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HRW: Press Syria on human rights

Jerusalem Post — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:24:11 +0000

Human rights group urges West to probe detention of pro-democracy activists.

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Thailand: Jihad against telephone repairmen

Jihad Watch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:04 +0000

And 61-year-old salesmen. Such intrepid mujahedin! “Suspected Muslim separatists kill four in Thailand’s deep South,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur , March 11 (thanks to Twostellas): Pattani, Thailand – Suspected Muslim separatists on Thursday shot dead three Thai telephone repairmen and a 61-year-old salesman in two incidents in the violence-racked southern province of Pattani, officials said. Assailants on a …

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Calling out Grover Norquist

Jihad Watch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:28:42 +0000

Last week Pamela Geller wrote this at The American Thinker : The Freedom Defense Initiative, a new organization I started with author and scholar Robert Spencer, hosted its inaugural event to an enthusiastic standing-room-only crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 19. But this event was at CPAC, not of CPAC. Could this be because of the …

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Top North Waziristan Taliban leader Bahadar rumored killed in US strike

The Long War Journal — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:33:32 +0000

Unconfirmed reports from Pakistan indicate that the top Taliban commander in North Waziristan may have been among those killed in yesterday’s swarm attack by unmanned US aircraft in the lawless tribal agency. …

Hamas releases UK journalist

Jerusalem Post — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:24:53 +0000

Gruop accused Paul Martin of being security threat, but did not charge him.

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U.K.: British Airways employee charged with "preparation of terrorist acts and fundraising for the purpose of terrorism"

Jihad Watch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:16:23 +0000

An IT developer — another case of someone being educated and gainfully employed, but who still managed to “misunderstand” Islam. An update on this story . “British Airways employee faces terrorism charges,” from CNN , March 11: London, England (CNN) — A British Airways employee appeared in court Thursday on charges…

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‘PA won’t begin indirect talks’

Jerusalem Post — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:55:49 +0000

Arab League’s Moussa: Abbas won’t enter talks due new building in e. J’lem.

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Expose real agenda behind ‘apartheid’ charge

Jerusalem Post — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:08:15 +0000

Apartheid was a totalitarian system, not unlike many Arab regimes today.

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Netanyahu wants peace. Do the Palestinians?

Jerusalem Post — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:04:28 +0000

They seem to have a great territorial appetite, lack political pragmatism.

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Nigeria: Lack of response by authorities aided slaughter of Christians

Jihad Watch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:43:02 +0000

“For quite some time we have alerted the government to training grounds in some parts of the northern state where people are being trained to cause problems in the …

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Gov’t to discuss Palestinian incitement

Jerusalem Post — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:12:34 +0000

PA reportedly cancels ceremony to name public square after terrorist.

Dysfunctional government

Jerusalem Post — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:49:29 +0000

Israel could not have asked for a better beginning to Biden’s visit this week. Now it must rebuild Washington’s trust.

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British Commander: The IDF Tried to Safeguard Civilians

Middle East Quarterly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:26 +0000

Following a lengthy period during which Hamas bombarded southern Israel unopposed, Israel finally attacked Gaza in an attempt to cripple Hamas’s fighting capabilities. The ensuing conflict in December 2008 and January 2009 led to a high casualty count on

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PA cancels commemoration for terrorist

Jerusalem Post — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:12 +0000

Sister of woman who led 1978 hijacking says decision came from “official channels.”

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US airstrike kills 15 in North Waziristan

The Long War Journal — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:40 +0000

A swarm of five US unmanned strike aircraft killed 15 Taliban fighters in Pakistan’s lawless tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike aircraft, likely the Predators or the newer…

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Swedish papers publish Vilks’ Muhammad cartoon in defiance of jihadist intimidation

Jihad Watch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:24:07 +0000

“A threat against him is, in the long term, also a threat against all Swedes…

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Jihad Jane arrest raises fears of "homegrown terrorists," but no one really wants to do anything about it

Jihad Watch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:34:06 +0000

The one thing that can and should be done would be to call American Muslim groups to account, and demand that they institute in mosques and Islamic schools comprehensive, honest, inspectable programs teaching against the jihad doctrine and Islamic supremacism. But officials will never do this. They would prefer to pretend that the jihad doctrine and Islamic supremacism do not exist. And so we will see many more Jihad…

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Pakistan: Jihadists murder six aid agency workers

Jihad Watch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:28:09 +0000

“Those who kill humanitarian workers must be reminded that they are not only killing their own country’s residents, but also people seeking to improve the lives of victims of poverty …

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France: 15-year-old Muslim student sprays teacher with tear gas after she describes al-Qaeda as a "terrorist group"

Jihad Watch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:14:19 +0000

But Charles Krauthammer will tell you that Geert Wilders is “extreme, radical, and wrong.” Eurabia Alert: “Teacher attacked …

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Dhimmitude at the State Department: Official apologizes for remarks about Libya’s declaration of jihad against Switzerland

Jihad Watch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:04:34 +0000

Instead, he should be calling on Gaddafi to apologize for the double standard of his call for Muslims to undertake economic jihad against Switzerland for banning minarets when non-Muslim religious practice is restricted far more severely than cosmetic issues all over the Islamic world. “US apologises over Gaddafi comments,” from the BBC , March 9 (thanks to Pamela ): The US state department…