Mourners for the victims of the Srebrenica massacre From Radio Free Europe. Highlights of this
Archives for April 2004
‘Terrorists’ killed to impress the US
This American is not impressed. Luring innocent people to their deaths is an unspeakably evil act. From the London Telegraph Seven alleged terrorists from Pakistan shot dead by Macedonian police two years ago were innocent people lured to their deaths in an attempt to win favour with the United States, the authorities said yesterday. Police […]
More Agents Track Castro Than Bin Laden
Fidel Castro has this funny feeling that someone is watching him (Photo AFP) I don’t like Fidel Castro or his beard, but this is a ridculous way to allocate resources. WASHINGTON (
Renegade Cleric Launches Fresh Verbal Attack on U.S.
A US soldier stands guard at a checkpoint at the entrance of the restive town of Fallujah. (AFP) This news from Fallujah via
Boston Wants Details On LNG Tankers, Terrorist Threat
Boston Harbor (AP) Memo to all law enforcement agencies operating in the U.S. (including state, federal, and local): We are all on the same team. Can we please work together? BOSTON — Local officials are again reacting to news Thursday that stowaways on LNG tankers that docked in Boston several years ago may have had […]
More Than 100 Dead, 1,000 Wounded in Nigeria Feud
“Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends“ Reuters is quick to deny that religious and ethnic fighting in rural Nigeria has anything to do with religious and ethnic ties. LAGOS (Reuters) – More than 100 people were believed killed and 1,000 wounded in fresh ethnic and religious fighting in central Nigeria, the Nigerian […]
9/11 Panel Quizzes Bush, Cheney for Hours
If I thought that the hearings would help us formulate a more coherent defense against vioent jihad terrorism, I would be all for it. Instead, it seems more like a brawl on the deck of the Titanic. “What did you know and when did you know– glub, glub, glub….” WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush and […]
Agreement Reached to End Fallujah Siege
A U.S. Marine begins dismantling a ring of concertina wire around a forward Marine base in Fallujah, Iraq Thursday, April 29, 2004. (AP) A newsflash from
The CAIR-Terror Connection
Nihad Awad of CAIR FrontPage: “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” This was the line from President George W. Bush’s September 20, 2001 According to Justice Department U.S. Code Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 113B, Section 2339A: “Whoever provides material support or resources or conceals or disguises the nature, location, […]
Al Qaeda and Converts to Islam
Shoe bomber Richard Reid
Federal authorities investigate potential threat to LA mall
The LAPD is looking into it From
Abu Bakar Bashir to Be Re-Arrested
In happier days No sooner does he walk that he goes back into the slammer. “Spiritual leader” and terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir is set to be rearrested. From
Christians accuse soldiers of burning church
Now Indonesian Christians are charging that the Sydney Morning Herald, with thanks to Jean-Luc: Christians have claimed that Indonesian soldiers razed a church to the ground and looted houses in the fourth day of bitter religious fighting in Ambon. More than 100 Ambonese Christians demonstrated outside police headquarters to demand action against at least five […]
‘New Sharia law’ in Nigeria state
For some reason I don’t feel so welcome Nigeria’s Zamfara state has just announced a new set of laws, racheting up implementation of Islamic law, the Sharia. Officials say blandly that in “phase two” of this implementation, “unauthorised” houses of worship will be closed. What constitutes an “unauthorised” place of worship? Any dhimmi house of […]
Turk held for “honour killing” of raped teen daughter
Another honor killing, this time in Turkey. From rejected a law stiffening penalties for honor killings because Islamic hardliners, according to Al-Jazeera, “said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.”
Madrid suspect indicted over 9/11
Amer Azizi A connection between 9/11 and 3/11. MADRID, Spain (
Rome embassy plot: Nine acquitted
So what were they doing with the mildly poisonous chemical compound and maps of the U.S. Embassy? I guess we’ll never know. ROME, Italy (
36 dead in jihad violence in Indonesia
An Indonesian anti-riot policeman (EPA) Of course, this AP story portrays this as miscellaneous “sectarian violence,” but it is nothing else but jihad and an attempt to treat Christians as dhimmis. Christian provocation: they held a rally. Muslim response: one church and seven Christian homes torched. Now, of course, the Christians are fighting back, but […]
“Fight whoever comes between you and the Americans”
More threats and bravado. Note the avowedly religious positioning of the conflict. Contrary to what most Westerners would probably assume, it isn’t just empty boilerplate or window dressing. In fact, it is a key element of the recruitment techniques used by Al-Qaeda and other groups. From the
Comedienne maddens Mullah
Shabana Rehman (Aftenposten) Shabana Rehman picked up Mullah Krekar. By the legs. She was trying to make a satiric point. He called it a “gruesome humiliation.” Krekar, the jihadist leader who now resides in Norway, should know: Aftenposten, with thanks to Jarle SynnevÃ¥g and Filtrat: Norwegian-Pakistani humorist Shabana Rehman pulled a stunt during a public […]