The end of 2005 also spells the end for any ceasefire agreement with Israel, at least in the eyes of Palestinian terrorist group Islamic Jihad. From the Associated Press: The Islamic Jihad and several armed groups with ties to the ruling Fatah movement said Saturday they won’t necessarily observe a truce with Israel in 2006. […]
Bomb targets Indonesian Christians
Looks like the fears of increased jihadist violence against Indonesian Christians during the holiday season were warranted, according to the Associated Press: A bomb ripped through a crowded meat market Saturday in an Indonesian province that has been plagued by sectarian violence, killing at least eight people and wounding 45, officials said. Many of the […]
Jewish group apologizes to Hamas fundraisers
News from the BBC: Britain’s top Jewish body has apologised for branding a Muslim charity a “terrorist organisation”. In an out-of-court settlement, the Board of Deputies of British Jews said it should not have described Interpal in these terms. London-based Interpal, which raises millions for Palestinian causes, had launched a libel action against the Board, […]
Rockets hit Northern Israel
Recent attention has focused primarily on the threat posed by the small rockets wielded by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Those weapons, however, pale in comparison to what Hezbollah has deployed in Southern Lebanon. The Jerusalem Post is reporting that the Shi’ite terrorist group fired at least one such rocket into Israel on Tuesday night: Four […]
Indonesian religious police emboldened by tsunami
Residents of Indonesia’s Aceh Province, already burdened with the devastating effects of last year’s catastrophic tsunami, are now being forced to deal with an emboldened Taliban-style vice squad, according to the San Francisco Chronicle: The morality enforcers, a squad of men clad in green trousers and white shirts and women in white head scarves, stride […]
Dutch struggle with terrorism case
The American war on terror is not the only Western effort against jihad being hamstrung by overzealous rights advocates and their elitist sycophants in the judiciary and legislature. In the Netherlands, the recent case of suspected terrorist Samir Azzouz, as summarized by The New York Times, seems oddly similar to the trial of Sami Al-Arian […]
Israel to enforce Gaza buffer zone
One of the more unfortunate consequences of the Israeli pullout from Gaza has been their continuing inability to quiet the rocket salvos that now pour into Israel from newly “liberated” Palestinian territory. Once considered a nuisance, the rocket fire has been increasing in intensity, and is causing Israel to consider new security measures, since the […]
Jerusalem Patriarch praises Abbas, criticizes Israel
In her landmark work “Eurabia,” author Bat Ye’or points out that the most effective agents of dhimmitude are often Christian clerics who defend the excesses of their Muslim overlords, usually at their congregation’s expense. A good example of this phenomenon is Jerusalem Patriarch Michel Sabbah, whose latest Christmas message not only praises the “efforts” of […]
Three Algerians arrested in Italy
New arrests of Al-Qaeda related militants reported in Europe, according to the Associated Press: Police in southern Italy arrested three Algerians Friday on international terrorism charges and accused them of planning attacks in Iraq and Italy, police and the Interior Ministry said. The three were arrested in a nationwide sweep against an extremist group in […]
Mums the word on Ahmadinejad
Just to expound upon the point made by Mr. Spencer in his last entry, the silence of the Arab world concerning the recent vitriol of President Ahmadinejad has been deafening. From the AP: Arab governments appeared reluctant Thursday to condemn Iran’s president for calling the Holocaust a “myth” used by Europeans to create a Jewish […]
Blair’s retreat
Recall, immediately following the London bombings of July, all the tough talk from the Blair government? The promises to crack down on extremist mosques which incubated the hatred that directly led to the deaths of dozens of Britons? Well, forget all that, from the AP: The British government Thursday dropped a key part of the […]
Militant suspects celebrated Berg murder
The chilling words of two Italian-based Muslim extremists were released today as part of a 182 page indictment brought against them by Italian authorities, from The New Duranty Times: MILAN – Playing an Internet video one evening last year, an Egyptian radical living in Milan reveled as the head of an American, Nicholas Berg, was […]
Indonesian Muslim groups force Church closings
While the more overt acts of religious intolerance in Indonesia, say the beheadings of Christian schools girls, garner the most attention, the steady but covert campaign to intimidate Indonesia’s Christian population continues with very little fanfare. The latest incarnation, from Voice of America: Christian groups in Indonesia say their right to worship freely is being […]
Australian jihadists planned attack on nuclear reactor
Australian authorities have been tightlipped concerning the target of the attack which was apparently thwarted by arrests made last week. Now, we may know, from Reuters: Eight Sydney men arrested on terrorism charges may have been planning a bomb attack against the city’s nuclear reactor, police said on Monday. Their Islamic spiritual leader, also charged […]
Al-Qaeda vs. Queen Elizabeth?
The White House, the Capitol Building, the Pentagon, the British Parliament, George W. Bush, Tony Blair”¦all of these buildings and figures targeted for attack by Al-Qaeda seem to make some sort of strategic sense. But Her Majesty? From the AP: Al-Qaida has named Queen Elizabeth II “one of the severest enemies of Islam,” the Sunday […]
Released from Guantanamo, Russian jihadist resumes war
It appears that yet another Guantanamo Bay-alumnus has taken up arms following his release, this time in Russia, according to the Seattle-Post Intelligencer: A man who was held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has been detained on suspicion of involvement in attacks on police last month in southern Russia, a […]
Who bombed Amman? The Jews, of course
The recent slaughter in Amman enacted by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has raised pertinent questions among Jordan’s population, who may support Zarqawi’s violence against Americans but fail to see how he can justify the slaughter of dozens of Jordanian Muslims. Predictably, those unwilling to honestly address the inherent hypocrisy of mass-murdering terrorists have turned to a […]
…And then the guns came out
Reuters reports that at least a few of the rioters around Paris are now using firearms against French police, leading to almost a dozen casualties: Rioters fired shots at police in an 11th night of riots in France on Sunday, injuring 10 policemen, two of them seriously, police said. Some 200 youths were lobbing stones […]
French discover bomb-making factory
The Paris “youth” rebellion took an organized turn last night with the discovery of a bomb-making factory in a southern suburb of the capital, according to the AP: Ten nights of urban unrest that brought thousands of arson attacks on cars, nursery schools and other targets from the Mediterranean to the German border reached Paris […]
Iranian Economics 101: “Hang two or three people”
The outspoken fanaticism of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has begun to hurt Iran’s burgeoning stock market, scaring away billions of dollars in foreign investment. Responding to the complaints of investors and some government officials, Ahmadinejad recently outlined his relatively simple economic reform plan, according to Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 30 — Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud […]