November 30, 2005
MIREILLE, who was born in Belgium to a white, middle-class Christian family, blew herself to pieces last month in a suicide attack against American troops near Baghdad.In one of the most extraordinary tales of Islamic radicalisation, she is thought to be the first white Western woman to carry out a suicide bombing.
Belgian investigators, who arrested 14 people associated with her, are keeping the 38-year-old womanÂ’s true identity secret, but details have started to emerge. She was from the southern Belgian town of Charleroi, married to a Moroccan and converted to an extreme form of Islam.
“This is how she came into contact with the organisation which allowed her to become a fighter for jihad,” said Glenn Audenaert, the federal police director. Her Belgian documents show that she travelled with her husband to Iraq. On November 9 she blew herself up in a car bomb attack on a US military convoy, killing — according to conflicting reports — either only herself, or six people. Her Belgian passport was near by. Her husband was killed by American troops in a separate incident.
Security sources said that they knew of no other western European women suicide bombers. Al-Qaeda recently appealed for white converts to become suicide bombers, because it was easier for them to travel and evade detection before carrying out their attacks.
The enemy today is not just "Middle Eastern men". Now it is women, and individuals of European descent. Short of annihilating Islam as a cancer among us, destroying it root and branch, how do we combat the Islamist enemy without destroying our most preciouis liberties? Must we recognize Islam an exception to our pincipled support of religious liberty that liberty might survive? Or do we travel the path of pure principle, even if the cost of our lives or our liberties if the enemy is successful?
Sadly, I do not know. How do we balance the lives of many against the liberty of our enemy?
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Designers of a Flight 93 memorial have made a bowl-shaped piece of land its centerpiece, replacing a crescent-shape design that some critics had said was a symbol honoring terrorists, officials announced Wednesday.The new design for the memorial, to be built on the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, crash near Shanksville, features most of the details of the original, which was unveiled in September after a worldwide design competition.
But a round, bowl-shaped area would replace a "Crescent of Embrace," a crescent-shaped cluster of maple trees.
In September, Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., criticized the design in a letter to the National Park Service Director, saying many questioned the shape "because of the crescent's prominent use as a symbol in Islam _ and the fact that the hijackers were radical Islamists."
Paul Murdoch, president of Paul Murdoch Architects, which designed the memorial, had called the criticism of the crescent an "unfortunate diversion," but said they were sensitive to the concerns.
In both old and new versions of the design, a tower with 40 wind chimes welcomes visitors to the site, where they can then walk to a large circular field ringed by 40 groves of red and sugar maple trees, symbolizing the 40 passengers and crew who died. There will also be pedestrian trails, a plaza from which to view the crash site, and a white marble wall with the victims' names inscribed.
IÂ’m still not in love with the design, but will concede that it is a movement in the right direction.
MORE AT Michelle Malkin, A Blog For All, JunkYardBlog, David Boyd, and Local Liberty.
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November 27, 2005
Sheehan supporters often fault the news media for questioning her motives and giving equal weight to pro-Bush demonstrators. Sheehan's detractors lament that journalists continue to give her consequence by reporting on her activities.But the harshest critics of the so-called mainstream media are Sheehan and her immediate circle of activists.
Last summer, when her 26-day, anti-war vigil was front-page, international news, Sheehan often complained — to large groups of journalists — that the news media were ignoring the story of the anti-war movement.
Last week, it was the same message. Journalists visiting Camp Casey, the protest site named for Sheehan's son who was killed in the Iraq war, were frequently dressed down for various omissions and transgressions.
Jacque Betz, an anti-war demonstrator from Waldo, Fla., scolded journalists for failing to aggressively pursue claims that Bush wanted to bomb the Arab news organization Al-Jazeera.
Hey, Cindy -- you don;t get to micromanage the press. And given your book, speaking fees, and lies about your meeting with the President, I think you are due a little scrutiny.
