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 […]
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 […]