Flight 253 and Counterterror’s Epic Fail – by Robert Spencer Posted By Robert Spencer An attempted jihad attack on Christmas Day has revealed that Americans are much more vulnerable to such attacks than most have believed – while government officials whistle in the dark. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old son of a wealthy Nigerian banker, […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/flight-253-jihadist-may-have-been-in-touch-with-fort-hood-jihadists-imam.html Flight 253 jihadist linked to Fort Hood jihadist’s imam Small jihadi world. “Abdulmutallab, A Banker’s Son Turned Muslim Radical: Accused Northwest Bomber’s Emails Tell of Desire to Go to Yemen,” by Richard Esposito and Brian Ross for ABC News, December 27 (thanks to James): Northwest Airlines bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old son […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/who-was-the-sharply-dressed-man.html Who was the sharply dressed man? And where is he now? “Flight 253 passenger: Sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onto plane without passport (MLive.com exclusive),” by Sheena Harrison for MLive.com, December 26 (thanks to Puneet): A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/britain-to-send-80-million-in-jizya-to-the-palestinians.html Britain to send $80 million in jizya to the Palestinians Part of the money is earmarked to fight “extremism” — although how this will be spent will be interesting, given that the British authorities have no clue about what exactly constitutes “extremism,” and are failing miserably at countering it in Britain itself. “Britain to […]
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/12/janet-mission-accomplished-napolitano.html On this morning’s talk circuit, Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano achieved the rare feat known as Complete and Total Beclownment. Did you know: our security apparatus “worked like clockwork”? Beginning with her embrace of the impotent euphemism “man-caused disasters†to the hit job on conservatives and veterans that she was forced to apologize for, […]
JANUARY 2010 Table of Contents LURCHING LEFT Herbert Zweibon                http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000617.html FROM THE EDITOR Real Jean Isaac                http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000616.html ISRAEL UNDERMINES ITS LEGAL STANDING William Mehlman              http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000615.html NETANYAHU’S SURRENDER Jerold Auerbach                http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000614.html AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Andrew Roberts                http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000614.html THREE TO READ Ruth King                        http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000612.html OUTPOST Editor: Rael Jean Isaac Editorial Board: Herbert Zweibon, Ruth King Outpost is distributed free to Members of Americans […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Â Obama’s Real Report Card As Obama’s first year in office approaches, his long calendar of corruption and failure flutters its windblown leaves into the abyss of the past. Let us take a brief look back at the full unmitigated ugliness of the Sham in Chief’s first year in office… for a proper report […]
Islamists offer little Christmas cheer for Christians in the Palestinian territoriesThe suffering of the Palestinians is a constant refrain in most of the Western media these days except, that is, when their suffering cannot be blamed on the Israelis. At this time of celebration and festivity for Christians around the world, therefore, you can be […]
Saturday, December 26, 2009 Let’s Roll 2 [Mark Steyn] On September 11th 2001, the government’s (1970s) security procedures all failed, and the only good news of the day came from self-reliant citizens (on Flight 93) using their own wits and a willingness to act. On December 25th 2009, the government’s (post-9/11) security procedures all failed, […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/ http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/us-authorities-had-been-aware-of-flight-253-jihadist-for-at-least-2-years.html Crossing Into North Korea What could a free man hope to accomplish by crossing without permission into North Korea, to ask its rulers to repent, close the prison camps and free the people? Robert Park, a young American of Korean descent made exactly that crossing on Christmas day, walking from China into North […]
