Archive for September, 2004
Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 34 Children Receiving Sweets
Another victory a la Beslan, perhaps. From Reuters, with thanks to Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Insurgents detonated three car bombs near a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad on Thursday, killing 41 people, 34 of them children who were rushing to collect sweets from American troops. In two other attacks, a suicide bomber blew up […]
Two glitches fixed
1. Mail is readable. Write to me at director@jihadwatch.org. 2. The Amazon Honor System donation feature is fixed. If anyone wishes to donate and has hesitated because of this, you should have no trouble now. I also assure you, in response to questions from several people, that this is a secure link. There is no […]
No ransom paid for hostages, insists Italy
Berlusconi says he still has his spine. Nonetheless, he still might need to be measured for a zunnar* if he intends to maintain his nation’s status as “a country, Italy, loved and esteemed by the Arab world.” For that love is always a result of deeds, not just because the Arab world admires the Leaning […]
Al-Qaida Using Russia School Siege As Recruiting Tool
Repulsed? Disgusted? Ashamed? No: flushed with victory. From the Dow Jones Newswires, : NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Al-Qaida is using the recent deadly hostage crisis at a Russian school as a recruiting tool, even though there’s no direct evidence linking Osama bin Laden’s terror network to the attack carried out by Chechen rebels, NBC News […]
NY Times reporter joins jihad, tips off terror charity about FBI raid
An astounding story from the New York Post (thanks to Unhinged): The Justice Department has charged that a veteran New York Times foreign correspondent warned an alleged terror-funding Islamic charity that the FBI was about to raid its office “” potentially endangering the lives of federal agents. The stunning accusation was disclosed yesterday in legal […]
Euro Socialist politician beats up Jihadist ax-man!
Norwegian Kafir of LGF sends me some interesting background on the Algerian axeman who attacked the pilots on a Norwegian plane. He writes: To those of you wondering why the Jihadist could bring an axe inside the plane: All major Norwegian cities, like Oslo, have standard international security equipment and screening. This happened between two […]
Denmark: Conservative Party spokesman says former Guantanamo prisoner should be jailed after pledging to join jihadists in Chechnya
Let’s see. The man wants to go join the perpetrators of the Beslan atrocities. Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane also said that the Danish PM and foreign minister were “legitimate Muslim targets.” I’d say it’s a good thing that he thinks there is “no room” for him in Denmark. From the Copenhagen Post, with thanks to Ali […]
Glitches galore
Thanks again for all your kindness and support. With your help I will be able ultimately to solve these problems, but right now the bugs just keep multiplying: 1. No improvement yet on the problem that makes it difficult to post. If the system tells you to sign in after you have written a comment, […]
Exposing Leftists’ Radical Islam Connection
A second article today by Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer: a review of David Horowitz’s Unholy Alliance at Human Events. I have long insisted that the problem of radical Islam is not a liberal or conservative issue; it’s a human rights issue. The unfortunate fact, however, is that largely it is only conservatives who care […]
Bigley caged and chained in new video
From SkyNews, with thanks to Dehra Dun: British hostage Ken Bigley has appeared caged, chained and pleading for his life in new video footage. In the harrowing recording, shown on the Arab TV channel al Jazeera, Mr Bigley renews his appeal for Tony Blair to meet the kidnappers’ demands and save his life. He then […]
Ransom Question Hangs Over Italy Workers
Did Silvio Berlusconi morph into Aethelred the Unready? From AP: ROME (AP) – One of the two freed Italian aid workers said Wednesday that their abductors in Iraq taught them about Islam and reassured them they wouldn’t die. While the women rested with their families after a joyous reunion, questions were raised whether a $1 […]
Boston: Suit challenges city on mosque project
This is the mosque I warned you about months ago. From the Boston Herald, with thanks to Twostellas: Roxbury resident filed suit yesterday against the city of Boston and a controversial new $22 million Islamic center in his neighborhood, arguing that Boston violated the separation of church and state when it cut a complex land […]
Carey: Drop ‘Islamic terror’ tag
George Carey has now rejoined the dhimmi ranks, and is displaying all the fervor of a new convert. I wonder why: is he running for office? From the BBC, with thanks to Twostellas: The term Islamic should be dropped when referring to terrorists in a bid to foster better relations between the West and Islam, […]
Saudi TV Examines Public Attitudes toward Jews
Vile hatred unmasked in MEMRI, man-on-the-street interviews in Saudi Arabia, asking about attitudes toward the Jews: “Allah’s wrath is upon them, as the Koran says. Allah’s wrath is upon them and they all stray from the path of righteousness. They are the filthiest people on the face of this earth because they care only about […]
Deadly clashes rock Iran’s main southern port
Why the mullahs have their fingers crossed, hoping to be able to keep a lid on all this for another six weeks. From the SMCCDI, with thanks to Ali Dashti: Deadly clashes rocked, today, Iran’s main southern port of Bandar-Abbas located by the Hormoz Strait on the Persian Gulf. Elite commandos of the Pasdaran Corp. […]
Norway: Muslim leader defends suicide bombing
It’s amazing how in the US all this is against Islam, but so many Muslim leaders elsewhere don’t seem to have gotten the message. From Aftenposten, with thanks to Ali Dashti: The director of The Islamic Association in Norway has defended suicide bombing under certain circumstances in a question and answer page at the web […]
Indonesia: Nine face death for trying to make bombs
At a Qur’an recital class, they made bombs to kill the “enemies of Islam.” From AFP, with thanks to Nicolei: JAKARTA – Nine hardline Indonesian Muslims who attended a bomb-making class that went awry have gone on trial here and could face death if convicted under an anti-terror law, court officials said yesterday. The nine […]
State-run Islamic schools in volatile south Thailand
The Thai government is planning to run Islamic schools in the country’s southern regions, in order to try to stamp out the radicalism and terrorism that is coming from existing Islamic schools there. But will Muslims accept these state-run schools? Who will determine their curricula? What will they teach about the Qur’an? Somehow I suspect […]
Norway: Muslim on plane attacks pilots with axe
An “asylum seeker from Algeria.” Perhaps also a jihad seeker. From Aftenposten, with thanks to Ali Dashti: Two pilots were injured when a passenger went amok with an axe on a flight from Narvik to Bodø in the north of Norway. A passenger was also injured in the attack. The assailant, an asylum seeker from […]
US Consul: “Islamism or Jihadism as terrorism should be analyzed and defined”
Jihad Watch reader Andrew2 attended a political debate in Munich yesterday and sent in this report: Over a hundred and fifty people filled the auditorium of the Amerika Haus in Munich tonight to hear representatives of the Democratic and Republican parties abroad debate the issues. John McQueen of Democrats Abroad and Henry Nickel of the […]
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