An article from Pakistani columnist Irfan Husain, where he takes the Pakistani army and political leadership to task for failing to successfully fight the Taliban insurgency. (h/t israpundit): One positive outcome of this atrocity  coming to public knowledge is that it has opened many eyes to the reality of the Taliban, and what they...
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From the Jerusalem Post: An Iranian vessel loaded with weapons to transfer to Hamas via Sudan was recently sunk in the Red Sea by an unidentified missile ship believed to be Israeli, according to Arab media. The vessel was attacked by either an Israeli or American ship and destroyed, according to a report Sunday...
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From the Chicago Tribune on Sunday comes the scary, but perhaps predictable story, of Obama administration officials lobbying congress to loosen terror finances rules for Hamas if that Islamist terror group joins a unity government with the Palestinian Authority. (h/t Daily Alert): The Obama administration, already on treacherous domestic political ground with its outreach...
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Daniel Pipes (EMET Advisory Board Member) took a look at recent studies regarding whether or not terrorism actually succeeds in its aims, and finds, perhaps surprisingly, that it usually doesn’t: • Not only is terrorism “an ineffective instrument of coercion, but… its poor success rate is inherent to the tactic of terrorism itself.” This...
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From Frontpage Magazine, a nice round-up of the various studies which point to a fact which those of us who have been studying radical Islam already know, which is that poverty and terrorism do NOT go hand in hand: Several studies have been conducted both before and since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks (some...
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The common, but false notion, that Sunni and Shia Islamist groups are like oil and water, and would “never cooperate together,” is one of those popular notions which, regardless of how many times it is proven utterly untrue, remains popular among a certain segement in the circles of foreign policy thinking regarding terror and...
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Following the successful rescue of Captain Phillips by U.S Navy Seals earlier this week, the Somali pirates have vowed revenge, and appear to be stepping up attacks on U.S flagged ships.CNN reports pirates have already opened fire at the Liberty Sun. (H/T) Jules Crittenden : “The pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at...
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(H/T Jihad Watch): AdKronos International, a Greek news service is reporting that Hamas and Fatah have agreed to a “Confederation based on two governments,” to supervise elections and reconstruction issues, and act as a kind of central government. The article notes: Fatah and Hamas have been divided by a serious rift since Hamas took...
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From the NEFA foundation comes This Video of the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), operating a training camp in Pakistan.  As you watch the video keep in mind that the TIP is comprised primarily of Uighur Muslims like the 17 currently being held in Guantanamo Bay, but scheduled to be released, possibly inside the United...
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Concern over the potential threat of Islamic terrorism operating from South and Central America to strike the United States is not new. As early as 1992, Iranian proxy Hezbollah utilized the lawless enclave known as the Tri-border Area (TBA) which conjoins Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay to strike Jewish and Israeli targets in Argentina ....
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