20, 2007 11:04 PM

"ISLAMABAD - A government inquiry into the escape of a British terror plot suspect who escaped in Pakistan has determined his police escorts helped him flee..."

No Way! How could this be? You mean to say that there are jihad sympathizers within Pakistan's security forces? Wow, no one would've guessed.

Posted by: alexon at December 20, 2007 11:09 PM

Hugh: 'Quelle surprise'. Mais, non!

JihadWatch, and all other Western media, manipulee (how the hell does one get accents on this site).

The evidence, if such it is, is that the President of Pakistan and his cohorts are playing a deep and complex game simply to stay in power. This incident is part of that game - give a little, get a lot. The sacrifice of a couple of innocent policemen doesn't mean a lot in that society (but they, or their families, have probably been paid well for their role - again, how do I get accents - in this amazing and unbelievable charade).

Taking things at face value is one of our great failings. Sometimes, probably most times, things are not as they seem on the surface - particularly in the Islamic world where often there is a game within a game within a game - und so weiter.

There are two possibilities here. The first is that this is exactly what it seems - betrayal by ordinary policemen of their role (accents, damnit). The second, and much more believable scenario, if you know anything about Pakistan at all, is that this is a carefully stage-managed incident in order to achieve some end of which we, Joe Western Public, know nothing at the moment.

A couple of Pakistani policemen let a politically sensitive prisoner escape by being stupid Mr. Plods. Don't make me laugh! Something strange and complicated lies behind this - and something of great benefit to the Pakistani establishment.

Watch this space.

Posted by: OliverPCamford at December 20, 2007 11:52 PM

Oliver-- I'm also a fan of accurate diacritical marks. Getting them will depend on your computer settings; my keyboard (pc) is set to "US-International." Another option is ASCII codes, but those can get tedious.

Posted by: MarisolJW at December 21, 2007 12:07 AM

Pakistan is probably the most degraded of all Muslim countries. It has certain pretensions of being a real power, yet it is just a Wahhabi gangland. Even Arabs look down on the Pakistanis, viewing them as cheap labor or as convenient hired low-life goons. Pakistan has no real culture of its own. It is an example of the complete degradation of a society following Arab/Islamic imperialism. It's only "culture" is tribal, but Arabs are viewed in high esteem, thus the harboring of bin Laden and others in that cultural wasteland.

Posted by: Wimbledon Womble at December 21, 2007 12:36 AM

al qaida promises interior spiritual struggle in delhi
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Qaida_threatens_Delhi_HC/articleshow/2639385.cms

NEW DELHI: An anonymous letter addressed to a senior Delhi High Court official has again sent security agencies in the city into a tizzy. The letter, received by deputy registrar A K Gulati at his home on November 27, warned of terrorist strikes in as many as 20 prominent places in Delhi, including the high court.

While court officials remained tight-lipped on the matter, security agencies admitted on Thursday that a letter had been received. Security arrangements for all courts in the city had been reviewed, they said.

Sources said the letter was written in poor Hindi and was signed off as 'al-Qaida'. "It was not just the high court (that was mentioned) but several other crowded places, including all airports and railway stations. It seemed to be an act of mischief but security is being constantly reviewed not just in the high court but all other vulnerable targets," said a senior police officer.

The letter was forwarded to the ministry of home affairs directly by the high court. The home ministry then asked IB and Delhi Police to look into the matter.

Even though no agency was willing to confirm this, sources said Y-category security had been provided to as many as four senior judges in the past few weeks.

There have also been a few inputs about possible terrorist strikes in Tis Hazari courts. A source revealed on Thursday that plans are underway to install close to 100 CCTV cameras on the premises in the near future.

Posted by: anti islamocommunist at December 21, 2007 12:42 AM

Interior spiritual struggle coincides with Eid al-Adha in the land of pure

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/21/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText

From Mohsin Naqvi
CNN

LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- A blast near the home of a former Pakistani interior minister on Friday killed eight people and wounded 40 others, police said.

