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Robert Spencer “Was Poisoned in Iceland and American Media Doesn’t Care”

Dec 17, 2019 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer

There is simply no doubt about it: if I were a Leftist, there would be an international uproar about this, and Sindri Geirsson, who poisoned me, would be in prison, as would the quack doctor Hjalti Már Björnsson, who failed to perform basic tests when I was in the hospital. Details here.

Sindri Geirsson, the poisoner

“An American Citizen Was Poisoned in Iceland and American Media Doesn’t Care,” by Dexter Van Zile, IPT News, December 16, 2019:

When a number of American tourists reported falling sick after having drinks at a Mexican resort’s bar, news media recognized an important story. One young woman died after being found face down in the pool. Others who had tainted drinks fell unconscious and may have been robbed and assaulted.

The U.S. State Department began investigating. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also investigated and maintains an archive of its stories regarding the poisonings.

Contrast that with the complete lack of attention given to writer Robert Spencer, who believes two people in Iceland spiked his drink in 2017 because they don’t like his ideology. Spencer is a conservative and a fierce critic of Islamic doctrine.

Investigators believed they had a solid case against two men who targeted Spencer, the publisher and chief writer at JihadWatch.

The two were caught on video, but never prosecuted. And to make matters worse, at least one local media outlet mocked Spencer for complaining about being poisoned. The story has been ignored by the legacy media in the United States.

Spencer was in Iceland in May 2017 promoting his writing. He went to a bar in Reykjavik where two young men offended by his writings allegedly spiked his drink. Video images inside the bar show the men handling Spencer’s drink while holding a siphon. That’s among the things that led an assistant prosecutor to say he was confident he had enough evidence to convict the men.

In a video Spencer taped days later, he said his visit was greeted with a slew of critical stories in the Icelandic press, many of which showed his picture. “They were the only thing that Icelanders learned about me in the run-up to the event,” he said.

Two men approached him in the bar, Spencer said. One was polite and claimed to be a fan, while the other cursed at him.

Spencer obtained records from the investigation. In one document, the prosecutor summarizes part of the video, which shows a man who “takes the drink into his hands, and puts it under the bar table and seems to be doing something with it.”

The report states, “Afterward, he stirs continuously in the drink like he is mixing something into it. The accused are at this point very secretive and there is no doubt that there is something more going on than just a simple ordering of a drink.”

Spencer fell ill shortly after returning to his hotel room. He began vomiting and his heart raced. He went to Landspitali Hospital’s emergency room in Reykjavik where tests indicated that he had ingested a combination of Ecstasy, amphetamines and Ritalin.

Spencer called the police, who obtained the video footage of the two young men putting something in his drink. The suspects were questioned by police who concluded that they could obtain a conviction, but the prosecution was quashed. In the months since, Spencer has written a number of articles about the incident at his website and at FrontPage magazine.

After the story broke, the Reykjavik Grapevine mocked Spencer for alleging he had been poisoned while at the same time implicitly acknowledging that it happened.

“We at the Grapevine don’t condone poisoning anyone, we were, for instance, highly critical of Vladimir Putin for spiking Alexander Litvinenko’s food with polonium-210,” wrote Elias Thorsson. “That being said, we can only assume that the alleged left winger was just following the mantra of FrontPage Magazine: ‘Identify the enemy. Devise ways to defeat him.'”

Neither Iceland’s Embassy in Washington, D.C., nor its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Reykjavik responded to requests for comment. Ladspitali hospital did not respond to inquiries either.

There is a record showing Spencer was targeted for harm. Investigators believed they had a strong case. Yet no mainstream American news outlets have covered the attempted poisoning.

He believes the attack, the resulting failure to prosecute, and even the lack of attention his case received in the United States all stem from people who believe in the attempts to vilify him. The question is whether similar apathy would greet the exact same circumstances if the victim held liberal views.

“The question of who quashed the prosecution may never be answered,” Spencer said. “The case will always remain a blot on Iceland’s reputation; all tourists there should beware.”

