http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch Postings and relevant links related to American and Western security issues regarding Islamic Jihad and Terrorism en dondegr0 dondegr0 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:11:00 +0200 daily 1 http://www.islamundressed.com/#_Toc113793259 Hard Options in Israel       So much emphasis is being placed on finding Peace in Israel, so much unwarranted blame for the world’s Islamic problem laid at the feet of the Israeli people for their failure to sufficiently accommodate and pacify Palestinian demands. The whole conflict, couched as it is in terms of a disenfranchised persecuted people, is not the force that guides Islam’s hand against Israel and the West. Arabs and Muslims living in Israel as citizens are treated infinitely better than Palestinians living in Jordan, Kuwait, and other Arab lands. For orthodox Muslims, it’s all just a convenient pretext to practice Jihad on the world stage while hiding behind the cloak of more widely accepted nationalistic goals. We go back to this topic for study because the struggles facing Israel and the stark options she faces against a world sympathetic to the Palestinian cause may be similar to the options the US... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:11:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Israel-s-Options/16/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Israel-s-Options/16/ http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTVhYTkzMDBmY2EzZTY2YmNhN2YzODc3YmZiNjIyM2I = No Terrorism Ties Here -- Move Along    [Andy McCarthy] WNBC News in New York City reports  that the NYPD, working with Suffolk Country police and the FBI, have concluded there are no terrorism ties to be concerned about in connection with their discovery that a man, described only as an Egyptian engineer who entered the U.S. on a Sudanese passport, has designed an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying more than 600 pounds of explosives. The engineer was assisted by a small group of men whom investigators surveilled as they drove a white van onto a tarmac, jumped out, and ground-tested the drone.  There was no observation of the UAV ever getting into the air. The testing of the drone was done in the dead of night on a little used airstrip in Calverton, Long Island.  I find this more than a little alarming, notwithstanding the assurances of... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:17:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Terrorism-Ties/15/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Terrorism-Ties/15/ http://www.islamundressed.com/#_Toc113793205 ‘JIHAD’, the Real Meaning       'Jehad' (Jihad) is an Arabic word that literally means 'endeavor'. In the literal historical context, this Islamic doctrine clearly implies physically fighting in the way of the Arabic God ‘Allah’ to establish supremacy over unbelievers, until they relinquish their faith and become Muslims, or acknowledge their subordination by paying the ‘Jaziya’ (or Jizya) humiliation tax. As will be shown in subsequent chapters, Jihad historically has been a perpetual war against infidels (Buddhists, Hindus, Deists, Pagans, Atheists, Skeptics, Jews, Christians, etc). The 5 pillars (obligations) of Islam include Shahadah (the witness), Salat (mandatory daily prayers), Zakat (mandatory alms), Sawm or Siyam (fasting during Ramadan), and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca).  As a practical matter (so as not to alert or advertise its methods and intents to potential adversaries), Jihad narrowly... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:20:06 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Real-Meaning-of-Jihad/14/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Real-Meaning-of-Jihad/14/ http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/002886.html The Causes of Islamic Suicide Terrorism Islamic suicide bombing has become so commonplace it hardly makes the news. What once was shocking is now part of the moral landscape, an evil among others. What have not changed are the moral justifications in defense of suicide bombing offered by much of the Western intelligentsia: "we must understand the root causes of terrorism", they say, "the poverty, the humiliation, the despair." Let's be clear; the explanations turned justifications do not stand up to scrutiny. "Poor and oppressed" people who are not Muslim rarely resort to such savagery. North Korean peasants, for example, do not blow themselves up in the streets of Pyongyang. Really oppressed people are too busy fearing for their lives to kill others. An explanation must be found elsewhere. Clues could be collected from relatively recent Islamic history. American Patriot... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:05:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Why-Suicide-Terrorism/13/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Why-Suicide-Terrorism/13/ http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=28009 Putin's Energy Imperialism by Michael J. Economides (more by this author) Posted 08/13/2008 ET The war between Russia and Georgia has some nationalist elements, some old grudges but mostly it rubs the wrong way Russia’s newly found power: energy imperialism. Georgia has refused to play along like other former Soviet states and, if anything, its independent attitude has been a giant irritant for Russia ever since Vladimir Putin used oil and gas to project hegemony over the region and, by extension, into all Europe. At the same time Georgia, a tiny nation of only 4 million people has been trying to ward off the giant on its north by seeking membership in NATO or the European Union. In the post-Cold War era, the United States and Russia-dependent Europe are reduced to just pleading for calm. A look at the map makes the issue at hand quite clear. ... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:28:16 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Energy-Imperialism/12/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Energy-Imperialism/12/   http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/08/10/bangladeshi-muslim-editor-faces-death-penalty-for-moderate-views/ Bangladeshi muslim editor faces death penalty for moderate views 2:30 pm on August 10, 2008 by Kal BOYCOTT BANGLADESH In typical fashion, a muslim who is AGAINST jihad and violence has been arrested by muslim authorities in Bangladesh. That’s some islamic justice, arresting the guy for advocating peace with Israel. A Bangladeshi Muslim journalist arrested in the past for advocating ties with Israel now faces charges of sedition, a crime punishable by death in Bangladesh, and will likely be put on trial by the end of the month, The Jerusalem Post has learned. In a court session on Tuesday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, a state-appointed judge ruled that the government’s case against Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury could proceed to trial and that the hearings would commence within 15 days. As editor of... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:03:37 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Man-advocating-peace-with-Israel-faces-punishment/11/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Man-advocating-peace-with-Israel-faces-punishment/11/ http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/al_qaedas_opportunistic_strate.php Al Qaeda's opportunistic strategy By Olivier Guitta While the crisis over the Iranian nuclear program is taking a nefarious turn, implications for the West and the Middle East are being assessed. But not much is said about Al Qaeda. In fact, how is Al Qaeda going to take advantage of this situation? I wrote a piece for the Middle East Times on that topic. You can read the whole article here . Israeli transport minister and potential future Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, addressing a Washington crowd on Friday, left no doubt about Israel's intentions regarding Iran's nuclear program: Israel won't let it go through. Since negotiations with Iran have gone nowhere in the past six years, military confrontation looks almost inevitable. While the international community fears the implications of such an outcome, one player can't wait for the first shots to be fired:... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:20:38 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Al-Qaeda-s-strategy/10/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Al-Qaeda-s-strategy/10/ http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/002687.html Book Review: The Legacy of Jihad Let's be honest, reading Andrew G. Bostom's The Legacy of Jihad is a chore. Nearly 700 pages of primary sources and scholarly research is not easy reading regardless of the subject matter, but what turns serious reading into a struggle is the content of those pages: there are only so many orgies of rape and murder one can stomach before every page feels like a punch in the gut. This ought to make the book more important, not less so. Because if reading about such acts can make one feel this way, what can be said about the acts themselves? The acts are worship of Allah, Islamic scholars say. That's right; those acts are not reprehensible crimes, they are not even the regrettable behavior of undisciplined armies through history, no--they are acts of worship, most pleasing to Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Thus, when you read al-Ghazali's... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:23:56 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Legacy-of-Jihad/9/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Legacy-of-Jihad/9/ http://www.westernresistance.com/ Resisting Islam Note: This essay was written two days after the first London bombings. I have only edited slightly since. This website began in my mind as I wrote it. I. Truths Barely two days ago, they murdered again. This time, like in Madrid earlier, they hit the transportation system, killing people going to work. It is moments like these that concentrate the mind; it is moments like these that compel me to tell the truth, come what may. Here are the truths we must face: 1. Islam is incompatible with liberty: We need to understand this, if we wish to preserve liberty. In the West the political left claims, over and over, that terrorism is caused by poverty and the actions of the Western democracies; that defending from terrorism causes terrorism, so to speak. In America, the dominant voices of the right believe lack of political freedom causes terrorism: both the left and the right confuse cause and... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:22:06 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Preserving-Liberty/8/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Preserving-Liberty/8/ Hamas Member Converts To Christianity - West Fails To Notice August 1, 2008 by Jack Kinsella The son of West Bank Hamas leader and Hamas MP Sheikh Hassan Yousef told a Jewish reporter from an Israeli newspaper that he had converted to Christianity, loves Israel, and even warning the Jews that Hamas will never make peace with Israel because Islam will not allow it. And virtually no one from the Western media thinks its worthy of reporting. Formerly known by his Muslim name, Masab, the Christian ‘Joseph’ told the Jewish journalist Avi Issacharoff: “I know that I’m endangering my life and am even liable to lose my father, but I hope that he’ll understand this and that God will give him and my family patience and willingness to open their eyes to Jesus and to Christianity. Maybe one day I’ll be able to return to Palestine and to Ramallah with Jesus, in the Kingdom of God.” Nor does he attempt to hide his... Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:14:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Hamas-member-converts/7/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Hamas-member-converts/7/ CHURCHILL SAW IT COMING http://missbethsvictorydance.blogspot.com/2007/07/churchill-saw-it-coming.html Unbelievable, but the speech below was written in 1899! I am sending the attached short speech of Winston Churchill, delivered by him in 1899 when he was a young soldier and journalist. It probably sets out the current views of many but expressed in the wonderful Churchillian turn of phrase and use of the English language, of which he was a past master. Sir Winston Churchill was, without doubt, one of the greatest men of the late 19th and 20th centuries. He was a brave young soldier, a brilliant journalist, an extraordinary politician and statesman, a great war leader and Prime Minister, to whom the Western world must be forever in his debt. He was a prophet in his own time. He died on 24 January 1965, at the grand old age of 90 and, after a lifetime of service to his country, was accorded a State funeral. HERE IS THE SPEECH: "How dreadful are the... Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:09:08 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Winston-Churchill-s-view/6/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Winston-Churchill-s-view/6/ Some good news for a change ! http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021967.php   While touring Mideast, Obama asked Palestinian PM to intervene in case of American girls held by their father in Palestinian-controlled territories This process could lead to an instructive moment for Obama in the pitfalls of "dialogue" with parties who are all too eager to appear concerned, and say one thing, but do another or perhaps nothing at all, or do the right thing only after appalling delay and intense scrutiny. One hopes his staff and U.S. authorities follow through on securing the girls' return. "Obama's secret rescue mission seeks to free US mom's kids from Palestinian 'captivity'," by Ginger Adams Otis for the New York Post , July 27: Barack Obama carried out a secret assignment during his global tour last week. While talking about the Middle East peace process in the West Bank Wednesday,... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:13:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Diplomatic-Intervention/5/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Diplomatic-Intervention/5/ http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003465.html Commentary: Thoughts on Pro-Islamic Myths During the Cold War, which was mighty hot in some places, the United States and Europe were subject to the greatest influence operation--propaganda--the World has ever seen. We are seeing a rival operation these days, although what is being propagandized is not that wonderful Socialism, despite its remaining advocates, but the latest, most wonderful wave of the future; the magnificently peaceful and tolerant religion, Islam. In this short article we will examine five of the most prevalent myths told and retold to advance the Islamic cause. We hope to make our readers aware of these myths so they are better equipped to fight them. 1. The Myth of Past Islamic Greatness: This myth has several variations, all amounting to the same thing; Muslims were once great, and infidels owe them a lot, if not their whole civilization. Variations of this myth include the... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:21:49 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Islamic-Myths/4/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Islamic-Myths/4/ http://www.islamundressed.com/#_Toc113793198 The Issue at Hand: Survival       The war we are engaged in, we are told, is a war against 'terror'. But terror is an emotion, and terrorism deployed against a people is a tactic, like blockade, blitzkrieg, ambush, or siege. As such, terrorism is not an enemy per se, but simply a tactical method deployed by unsavory characters. The term ‘terror’ does not describe the philosophical, social, or political motivations of a people adopting terrorist methods, and is an entirely inadequate term to describe the current worldwide conflict. Though such vague nomenclature may be reassuring to our society obsessed with political correctness, it is unnecessarily nebulous. Such poor precision is deception because it prevents rational evaluation of the true threat behind the terrorist weapon deployed against us. Those who limit their thinking to the constraints of the politically-correct 'thought police ' seem content... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:51:35 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Survival-of-freedom/3/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Survival-of-freedom/3/ http://www.6thcolumnagainstjihad.com/Commentary_P7.htm THE ANATOMY OF ISLAMIC ESPIONAGE AND SABOTAGE Dr. Babu Suseelan ISLAM’S DISHONORABLE HISTORY Islam lays claim to a glorious history. Islam has seen victory after victory during their earlier conquest and destruction of ancient civilizations. This is merely an attempt to prettify itself a brilliant Islamic image in the eyes of innocent people. As a matter of fact, Islam has no glory to advertise at all. The most prominent characteristics of Islam is its eternal Jihad war. Establishment of Dar-ul-Islam has been Islam’s highest goal since its inception. In recent years, Islam has been infiltrating every part of the world like a cancer cell and grows malignantly beyond control. Democratic nations are unable to prevent Islamic infiltration or stop its expansion. Much of democratic societies has been flooded with Jihadi terrorists or Islamic elements. These Islamic elements are further strengthened by leftist... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:36:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Islamic-Strategy/2/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Islamic-Strategy/2/ Explanation given by the well done web site http://www.jihadwatch.org Why Jihad Watch? Because non-Muslims in the West, as well as in India, China, Russia, and the world over, are facing a concerted effort by Islamic jihadists, the motives and goals of whom are largely ignored by the Western media, to destroy their societies and bring them forcibly into the Islamic world -- and to commit violence to that end even while their overall goal remains out of reach. That effort goes under the general rubric of jihad . Jihad (in Arabic, "struggle") is a central duty of every Muslim. Modern Muslim theologians have spoken of many things as jihads: the struggle within the soul, defending the faith from critics, supporting its growth and defense financially, even migrating to non-Muslim lands for the purpose of spreading Islam. But violent jihad is a constant of Islamic history. Many passages of the Qur'an and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad are used by jihad... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:38:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Why-Jihad-Watch/1/ http://www.blogigo.com/jihadwatch/Why-Jihad-Watch/1/