Founding Bloggers (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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 [...]
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
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...
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
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”)...
WOK3 (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
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 [...]
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
The Pakistanis finally seem to seriously want to defeat the jihadis in this no man's land. Let's hope they can catch osama, mullah omar and destroy their networks. For most Canadians, and Westerners in general, Waziristan means very little. It is a place so remote that it bears no reference to the their daily concerns. But the Pakistan military's offensive begun last week in South Waziristan to flush...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
President Obama is still weighing whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan to extirpate al-Qaida, but the really decisive battle in the war with the terror network was joined this weekend - and US forces aren’t even there. After a string of terror attacks last week, including one at its own general headquarters, the Pakistani military Saturday finally launched its long-heralded offensive...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
CAIR's terror connections extend beyond Hamas to Enemy No. 1 The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations' ties to terrorism are not limited to Hamas and cross over to al-Qaida, America's No. 1 enemy, a top-selling new book alleges. In just one of several shocking and previously unreported findings, "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America"...
GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnD (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
In the Long War - dang near everything is either a weapon or can be weaponized rather quickly. "Media technologies—satellite television, radio, and the Internet—have become operational weapons used by radicals to plan, recruit, train, fundraise and incite. "Free speech protections may protect the hateful content of their messages, but by using media as direct operational weapons,...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
After months of skirmishing, threats and deadly Predator drone attacks, war is finally returning to South Waziristan. The Pakistani Army is poised to launch a major military operation against Taliban insurgents in one of the wildest, al-Qaeda-infested regions of its northwestern tribal areas. Criss-crossed by mountain ridges laced with ravines and dried up creeks, South Waziristan is difficult terrain...
Minstrel Boy (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Al-Qaeda number two lashes out at Pakistani military - Monsters and Critics : "Islamabad - The Pakistan Army has become a tool in the hands of the 'crusaders' to save American and NATO troops from certain defeat in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda's second-in-command said in a new video message on Tuesday. 'At this moment Pakistani forces are playing the central role in this crusade that has been imposed...
NonParty Politics (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Bob Kerrey in the WSJ : "Afghanistan is also not Iraq. No serious leader in Kabul is asking us to leave. Instead we are being asked to withdraw by American leaders who begin their analysis with the presumption that victory is not possible. They seem to want to ensure defeat by leaving at the very moment when our military leader on the ground has laid out a coherent and compelling strategy for...
The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Al-Qaeda's Ass-Sahab Media Center has released a new video personally addressed from Ayman Al-Zawahiri to our friend Yousef "Joey" al-Khattab entitled "How to build a butt bomb" (courtesy of the People's Cube): Take one for the team, Joey!!!...
In Contempt (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
The following was uploaded to YouTube on October 8th. I took German in middle school with Frau Hurlbutt, but the description is beyond my language chops. The Google tells me it (roughly) says this: Today, a group of Taliban's base camp of the American Army has attacked. On the video you can see them and prepare for the Taliban, as they attack. As a tank weapon launchers, machine guns are large caliber...
FP Passport (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Noted terrorism expert and FP contributor Jarret Brachman had dinner with former Pakistani dictator President Pervez Musharraf last Friday, and wrote about it here (welcome to the world of new media, Pervez). For the record, Brachman describes Musharraf as "a gracious, humble and serious military man." Some highlights of their conversation: - He honestly believes that he transformed Pakistan...
American Power (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's on the hot seat this morning for her disparaging comments on General Stanley McChrystal. The Republcan National Campaign Committee reports, " General Pelosi Knows Better, Slams McChrystal ": After making pleas for action in Afghanistan, one would think Pelosi would be General McChrystal’s strongest ally: “President Bush's failed Iraq policies have...
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