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  1. Mr. Cohen says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 5:09 pm

    This article will make Muslims angry:

    https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/12/17/forbes-names-tel-aviv-2nd-best-city-to-visit-in-2020/

  2. gravenimage says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 5:14 pm

    Robert Spencer “Was Poisoned in Iceland and American Media Doesn’t Care”
    …………………

    Yes–*very* disturbing. People should care about this whether they agree with Robert Spencer or not.

    • mortimer says

      Dec 17, 2019 at 7:26 pm

      The Leftards are not concerned about the poisoning of a counterjihad speaker due to their dual ethics … which is the absence of real ethics. They are opportunists.

      If a counterjihadists attempted to poison a Muslim speaker, it would become the most melodramatic event of the century. That is why so many Muslims are creating fake victimizations … which reminds me of Jussie Smollett who is hero to Leftards even though he is 100% fake.

      The unholy Red-Green allies are similarly amoral and opportunistic, and they use the same victimology techniques.

      • Wellington says

        Dec 17, 2019 at 8:46 pm

        “…and they use the same victimology techniques.”

        Agreed, mortimer, and consistent with being totalitarian since totalitarians, whether Muslims, Western Leftists, Neo-Nazis, etc. ALWAYS establish an “us versus them” paradigm with the “them” worthy of second-class status or death and the “us” in possession of “the truth,” with one of the many “consequences” of this “us” status being a victim when things don’t work out as planned (or even when things do).

  3. Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 5:30 pm

    “Man Fired Over ‘Driven by a German’ Sign on Bus”

    https://www.newswars.com/man-fired-over-driven-by-a-german-sign-on-bus/

  4. CogitoErgoSum says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    I wonder if people who poison other people live in constant fear of being poisoned themselves. I hope so.

  5. Battle says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 6:13 pm

    “If I were a leftist, there would be an international uproar about this.” -Robert Spencer

    Robert Spence hits nail on head. Good. +100

  6. Battle says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 6:14 pm

    (Typo) Spencer

  7. R Russell says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 6:35 pm

    It wasn’t your time.

  8. mortimer says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    KUDOS to Dexter Van Zile for his exposé of American Leftarded DUAL ETHICS and INTERNATIONAL dual ethics as well.

    Dual ethics are NORMATIVE Islam, so Leftards and Muslims understand and somewhat sympathize with the amorality of their unholy allies.

    In the matter of ethics, I believe the Leftards are capable of sinking lower than Muslims and that is why they will normally beat Muslims due to the generally worse amorality of Leftards.

    (“An American Citizen Was Poisoned in Iceland and American Media Doesn’t Care,” by Dexter Van Zile, IPT News, December 16, 2019)

  9. juan says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 8:03 pm

    I had thought multiple times in the past to visit Iceland.

    No more.

    I cannot go to a country filled with braindead and evil people.

    • Vyx says

      Dec 18, 2019 at 9:19 am

      I agree completely. I have wanted to visit that nation in the past, but I will save my money and pass on visiting a nation filled with corrupt and evil Leftists.

  10. Brian Hoff says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 9:05 pm

    Robert you attackiing preaceful very day doesnot win you friend along with liderals. You donor want mosques built in America. You donor want Muslim woman to wear the hijab and you attack Nike and other bussiens for makeing hijab.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 17, 2019 at 9:14 pm

      “Brian Hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”–wrote:

      Robert you attackiing preaceful very day doesnot win you friend along with liderals. You donor want mosques built in America. You donor want Muslim woman to wear the hijab and you attack Nike and other bussiens for makeing hijab.
      …………………..

      Robert Spencer opposes the horrors of Jihad terror and brutal Shari’ah law–how is slaughtering Infidels and strangling women who resist the Hijab “preachful”? (unless this is not a typo)

      For that “DefenderofIslam” believes that such an Infidel should be poisoned, and that the perpetrators are “liderals”. Just sickening–but no surprise.

      • Keys says

        Dec 17, 2019 at 9:38 pm

        Brian Hoff thinks he is one of the “best of people”.

        Thanks, gravenimage, for whacking the mole every time he pops up.

        Whenever I see his replacement name, “Brian Hoff”, instead of Defender of Islam, I think of “Brain Off”.

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 17, 2019 at 9:42 pm

          Thank you, Keys. And I like “Brain Off”–very apt!

