Tunis — The wave of al-Qaeda fighters ousted from Mali was already a danger for Libya. Now that silent cells affiliated with Hezbollah are trying to gain a foothold in the country, an already desperate security situation is even worse. Faraj Ahmad, a Libyan media and political activist, said, “There is no doubt that cells … Continue reading »
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Mali Manual Suggests al-Qaeda Has Feared Weapon
By Rukmini Callimachi TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class. Except that the students in this case were al-Qaida fighters in Mali. And the manual was a detailed guide, with diagrams and photographs, on … Continue reading »
Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb Leader May Have Been Behind Benghazi Attack
By Daniel Greenfield Technically that would be former Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb leader, since Mokhtar Belmokhtar split with Al Qaeda. But the idea that he could have come up with the Benghazi attack is certainly plausible. The only question is why wouldn’t he have taken credit for it? Shortly after the attack on the U.S. … Continue reading »
Islamists in Egypt and Turkey: a comparison
The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies compared Islamists in Egypt and Turkey. (File) Al Arabiya Institute for Studies – Hoshnek Oussi The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies examined 15 points of conversion and difference between Egypt under Muslim Brotherhood rule, and Turkey under the Justice and Development Party (AK). 1. Turkey’s Islamists have long … Continue reading »
The Islamist purge splurge
Islamists are increasingly turning to purges to gain or consolidate power by Hussein Ibish What’s a poor Islamist to do? All they ever wanted was to take over Arab states and impose their reactionary ideology on everybody else. For decades, they assumed that the only thing really holding them back were non-Islamist dictators. But as … Continue reading »
Welcome to Obamastan
Reprinted from MelaniePhillips.com. Fort Hood, Benghazi, the Boston bombings, Iran/Syria, Israel. The pattern is unmistakeable; the danger to America is exponentially increasing; the scandal is deepening into something nearer to a national crisis. The Obama administration is playing down the Islamist threat to the US and the free world, empowering Islamists at home and abroad, … Continue reading »
Why the Benghazi Cover Up is Worse Than the Iraq War
SALT LAKE CITY — Some liberals want to damn conservatives for their outrage over the Benghazi attacks, contrasting it to their unconcern about waging war in Iraq. There is no comparison. The argument, for sake of entertainment, is that Republican hawks took the US to war against Iraq under false pretenses, where thousands of Americans … Continue reading »
#Benghazi involved Leader of Libyan Islamic militia shot (Updated)
Sufyan bin Qumu, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, believed to have been involved in the Benghazi attack has been shot and is in intensive care. A security official says the leader of an Islamic extremist militia in Libya suspected of involvement in an attack in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador has been shot. Sufyan … Continue reading »
اغتصاب النساء باسم الإسلام
اغتصاب النساء باسم الإسلام بواسطة أبو خالد طعمة -اعتبارا من الآن، سوف أسر نشطاء “مؤيدين للفلسطينيين” يجب أن نفكر عشر مرات قبل إرسال بناتهم على قوافل المساعدات الإنسانية – بينما الجهاديين في سوريا تستورد من تونس الفتيات لتلبية احتياجاتهم الجنسية، زملائهم في ليبيا وخطف واغتصاب النساء. في الأسبوع الماضي، وقال والد اثنين من النساء البريطانيات … Continue reading »
Raping Women in the Name of Islam
Raping Women in the Name of Islam by Khaled Abu Toameh -As of now, families of “pro-Palestinian” activists will have to think ten times before sending their daughters on humanitarian aid convoys.- While jihadis in Syria are importing girls from Tunisia to satisfy their sexual needs, their colleagues in Libya are kidnapping and raping women. … Continue reading »
20 security guards suffer mustard gas poisoning
By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab./Twenty militiamen have suffered from inhaling poisonous gas, according to the Arabic news website Almanara. The men were guarding a chemical weapons facility set up by the former regime in the south of Libya. The guards were said to have been exposed to mustard gas while with a mission from the Organisation for … Continue reading »
Islamic Law Brings Floggings Back to Libya
Liberated Libya is free. 100 percent free to flog.by Daniel Greenfield While Gaddafi in the 70s did bring in some elements of Islamic law to Libya, such as lashes for “Zina”, often translated as adultery, but really meaning sexual acts, they weren’t often applied. As this video, via Blazing Cat Fur, shows, that seems to … Continue reading »
Egyptian Church in Libya attacked for second time
The Egyptian Coptic Church in Benghazi was attacked for the second time by unknown assailants on Thursday. No casualties were reported. This is the third attack on an Egyptian church in Libya in recent months. A church in Misrata was attacked in December, killing two and injuring dozens. The Foreign Ministry said it would follow … Continue reading »
Obama Blew Off Benghazi
Had to pack for a Vegas fund-raiser… While four Americans were being killed, Obama was getting some sleep before heading off to Vegas to party with Beyonce. And as Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testified, Obama made no effort to stay on top of the situation in Benghazi. The only time Panetta talked to him … Continue reading »
Fundamentalists driving Christians out of Libya
People buy meat from a butcher in the old market in Benghazi January 29, 2013. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori Christians are being driven out of eastern Libya by Muslim fundamentalists, the Catholic Church’s main clergyman in the country told the Vatican missionary news agency Fides. The situation was “critical” and the “atmosphere … Continue reading »
#MyJihad Libya: Muslims threaten nuns, force them to leave Libya
These nuns are careful not to proselytize, as that would earn them antagonism in a land where proselytizing by non-Muslims is forbidden. But they have won the hearts of many in Cyrenaica by their love — which probably infuriated all the more the Islamic supremacists who threatened them and forced them to flee the country. … Continue reading »
