Che Guevara Adorns Reno-Tahoe Airport
The “godfather” of airplane hijackings now greets the flying public in Nevada.
The “godfather” of airplane hijackings now greets the flying public in Nevada.
Panetta arrives to tame tensions, but a terrorist attack breaks out instead.
Refreshingly frank language from prosecutors, and an improvement over Reuters’ account earlier in the day despite the fact that the defendants are first described as “New Jersey men” (What, did “The Situation” join the jihad?). The criminal complaint discussed in this report also describes yet another connection to Anwar al-Awlaki….
Actually Faiz Mohammad appears to be another Misunderstander of Islam. “Man arrested in Pakistan trying to board plane with batteries and electrical circuit in shoes,” from the Telegraph, May 9: Pakistani officers arrested a man at Karachi airport after batteries and an electrical circuit were found in his shoes as…
Maybe he just wanted those neato shoes that light up when you walk. But probably not. “‘Man arrested’ in Karachi airport security alert,” from BBC News, May 9 (thanks to George): A man has been held at Karachi airport after batteries and an electrical circuit were found in his shoes…
It was unclear in this story, but Faisal Shahzad was one of the men seized on the plane to Dubai. “NYC bomb suspect seized aboard Dubai-bound plane,” by Tom Hays and Colleen Long for Associated Press, May 4: NEW YORK (AP) – A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was hauled off a…
He also mocked the pope, but given the recent embarrassment over at the Foreign Office, the order, or “Asbo” can’t be about that. What if he just mocked Christian beliefs, and not Islam? Would authorities have pursued the case? And for that matter, if Taylor was accused of “causing religiously…
After Haiti’s devastating earthquake last January, Americans showed their incredible generosity by donating money, resources and manpower to help the victims of the natural disaster and to help Haiti recover.
U.S. Air Force air operations specialists and FAA air-traffic controllers managed air traffic at Haiti’s main airport, facilitating the logistics of getting humanitarian aid coming into the [...]
I discuss Obama’s appeasement in Human Events this morning: The New York Times reported Monday, with no hint that it understood the implications of what it was reporting, that Barack Obama is reaching out to Hamas-linked groups in the United States, while hamstringing our response to the terror threat by…
Democracy on the march. Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Officials say Iraqi forces foil 9/11-style plot,” by Qassim Abdul-zahra and Lara Jakes for Associated Press, April 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces disrupted a 9/11-style plot by al-Qaida in Iraq to fly hijacked planes into…