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Afghan policeman screams “Allahu akbar,” murders AP photographer

Apr 4, 2014 8:54 am By Robert Spencer

Anja NiedringhausThis was an Afghan policeman — a unit commander named Naqibullah. Ostensibly an exponent of the Karzai regime, America’s ostensible ally. The problem is that there is no reliable way to distinguish “moderates” from Islamic jihadists, and the politically correct U.S. command in Afghanistan makes no attempt to do so, anyway. Such inquiries would be “Islamophobic.”

“AP photographer killed, reporter wounded,” from the Associated Press, April 4 (thanks to Darcy):

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A veteran Associated Press photographer was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on Friday when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan.

Anja Niedringhaus, 48, an internationally acclaimed German photographer, was killed instantly, according to an AP Television News freelancer who witnessed the shooting.

Kathy Gannon, an AP correspondent who for many years was the news organization’s Afghanistan bureau chief and currently is a special correspondent for the region, was shot twice and received medical attention. She was described as being in stable condition and talking to medical personnel.

“Anja and Kathy together have spent years in Afghanistan covering the conflict and the people there. Anja was a vibrant, dynamic journalist well-loved for her insightful photographs, her warm heart and joy for life. We are heartbroken at her loss,” said AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll, speaking in New York.

The attack came on the eve of nationwide elections in Afghanistan. The Taliban have vowed to disrupt Saturday’s vote for a new president and provincial councils.

The two were traveling Friday in a convoy of election workers delivering ballots from the center of Khost city to the outskirts, in Tani district. The convoy was protected by Afghan security forces. They were in their own car with a translator and the AP freelancer.

According to the freelancer, they had arrived in the heavily guarded district compound shortly before the incident.

As they were sitting in the car waiting for the convoy to move, a unit commander named Naqibullah walked up to the car, yelled “Allahu Akbar” — God is Great — and opened fire on them in the back seat with his AK-47, the freelancer said. He then surrendered to the other police and was arrested….

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  1. Angemon says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 9:00 am

    “As they were sitting in the car waiting for the convoy to move, a unit commander named Naqibullah walked up to the car, yelled “Allahu Akbar” — God is Great — and opened fire on them in the back seat with his AK-47”

    I, for one, can’t wait for McCain to assure us that Allahu Akbar” just means “Thank God” and that the policeman is a moderate.

  2. Tradewinds says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 9:40 am

    The fruit of Islam – murder.

    • Kalliope says

      Apr 4, 2014 at 2:19 pm

      Yes.
      This is the fruit of Christianity:
      Galatians 5: 22-26:
      But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

      Now, let’s compare Muḥammad’s works of the flesh:
      Galatians 5: 19-21:
      Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousy, wrath, selfishness, divisions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you beforehand, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

      Out of the SEVENTEEN sins listed, there is definitive proof that Muḥammad committed FIFTEEN of them.
      All these sins are stepping stones to Hell. Godly people – real ones, that is – rightly consider these acts reprehensible.
      And yet, Muslims will blindly emulate demon-possessed Muḥammad, and willingly follow him into the abyss.

      There is no contest between godly Christianity and debased ʾIslām.

      • Salah says

        Apr 5, 2014 at 12:49 am

        The Qur’an itself admits that Jesus was Holy and that Muhammad was a Sinner!!!
        http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/05/saint-and-sinner.html

  3. Michael Copeland says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 9:56 am

    The BBC is showing an interview with an Afghan press man who launches a distraction by postulating “mistaken identity”, which he probably knows is what the BBC laps up.
    USAAF vet TN Rep. Steve Womack has advice on muslims with guns:
    “ [I]f they truly are a devout Muslim, and follow the Quran and the Sunnah, then I feel threatened because they’re commanded to kill me.”

  4. RG says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 10:54 am

    Ahemm!
    Just think how peaceful this world will be when everybody screams “allahu ak-ak-ak-bar”!!!!
    Don’tcha just love the sound of those AK-47’s!

  5. john spielman says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 11:30 am

    Islam is incompatible with goodness, justice, peace, love and joy in the Holy Spirit. Infact Islam is only compatible with murder, rape, lies, deception, death, and HELL!

    • Leila says

      Apr 4, 2014 at 1:11 pm

      Amen, Brother.

    • Kalliope says

      Apr 4, 2014 at 2:21 pm

      Truly.

  6. Champ ✿ says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    The problem is that there is no reliable way to distinguish “moderates” from Islamic jihadists, and the politically correct U.S. command in Afghanistan makes no attempt to do so, anyway. Such inquiries would be “Islamophobic.”

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Exactly, Robert!

