Uzair Dockrat, wearing his suicide bomber jacket, and his dad (Shayne Robinson, Sapa) LGF has posted a couple of revealing articles about a South Africa boy who wants to grow up to be a suicide bomber. First, from AllAfrica.com: This six-year-old boy, dressed as a Palestinian suicide bomber, complete with a belt of fake explosives […]
Archives for March 2004
“They were very religious.” They had bomb-making chemicals
More on those eight terror suspects arrested near London, who, according to British officials, just happened to be Muslim and could very well have been Buddhist or Amish. From The Scotsman, with thanks to Nicolei: Police today seized more than half a tonne of ammonium nitrate fertiliser which could have been used to carry out […]
New Indonesian edition of Spencer’s Islam Unveiled
Jihad Watch is pleased to announce the publication of a new Indonesian edition of Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer’s book Islam Unveiled. It is entitled Islam Ditelanjangi: Pertanyaan-Pertanyaan Subversif Seputar Doktrin dan Tradisi Kaum Muslim. Thanks to publisher Paramadina and translator Mun’im A. Sirry. We applaud your courage and thank you for not caving in […]
Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain hosts Neo-Nazi
Baker: now in Bahrain “Islamic countries can save the West from its moral decay.” Who said it? Bill Baker, who, according to the Orange County Weekly, “has resurfaced as a frequent guest speaker at Muslim functions across North America despite articles in OC Weekly in 2002 that outed the Laguna Hills resident as the former […]
New bomb find in southern Thailand
More Thai jihad. From The Straits Times, with thanks to Nicolei: Tension in the border town of Sungai Golok in southern Thailand escalated dramatically following the discovery of another bomb here yesterday morning. The bomb was found in a package at the Sungai Golok Customs Office, just metres from the Malaysian border, at 10am local […]
Taking the long view of history
Hasan-i Sabbah Perceptive insight into the battle we’re facing from James P. Lucier of Insight (thanks to EPG): Reports were filtering back into the West about a mysterious spiritual leader holed up in a mountain fortress. He attracted hundreds of young men by offering training in religious doctrine, devotional discipline and terrorism. He singled out […]
Dhimmitude and the New Jersey Democrats
Senator Jon Corzine Joel Mowbray reports that in New Jersey it wasn’t just Jewish groups that were giving legitimacy to Islamic radicals; it was also two Democratic legislators: Congressman Bill Pascrell and Senator Jon Corzine. From the New York Sun, via FrontPage: Rep. Bill Pascrell and Senator Corzine, both Democrats of New Jersey, addressed an […]
Italy: McDonald’s jihad foiled
Who would have expected a jihad in the drive-thru line? (McDonald’s Italy) This is the latest in a string of jihadist incidents in Brescia. Note the arrest of the imam, mentioned at the end of the article. Didn’t he read all the Qur’an’s peaceful teachings? From The Independent, with thanks to LGF: An apparent attempt […]
A call for an end to the dhimmi mentality
Jean-Christophe Mounicq zeroes in on the prevailing dhimmi mentality in the Washington Times: The morning of Jan. 29, upon hearing about the attack on a bus in Jerusalem, I did not experience the expected emotion. It seemed such a “normal” thing, and I have not enough tears to shed for people I do not know. […]
Ottawa Muslims held in global terror sweep
Canadian Mounties outside the home of Mahboob A. Khawaja in Orleans “They think they were making bombs.” From Canada.com, with thanks to LGF: A handful of Ottawa Muslims were being questioned last night in what authorities described as an international terror probe that saw heavily-armed Mounties storm the home of one of the city’s most […]
White House Agrees Rice Will Testify
More formidable than Mr. Terrorism The White House has agreed that National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will testify before the 9/11 Commission. Richard Clarke is trying to play Cassandra but Newsmax quotes an audio clip unearthed by Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity and aired on “Hannity & Colmes”. During an interview on Detroit radio station […]
Chicago, L.A. towers were next targets
Still standing The Washington Times reports on what al Qaeda had planned after September 11. LONDON “” Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, al Qaeda’s purported operations chief, has told U.S. interrogators that the group had been planning attacks on the Library Tower in Los Angeles and the Sears Tower in Chicago on the heels of the September […]
Eight Terror Suspects Seized Near London
Mum’s the word, guv’ner (AP) Britain has arrested eight terror suspects whom one news agency reports to be Pakistani. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said that the arrest had nothing to do with the Madrid bombong, nor with Irish terrorism, but when asked about the religous affiliation of the suspects said only, “As we have […]
Preventing a ‘clash of civilisations’
He’s had a head start in making his case The BBC seems to have momentarily forgotten that terrorism has nothing to do with religion. They report on the Rand Corporation’s plan for waging a diplomatic offensive against the jihadis. According to the BBC, the report urges support of moderate Muslims. Note that one of the […]
And what about Iran?
Tech Central Station points out the dangers of a nuclear armed Iran: While the “News Cycle” focuses its attention on a mid-level functionary’s startling revelation that, had only everyone listened to him, this whole terror thing could have been averted (that is, had they listened then to what he’s saying now, not to what he […]
Moroccan Extremists Eyed in Madrid Probe
After charging two more Moroccans, Spain’s interior minister Tuesday named a Moroccan extremist group as the main focus of the probe into the Madrid terror bombings. MADRID, Spain (AP)- Spain’s interior minister Tuesday named a Moroccan extremist group for the first time as the main focus of the probe into the Madrid terror bombings. Minister […]
Then why did it ring true?
Al-Jazeera has an opinion about Palestinian child jihadis. They are nothing but an Israeli fabrication. Palestinian leaders have accused Israel of fabricating a story about a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who planned to blow himself up. The Israeli army said he was caught wearing an explosive belt at an army roadblock in the northern West Bank. […]
Terrorists are Distracted Drivers
It’s déjà vu all over again. Police let the Madrid bombers go, just as a Maryland state trooper stopped and released Ziad Jarrah on Sept. 9. Maybe it’s time to organize Mothers Against Jihad Driving. MADRID – Spanish police came within a whisker of foiling the Madrid bombings when they stopped a stolen car carrying […]
Philippines ‘avert Madrid-scale terror attack’
The jihadis in the Philipines lose a battle. (from The Times of London ) The Philippines Government claimed an important victory in its long-running battle against Islamic terrorism today, with the seizure of a large cache of explosives and the arrest of four men suspected of links with al-Qaeda. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who faces […]
How European Dhimmitude Came to Be
The Weekly Standard has a piece this week on Islamic radicals in Europe. It points out that “the jihadists of Europe have drunk deeply from the virulently anti-American left-wing currents of Continental thought and mixed it with the Islamic emotions of 1,400 years of competition with the Christian West” and says it will be “interesting” […]