The incident occurred near the residence of Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao in Charsada -- a village about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northeast of the city of Peshawar.

The incident occurred as people were gathered for observances of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim holy period that coincides with the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Police are not sure whether the blast was the result of a suicide attack or a bomb planted at the location. E-mail to a friend

Posted by: anti islamocommunist at December 21, 2007 12:48 AM

Fatwa Update

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Avoid_cow_slaughter_says_Deoband/articleshow/2639217.cms

LUCKNOW: An observation by Dar-ul-Uloom, Deoband, that Muslims should restrain from sacrificing cows if such an act threatens to disturb peace and harmony has been welcomed by not just clerics but common Muslims as well.

The noted seminary has said that considering Hindu sentiments, Muslims should "avoid" killing cows on a day that is usually marked by sacrifice of animals ranging from goats, camels and bulls to cows and buffaloes. The comment finds mention in Dar-ul-Uloom's booklet in which several other guidelines for ‘qurbani' (sacrifice) have been mentioned.

But along with this Dar-ul-Uloom observation, there have arrived a couple of fatwas from the seminary: one, that artificial insemination may be permitted under specific circumstances; and, two, Islamic TV channels are a strict no-no.

While clerics accept Deoband's views on artificial insemination, almost all of them are reluctant to endorse the fatwa on Islamic TV channels.

In a recent query received by Dar-ul-Uloom seeking a fatwa on artificial insemination, a letter stated, "Is it allowed in Islam if it is between legally married couple and due to some unknown reason they are not having children for the past three years?"

The fatwa to the query reads: "There is no wrong in adopting fair means for having children while it is disallowed to adopt unlawful means. It is not right to masturbate in order to get children by artificial insemination; however, the child born out of husband's semen will be regarded sabit-un-nasab (one's own descendant), but this way is unnatural and undesirable. It is haraam to get it done by any doctor; since covering of private parts is obligatory and it is haraam for other men to see the private parts of a woman without any sharai (prescribed by Sharia) reason. The husband and wife should avoid it."

"Artificial insemination is permitted if it is done lawfully. This means that while adopting the process no such act must be performed which is not permitted in Islam," says Maulana Khalid Rasheed, the Naib Imam of Lucknow's biggest Eidgah at Aishbagh.

Another query on Islamic TV channels seeks a detailed fatwa from Dar-ul-Uloom: Is it right to do business of television (say, producing films)?

Posted by: anti islamocommunist at December 21, 2007 12:52 AM

MarisolJW: Thank-you. I'll keep trying until I achieve the desired effect.

Do you, as I do, deprecate the use of the German word 'umlaut' when the diacritical diaeresis mark is meant? English contains all that we need - why are our children denied access to their linguistic heritage? Why do I get so annoyed by such trivia?

Because the sum of all the trivia is the culture one lives in and expresses as one does so, I suppose. Language and its usage is by no means the least part of one's cultural heritage.

One notices when, just for example, people, as on this site, start using the relexive pronoun - myself, yourself, ourselves - when they mean I, me, you or us. It is the imprecision which annoys. The complete lack of any understanding as to how this great language of ours is built and works.

Still, at least people still write here. At least many are prepared to defend our freedoms - I just wish that they could do so using precise and well thought out English. That must be, however, given the enemy that we face, a secondary consideration: but even though it may be secondary I will not stop nagging about it and posting little quibbles about the use of language.

Posted by: OliverPCamford at December 21, 2007 2:16 AM

Oliver P. Camford--

For more on this, see "The Survival of English" by Ian Robinson. In fact, see all of Ian Robinson's works, including those on the development of English prose and on what modern translations of the Bible have done to the possiblity of belief.

On another note, what in god's name are you doing up in the middle of the night, posting at 2:16 a.m. to be precise? That's absurd. Go to bed (unless you are posting from England, in which case you are just rising and shining).