    • Salah says

      Apr 5, 2014 at 1:09 am

      I respectfully disagree.
      There are many ways to distinguish between the two. Notice that Robert also wrote: “the politically correct U.S. command in Afghanistan makes no attempt to do so”.
      This is the *REAL* problem with us: Political Correctness. Without it, we would be able to easily distinguish between moderates and jihadists.
      Some of us will choose the fastest and easiest way: Put all Muslims in the same basket. But this is wrong, we have principles, we have values, we simply cannot do that.
      Besides, “moderate” Muslims are moderate for one reason, and one reason only: They are more decent than their own prophet; they refuse to kill, rob, rape etc.
      Moderate Muslims are the ones who, given the right education and the proper protection, would be more than glad to leave Islam altogether. They are our best allies.

      http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2014/01/egyptian-muslims-tear-up-quran.html

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 5, 2014 at 4:23 pm

        Salah wrote:

        I respectfully disagree.
        There are many ways to distinguish between the two. Notice that Robert also wrote: “the politically correct U.S. command in Afghanistan makes no attempt to do so”.
        This is the *REAL* problem with us: Political Correctness. Without it, we would be able to easily distinguish between moderates and jihadists.
        ……………………………..

        Salah, this Jihadist was not just an Afghan policeman, but a unit commander specifically assigned to the security of this convoy.

        Sure—it would be a lot better if there was more vetting for “Islamist” sympathies, but I think it’s pretty clear that Naqibullah was practicing Taqiyya and hiding his real intentions, or else he never would have wound up in such a prominent position with security.

        While a lot of these Jihadists really are exhibiting alarming red flags—just look at Ft. Hood Jihadist Nidal Malik Hasan—many others appear to be “moderate” right up until the moment they pull out an AK-47 and start screaming “Allahu Akbar!”.

        I’m afraid Robert Spencer is correct—it really *isn’t* easy to “distinguish between moderates and jihadists”.

        • Salah says

          Apr 5, 2014 at 5:34 pm

          ‘..it really *isn’t* easy to “distinguish between moderates and jihadists”’

          No, it’s not. And here comes the role of our investigators, who, thanks to our PC politicians, have zero info about taqiyya and islam.
          If a man, any man, is behaving decently, we cannot condemn him for the crime he might probably commit in the future. There has to be some evidence of planning, supporting, encouraging or actually preparing to do evil in order to condemn him.
          We must get rid of our PC leaders and declare political Islam itself a terrorist organisation. That’s what they did in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the U.A.E.
          Do we have the balls to follow?

          “If the decision of the interim government of Egypt is to consider the organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, then the United States should follow.”
          Michele Bachmann

          http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/12/17/muslim-brotherhood-a-history-of-terror/

        • voegelinian says

          Apr 7, 2014 at 3:33 am

          The problem is that there is no reliable way to distinguish “moderates” from Islamic jihadists, and the politically correct U.S. command in Afghanistan makes no attempt to do so, anyway.

          If there is no reliable way to distinguish, then it would be pointless to make an attempt; so Spencer’s words disagree with Salah’s claim that the attempt would be useful (because possible). I agree with Spencer’s words. While it’s conceivably not impossible hypothetically to find some way to make that attempt reliable, there is a countervailing interest here: our #1 priority is the safety of our societies, not experimenting with Muslims to see if they won’t explode. In the interest of that #1 priority, and given our inability to find a reliable way that will work in mass numbers and in contexts of demographic and concrete complexity (e.g., a situation of chaos at an airport or public event like a Boston Marathon), we must err on the side of suspecting all Muslims.

          We cannot afford to play Muslim Roulette. And we certainly need a better reason to do so than Salah’s anxious (and tendentiously misguided) concern to feel better about himself ethically.

    • Betty says

      Apr 5, 2014 at 10:27 am

      it sill isn’t proven to me there is a moderate muslim any where on GOD’S green earth.

  7. mortimer says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    “there is no reliable way to distinguish “moderates” from Islamic jihadists”

    THANK YOU, MR. SPENCER. That’s EXACTLY the phrase I’ve been searching for. It’s accurate and without anything that can be misinterpreted as animus.

    The jihadists disguise themselves as ‘moderates’ as well as non-observant when deep down they are plotting and conspiring to commit murder. Dr. Nidal Hasan is a perfect example of a jihadist who only revealed himself in the week before his jihadic rampage. Until then, no one could have suspected him of ‘extremism’. I use quotes to point out I do not accept the naïve assumption that jihad is an aberration, rather than Islamic normalcy.

    • Bezelel says

      Apr 4, 2014 at 6:43 pm

      jihad is an abhorration and it far too normal for islam.

    • voegelinian says

      Apr 7, 2014 at 3:47 am

      “there is no reliable way to distinguish “moderates” from Islamic jihadists”

      THANK YOU, MR. SPENCER. That’s EXACTLY the phrase I’ve been searching for. It’s accurate and without anything that can be misinterpreted as animus.

      Actually, Spencer has been saying this many, many times over many, many years.

      As far back as 2008, he already implied he was even then repeating what he had said many, many times before, when he wrote:

      … a fact that we have pointed out many, many times at Jihad Watch: there is no reliable way to distinguish jihadists from peaceful Muslims.

      http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/05/but-i-thought-they-were-all-moderates

      And a few months earlier:

      http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/02/i-dont-hate-muslims-i-hate-islam-says-hollands-rising-political-star

      (Alas, Spencer has not been coherent on this point, almost as though his mind is a hybrid of mine and Salah’s… http://jihadswatch.blogspot.com/2008/05/contradiction-watch.html )

      • Salah says

        Apr 8, 2014 at 1:00 am

        Let me put it this way, voegelinian:

        I agree when Robert says:
        “there is no reliable way to distinguish “moderates” from Islamic jihadists”

        And I would add:
        “…in this PC world”

        There are many, many ways to distinguish “moderates” from Islamic jihadists ONLY if we stop playing this suicidal political correctness game.

  8. profitsbeard says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 2:30 pm

    Islam is a breeder of patriarchal killers for the Koran.

    These ladies should have been taught that and refused to go

    on “patrol” with any armed Afghans, period.

    Since such “guards” are all Muslim, they are latent homicidal jihadists.

    Especially when uppity infidel women are involved.

    Naivete about Islam is fatal.

  9. eib says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    God bless Anja!
    She was and is INNOCENT!

  10. eib says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    If you wish God to preserve you–
    ERR ERR ERR on the side of life!
    Do not claim knowledge you do not have.

  11. eib says

    Apr 4, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    If you desire to see the Lord’s mercy, then
    ERR on the side of mercy.
    Not just today.
    But every single day.

  12. Mr. Squat says

    Apr 5, 2014 at 2:51 am

    Poor woman was no doubt a progressive liberal intellectual, and utterly devoted to the cause of the poor Islamic masses. I am certain she does not blame Islam or the people of Afghanistan for her death. She believes that Islamophobia is despicable.

  13. Erin O'Connor says

    Apr 5, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Is just me, or has anyone else noticed most news presenters are saying the islmaic thug yelled God is Great and not Allahu Akbar when he did his cowardly deed I suppose they do not want to offend any slimy muslims

    • Tradewinds says

      Apr 5, 2014 at 2:53 pm

      I’ve noticed. The murderous Mohammedan shouted “Allahu akbar.” God forbid the Mohammedans should be offended!!! Oh anything but that!!!

  14. Alan Derpowitz says

    Apr 5, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    THIS IS ABOUT MALALA – the Jornalist and photojornalist was attacked because of her extensive coverage of Malala. There is no question that this was an assassination.

    Just read something on another site and did some digging on my own to make sure the commenter wasn’t grasping at straws.

    The public, for some strange reason didn’t think it was very nice that the Taliban shot Malala in the face.

    In responce, the Taliban blamed… Wait for it… Not themselves.

    Instead they blamed the jornalists who covered the story and other jornalists for making them look bad in general.

    Back in december they made a list and checked it twice. It was a list of jornalists and outlets that they were going to be targeting. They’ve killed two jornalists shortly before this.

    Ms. Gannon wrote over THREE stories about Malala for various publications, Two for AP and one for a british paper. She went with Malala back to her home town and wrote about it on her blog. The photos for the AP and blog story were taken by Anja Niedringhaus.

    That talibastard is flat out lying about being upset about NATO killing his family. That’s just terrorist boilerplate. If anyone confirms it then they will be lying too.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 5, 2014 at 4:30 pm

      Alan, you may well be right that the Kathy Gannon and Anja Niedringhaus were attacked because of their sympathetic coverage of Malala.

      Of course, the mere fact that they were journalists, Infidels, and woman—all hated by the Taliban and all pious Muslims—may well have been enough in and of itself.

  15. gravenimage says

    Apr 5, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    Afghan policeman screams “Allahu akbar,” murders AP photographer

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A veteran Associated Press photographer was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on Friday when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan.
    …………………………………….

    What could be more pleasing to Allah than the murder of journalists?

    God, I hate Islam.

  16. Jerry says

    Apr 6, 2014 at 3:13 am

    “BsmilAllah Rahmani Rahim”

    In the name of Allah the Mercifull and Forgiving

    The Death Worshippers make War on all Living!

    It’s time to level the playing fields:

    A few “Daisy Cutters” may help.

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