Act of war. “General McChrystal says Afghan insurgents trained in Iran,” by Sanjeev Miglani Sanjeev Miglani for Reuters, May 30 (thanks to Choi): KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan insurgents are being trained inside Iran and given weapons to fight security forces, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces said on Sunday,…
Israel’s three nuclear weapons-armed German submarines are going to be sent to the Gulf as an act of deterrence to Iran. In fact, they aren’t even hiding that objective. The Times Online report about this is obviously the result of a calculated leak. The hint is here:
The flotilla’s commander, identified only as “Colonel O”, told [...]
In his bestselling 1977 work, Hitler’s War, historian David Irving sought to present history “through Hitler’s eyes,” claiming that although Hitler was a “powerful and relentless military commander,” he was also a “lax and indecisive political leader.” Hitler’s War ultimately laid the basis for Irving’s lifelong claim that Hitler knew nothing of the Holocaust. It was during the 1980s that [...]
More on the recently foiled New York subway jihad plot. “British al-Qaeda commander planned July 7-style attack on New York subway,” by Duncan Gardham for the Telegraph, April 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): A British al-Qaeda commander planned to emulate the July 7 London suicide bombings with…
How about that. That, after all, is the aim of jihad in general. And while this story makes a point of branding the Taliban’s enforcement of sharia as “antiquated and regressive,” the penalty it singles out as an example, amputation, is found in the Qur’an more than once (5:33, 5:38)….
A mystery man in a giant SUV nudges me off her trail.
Dubai's police chief said Monday an 11-member hit squad with European passports was responsible for killing a Hamas commander in his hotel room last month, but he did not directly implicate Israel as the Islamic militant group has. The Gulf emirate released photos, names, nationalities and passport numbers of all 11 suspects. The details given [...]
How the Obama administration’s shuffle of combat forces has endangered the troops.
The U.S. went into Afghanistan to topple the Taliban. Now the Taliban will be participating in the government. We are close to being back where we started in 2002. “US commander signals peace talks with Taliban,” from the BBC, January 25 (thanks to Mackie): Nato’s top commander in Afghanistan has…