Yes, I know that I'm posting too. But that's my job, you see. To neither slumber nor sleep. If that's not your job, and you are in a position, when plumb tuckered out, to get, as Gabby Hayes would say, some shuteye, then by all means do so.

Posted by: Hugh at December 21, 2007 2:42 AM

Bring me my bow of burning gold
Bring me my arrows of desire
Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold
Bring me my chariot of fire

I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
'Til we have spread the JihadWatch message...
In England's green and pleasant land

Morning watch, reporting in.

Posted by: MrTommyAtkins at December 21, 2007 3:27 AM

Tommy Atkins? Yes, I remember you. Ypres, wasn't it? Flanders Field, if memory serves?

Tommy, that slightly reworked poem is fine, save for two problems. First, the third line of the second stanza needs to better satisfy the metric grid, the prosodic requirements. You can get away with an extra syllable sometime (the late Shakespeare is full of hendecasyllabic lines in iambic pentameter verse), but not two. As it stands now, it's got ten syllables. Back to the old poetic drawing board.

Second, that "o'clouds" sounds like one of my relatives in County Galway -- the ones who stayed behind. Should be -- "o clouds unfold." Some love the apostrophe; some even apostrophize it. But here it gets in the way.

Now I really must try to figure out how to sneak up on Dame Bessonitsa (whom you may google, because she has shown up, uninvited, at JihadWatch before) and clobber her over the head. It's her or me.

Do you know, there's a famous unprintable limerick of the Legman variety, the final line of which is: "And my god, it's a quarter to four." Well, my Timex, right now, says the same thing.

Posted by: Hugh at December 21, 2007 3:45 AM

I almost forgot, Tommy. Here's a little something to take you back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE3CU5BBv90

Now, after those stirring songs, how am I going to get to sleep? Hoist with my own musical petard, I am.

Posted by: Hugh at December 21, 2007 3:51 AM

Hi Tommy I prefer this one.

Eve of Destruction,
With apologies to Barry McGuire

The Eastern World it is explodin'
Violence flarin' bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'
But you tell me over and over and over again
You don't believe we are on the Eve of Destruction.

Look at all the Hate there is in Saudi Arabia
Then take a look around at Irania
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend
You don't believe we are on the Eve of Destruction

Posted by: Realist at December 21, 2007 4:41 AM

Ya think?

Posted by: Kevin at December 21, 2007 9:55 AM

MrTommyAtkins:

Morning Watch, wait for it, wait for it... Stand to arms! Once again, the morning hate, every morning and evening against the Musselman, now. How times change but remain the same.

cf
http://www.know-britain.com/songs/therell_always_be_an_england.html

Hugh: English and insomniac. That should explain all! We got, and lost, an Empire that way.

Posted by: OliverPCamford at December 22, 2007 2:15 AM

These are the first fruits of the weakening of Musharraf aided by Rice with her democracy hustling. Nawaz Sharif and Bhutto are the ones who let the rabidly jihadist ISI and the nuclear Islamist A.Q. Khan have the run of the country, develop the nuclear bomb, and then transfer the nuclear know-how to Iran. Sharif, Bhutto and those dastardly rioting lawyers are all just stepping stones for the Islamists to take over Pakistan an get the global nuclear terrorism going, and the "mushroom-cloud-head" Rice, who can always be counted on to do exactly the wrong thing in every situation, is aiding the Islamists by undermining Musharraf.
We need a statesman in charge, who will come out and say bluntly: "I am against democracy for the Pakistani people. I am against democracy for the Palestinian people. I am against democracy for the Iraqi people. I am against democracy for the Egyptian people. I am against democracy for the Algerian people. I am for the survival of the American people".
And the very physical survival of every American man, woman and child is exactly what is at stake today.

Ruslan Tokhchukov, EnragedSince1999.

Posted by: Enragedsince1999 at December 22, 2007 5:09 PM