(This seemed so obvious...)

They say the Rachel Corrie will just run the blockade down
With political connections from each leader of renown
Borne to wage the battle, christened with a fighter’s name
(Well, she fell under that bulldozer, and that’s a dirty shame)

( But I... )

What do the bombings in Mumbai have to do with bootleg movies? There are many surprises in this research paper I stumbled across. An excerpt from the HTML link (a PDF is available as well):Three of the documented cases provide evidence that terrorist groups have used the proceeds of film piracy in one way or another to finance their activities ( Read more... )

This message from Al Qaeda a few weeks ago is focused on their activity in the pirate stronghold ( Read more... )

"... we mix 'em up right in the kitchen sink"So goes the song, talking about homemade explosives. In the news in the past few days, I've been hearing the rockets that Hamas has been firing into Israel continually described as "home made". On the POTUS08 channel, a spokesperson for the Jewish Voice for Peace, a Palestinian supporter group, ( Read more... )

To me, the Jihadist War started on February 26, 1993, with the bombing of the World Trade Center. More than a thousand were injured; six died.

( The enemy: )

I was greatly concerned about Pakistan due to the potential for chaos right after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf.

The political situation is still troubling, but I'm actually a bit more hopeful about Pakistan now. Consider these two news items:

First, Pakistan's General Kiyani meets secretly with General Petraeus and other top US military ( ( Read more... )

What happens when modern technology combines with the widespread practice in Islamic cultures of honor killings?
( The answer is grim -- and not for the faint of heart. )

The movie Fitna -- add a dot com to that phrase and you can see it for yourself -- is a short film by a Dutch politician named Geert Wilders. The word means approximately "ordeal" or "persecution" in Arabic, as appears in the Qur'an in Sura 8:39 ("The Spoils of War"):8:39 And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah ( Read more... )

A hat tip to
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Thomas Joscelyn writes about the Middle East, in this case specifically Iran. He noted in the 9/11 Commission Report that they recommended a separate investigation into Iran's links with al Qaida -- but this was never done. So he's made available this booklet on the Iran's Proxy War Against America. (As an aside, Mr. Joscelyn is not in favor of ( Read more... )