      • Brian Hoff says

        Dec 17, 2019 at 10:14 pm

        You miss my points. Robert is always attacking the Muslim woman who wear the hijab than they are willing to wear the hijab. Worldwide many woman wear the hijab and it doesnot make then terrorist. The spacesuilt was mantact by woman underwear company. Nike see the worldwide market in hijab. Robert doesnot know that many liberal and nonliberal women donor like you telling Muslim woman to wear.

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 17, 2019 at 10:25 pm

          The message of the Hijab is telling Muslim men which women they may rape–any woman who is uncovered. “Brian Hoff” has never said a word against his coreligionists raping unveiled women.

          And many devout Muslim women are indeed supporters of Jihad terror, because this is what Islam teaches.

          Then, “Brian Hoff” has never said a word against Muslims assaulting, imprisoning, and “Honor Killing” women and girls who resist forced veiling.

          Then why is he babbling about “spacesuit”? The Islamic head bag is not a “spacesuit”.

        • Brian Hoff says

          Dec 18, 2019 at 10:59 am

          You are using that some Muslim donor follow the teaching of the Koran to attack the preaceful religion of Islam. First many rapist in America are Christian faith. Robert use unfair tactics to attrack Iran and it prove ihe than racist.

        • Tom W Harris says

          Dec 18, 2019 at 9:13 pm

          Dear “Brian”,

          Learn some basic English and get back to us.

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 20, 2019 at 12:40 am

          More from “Brian Hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”:

          You are using that some Muslim donor follow the teaching of the Koran to attack the preaceful religion of Islam.
          ……………………….

          Of course, Muslims oppressing women and attacking Infidels is in no way doing anything but following the horrors of the Qur’an. “DefenderofIslam” himself has confirmed that Muslims when they reach sufficient numbers intend to destroy the Constitution and impose brutal Shari’ah law.

          More:

          First many rapist in America are Christian faith.
          ……………………….

          Muslims make up less than 1% of the population here–are we supposed to applaud that Muslims aren’t over a hundred times more apt to rape women than are Infidels?

          Moreover, of course, Christianity does not teach rape. What Christians have claimed that they rape due to the teaching of Christianity? What vicious nonsense.

          Not only has “Brian Hoff” not condemned Muslims raping Infidel women and using them as sex slaves, but he has disturbingly noted that he will be able to get lots of women when Muslims take over here.

          More:

          Robert use unfair tactics to attrack Iran and it prove ihe than racist.
          ……………………….

          Robert Spencer has never called the Mullah’s “than racist”–but he *has* been critical of them calling for the genocide of the Jews, for crushing freedoms, for oppressing women and forcing them to wear the Hijab, and for oppressing non-Muslims. Of course, these are all things that “DefenderofIslam” approves of. *Ugh*.

  11. Niemoller says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 9:28 pm

    The irony is one day these idiots may well look upon the islamization of Iceland and deeply regret it when asked, “Where were you when this evil could have been prevented?”

    • Terry says

      Dec 18, 2019 at 3:37 am

      That goes for America as well.

  12. Infidel says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 10:47 pm

    Spencer is a conservative……

    Really? What are RS’s known views on

    – Obamacare repeal/replace/ Medicare for all?
    – Tax policies?
    – US policy on China?
    – Tariffs on ‘allies’ such as Canada, EU, India, South Korea, et al?
    – NFL kneeling and Colin Kaepernack?
    – Hong Kong protests?
    – Gay marriage?
    – North Korea negotiations?
    – US policy on Venezuela and Cuba?
    – Climate change?

    And any number of issues not touching Muslims?

    All this aside from the fact that if anyone attempted to murder him, that person(s) deserve to be criminally prosecuted irrespective of what RS’s beliefs are on any issue. That Iceland fails to see this is an abomination

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 17, 2019 at 10:51 pm

      Good point, Infidel. I am actually quite liberal on many subjects, but being against Jihad terror makes all of us “far right wing”.

      And your last point is spot on–even if this were someone I disagreed with, his being poisoned and the Icelandic authorities largely blowing it off is *appalling*. This was the case even with the hospital. Deeply disturbing stuff.

