Thai Jihad Update from AFP: YALA, Thailand (AFP) – A wave of small bombs have exploded almost simultaneously at 22 banks in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, leaving one person dead and at least 29 injured. Militants, many of them dressed as students, left the bombs hidden inside books at commercial banks across the province of Yala, […]
Archives for August 2006
U.N. votes for force in Darfur; Sudan says “no”
Sudan Jihad Update from Reuters: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan’s Darfur region to avert a new humanitarian disaster, but the Khartoum government rejected the resolution as “illegal.” The vote to send the force to Darfur once Sudan has agreed to […]
61 killed in Iraq bombing wave
Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update from AFP: “Sixty-one killed as Iraq prepares to take charge of military” BAGHDAD (AFP) – Insurgents killed at least 61 Iraqis, including 14 in a car bomb attack on a popular Baghdad market, as the government prepared to take full command of its own military. At least 43 were killed when a […]
U.S. military sees Iran’s nuke bomb 5 years away
It boggles the mind that a five-year estimate on Iran’s nuclear capabilities could be viewed with any kind of relief, let alone that it could lead to a “general lack of urgency” for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program. From the Washington Times: The U.S. military is operating under the assumption that Iran is five to […]
While in S. Lebanon, IDF forces uncover more Hizballah youth propaganda
While Hizballah’s attempts to infuse itself with popular culture and entertainment, and to indoctrinate children are not new, materials discovered by the Israel Defense Forces show a lower-tech and more direct angle via the content of children’s games. From YNet News: “Hizbullah presents: How to recruit children” Do you know who is “the most senior […]
US gov’t blacklists Hizballah “charity” that allowed donors to earmark funds for weapons
A case that gives new meaning to “guns and butter.” From AFP: “US targets Hezbollah fundraising arm” WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government blacklisted a fundraising arm of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah which it said makes no pretence of hiding the deadly aim of its activities. The Treasury froze any US assets held by […]
Swiss charge Pakistani over ‘honor killing’ of wife
Eurabia Alert from AFP: ZURICH — Swiss prosecutors have charged a Pakistani man over the “honor killing” of his wife, according to legal documents published Wednesday [August 23]. Ajmal Butt Aziz, 24, is accused of murdering his 20-year-old wife Khudeja because she refused to follow Islamic tradition and wear a headscarf, according to the charge […]
Hizballah: We’re arming for second round
Ceasefire Update from YNet News: “Hizbullah: We’re arming for second round” Hizbullah representative in Iran Muhammad Abdullah Sif al-Din, said Wednesday that Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah has a new strategic plan to rearm ahead of the “next round against Israel.” In an interview with the Iranian news agency Fars, al-Din said: “No one can promise […]
Dhimmi Carter “is open to a meeting if the former president of Iran would like to have one”
The article calls it “an event that would turn a page in American history,” but it’s really just proof once again that former President Dhimmi Carter learned nothing from the crisis with Iran that occurred during his administration. The Carter Center in Atlanta is making preparations for the possible visit by Khatami, doubtlessly considered another […]
Iran enriching more uranium
Another Iranian “answer” to the UN Security Council’s proposed incentives package ahead of tomorrow’s deadline. From the Washington Post: Iranian nuclear specialists have begun enriching a new batch of uranium in an apparent act of defiance just days ahead of a U.N. Security Council deadline for Tehran to stop such work or face the prospect […]
US grants visa to Khatami
Well, why not? I suppose even Goebbels would have no trouble getting a visa these days. “US grants visa to Iran’s former leader,” from Reuters, with thanks to Senator: The United States has issued a visa to Mohammad Khatami, the former Iranian president, to visit next week. Tom Casey, the US state department spokesman, said […]
Spencer: Fox News and Forced Conversions
In FrontPage this morning I discuss some elements of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad’s example that blur the distinction between forced and uncoerced conversions to Islam (news links in the original): The most bizarre element of the two weeks of captivity suffered by Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and photographer Olaf Wiig at the hands of […]
SF hit-and-run killer suffering from stress from arranged marriage
Well, anyone can see how that would make you want to kill random pedestrians out in front of the Jewish Community Center. There is nothing in this story about how he identified himself as a terrorist. Looks as if that one has already dropped down the memory hole. And of course, I am sure he […]
Bashir wants to preach in Australia
Abu Bakar Bashir weighs in on a variety of subjects, and expresses a desire to preach in Australia — “to save people.” In this brief, but wide-ranging interview, he very clearly spells out the nature of the Sharia law he wants to impose on the rest of the world. From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: MARK […]
Sudanese jihadists threaten to fight U.N. Darfur force, Khartoum gov’t if it agrees to U.N. presence
Sudan Jihad Update from the Hizballah News Agency, aka Reuters: “Sudanese Islamists threaten to fight U.N. Darfur force” KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese Islamist leaders say they will take up arms against United Nations peacekeepers if they deploy to Darfur, and some have warned they will also fight the Khartoum government if it agrees to the […]
Pakistan, U.K. target forced marriages
Anti-dhimmitude from the British High Commission, as it steps in to protect British citizens’ right to self-determination. From AP: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Her father said it would be a two-week holiday to learn about her Pakistani heritage. But the British woman soon found herself captive in a remote tribal village for over a year and […]
Ahmadinejad: low expectations on UN accountability
And given the UN’s track record on halting Iran’s nuclear program so far, why should he think otherwise, even as the August 31 deadline arrives tomorrow? From AFP: TEHERAN, Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said it was “˜unlikely” the UN Security Council would act against Iran over its nuclear programme. “˜We have […]
SF hit-and-run murderer identifies self as terrorist; police say it wasn’t terrorism
Omeed Aziz Popal has, like Muhammad Reza Taheri-azar several months ago, driven his SUV into people, clearly trying intentionally to hurt or kill them. Like Taheri-azar, he seemed completely calm and at peace with himself after the incident. After mowing down as many people as he could, Popal was boxed in by police and arrested. […]
Hizballah booklet “presents the Jihad, or Holy War, as a way in which a Muslim may sacrifice his life for Allah and reach heaven”
Misunderstanders of Islam publish a guidebook to the jihad ideology, heavy on quotes from Qur’an and Sunnah. The world has yet to see a coherent case built from the Qur’an and Sunnah for the peaceful coexistence of Muslims with non-Muslims as equals on an indefinite basis. “Analysis: Hezbollah`s indoctrination,” from UPI, with thanks to the […]
What if the Heathrow Bombers Succeeded?
Niall Ferguson imagines a successful British airline plot and makes some pointed observations in the LA Times (thanks to all who sent this in): “Five passenger aircraft have blown up in midair and crashed into the Atlantic. The planes “” believed to be operated by American Airlines and United Airlines “” left this morning from […]