LONDON – Britain’s head of overseas intelligence warned that Saudi Arabia likely would stop sharing vital information on terrorism if prosecutors pursued an investigation into alleged corruption in an arms deal, lawmakers disclosed Tuesday. Ministers were told the inquiry into the BAE Systems PLC arms deal with Saudi Arabia could lead to a withdrawal of […]
Archives for January 2008
Thug-In-Chief: “I advise you to abandon the filthy Zionist entity which has reached the end of the line”
And Bush and Rice are helping to number them. “‘Filthy’ Israel’s days are numbered – Iran,” from Agence France-Presse (thanks to all who sent this in): HARDLINE president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has renewed his verbal attack on Israel, saying its days are numbered and predicting that the “filthy Zionist entity” will fall sooner or later. “I […]
Afghan MPs back blasphemy death
Democracy On The March Update. From the BBC (thanks to PRCS): The upper house of the Afghan parliament has supported a death sentence issued against a journalist for blasphemy in northern Afghanistan. Pervez Kambaksh, 23, was convicted last week of downloading and distributing an article insulting Islam. He has denied the charge. The UN has […]
Fitzgerald: They cannot cancel jihad
An article in the New Duranty Times a few days ago — “Yemen’s Deals With Jihadists Unsettle the U.S.” — explains that Yemen has hit upon a way to deal with its own homegrown terrorists. The method is simply to extract from them a promise not to attack Infidels in Yemen itself, or possibly — […]
Fitzgerald: Balancing the books
“Turin, 29 Jan.(AKI) – The Union of Arab Writers has written a letter of protest at the designation of Israel as a guest of honour for the next edition of the Turin International Book Fair, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reports…. “‘In any case, this is a book fair, this is not the United Nations, […]
Bin Laden’s boy Omar: Dad, please stop blowing things up
Omar bin Laden is a sideshow at best, but this article is typical of the international coverage he has received lately: it focuses on his rejection of his father’s methods, without ever questioning whether or not he holds to his father’s goals, and is trying to accomplish them through different means. This is, unfortunately, yet […]
Bush retreats farther from the obvious
Andrew Cochran at the Counterterrorism Blog notes that while in Bush’s 2007 State of the Union address he referred to “Sunni extremists,” “the Islamist radical movement,” and “Shia extremists,” and in his 2006 address spoke about “radical Islam,” in his 2008 State of the Union speech he never used the words “Islam,” “Islamic,” or even […]
Tampa web-hosting firm removes jihadist website
Another one is still hosted out of Phoenix. “Local Firm Removes Jihadi Web Site,” by Howard Altman for The Tampa Tribune: TAMPA – A Tampa Web-hosting company has taken down a Web site used by al-Qaida for communicating in secret and hiding files from investigators. The company, Noc4Hosts, took the action Monday after it was […]
Fitzgerald: Old modes of operating on both sides
BAGHDAD – Al-Qaeda is using children as suicide bombers in Iraq, with at least two attacks in the past week committed by 15-year-olds, a US military commander claimed on Sunday. — from this news article As always, the PLO — which is merely the earlier name of the “Palestinian Authority” — has been there first. […]
Italy: Book fair boycotted by Arab writers because Israel is a guest of honor
Freedom of Expression On The Ropes Update from AKI (thanks to Insubria): Turin, 29 Jan.(AKI) – The Union of Arab Writers has written a letter of protest at the designation of Israel as a guest of honour for the next edition of the Turin International Book Fair, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reports. The letter […]
Second Muslim politician in Netherlands unmasked as jihad supporter
First there was the legendary epistle writer Bouchra Ismaili. And now another “moderate” has been found to be…immoderate. “Another PvdA Politician Supports Radical Islam,” from NIS News (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): THE HAGUE, 30/01/08 – Another Labour (PvdA) politician has turned out to be supporting the radical Islamic group Hizb ut Tahrir. This time, […]
UK intelligence agency urged dropping of investigation into Saudi arms deal
Because the Saudis are such valuable friends and allies, you see. Surely that’s worth their skimming off a bit, innit? “MI6 Urged UK to Drop Saudi Inquiry,” by David Stringer for Associated Press (thanks to all who sent this in): LONDON – Britain’s head of overseas intelligence warned that Saudi Arabia likely would stop sharing […]
UK: Jihadist gang planned to behead Muslim soldier “like a pig”
Because he dared to cooperate with the kuffar, you see. “Gang plotted to behead Muslim soldier ‘like a pig,’” from the Times (thanks to all who sent this in): An Islamist quartermaster hatched a plot to kidnap a British Muslim soldier on a night out and behead him “like a pig” in a lock-up garage […]
Sweden: Muslim mothers win $3,000 in discrimination case
Eurabian Cultural Suicide Update: “Muslim mums win discrimination appeal,” from The Local (thanks to Fjordman): Two Muslim mothers have won a court appeal against a municipal pool in Gothenburg that required them to take off their veils and body-covering clothing. The Court of Appeal for western Sweden found the City of Gothenburg guilty of ethnic […]
“Islamophobia” Alert: Europeans think Islam is dangerous!
Watch for the hand-wringing and blame-shifting. Watch for the dark laments about European “racism” and “xenophobia.” One thing you won’t see is any acceptance of responsibility, any acknowledgment that any Muslims may have done anything — anything — to lead Europeans to think this way. No one will talk about the Islamic justifications advanced by […]
Pakistani general says “These people are not our enemies. … These people have been misguided” as jihadists edge toward Peshawar
That 2006 truce just keeps on paying dividends, but not to anyone interested in life without the Taliban minding their business. “Pakistani Taliban grows bolder, taking fight to doorstep of frontier city,” by Tim Johnson and Jonathan S. Landay for McClatchy Newspapers: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan “” Islamic militants known as the Pakistani Taliban have extended their […]
Car bomb in Algeria kills 2; “Christianists” not suspected
Nope, still not them. “Car bomb blast in Algeria kills 2,” by Aoumar Ali for the Associated Press: THENIA, Algeria – A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside a police station in northern Algeria, killing at least two people and wounding several others, the Interior Ministry said. Witnesses and security officials put the death toll at […]
New generation of jihadists “set to step up” in Australia
“[Australian Federal Police] Commissioner Mick Keelty and NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione have revealed that they are investigating new terrorist threats, particularly in [New South Wales].” And not acknowledging and challenging the ideology that produces new jihadists, and its origins in Islamic texts and teachings, will only help guarantee that more and more home-grown jihadists […]
India: Misunderstanders of Islam planned serial bombings in Mumbai
India Jihad Update. “India: Islamists planned blasts in Mumbai,” from United Press International: NEW DELHI, Jan. 28 (UPI) — India says rebels conspired to trigger serial bomb blasts in four crowded areas in Mumbai, including the historic Gateway of India. Five suspected militants arrested in connection with recent blasts in Uttar Pradesh state wanted to […]
Frankfurt cell part of pan-European jihadist plot
But where are the members of that cell now? Eurabia Alert, and more on this story. “Frankfurt Islamist group planned attack – report,” from Reuters: MADRID (Reuters) – A group of Islamist extremists in Frankfurt was planning an attack in Germany, according to a would-be suicide bomber captured by police in Spain, Spanish newspaper El […]