Two hotels were bombed in Jakarta on July 17. Jemaah Islamiyah or a spin off was probably responsible. What is particularly worrying is that the suicide bombers checked into the hotels, bringing the bomb-making equipment and explosives with them, and assembled them in one or both hotels. That is a new development and one that …
An interesting report from the Christian Science Monitor (Dec. 15) on a battle between the two major al Qaeda ideologists. Clearly, there is trouble in the al Qaeda paradise: numbers down, no effect attacks, no ability to sustain attacks, leadership and finances under enormous pressure, online presence diminishing. And now an open schism. Let’s hope …
Americans must remember that al Qaeda gets a vote too. Americans should assume that al Qaeda is planning an attack or multiple attacks before the election. This is their modus operandi. Just as the terrorists influenced the Spanish election of 2004, and Usama bin Laden’s message in 2004 hurt Democratic candidate John Kerry, so too …
Sol Stern of City Journal has a wonderful new article (“The Bomber as School Reformer”) documenting the relationship between Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers and the Democratic Party’s nominee for President Barack Obama. Make time to read it. Available here. The more you read the worse it gets. No wonder Obama & Co., and his …
October 7, 2008 – 2:12 pm
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By BenjaminFranklin
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Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, Democratic Party, Obama, Weather Underground, media bias, terrorism
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Tagged 2008 U.S. Election, Bill Ayers, Democratic Party, Obama, Old Media, Weather Underground
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This month, Hassan Mneimneh of The American Enterprise Institute published an excellent study of al Qaeda. It is well worth your time to read “Seven Years Later: The Jihadist International.” He argues strongly that we must think of al Qaeda as a diffuse network of “franchises” bound by ideology. With this conception of al Qaeda, …