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November 25, 2005
This charge is false for several reasons — and illogical for even more. Almost every responsible U.S. government body had long warned about Saddam's links to al-Qaida terrorists. In 1998, for example, when the Clinton Justice Department indicted bin Laden, the writ read: "In addition, al-Qaida reached an understanding with the Government of Iraq that al-Qaida would not work against that government and that on particular projects, specifically including weapons development, al-Qaida would work cooperatively with the Government of Iraq."Then in October 2002, George Tenet, the Clinton-appointed CIA director, warned the Senate in similar terms: "We have solid reporting of senior-level contacts between Iraq and al-Qaida going back a decade." Seventy-seven senators apparently agreed — including a majority of Democrats — and cited just that connection a few days later as a cause to go to war against Saddam: " ... Whereas members of al-Qaida, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq."
The bipartisan consensus about this unholy alliance was not based on intriguing but unconfirmed rumors of meetings between Saddam's intelligence agents and al-Qaida operatives such as Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta. Nor did the senators or the president ever claim that Saddam himself planned the Sept. 11 attacks. Instead, the Justice Department, the Senate and two administrations were alarmed by terrorist groups like Ansar al-Islam, an al-Qaida affiliate that established bases in Iraqi Kurdistan.
More importantly, one of the masterminds of the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, Abdul Rahman Yasin, fled to Baghdad to find sanctuary with Saddam after the attack. And after the U.S.'s successful war against the Taliban, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the present murderous al-Qaida leader in Iraq, reportedly escaped from Afghanistan to gain a reprieve from Saddam.
Now we can debate how strong the connection was, how involved Iraq was in 9/11, and many other issues surrounding the war -- but to claim that the connection was non-existant and that claims of a connection were lies is to stray outside of documented fact and into the world of tin-foil-wearing conspiracy theories
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; The Western Way of War (Alfred Knopf, 1989; 2d paperback ed. University of California Press, 2000); Hoplites: The Ancient Greek Battle Experience (Routledge, 1991; paperback ed. 1992); The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization (Free Press, 1995; 2d paperback ed. University of California Press, 2000); Fields without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Idea (Free Press, 1996; paperback ed. Touchstone, 1997); The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer (Free Press, 2000); The Wars of the Ancient Greeks (Cassell, 1999; paperback ed., 2001); The Soul of Battle (Free Press, 1999, paperback ed. Anchor/ Vintage, 2000); Carnage and Culture (Doubleday, 2001; Anchor/Vintage, 2002); An Autumn of War (Anchor/Vintage, 2002); and Mexifornia: A State of Becoming (Encounter, 2003), Ripples of Battle (2003).
November 24, 2005
Baghdad - The Iraqi army said on Thursday it had seized a number of booby-trapped children's dolls, accusing insurgents of using the explosive-filled toys to target children.The dolls were found in a car, each one containing a grenade or other explosive, said an army statement.
The government said that two men driving the car had been arrested in the western Baghdad district of Abu Ghraib.
"This is the same type of doll as that handed out on several occasions by US soldiers to children," said government spokesperson Leith Kubba.
It was not immediately clear when the find was made or the suspects arrested.
These sick Islamist pigs murdered children waiting for toys today. Now we find that they were also looking to distribute deadly ones to other children.
Should we cut and run from such a foe, or should we stay and help the Iraqi people finish the job?
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A suicide attacker steered a car packed with explosives toward U.S. soldiers giving away toys to children outside a hospital in central Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 31 people. Almost all of the victims were women and children, police said.
I'll let the words of one victim speak more eloquently than I can.
The suicide bomber in Mahmoudiya was targeting U.S. military vehicles parked near the hospital, said Iraqi army Capt. Ibrahim Abdeallah. He said two U.S. soldiers were wounded and one Humvee damaged.The U.S. soldiers were distributing toys to children in the hospital, said police Maj. Falah al-Mohammedawi.
