Ominous news from Pakistan
Very bad news from the tribal regions of Pakistan, as reported by Bill Roggio at The Long War Journal: The Taliban in South Waziristan have overrun a fort manned by…
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New York Times outs investigation into jihadist
Despite warnings not to publish his real name, The New York Times has outed an al Qaeda sympathizing blogger with possible ties to a Somalian terror ring. Rusty Shackleford reports…
German terrorists had deadline for attack
The militants arrested in Germany in an al Qaeda terror plot were given a September 15th deadline to carry out their attack, reports Erik Kirschbaum in Germany for Reuters: Three…
Iran’s Guards: We’ll ‘Punch’ US
With the United States planning to add Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to our list of terrorist groups, the Guards aren’t backing down at all. In fact, they are as belligerent and…
Padilla: Guilty
Jose Padilla has been found guilty, according to the AP: Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy…
Gitmo suspects UK wants freed are a threat
New British Prime Minister Gordon Brown requested the release of five Gitmo prisoners last week. The Blair government had refused to accept them back when the US determined there were…
Was Osama right?
"Islamists always believed the U.S. was weak. Recent political trends won't change their view." From renowned Middle Eastern scholar Bernard Lewis in the Wall Street Journal: During the Cold War,…
Hamas TV uses Mickey Mouse for hate
The story so far: Hamas, the terrorist organization which won Palestinian parliamentary elections and is now in control of much (but not all) of the Palestinian government, has been running…
Al Qaeda's Zawahri jeers at Iraq funding
In a stunning reversal, al Qaeda's #2 man no longer supports the Demcrats' withdrawal plans. Reuters reports: In a new Internet video, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command jeers at the Iraq…
Terrorists applaud Democratic debate
As reported by Hyscience: Let there be no doubt that the Democrat’s debate encouraged terrorists: Abu Nasser Aziz, the deputy commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the northern…
Key al Qaeda leader in US custody
One of the most important field operatives for al Qaeda has been captured. Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi is in the thick of the terrorist network from plotting assassinations to directing cross-border…
“How many Jews did Mama kill?”
Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs posts a video taken from the official Hamas station, “Al Aqsa TV,” where two small children of a female suicide bomber are interviewed: Interviewer:…
"O Lord make my enemies ridiculous."
A little while ago, I discussed why I am a supporter of Israel. It sparked a rather interesting discussion that lasted a decent while. But one commenter — "JP" –…
Teaching the New York Times a little logic
Confederate Yankee has a rather good piece up that takes the New York Times to task for an article they published on body armor and the US Marines. CY points…
From the mouths of babes in the woods…
The other day, I was stuck behind a car with Massachusetts plates and a remarkable collection of peace-oriented bumper stickers. I snickered at the naivete expressed by the various sentiments,…
Spot the war crime
Via Acidman, I discovered this story of an American sniper in Iraq, who scored what just may be a world record for the longest confirmed kill with a sniper rifle….
Answering a plagiarist
Last week, when I wrote why I am a supporter of Israel, one commenter was struck speechless. I so dumbfounded "Montreal" (the moron, not the city) cut and pasted an…
A Question of Timing
Note: This is an explainer for Kevin's earlier piece on the UK "torture memos." Remember back during the campaign every time the liberals got bad news they offered the same…
Why this agnostic WASP is a Zionist
Earlier this week, I spent a little time going after the Palestinians who organized the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, as sorta-kinda retold by Steven…
Iraq and the 60's
Discarded Lies is a pretty damned good site. It's unfortunate that it's largely known as a "second home" for some of the Little Green Footballs crowd, and it's so much…
The seductive cult of eternal victimhood
Steven Spielberg's latest masterpiece, Munich, is looking more and more like it's tanking. And good riddance. But by making a movie about something so relatively recent, it's allowed people who…
Democrats Are Right on NSA Spying Case
This might surprise some of you long time Wizbang readers, but I think the Democrats are absolutely correct. We need a congressional investigation. AND I don't mean an investigation by…
Quote of the Day: Hypocritical Left Edition
"The Department of Justice believes — and the case law supports — that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that…
Just like a good neighbor, Islam is there…
The Islamic Society of Boston is trying to build a mosque in Boston. I'm sorry, a MOSQUE — a $24-million-dollar building, with a 125-foot minaret, a 75-foot dome, and lord…
Iraqi elections and family road trips
As the Iraqi elections wound down, I took a quick survey of some of the left end of the blogosphere. And I noticed one recurring theme. In a nutshell (a…
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