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Al Qaeda’s Message: We Will Not Stop Waging Jihad With Obama in the White House
Al Qaeda’s Message: We Will Not cease Waging Jihad With Obama in the White home By Walid Phares (bio) While observers waited for the release of the “official” Al Qaeda position on the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States, seasoned experts on the Jihadist movement had little doubt about the substance of the main message. As I have outlined in my appearances on Arabic television channels since November 4, Usama bin Laden or his second in command, was expecte
20 Nov 2008, 9:44 pm | click here for more
Afghan girl says acid attack won’t stop her lessons
Another disgusting pathetic display of the way women are treated in islam. I recall a few months back, some imbecile liberal was commenting on how the Taliban were pro-education and claimed it was the Coalition Forces bombing the girls’ schools in Afghanistan. I wonder if that same liberal efftard will point the blame for this at us as well. KABUL (Reuters) - A victim of an acid attack on schoolgirls in Afghanistan said Saturday she was determined to stay in school and finish her education eve
20 Nov 2008, 4:07 pm | click here for more
BAE mercenary charged with murdering Afghan civilian
This video from Britain says about itself: George Galloway - The Value of Blood It is about the killing of Afghan wedding guests by bombs from United States airplanes. From Associated Press: Contractor in Afghanistan charged with murder November 20, 2008 1:05 PM ET ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A defense contractor who provided personal security to Afghan and Iraqi leaders has been charged with killing an Afghan civilian. Documents filed in federal court in Virginia allege Don M. Ayala of New Orl
20 Nov 2008, 3:29 pm | click here for more
Thursday's comment from the papers in...
Today in Times Comment David Aaronovitch: The BNP can never make itself respectable Anatole Kaletsky: Cameron may drown in his clear blue water Matthew Parris: The blind leading the blind fools Ben Macintyre: Don't panic, it's just Mariah Careyensis Matthew Syed: Why cease here on our evolution from the ape? Melanie Reid: Nicole Kidman drifts about like a lost porcelain doll Carol Midgley: John Sergeant the dancing pig saved the BBC's bacon Ann Treneman: Bjorn-again Brown's Seventies reviva
20 Nov 2008, 2:32 am | click here for more
Seven years of bloody failure
Seven years of bloody failure (Thursday 20 November 2008) by PAUL HASTE at Downing road THE FACE OF FREEDOM: A young Afghan lady recovering in hospital after being attacked with acid in Kandahar last week. PEACE campaigners delivered a stark message to Gordon Brown on Thursday - to "recognise the failure" of the Afghanistan occupation as the US-led war enters its eighth blood-soaked year. The cease the War Coalition called on the Prime Minister to "reassess Britai
20 Nov 2008, 1:49 pm | click here for more
Pets of war provide comfort in Kandahar
Canadian soldiers can't always count on the civilian population for support in this battle-ravaged province, but dogs and cats are jumping into the war effort with every four paws.
20 Nov 2008, 1:16 am | click here for more
Army 'Human Terrain' Contractor Charged with Murder (Updated)
A member of the Army's controversial Human Terrain project has been charged with second degree murder, for an alleged revenge killing in Afghanistan. Don Ayala supposedly shot Kandahar native Abdul Salam in the head, after Salam set one of Ayala's co-workers on flame in an Afghan village. Ayala, a former bodyguard to both the Afghan president and the Iraqi prime minister, could face life in prison if convicted, according to documents filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virgini
20 Nov 2008, 12:52 pm | click here for more
Videos Say It All
How Obama Got Elected - Interviews with Voters cap tip Aukmuntr Bizzarre What's really happening in Iraq: From Maggie's Notebook: Thanks to Holger Awakens who posts the finest Iraq and Afghanistan videos. This is a glimpse inside Iraq that the MSM dare not show us. . Zawahiri says ... "The Muslim nation received with extreme bitterness your hypocritical...stance towards Israel, ... You were born to a Muslim dad, but you chose to stand with the enemies of Muslims." The most i
20 Nov 2008, 12:24 am | click here for more
What the World is Reading
By Clark Bentson, ABC News Rome Caribbean Crime Spree: Sun, Surf, and Sadly, Murder Crime was the story on the front pages of many Caribbean-based newspapers and Web sites this week. Tommy Turnquest, Bahamas’ national security minister, who spoke during a crime seminar in Nassau earlier this month, is quoted in the Nassau Guardian as saying, “‘Virtually every Caribbean nations are over the internationally accepted threshold for murder, set a five per 100,000 of the population.’ He added that t
20 Nov 2008, 11:46 am | click here for more
Al Qaeda’s Message: We Will Not Stop Waging Global War With Obama in the White House
By Walid Phares FOX News Contributor/Terror Expert While observers waited for the release of the “official” Al Qaeda position on the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States, seasoned experts on the Jihadist movement had little doubt about the substance of the main message. As I have outlined in my appearances on Arabic television channels since November 4, Usama bin Laden or his second in command, was expected to declare that their “Jihad” will continue despite th