Dr. Osama Kassab of Baghdad's Yarmouk hospital said there were 23 injured and three dead at his facility. It was not clear if these were in addition to the dead and wounded cited by the doctor in Mahmoudiya.
"It was an explosion at the gate of the hospital," said one woman who had wounds on her face and legs. "My children are gone. My brother is gone."
They targeted women and children who wanted nothing more than toys.
Evil. Evil. Evil.
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November 22, 2005
Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held without charges for more than three years on suspicion of plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in this country, has been indicted on three counts alleging he conspired to "murder, maim and kidnap" people overseas.The indictment naming Padilla and four others was unsealed Tuesday after being returned last week by a federal grand jury in Miami. While the charges allege Padilla was part of a U.S.-based terrorism conspiracy, they do not include the government's earlier allegations that he planned to carry out attacks in America.
"The indictment alleges that Padilla traveled overseas to train as a terrorist with the intention of fighting a violent jihad," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference. Gonzales declined to comment on why none of the allegations involving attacks in America were included in the indictment.
I'm not surprosed by the lack of charges about plans to carry out an attack in the US. Making the information involved public would most certainly result in the disclosure of intelligence sources that are still useful. Better to put this Islamist pig away for a long time without burning a useful intelligence asset than to go "whole hog" when it would be detrimental to national security. As it is, three of the charges carry a potential life sentence -- one count each of conspiracy to murder, maim and kidnap people overseas, providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy.
According to the indictment, Padilla traveled overseas to receive violent jihad training and to fight violent jihad from October 1993 to November 2001. On July 24, 2000, Padilla allegedly filled out a "Mujahideen Data Form" in preparation for violent jihad training in Afghanistan and reportedly was seen in that country in October 2000.
A "Mujahadeen Data Form"? Am I the only one here who has a vision of burqa-clad women in a mud hut doing data-entry work?
The charges against him and four others allege they were part of a North American support cell that sent money, assets and recruits overseas "for the purpose of fighting violent jihad." The indictment mentions Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Egypt and Bosnia, but makes no allegations of specific attacks anywhere.The others indicted are: Adham Amin Hassoun a Lebanese-born Palestinian who lived in Broward County, Fla.;, Mohammed Hesham Youssef, an Egyptian who lived in Broward County; Kifah Wael Jayyousi, a Jordanian national and U.S. citizen who lived in San Diego; and Kassem Daher, a Lebanese citizen with Canadian residency status.
Notice, friends, that we once again have a south Florida connection to terrorism -- where it is easy to flee the jurisdiction.. One of those indicted lived in San Diego, not far from the pourousborder with Mexico. Tow of the accused are in sustody in the US, while Youssef is in prison in Egypt and Daher is in Lebanon.
I wonder how long it is going to be before Left-wing supporters of the enemies of America demand the release of Padilla and his con-conspiritors on bail and the dismissal of all charges.
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November 20, 2005
Brig. Said Ahmed al-Jubouri, the spokesman for the Mosul police, said Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers surrounded a house in the al-Sukar neighborhood of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad.
A fierce gunfight erupted and three of the insurgents detonated explosives, killing themselves. Five more died fighting, while four police officers were also killed, he added.
Al-Jubouri said officials were attempting to identify the dead insurgents.
Nineva province Governor Duraid Kashmola confirmed the report, adding that one woman was among the dead insurgents.
U.S. officials in the area were not immediately available for comment.
Sounds like good news so far.
According to reports, American and Iraqi forces are currently checking whether al-Zarqawi's body can be found among the bodies of other al-Qaeda members that blew themselves up at a house that was besieged by the forces at the northern town of Musul. (Ali Waked)
At least those are the reports from Arab sources Elaph and al-Mada, according to Iraq the Model and No End but Victory.
The Jerusalem Post also notes the reports.
The unconfirmed report claimed that the explosions occurred while coalition forces surrounded the house in which al-Zarqawi was hiding. American and Iraqi forces are looking into the report.
American sources neither confirm nor deny the report -- but do seem to hint at the possibility.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.