  13. Ade Fegan says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 3:53 am

    Dear Robert .. Islam carries enough bad baggage as it is without us exaggerating .. I have heard you at several of your talks saying that there are verses of violence on almost every page in the koran .. This is not so, and saying that it is serves no purpose .. Let’s stick to hard facts when waking the world up to the dangers of islam

  14. RichardL says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 8:04 am

    I hope that you get your reward from the gratitude of the people who admire your angelic efforts.You have mine every day. That chap looks like he was transported from the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler.

    • RichardL says

      Dec 18, 2019 at 8:06 am

      And I bet I wasn’t the only one who prayed on that occasion for you. God bless, Robert!

  15. Ric says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 10:57 am

    Is it truly shocking the Leftist media does not care about the poisoning of Robert Spencer in Iceland? It is an essential of the Lefts’ culture of hatred, whether it be a political faction, the education system, or the mainstream media. These striving neo-Marxists deem Robert, not unlike all who dare speak out regarding Islam, a persona non grata.

    Those of the allegedly enlightened Liberal-disorder perceive themselves as the gatekeepers of diversity and tolerance. It is, however, a ruse, an unmitigated fabrication to dupe the dupable of which is copious.

    The Democrats do not hold a monopoly on this culture of hate-mongering, intolerance for those who dare differ from the Lefts’ autocratic diktat. Iceland or any Westernized nation under the leadership of this faux-Liberalism/Democracy holds the same culture of fear, hatred, anti-Semitism, anti-Democracy/Republic, and all those diverse of its despotic bent. Robert Spencer is a prime target of the aspirant neo-Bolshevists and pro-Jihad traitors, a courageous man.

  16. J P Theo (as el Cid 2) says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 11:14 am

    Stay well Robert – we need you.

  17. Tom says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 11:22 am

    The lesson to be learned here is to always be on your guard when in places where you do not have control of what may be occurring around you and never trust the authorities in those places to be fair and impartial.

    Drinks and food are especially vulnerable to tampering by those who don’t agree with your politics or views and as a result you become an easy target if someone has decided they want to harm you.

    If you are a high profile individual with views considered by some to be extreme, especially if those views are right wing, drink only securely bottled water and other drinks when in foreign countries and whenever possible eat previously packaged food.

    Going to a restaurant or bar alone is not advisable when abroad, even in countries considered relatively safe.

    If this can happen in Iceland, a nation considered safe for tourists then it can happen anywhere.

    The chance of it happening can be substantially increased if the country you are visiting is socialist and/or or third world.

    There have been many examples of people travelling the world believing that those in foreign countries hold similar values to our own and who have become victims or met their deaths because of it.

    Preparedness of mind can help prevent becoming a victim. I have always found the best prevention is the use of the “what if” scenario assessment that prepares you for situations that could occur and provides you with a prepared response.

    This mindset comes from the constant assessment of locating cover and concealment necessary during patrolling in the military and is taught in policing.

    One should always ask oneself when approaching a new and unknown situation “what would I do if “A” occurred or “B” suddenly happened.

    A typical example is when flying, do you observe where you are seated in relation to emergency exits, how many paces is it to them, how many seats to the exits, what type of person is seated adjacent to the exits etc etc. Taking this information into account can save precious seconds in an emergency.

    Being aware of what is around us and having a plan if things go wrong can mean the difference between living or dying in some situations.

    What happened to Robert was deliberate and planned and should never have happened, but it did and with luck on his side he survived. It could have turned out much worse.

  18. No Muzzies Here says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 1:14 pm

    This was not mentioned in the American media. That means they approve of what happened.

    • Mario Alexis Portella says

      Dec 18, 2019 at 4:39 pm

      +1 Mr. Spencer, keep up your good work and keep trusting that God will continue to protect you!!

  19. Yarmouk says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 9:29 pm

    I for one I’m very glad Spencer did not die. Death by poisoning is too lenient a death for this dog.

  20. libertyORdeath says

    Dec 19, 2019 at 9:22 am

    I realize that “defeat” and “murder” are synonymous in some instances, but that is a weak excuse. I suppose us counter-jihadis could use the mission statement of muslims in Iran or “Palestine” to attack said muslims with impunity then? Or how about turning quranic dictates against them and raping, infiltrating and chopping the heads off of the muslim faithful? See now how silly it sounds?

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