Flight 253 jihadist radicalized in London; “I’ve felt for a long time that if radical Sharia law comes to the rest of the world it will start on the streets of London”

“There’s a Mecca that Muslims should visit, and the mecca of jihad that is London.” “Was Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab radicalized in London?,” by Robert Marquand and Ben Quinn in the Christian Science Monitor, December 28 (thanks to James): For young Muslims especially, London is a city like no other. It…

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility for Flight 253 attack

Confirming what the evidence has indicated so far. Note the claim that this attack was in retaliation for recent strikes in Yemen. It seems much more likely that this was in the works for quite some time, and the attack would have taken place on Christmas in any event. Jihadists…

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U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion – NYTimes.com

In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al Qaeda in Yemen. via U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion – NYTimes.com.

Jeffrey Goldberg: In Defense of Janet Napolitano – Atlantic

Yes, I know Napolitano said something exceedingly stupid yesterday (and has now retracted it) but here’s the problem with criticism of Napolitano — she’s been on the job for less than a year. The attacks of 9/11 took place more than eight years ago. For most of that period, it was the Bush Administration in [...]

Feds assess terror watchlists after airline attack – AP

Federal authorities met Monday to reassess the nation’s system of terror watchlists to determine how to avoid the type of lapse that allowed a man with explosives to board a flight to the U.S. even though he was flagged as a possible terrorist. A senior U.S. intelligence official said authorities were reviewing the procedures that [...]

Aides to Iran’s Opposition Leaders Said to Be Arrested – NYTimes.com

A number of opposition figures were arrested Monday in the wake of violent nationwide protests a day earlier, Web sites reported, including three top aides to the opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi and the leader of a banned political group, Ibrahim Yazdi. via Aides to Iran’s Opposition Leaders Said to Be Arrested – NYTimes.com.

Security System Failed, Napolitano Acknowledges – NYTimes.com

The secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said Monday that the thwarted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner represented a failure of the nation’s aviation security system, not the success she and other administration officials had portrayed in comments over the weekend. via Security System Failed, Napolitano Acknowledges – NYTimes.com.

Life inside the world’s biggest concentration camp

Oh, the humanity! I can hardly stand to look at these photos of the suffering people in Gaza. Behold the fruit (ahem) of the evil Zionist oppression! Israel Matzav has the photos, and many more….

Media Matters laughs off White House ‘Mao’ ornaments as harmless ‘pop culture’ (you rubes!)

When Media Matters warned readers on Christmas Eve that “posting will be light for the next week and a half,” who knew they meant both quality and quantity.
Apparently at a loss for something important to write about — and we all know what a slow news week it’s been — today Media Matters’ Eric “the [...]

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