In other words, this may be it. The terrorist leader behind so much of the violence in iraq may be in Hell, roasting on a pit with an apple firmly clenched between his teeth -- a fit eternity for such an Islamist pig.
Hat Tip to Michelle Malkin and Mudville Gazette.
UPDATE: This update from the Washington Post has bad news (al-Zarqawi likely was not killed) and good some good news (imams and sheiks are cooperating in tracking the terrorist leader).
There is a "30 percent" chance that one of the bodies is Zarqawi's, he said. But he warned: "We've had dry holes before."
Over the past month, the official said, there has been a series of raids following a surge in tips from Iraqis unhappy with Zarqawi and his operation. These tend to be traditional Iraqi leaders -- sheiks and imams -- upset with the organization, especially its recent execution of Sunni Arabs in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar. "Their feeling is that al Qaeda in Iraq has overstepped its bounds," he said.
Could this be a sign of the waning of the insurgency, right at the time that liberals want to retreat from the field in disgrace?
UPDATE 2: The Counterterrorism Blog is suggesting that reports of al-Zarqawi's death are greatly exagerated.
UPDATE 3: MSNBC reports that troops just missed capturing al-Zarqawi.
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Arch terrorists and al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have been killed, Arab press have reported.
The Elaph Arab media website reported on Sunday that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of the al-Qaida in Iraq terror group, may have been killed in Iraq on Sunday afternoon when eight terrorists blew themselves up in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
In Washington, a U.S. official said the identities of the terror suspects killed was unknown. Asked if they could include al-Zarqawi, the official replied: "There are efforts under way to determine if he was killed."
U.S. military officials believe it is possible that Zarqawi was killed in the raid but will not know with certainty until DNA tests are run, said a U.S. military intelligence official involved in Iraqi issues.
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November 18, 2005
Suicide bombers killed at least 90 worshipers Friday inside two Shiite Muslim mosques northeast of the capital near the Iranian border, and a pair of car bombs outside a Baghdad hotel that houses foreign journalists destroyed a nearby apartment building and left several more people dead.In Khanaqin, a mixed Shiite and Kurdish town 80 miles northeast of Baghdad, attackers wearing suicide belts walked into the two mosques and lined up among worshipers gathered for Friday prayers, then detonated their explosives as the imams at both mosques delivered their sermons. In addition to the 90 dead at the mosques, at least 75 worshipers were injured, said Ibrahim Hassan Bajillan, head of the local governing council in Diyala province.
The explosions collapsed the roofs of the Sheikh Murad Mosque and the larger Khanaqin Grand Mosque. Residents rushed to the scenes to search the rubble for victims. But after darkness fell, searchers called off the hunt for bodies for the night. Police said the toll is likely to rise after the search for victims resumes Saturday.
Shiite mosques are a frequent target of attackers in Iraq. Earlier this month, at least 29 people were killed in an attack on a mosque in Musayyib, south of Baghdad. The insurgency in Iraq is led by Sunni Muslims, the most radical of whom regard Shiites as heretics and accuse them of collaborating with U.S. forces.
In the capital, suicide attackers exploded two vehicles loaded with bombs outside the Hamra Hotel early Friday, collapsing at least one neighboring apartment block and shearing off walls around sleeping families.The back-to-back Baghdad blasts killed at least six and wounded more than 41, police said. At least two children were among the dead, police said. There were no immediate reports of foreign casualties.
These killers enter into houses of prayer and murder worshippers. They gladly murder non-combatants. We must stand side-by-side with the freedom-loving Iraqi people and defend them, not engage in another Democrat-led Vietnam-style abandonment of a nation to the forces of violence and oppression.
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An audiotape purportedly from the head of al-Qaida in Iraq said Friday the group's suicide bombers did not intend to bomb a Jordanian wedding party at an Amman hotel last week, killing about 30 people. The speaker on the tape, identified as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, also threatened to kill Jordan's King Abdullah II and bomb more hotels and tourist sites."Your star is fading. You will not escape your fate, you descendant of traitors. We will be able to reach your head and chop it off," al- Zarqawi said, referring to the king.
It would appear that al-Zarqawi places himself above the very family of his Prophet in determining what is the true practice of Islam, and is prepared to lay hands on those of his blood to further the perverse Islamist faith of the terrorists.
And, of course, al-Zarqawi is willing to lie for his cause.
Al-Zarqawi accused the Jordanian government of hiding casualties among Israeli and American intelligence agents, and he insisted al-Qaida in Iraq was not targeting fellow Muslims."We want to assure you that ... you are more beloved to us than ourselves," al-Zarqawi said, addressing Jordanians.
At least 59 people were killed in the near simultaneous bombings at three Amman hotels _ around 30 of them in the wedding party taking place at the Radisson. Witnesses told Jordanian security officials that the Radisson bomber talked his way into the wedding hall, watched it for a while, then jumped on a table in the hall to detonate his explosives.
So al-Zarqawi questions the word of the Muslim survivors of the attack, those who witnessed the attack and made statements at the time about the circumstances of the attack. He is not only a murderer of his fellow Muslims, but he is a murderer of the truth. And add to that his statement of intent to murder a descendant of Muhammad, and I fail to see how any true believer in Islam can follow such an obvious apostate
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November 16, 2005
NARATHIWAT, Thailand: Nine villagers from the same family were gunned down in their sleep yesterday by suspected Islamic militants in southern Thailand, as attacks escalated in the Muslim-majority region.An unknown number of militants used grenades and automatic weapons to attack three homes in Ra Ngae district's Bo-Ngo village at 1.30am, killing all of those in one of the houses, including an infant, witnesses said. The massacre brings to 18 the number of people killed during the past week.
"There are nine villagers shot dead and another nine wounded," said Pracha Tearat, governor of Narathiwat province where the attack occurred, adding that the wounded had been taken to hospital and were out of danger.
Mr Pracha said the victims were targeted because they co-operated with the Government in its bid to quell an Islamic insurgency in southern Thailand that has been raging for more than 22 months.
"It's the really brutal work of militants. They kill everyone if they learn that those people take sides with the Government," he said.
Such murderous creatures need to be declared outside the protections afforded to mere criminals. These terrorists are the enemy of all humanity, and must be stopped by any means necessary, without regard for humanitarian considerations.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a secret Iraqi detention bunker run by the Ministry of Interior in central Baghdad and freed 173 Sunni prisoners who had been tortured with electric shocks and drills, Iraqi and U.S. officials said yesterday.
The Ministry of Interior in the Shi'ite-led government has been repeatedly accused of allowing extrajudicial detentions and abuses, including operation of anti-Sunni hit squads.A Baghdad police official said officers from the Shi'ite-led Badr Brigade, which answers to the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) political party, were manning the bunker when the U.S. and Iraqi forces arrived.
"The army searched the bunker and found many prisoners there," said the police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "They found prisoners who had been treated inhumanely, tortured with warm water, electricity and drills in their bodies."
He said all the detainees were Sunnis, and police braced for an outburst of anger when news of the discovery is widely circulated today.
Since they have seen fit to act like Saddamites, I hope the Iraqi courts treat the perpetrators like Saddamites.
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November 15, 2005
Michael Graham was fired in August by WMAL-AM because he refused to apologize for saying "We are at war with a terrorist organization named Islam," on-air following the London subway bombings."I stand by it," Graham, 42, told the Boston Herald on Monday.
The former standup comedian and GOP political consultant officially took over Monday as WTKK-FM's afternoon drive host after a two-week tryout, replacing Jay Severin.
"I think he's a very bright guy," said Peter Smyth, chief executive of Greater Media, which owns WTKK. He said audience response to Graham had so far been "incredibly positive."
