“This could have been a mass casualty event.” “Grad rockets hit near Netivot, Ofakim,” from Ynet News, January 31 (thanks to Maxwell): Tensions in Egypt appear to be spreading to Gaza: Grad rockets fired from the Hamas-ruled territory Monday night landed near the southern Israeli cities of Ofakim and Netivot. Also Monday, a Qassam rocket […]
Archives for January 2011
Denmark: Jihad plotters planned to cut throats of reporters at paper that published Muhammad cartoons
Jihad against the freedom of speech. “Danes say men plotted to cut throats,” from UPI, January 31 (thanks to Block Ness): COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 31 (UPI) — Accused terrorists planned to cut the throats of reporters at a Danish newspaper that printed Mohammed cartoons, police wiretaps reveal. The men hoped to kill as many people […]
Muslim Brotherhood rejects new Mubarak government, calls for continued protests
Making it clearer who is calling the shots. “Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood, No To New Government,” from ANSAmed, January 31 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – ROME, JANUARY 31 – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has given its thumbs down to the new Egyptian government and has called on people to continue demonstrating until the present regime falls. In […]
See the Pyramids along the Nile — while you can
Instead of the usual bushel of hate mail and death threats, today’s mail bag brought the above flier, offering some perfectly-timed vacation adventures. While “Turkey’s Magical Hideaways” sound mighty tempting (See the sites where your people were murdered and from which they were exiled!), I have to opt for “Cairo & the Eternal Nile River,” […]
Muslim Brotherhood leader: Prepare for war with Israel
Remember that Obama went out of his way to invite Muslim Brotherhood representatives to his speech in Cairo in June 2009. So it is unlikely that he even sees the need to stand up to them. “Muslim Brotherhood Wants War With Israel,” from Forex Crunch, January 31 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Mohamed Ghanem, one of […]
Shocker: Muslim Brotherhood “mutes its religious message” during protests
Something to hide? Yes, for now. The appearance of moderation is a means to an end. After all, “war is deceit.” More on this story. “Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood mutes its religious message for protests,” by Jeffrey Fleishman for the Los Angeles Times, January 31: The medical students marched and sweated in protest. “The fear is […]
Spencer set to be on Fox News at 6PM
Things can always change, of course, but right now I am set to be Fox News around 2PM to discuss Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood. UPDATE: Taping is done, and set to air during the 6PM broadcast, Eastern Time.
“We don’t want to harm this revolution”: Muslim Brotherhood says it will not take a leadership role in Egypt opposition coalition
Protesters at prayer in Cairo today The Islamic supremacists didn’t initially take a leadership role in the Iranian revolution of 1979, either. “Egypt’s opposition calls for 1 million on streets,” by Maggie Michael and Hamza Hendawi for the Associated Press, January 31: […] In Cairo, the coalition of groups, dominated by youth movements but including […]
Egypt: Christians fear Muslim Brotherhood takeover, Coptic Pope forbids Christians to participate in demonstrations
This report says that Coptic Christians are defying Pope Shenouda and participating in demonstrations; on the other hand, however, a source on the ground in Egypt tells me that the news reports are wrong, and that Copts are not participating. Whatever may be the truth of the matter, it is certain that a Muslim Brotherhood […]
ElBaradei: Muslim Brotherhood like U.S. evangelicals and orthodox Jews in Jerusalem
Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope. — motto of the Muslim Brotherhood The Muslim Brothers “must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the […]