20 Nov 2008, 11:43 am | click here for more
Al Qaeda Declares War on Obama
By Judith Miller Writer/FOX News Contributor Al Qaeda has officially added President-elect Barack Obama to its enemies list. In the terrorist group’s first video message to Obama since his election, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda’s number two, calls Obama a “home Negro” who “claims” to be Christian to be elected to high office. The new video says that because Obama has chosen to support Israel and has threatened to strike Pakistan and send thousands more troops to Afghanistan, he has decided t
19 Nov 2008, 5:21 pm | click here for more
al-Qaeda’s Al Zawahiri Calls Obama “House Negro” [video & translated transcript]
Ouch! Al Zawahiri bitch slaps Obama. America the time is nigh. “Gird your loins” for the first installment of the “OMettle test” series. May God help U.S. every. NEFA transcript (pdf.) Embedded video Link @YouTube Translation: Courtesy of Freeper jveritas In the Name of Allah, and every Praise is due to Allah, and Prayers and Peace on the Messenger of Allah and on his family, Companions and allies. Muslim brothers everywhere: Peace be upon you and the Mercy of Allah and His blessi
19 Nov 2008, 3:49 pm | click here for more
Ayman al-Zawahiri to Obama, the “House Slave”
Home Obama at Jerusalem's Wailing Wall, July 24th 2008 Some are still concerned about the birthplace of Obama, the soon-to-be President-Elect: He is NOT ‘President-Elect’ until the electoral college meetings of December 1st. By that date Obama must respond to the Writ of Certiorari following the recent Berg v Obama case, which hinged on the question of Obama’s place of birth. He is “compelled to provide a vault copy of his original birth certificate to The Supreme Court.” Well, we’ll look. Then,
19 Nov 2008, 3:38 pm | click here for more
Iran in the CROSSHAIRS?
September 12, 2008, 9:50 US to invade Iran any day now? A few weeks ago the Russian newspaper Izvestia, a well-known and authoritive daily published nationwide and abroad, came forward with something that would have been looked upon as a conspiracy theory if published by a tabloid. The paper suggested that by attacking South Ossetia, the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili had badly damaged a planned U.S. military operation against Iran. In the newspaper’s opinion Georgia was supposed to p
19 Nov 2008, 1:56 pm | click here for more
Lefties Suddenly Care About the War On Terror
Al Qaeda #2, Ayman Al Zawahiri, came out with a tape today ridiculing the Obama Presidency as “the direct opposite of honorable black Americans” and called Obama a “home negro”. Of course the left is up in arms about this, not for the fact that he’s one of the leading terrorists in the world, and partially responsible for the death of thousands of Americans and other Westerners, but the fact that he’s raaaaacist really gets the blood pumping of the lunatics on the left… Al-Qaida’s No. 2 lea
19 Nov 2008, 1:52 pm | click here for more
US Troops In Eastern Afghanistan Won't Rest For Winter
'US Troops In Eastern Afghanistan Won't relax For Winter', Los Angeles Times, 19 November 2008 EXCERPT: "U.S. troops in Afghanistan will continue pursuing extremists in the eastern part of the country over the brutal winter months, but lack the forces in southern areas to mount the same offensive, the top U.S. commander there said Tuesday. U.S. efforts in eastern Afghanistan could be helped by pressure on extremist groups from Pakistan, said Gen. David D. McKiernan, the U.S. and NATO commander.
19 Nov 2008, 1:27 pm | click here for more
H&I Fires* 19 Nov 2008
H&I Fires* 19 Nov 2008 By Denizens on November 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0) Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts arrive in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. ******************************** Given the sentimentality towards every creatures four-legged around here, I figured you might appreciate this story from Kandahar: Canadian soldiers c
19 Nov 2008, 1:08 pm | click here for more
New Zawahiri Message Regarding the Election
Whew, doesn’t sound like Obama is held in much regard. home negro? Fantasyland, reminds of Baghdad Bob denying the Americans were at the city gates. Via Bar of Integrity: Laura Mansfield has translated a new message from Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri. The audio can be downloaded from her site. In the Name of Allah,and every Praise is due to Allah, and Prayers and Peace on the Messenger of Allah and on his family, Companions and allies. Muslim brothers everywhere: Peace be upon you and the Mercy
19 Nov 2008, 12:39 pm | click here for more
Heoric Defenders Of Afghanistan Watch: S …
Heroic Defenders Of Afghanistan Watch: School girls are attacked with battery acid in Kandahar.
19 Nov 2008, 12:25 pm | click here for more
TV Reporter Freed In Afghanistan
From ERSNews: CANADIAN TV REPORTER FREED IN AFGHANISTAN TELLS OF PRISONER EXCHANGE SHOULD THE NEWS MEDIA HAVE REMAINED SILENT? (Nov 8th, 2008 9:00AM PST) BY ERS NEWS By every accounts Mellissa Fung is a courageous lady. She was stabbed, kidnapped and held hostage outside Kabul, Afghanistan since October 12, 2008. She spent nearly four weeks being hidden by her captors in a tiny dirt hole, routinely blindfolded and chained. Her story and ordeal were described in a lengthy intervi
19 Nov 2008, 10:42 pm | click here for more