Why wouldnÂ’t he be popular? After all, he is speaking the truth as he sees it, and his point of view is not unreasonable.
CAIR, angry that their attempt to censor one and intimidate many has failed, is already planning their next move.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said they're disappointed with the decision and will monitor his new show for similar comments."When you describe one-fifth of the world's population to be a member of a terrorist organization, that amounts to bigotry," said Ibrahim Hooper, a group spokesman.
Sorry, Ibrahim, gotta disagree with you. When most of that one-fifth says next to nothing when their co-religionists murder Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and others in the name of the religion of that one-fifth of the world’s population, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the one-fifth is part of a terrorist organization – or at least providing aid, comfort, and support to the terrorists.
Congratulations, Michael.
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Animal rights extremists have targeted the widow of a former pharmaceuticals agent who has been dead for more than a year.Kathryn Grant, 51, and her teenage son were at home when the family car was torched by fanatics who later boasted on a website "your decisions will come back to haunt you forever even when you have gone".
Mrs Grant said: "I cannot believe they have done this knowing Alex was no longer managing director."
The intended object of the act of terrorism, Alex Grant, the former managing director of the UK division of Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical conglomerate, died in March.
Not that the terrorists cared about that. Their goal is terror against any who dare to disagree with them – and their bereaved families. They even brag about their intent.
A recent addition to the Bite Back website - used by the Animal Rights Militia, Animal Liberation Front and other extremists - said: "This year we have been keeping many senior personnel from HLS's customers and suppliers under intense surveillance. One such person was Alexander Grant, East Sussex. Grant was a senior director of Roche who are a major customer of Huntingdon Life Sciences. We were planning an attack on Grant a few months ago but then realised that he had just died of a heart attack."In October we carried out the operation at Grant's address planting two incendiary devices under an expensive four-wheel drive, totally destroying it. People who sign contracts with or deal with Huntingdon need to realise that your decisions will come back to haunt you forever even when you have gone."
The time has come to treat these folks like al-Qaeda.
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November 13, 2005
"We went into the hotel," she said. "He (my husband) took a corner and I took another."There was a wedding in the hotel. There were women and children.
"My husband executed the attack. I tried to detonate and it failed. People started running and I ran with them."
My suggested method of execution? Boil her alive in bacon grease as an example to every other Islamist who might think of killing the innocent in the name of their barbaric beliefs.
Thus always to the enemies of humanity.
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November 11, 2005
Ireland is putting itself at risk of an attack from Islamic militants by allowing Gulf-bound U.S. military planes to refuel on the island, a leading radical British Muslim lawyer said on Friday.Anjem Choudary, who is being investigated by Irish police over comments made during a university debate on Thursday evening, said media reports that he believed Ireland was a "legitimate" target were incorrect, however.
"I am not threatening the Irish, nor am I giving any veiled threats, but it seems that when a Muslim warns of potential danger then they are seen as terrorists and extremists," Choudary told Reuters by phone during a visit to Dublin.
"When politicians say the same thing, then it's considered to be political analysis and obviously it's no problem whatsoever."
According to Ireland's transport ministry, over 900 aircraft carrying U.S. military personnel or weapons landed in Ireland or used Irish airspace during the first nine months of this year.
Fine, Mr. Anjem, then hear this loud and clear. If you continue to threaten the well-being of non-Muslims, then you risk being smeared with bacon grease and lynched by outraged non-Muslims. I’m not saying that I believe you to be a legitimate target for such an attack, nor am I making a veiled threat – I’m simply offering an analysis of the possible consequences of your words and warning of the potential danger. I hope you don’t see me as a terrorist or extremist for offering that warning.
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November 10, 2005
In what could be the biggest breakthrough in Southeast Asia's counter-terror campaign in more than two years, Indonesian police are set to confirm that the man behind the region's deadliest terrorist bombings is dead.Australia, scores of whose citizens have been killed in Indonesian terror attacks, welcomed the news that Azahari bin Husin, a Malaysian, apparently committed suicide during a standoff with police at a house in East Java Wednesday.
