Communism is an internationalist movement, so this comes as no surprise. It would be illuminating to know what other training Antifa has received, who are its funding sources, and whether it has any connection, in light of the increasingly manifest Leftist-Islamic alliance, with jihad groups. Once they’re in Syria, it wouldn’t be hard to make […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Kurdistan and the Kurds in Iran
Iran is, with Turkey, the nation that would be most harmed by the creation of an independent Kurdish state in Iraq. With an independent Kurdistan, and a well-armed Peshmerga, just over the border, the seven to eight million Kurds living in western Iran might well be inspired to rise up against their Persian masters in […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Iraqi Kurdistan — What Might Independence Mean?
On September 25, the Kurds in northern Iraq held what may be seen as the most welcome event in the Middle East since the Six-Day War: a referendum on independence, for which 93% of the voters (including non-Kurds living in Kurdish areas of Iraq) declared themselves in favor. The Kurds are the largest ethnic group […]
Captured Islamic State jihadi begs for death so he can get to Paradise on time
Imagine his disappointment. But this indicates yet again how Islamic State jihadis are guided and motivated entirely by Islamic texts and teachings. “Antsy ISIS militant orders his own killing so he can get to heaven on time,” Fox News, May 13, 2016: An Islamic State fighter captured in Iraq last week reportedly begged Kurdish troops […]
Video: Islamic State threatens Obama, beheads four Kurdish fighters
The speaker in this video (the portion here doesn’t include the graphic beheading footage) sounds like an American and tells Obama that these beheadings are revenge. This fools some people into thinking that if we did not take any actions that they believed they had to avenge, the jihad would evanesce. This is, however, not […]
Islamic State video purports to show Kurdish peshmerga beheadings
“To the Muslim Kurdish people: know that our war is not with you, rather it is with those who ventured into an alliance with the Safavids and crusaders to wage war on the Muslims.” All in a day’s work: “when you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4). “Islamic State video purports to show […]