In a new interview Mulla Krekar says that he wishes Osama bin Laden and other radical Islamist leaders will be heads of an Islamic super-state. "The Muslims will become like the Jews in Europe, right until they establish a caliphate [ed: Islamic state]. Without a state we have no value," says mulla Krekar in a new interview with the al-Hiwar TV channel. The interview was broadcast on the...
Norway: Muslims need a state of their own, says Krekar Interestingly enough, in his book Krekar, who considers himself a true Muslim scholar, is very dismissive of Osama bin Laden and most other 'leaders' whom he thinks do not really know Islamic law. And yet, here he suggest Bin Laden as the next Caliph [ie, Mohammed's stand-in]. The entire interview is available on YouTube (in Arabic). -----------...
Azaz Syed | Islamabad | November 24 Dawn - After fighting a bloody war in Afghanistan for more than eight years, the United States appears to have undertaken a re-think of its policy and has started engaging the Taliban in negotiations through Saudi and Pakistani intelligence agencies, highly-placed sources told Dawn here on Monday. ‘We have started ‘engagement’ with the Afghan Taliban...
So, what do we have hear all of a sudden? Attorney for 9/11 defendants: Yes, they want a platform for propaganda [...] The letter was written to say that the men had no objection to a 60-day continuance in military commission proceedings. But the three men used it to condemn the United States' military presence in Muslim countries and its support for Israel, a preview of the kind of thing they might...
The person in charge of prosecuting Saddam Hussein says that there are documents proving that his regime and Al-Qaeda had a relationship. From MEMRI: Ja’far al-Musawi , head of the prosecution team in the trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, has told the Iraqi TV channel al-Faihaa of the existence of official documents that prove the involvement of the Saddam regime with the two leaders...
Paul Woodward Jihadist ideology is now under attack from some of its erstwhile proponents. A Libyan group has issued a new religious document denouncing the tactics used by al Qa'eda as illegal under Islamic law. "In May 2007, Sayyid Imam al Sharif, better known as Dr Fadl, a former member of the al Qa'eda leadership, attacked its tactics of mass slaughter, arguing that this inevitably led to...
Friend of Accused Shooter Called Himself "Extremist," Watched Al-Qaeda Videos Ever since he told a British reporter that he felt "no pity" for the victims of the Fort Hood massacre, Duane Reasoner Jr., an 18-year-old Muslim convert who frequently dined with accused shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan and attended the same mosque, has ducked the media. His parents ordered ABC News off...
Times: The mud compound with part of its outer wall destroyed by artillery fire was used as an al-Qaeda training facility, until a few weeks ago. Jihadi literature and guerrilla training manuals, mostly in Arabic, lay scattered in a corner, along with DVDs of Osama bin Laden’s sermons and a cache of weapons hurriedly abandoned as insurgents fled from the Pakistani Army. Officials told The Times...
Will KSM beat the Americans at their own game? This is what Iraqis are asking about the case of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. It's hard to say how many are paying attention, but some Iraqis are watching the developments . The most common answer is yes, he will win. The first victory for the terrorist is that United States is set to grant KSM a trial in New York city, the...
By Alex Constantine If an award is given at the next media conclave for agenda-driven scapegoating, Moonie Arnaud de Borchgrave should win it hands down for this inventive masterpice of marginalization : Commentary: Hasan's Conspiracy Mentors By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE Nov. 9, 2009 WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- ... There are tens of thousands of Hasans all over the Western world -- from Brussels to Berlin...
Tarek Fatah writes in the Ottawa Citizen : No one seemed to notice the significance of the attire that Maj. Nidal Hasan was wearing the morning of the killings. It was captured on a store surveillance video where he bought a coffee. CNN's Arab commentator incorrectly reported that the major was wearing "Muslim garb" commonly worn in Jordan, and that it reflected his devoutness as a Muslim....
This was in our in-box today: Associated Press Islamabad – Muslim militant Osama bin Laden made a statement today, just hours after Malik Nadal Hasan was violently gunned down at the Fort Hood military installation in Texas, USA, during what some are calling a “terrorist attack”. Accompanied by his 2nd in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mr. Laden declared, “This [...]
Retired Pakistani Army Gen. Pervez Musharraf remains a controversial and polarizing figure on the world stage since his fall from power as the country’s leader. But that didn’t discourage top Staten Island politicos from attending a recent dinner in his honor, where Musharraf was the featured speaker. Musharraf came to power in 2001 after a coup and reigned supreme as a virtual dictator...
A new tape produced by Al Qaeda’s propaganda blowhards, As Sahab (“The Clouds”), is raising questions about the whereabouts of top leaders in the terror network, including Osama Bin Laden. The video posted on jihadi websites stars Al Qaeda cleric Abu Yahya al-Libi delivering a sermon for the Muslim holiday Eid, which recently ended. It is a typical al-Libi (“The Libyan”)...
Former Vice President Satan Dick Cheney had complained recently about President Obama dithering on making a decision as to what to do in Afghanistan. Coming from someone from the former administration that had absolutely screwed the pooch in Afghanistan, and lets not forget that Bush/Cheney and company actually allowed Osama bin-Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri along with other members [...]
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