Canberra conceded, however, that the battle against Islamist terror in the region would continue for years.
Three men were killed after they evidently detonated a large bomb, following a series of smaller explosions. DNA tests are pending, but Australian federal police commissioner Mick Keelty said Thursday Indonesian police were convinced the remains included those of Azahari.
The death of Azahari, described as the master bomb maker for the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network, would be a major coup for Indonesia and the most significant success in Southeast Asia's fight against the group since the 2003 arrest in Thailand of JI operations chief, Hambali.
Azahari, a geophysics professor who trained at terrorist bases in Afghanistan and the southern Philippines, is believed to have succeeded Hambali, who is in U.S. military custody.
Indonesia and Australia hold him responsible for bombings in Bali in 2002 and again last month; on a Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in 2003; and outside the Australian Embassy in the city last year.
More than 250 people were killed in the four attacks, including 92 Australians, at least 72 Indonesians, and seven Americans.
Keep on cleaning out the scum, boys, and maybe we can see an end to Islamist terrorism.
And might I send a fond wish to Azahari in his new infernal home -- BURN, BABY, BURN!
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Three nearly simultaneous bomb blasts tore through hotels here Wednesday night, killing more than 50 people and sending fear and panic through the streets of the normally tranquil city.Jordanian authorities immediately shut down many of the capital's main roads and deployed dozens of ambulances, police cars and military vehicles to help evacuate the wounded to a half-dozen overflowing hospitals. The country's land borders were closed about an hour after the attacks.
At least one American was among those killed in the bombings and at least two others were wounded, the U.S. Embassy in Amman reported Thursday.
Al Qaeda in Iraq, a group headed by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the bombings in a statement posted Thursday on the Internet.The statement said the attacks were carried out by "a group of lions" from the organization, the major foreign-led insurgent group fighting in neighboring Iraq. "After studying and observing the targets, the places of execution were chosen to be some hotels that the tyrant of Jordan has turned into a backyard for the enemies of Islam, such as the Jews and crusaders," the statement said.
Jordanians are furious, and do not support the attack on their nation by Islamists.
After the claim of responsibility, hundreds of angry Jordanians rallied outside one of three bombed hotels Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The demonstrators shouted slogans such as, "Burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!
Interestingly enough, this attack comes on an Arab state that is ruled by members of the family of Muhammad himself, IslamÂ’s founding prophet.
King Abdullah is a 43rd generation descendant of the Prophet. Who, then, is better to determine the proper teachings of Islam and the proper way of life for a Muslim– the descendant of Muhammad, or a gang of upstart terrorists who murder indiscrimiantely?
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November 09, 2005
The mother of a Canadian teenager charged with murder and held at Guantanamo Bay accused Americans of acting like gods Tuesday and slammed Ottawa for doing nothing to help her son.In an interview with The Canadian Press, Maha Elsamnah lashed out at both Washington and Canada's federal government over the detention and treatment of her Toronto-born son, Omar Khadr, 19, who faces the death penalty if convicted by a special U.S. military tribunal. "The Americans are gods now," Elsamnah said from her east-end Toronto home.
"The Americans can do anything. They make the law. Nobody can tell them anything. Nobody can disagree with them."
What did this poor boy do? He merely tossed a hand grenade at American soldiers in Afghanistan, killing one and wounding another. This Islamist sow should be thankful that her son has lived this long in the relative comfort and luxury of Guantanamo Bay at American expense, instead of being killed and left to be consumed by vultures. After all, an American medic saved him instead of letting him die from his wounds. Terrorist scum have no rights that the civilized are bound to respect – but we allow them limited protections because we choose to be better than them.
Mama Maha sits in Canada demanding the Canadian government do something for her Canada-born son. I agree – the Canadian government should pay for the bullets with which this little Islamofascist is executed, and the bacon grease in which they are dipped before the execution takes place.
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