More on the Al-Qaeda manual that reveals the sophistication and careful planning of the mujahedin. “Terror’s playbook,” from the New York Daily News, : Most Americans know that Al Qaeda and its franchises are willing to sink to any depth to destroy the United States. But few people realize just how deep those depths are. […]
Archives for July 2006
The Guardian circles ever so close to the truth
In “Right showing left the way on radical Islam,” Martin Bright in The Guardian/Observer (thanks to Crickman) says: “It’s fascism by any other name and it’s time that all political factions joined forces to fight it.” Well, that’s what I’ve been saying for years. It’s nice to see The Guardian getting close (very close) to […]
IDF: Qana building fell hours after strike
The IDF investigates an interesting anomaly. From Ynet News, with thanks to Rudi: An IDF investigation has found that the building in Qana struck by the Air Force fell around eight hours after being hit by the IDF. “The attack on the structure in the Qana village took place between midnight and one in the […]
International Lebanese group: Hizballah is responsible for the massacre
A press release from the World Council of the Cedars Revolution: HEZBOLLAH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASSACRE The World Council of the Cedars Revolution, after having observed the security developments in the last 48 hours and the horrific deaths caused by warfare between Hezbollah and Israel on Lebanese territories, and in the area of Qana […]
“The Jews lose either way”
Matthias Küntzel notes that yesterday, …the Berlin daily the Tagesspiegel published a letter-to-the-editor from Dr. Mounir Herzallah, a Shiite from the South of Lebanon. Dr. Herzallah reports on how Hezbollah-terrorists came to his town, dug a munitions depot and then built a school and a residence directly over it. He writes: “Laughing, a local sheikh […]
Olmert: Hizballah “using its residents as a human shield”
And he says that “the world understands.” But alas, it doesn’t. It doesn’t understand the nature of jihad warfare, it doesn’t understand the implications of Muhammad’s dictum “war is deceit,” and it doesn’t understand that Israel doesn’t strike civilians intentionally. Above all, Condoleeza Rice doesn’t seem to understand any of this, and is using the […]
Iran’s Jews caught again in no man’s land
From AP: TEHRAN, Iran – Nothing in the office of Iran’s sole Jewish lawmaker calls attention to his faith “” no Star of David, no menorah or other symbol of Judaism. But like nearly every public building in Iran, it has a portrait of the Islamic Revolution’s patriarch, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Moris Motamed’s political headquarters […]
Iranian general: “We have to keep this sacred hatred of the enemies of Islam alive in our hearts until the time of revenge comes”
“Until the time of revenge comes”: a time which the Iranian regime would like to hasten as much as possible, as their self-assigned August 22 deadline on responding to the nuclear issue draws closer. From AFP: “Top Iran general says hopes to avenge Muslim deaths” TEHRAN (AFP) – The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said […]
Hizballah fighter’s sister: “We thank God almighty for making us the family of a martyr”
“Americans love Pepsi Cola; we love death” Alert from Reuters: “Zest for martyrdom fuels Hezbollah in battle” BEIRUT – A sister of Hezbollah fighter Mustafa Zalzali wears mourning black for her brother, but his death in battle with Israel elicits more pride than grief. “We thank God almighty for making us the family of a […]
Muslim Brotherhood chairman calls on Arab leaders to arm their people for jihad
The Qana “massacre” has become the latest pretext for jihad. Western analysts continue to miss the fact that if it weren’t Qana, it would be something else, and that Qana is just the latest in a long, long line of similar incidents used by jihadists to stir up a sense of grievance among Muslims and […]
Lebanese Druze Leader Jumblatt On Nasrallah: “Adolf Hitler Also Aroused His People’s Sense of Honor, And Led Germany into War”
Walid Jumblatt explains exactly what Nasrallah is. “Lebanese Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt Criticizes Nasrallah and Says: ‘Adolf Hitler Also Aroused His People’s Sense of Honor, And Led Germany into War,’” from MEMRITV, with thanks to Sr. Soph: Following are excerpts from an interview with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, which aired on Al-Mustaqbal TV on […]
Hizballah launches attacks from suburban areas
More evidence of the fact that Hizballah tries to provoke attacks on civilian areas in order to exploit such attacks for propaganda purposes — a highly successful strategy, as we see again with Qana. “Photos that damn Hezbollah,” from the Sunday Herald Sun, with thanks to Murph: THIS is the picture that damns Hezbollah. It […]
Seattle jihad killing not a hate crime
He identified himself as a Muslim and explained that that was why he was shooting, and that evidently isn’t enough for the Seattle Joint Terrorism Task Force. From “Community responds with sorrow, unity,” from the Seattle Times, with thanks to David: The man accused of barging into the offices of the Jewish Federation of Greater […]
African Union envoy: Don’t exaggerate Somali crisis
Relax, it’s just jihad. Missing the point, or perhaps willfully overlooking it, in Nairobi. From Reuters: “Don’t exaggerate Somali crisis, African Union urges” NAIROBI – Despite the murder of a [government] minister, Somalia’s crisis should not be exaggerated and negotiations are still key to finding a political solution, the African Union envoy to Somalia said […]
Mother axes daughter to death in Jordan “honour killing”
Jordan is the moderate Muslim country where the Parliament declined on Islamic grounds to stiffen penalties for honor killings. From AFP, : AMMAN – A Jordanian woman hacked her 26-year-old daughter to death in her sleep with an axe for giving birth out of wedlock, the Jordan Times reported Sunday. The 69-year-old mother and another […]
Seattle jihad suspect allegedly ambushed girl
More details of Naveed Haq’s freelance jihad in Seattle: “Seattle suspect allegedly ambushed girl,” from AP, with thanks to SD: SEATTLE – The man suspected in a fatal shooting rampage hid behind a potted plant in a Jewish charity’s foyer and forced his way through a security door by holding a gun to a 13-year-old […]
Jammu and Kashmir: jihadists enlist children for attacks
Juveline Jihad from Kashmir: “J&K children enlisted for terror attacks,” from NDTV.com, with thanks to Kisan: There is a new disturbing trend emerging among militant groups, as they enlist children to carry out terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. Recently a 14-year-old boy Tipu was arrested for a grenade attack at a bus stand in […]
Think Again: The way boxers and nations fight
Jonathan Rosenblum offers some common sense in the Jerusalem Post: European criticism of Israeli military responses to attacks upon Israel and its citizens has become so formulaic that the various EU officials and foreign ministers can probably recite it in their sleep. First comes a ritualistic acknowledgment of Israel’s right to defend itself, followed inevitably […]
“Hizballah used the village of Qana as a base to launch rockets and it bears responsibility that this area is a combat zone”
Of course, the use of civilian areas by Hizballah is being ignored yet again. From Australia’s ABC, with thanks to JE: Several houses collapsed and a three-storey building, where about 100 civilians were sheltering, was destroyed, witnesses and rescue workers said. Israel’s military said it had warned residents of Qana to leave and said Hezbollah […]
UK: Foreign Office’s chief adviser on Islamic affairs has jihadist ties
This is not surprising. After all, the British authorities, like all Western authorities, don’t even know what questions to ask in order to screen for this sort of thing. “Radical past of top Whitehall Islamic aide,” from the TimesOnline, with thanks to Anon: DISTURBING details have emerged about the radical background of the chief adviser […]