Apology after apology has only conveyed the message that Afghans are justified in their all-consuming rage and ongoing lethal tantrum. “Seven U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked,” by Fraidoon Elhaam and Hamid Shalizi for Reuters, February 26: KUNDUZ/KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was […]
Archives for February 2012
Afghanistan: Gunman who murdered 2 U.S. troops had keypad combination for secure area
The decision by NATO to pull all of its foreign advisers out of Afghan ministries underscores how highly placed the assassin and his potential enablers were. Video reporting from ABC News indicated the officers had disarmed in the secure area, and were shot in the back of the head by the cowardly mujahid who then […]
Nigeria: Suicide bomber at church kills at least 3
How creating hell on earth for the sake of Sharia is supposed to turn it into paradise under Sharia is still a puzzler. “Nigeria unrest: Suicide bomb targets church in Jos,” from BBC News, February 26 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A suicide car bomber has killed at least three people at a prominent […]
Al-Qaeda in Iraq warns of “stage of real confrontation and war against the despicable Shiites”
“There’s still a tendency to see these things in Sunni-Shia terms. But the Middle East is going to have to overcome that.” – Condoleezza Rice, January 2007. But the mutual Islamophobia in Iraq continues, and as this report describes, the Maliki government is knee-deep in it. “Al Qaeda in Iraq Warns of Looming War With […]
NPR notices “growing tensions” between Muslims and Christians in Egypt
It is good to see NPR running a story like this, but here again is the use of the discussion of “tensions,” which suggests a situation of mutual hostilities. By contrast, all of the incidents the report chronicles are of Muslims attacking Christians. “In Egypt, Christian-Muslim Tension Is On The Rise,” by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson […]
Pakistan: Christian teacher accused of blasphemy, arrested
As generally seems to be the case, all that was needed was a rumor that Saira Khokar burned a Qur’an. That is a handy excuse, since the accusers can claim the evidence was consumed in the fire. The next question for police should be: who has a score to settle with Saira Khokar or her […]
“Now after mastering the English language…and continuous planning to target the infidel Americans, it is time for Jihad”
“Two months later, Aldawsari wrote he was trying to produce an ‘intelligent bomb,’ and he was doing his best to reach his goal of jihad by ‘money, deeds, sayings and killing.’” How did he come to misunderstand Islam so drastically as to think that jihad had anything to do with killing? Islamic leaders in the […]
Twelve more killed in Qur’an-burning riots in Afghanistan
And the toothless, dhimmi U.S. Embassy tells U.S. citizens in Afghanistan to “please be safe out there.” Okay, will do! “12 die protesting burned Quran,” by Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi for Reuters, February 25 Twelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the […]
UK: Creator of children’s character “Fireman Sam” detained at airport for noting that a veiled Muslim woman passed through security without showing her face
“Something like George Orwell’s 1984 now seems to have arrived in Gatwick airport.” Yes, and much worse: the Muslim prohibition on speech that is deemed critical of Islam in any way. “Fireman Sam creator detained at airport for veil comment at security gate,” by Jason Lewis in the Telegraph, February 26 (thanks to all who […]
Clinton: “There are those who question whether Islamist politics can really be compatible with democracy. Well, Tunisia has a chance to answer that question affirmatively and to demonstrate that there is no contradiction.”
Good luck with that. Still more whistling in the dark in the Obama Administration: “Secretary of State Clinton urges Tunisia’s youths to pursue promise of Arab Spring,” by Matthew Lee for The Associated Press, February 26 (thanks to all who sent this in): TUNIS, Tunisia “” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday […]
Somali jihadists warn of reprisals on British streets
This will come eventually, as long as there are believers in jihad on British streets, whether they intervene in Somalia or not. “Somali terrorists warn of reprisals on British streets,” by Nigel Morris in the Independent, February 24 (thanks to David): Islamist fighters in Somalia last night warned of deadly reprisals on Britain’s streets if […]
Krauthammer: How about an apology from the OIC?
Skewering the double standard. “Krauthammer: When Will Islamic Nations Apologize To Us”¦,” by Josh Feldman for Mediaite, February 24: Almost everyone in the Obama administration, including President Obama himself, has been apologizing to Muslims all over the world after NATO forces burned copies of the Quran in Afghanistan yesterday. Protests have erupted all over Afghanistan, […]
Keep Obama away from the matches: Iranian general says only burning White House can make up for burning Qur’an
As long as Obama is rushing to accommodate and appease these irrational fanatics, someone better make sure he doesn’t get close to any matches, lighters or gasoline cans in the White House tonight. “Iran military official: Only burning White House can make up for burning Koran,” from Haaretz, February 25 (thanks to David): The Muslim […]
OIC accuses U.S. of “incitement” over Qur’an burnings
Essentially, they appear to be looking at the irrational and lethal fit of anger gripping Afghanistan and saying “Look at what you made us do!” There is no sense of personal responsibility or free will not to throw a tantrum, more or less as if one had poked a beehive with a stick. Therein lies […]
Report: Hamas dumps Assad, backs Syrian rebels
This move could create an awkward situation with Iran, to say the least, and it is not the first we have heard of tension between the jihad terror group and their Iranian backers, including an earlier reduction in funds to Hamas. As the tide has turned against Assad, at the end of the day, Arab […]
Report: Unnamed “Asian head of state” knew about 7/7 attacks in advance, backed al-Qaeda
The fact that said head of state and his country go completely unnamed in this story is only the tip of the iceberg on the strangeness of this case. “Head of state ‘funded al-Qaeda and knew of 7/7 terror attacks’,” by Christopher Hope and Robert Winnett for the Telegraph, February 25 (thanks to Alan): A […]
Hamas honcho under fire from Salafists for shaking hands with Shi’ite
“The Salafi Call” asks: “What is the difference between Jews, Hezbollah and Iran when they are all gathered in going against God’s word and wish to break down Islam?” That remark only underscores the fact that the greatest insults in the Arab world have involved placing one’s opponent (including Gadhafi and Mubarak) in league with […]
Nigeria: Church bombing kills 2
A car bomb, this time. The gradual diversification of Boko Haram’s tactics shows how it has grown in strength and resources, highlighting the extent of its support, and bolstering the case for an increasing connection with al-Qaeda. “Blast at Nigeria church injures two,” by Habiba Salihu for Deutsche Presse-Agentur, February 25: Abuja (dpa) — A […]
Two American officers murdered inside interior ministry in Kabul, Afghan official says, “At this stage we can’t say why they were killed”
Who is he trying to kid? More Qur’an-burning rage in Afghanistan: “2 American officers killed in Afghan ministry,” by Nick Paton Walsh for CNN, February 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): Kabul (CNN) — At least two American officers were killed inside the interior ministry in Kabul, a senior Afghan police official said […]
Four more killed in Afghanistan in rage over Qur’an-burning
And still, still, no one in the West has the courage to stand up and say to the “noble people of Afghanistan”: “What madness has overtaken you? None of the people you have killed ever burned a Qur’an. And are your Allah and your Muhammad so fragile that the burning of one copy, or even […]