From CNN, : BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents in Iraq struck again on Saturday, whisking away an Iraqi government official at gunpoint and killing at least 11 people in various bombings and ambushes, including one that again targeted foreign diplomats. Meanwhile, Iraq government officials worked furiously on a draft of a new constitution. Officials have by […]
Archives for July 2005
Italian police launch raids after bomb arrest
From Reuters : ROME – Police were carrying out at least 15 searches in Italy on Saturday stemming from Friday’s arrest in Rome of a London bombing suspect, the government said. Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu told the lower house of parliament that suspected bomber Osman Hussain evaded police searches with the help of contacts among […]
Louvre to have Islamic Art Wing
“Prince Walid Helps Set Up Islamic Art Wing in Louvre” from IslamOnline, with thanks to Fjordman. PARIS , July 27, 2005 — Saudi billionaire Prince Al-Walid Bin Talal has donated a multi-million-euro gift to finance the construction of a new Islamic art wing in the Paris-based Louvre Museum to show off the bright face of […]
Cliff May: “America is not fighting a war against Islam. America is fighting a war against Islamism”
I respect Cliff May’s work. I think his article on the Palestinians was an absolute knockout punch, and I applaud much of what he has accomplished with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. But his latest article is one of the most appalling things I have read in a long time — principally because […]
Man Admits Role in Failed London Attack
Of course, he never meant to hurt anyone. He was carrying bombs, you say? Yes, but such little ones! After all, Islam is a religion of peace! Actually, he says he wanted to “sow terror,” as commanded in Qur’an 8:60: “Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that […]
UK: Apology after bacon found in library’s Koran
Over the years I have come across many, many defaced books in libraries. Defaced in all sorts of ways, for all sorts of reasons. There are all sorts of jerks and dweebs everywhere who do this sort of thing. What is noteworthy about this story is not — horror of horrors! — the slice of […]
U.S. Suspends Travel for Soldiers In Saudi
Now even American soldiers are not safe in our friend and ally Saudi Arabia. From Middle East Newsline, with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater: WASHINGTON [MENL] — U.S. Central Command has suspended non-essential travel for American soldiers based in Saudi Arabia. Officials said the decision was taken amid information that Al Qaida has planned an attack […]
Hyping Islam ‘s role in the History of Science
Jonathan David Carson in The American Thinker (thanks to Hugh Fitzgerald) unmasks some dhimmitude in Science magazine about the historical role of Islam in scientific development. I also discuss this in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) claims for its journal Science “the […]
Palestinians strike Israeli targets in Gaza with mortar, light arms
1. I thought they were so desperately poor (don’t know where those Saudi billions went) that they couldn’t afford things like mortar and light arms. 2. Doesn’t this mean the deal is off? From Haaretz, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Palestinian gunmen targeted Israeli settlements and Israel Defense Forces positions Saturday in a number […]
Fitzgerald: Blame the Experts
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses a favored proposition of official dhimmi Washington — that we should work together with the Saudis to combat terrorism: Blame the “experts.” Blame C.I.A. intelligence agents who operate at the level of Michael Scheuer: a schoolboy, with a schoolboy’s understanding of Islam, and his worldview vitiated by […]