Mar 14 2007
Pardoned Terrorist In Morroco Turns To Bombing
The good news in this story is Morroco avoided a suicide bomb, but that crazy part is one or two of the suspects had been pardoned of previous terrorism charges. And it took ineptitude to incover the plot, not surveillance:
Police have arrested 13 people allegedly linked to a man who blew himself up in a Casablanca Internet cafe and found bomb-making equipment on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
Like the bomber, at least one of those arrested had been in prison on terrorism charges before being pardoned, ministry spokesman Abderrahman Achour told The Associated Press.
Abdelfettah Raydi died when explosives hidden on his body went off in an internet cafe in the Casablanca slum of Sidi Moumen, injuring Raydi’s accomplice, Youssef Khouidri, and three bystanders.
Goes to show you what happens when you show a terrorist any mercy.
Merlin: wow, you’re everywhere!
Sorry to hear about Sara, she seems like a very nice lady!
Yes, that was a crazy story, talk about pissing off “11 Stars”!!
Luker: well, we knew where he was, the whole time during the 90’s, basically, but you know that story; should go down in history as one of the greatest cases of malfeasence, not taking him from Sudan, and then later, not killing him!
Since Tora Bora, I don’t have access anymore, to the “sensitive” stuff; but I think there’s a 90% chance he’s in Pakistan, a 5% chance he’s in Iran, and a 5% chance he’s hanging out in that extreme northeastern “panhandle” of Afghanistan!
Connection between Bin Laden – Saddam; I don’t think ever directly; but the connections between Iraq Intel, and Bin Laden, in my personal opinion, are fairly solid, and have been pretty extensively written about over at NRO, and others.
I am FIRMLY convinced, that Iraqi Intel, and thus Saddam, definitely had a support/logistical/money/advice role, not only in the WTC ’93 bombing, but also in 9/11!
I think the FBI firmly dropped the ball on the Anthrax thing after 9/11; personally, I believe that was Mohammed Atta, supplied by the Iraqis; I could be wrong, but I’d like someone to prove it to me!
No, Its Not All Their Fault… It’s up to all of us to insist on a free world.
Dale, another one of those things that point to the incompetence of our own FBI – examples:
– Lost notes of the FBI interview with Libby.
– Report filed with DoJ for a missing crime.
It’s a shame that the nutroots refuse to read the materials from Ray Robison (jveritas?) and its translated captured Iraqi documents, Stephen Hayes, and others. Even our Congressmen from the Democratic side have been making several inaccurate statements, such as “runaway Federal deficits” when in reality, the Federal Deficits are coming down.
They seem to think that they can get away with lies and many nutroots are gullible to their lies.
Antrax made available by Iraq to Mohammad Atta? Not surprising.
Dale
I am retired and am an internet junkie who first logged on when there were only about 12 to 15 sites on the net.
Since I have the time, my live bookmarks in Firefox is up to beyond 150 blogs I read each day.
Some I scan, some I read in depth.
Long ago, I learned how using just one handle can be bad. I comment on probably 30 to 50 blogs and rarely use the same name on any of them because of lessons I have learned.
Dale, why am I not surprised by your posts?
Have you seen Ted Kopple’s “Our Children’s Children’s War” on the Discovery Times channel? He delved into a lot of things that I do not feel important (such as contract military) but at the very end of the special he shows one picture that says everything all Americans need to know about this war; a 3-4 yr. old Muslim child with an AK-47.
Also, Kopple made some statements on Meet The Press that were quite surprising for a MSM reporter; he said that this war began 24 years ago (although I feel it really started in 1979 with the Iran hostage crisis at the end of Carter’s bumbling he called a presidency) and that it would not be over for a long time. You can access Kopple’s interview on Meet the Press on the MTP website. I think you will be quite surprised that someone is finally telling it like it is.
This war we are in is not going to end in just one generation. And sometimes I feel like Winston Churchill when he was warning about the absolute evil that was Hitler while we had Congressmen and Senators trying to convince us that the war in Europe had nothing to do with us.
Now Dennis Kucinich has an article in a newspaper. Nope, not the NYTs or the LA Times. Not even the St. Louis Post Dispatch. In the Al Jeezera Times. Does Kuchinich think that the alligator will eat him last or not eat him at all? All these Democrats who want to pull out of Iraq, ignorning OBL’s words that Iraq was THE front on the war against the U.S. seem to be falling for the old New Left rhetoric that only peace brings peace.
We are in for the fight of our lives; nay, the very fight of our nation’s history and we have people inside the Beltway screaming that the war in Iraq has nothing to do with us. Perhaps when another 3,000, 4,000 or 10,000 Americans are dead the sleeping giant will wake up.
And for all the hype about how McCarthy was such a evil person, he was right about one thing; the enemy is among us.
Merlin: Hi, you’re a better man than me, I can only keep up with a hardcore group of about 6 or so (Blogs that is…)
Retired05: very interesting, and I’m shocked that Ted “MSM” Koppel, would go that far!
I agree with your comments about Jimmy Carter, and the start of this war then; I think it’s better to say there have been several key milestones, with the overthrow of the Shah during Carter, definitely being one of them!
I actually took it back to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, as the beginning of the “war”; UNTIL, I did some more research, and came across this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Amin_al-Husayni
This bozo, a second cousin or something to Yasser Arafat by the way, predates the founding of Israel; so the only correct thing to say, is that the start of this “war”, actually started here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Taymiya
as early as 1293 AD, Ibn Taymiya founded the Salafiyyah movement, within Sunni Islam, that ALL modern Jihadis, and the Saudis, adhere too!
Technically, there is no such thing as “Wahabbis”, they are Salafiyyah!
Hence, you can see, with Bin Laden/Al Qaeda, we are fighting a Sunni movement within Islam, that has a 700+ year theological legacy!
THAT is why it’s “pull” is so strong, and why we can’t defeat it in one quick victory, battle, or even war!
It’s time, someone educated the American Public, before the Nutbags force us to surrender, and we’re all fitted for Burqas!
Dale
I bet after that little interruption of the conference call you got put up against the wall by some O ganger who did the necessary for discipline arse chewing to keep the record straight but who was at the same time trying to hide bravo zulu feeling.
Merlin: that’s basically what happened yes; but the O-6 N-2 on the other end, was so pissed, he sent a backchannel scorcher, to my CO, that came in with so many Codewords after TS, that I never saw another one that was comparable, in my entire Intel career!
I actually saw a copy; it basically said: terminate this guy right now!
My CO, fortunately, did not listen, but it sure did up the “pucker” factor for awhile!
Dale, after reading Robert Spencer’s books (several) and other sources, I came to a similar conclusion as you did in your last long post. I knew it was a 1400 year old war. Robert Spencer’s coverage of the Crusaders showed how the Crusaders ended up losing to the radical Islam believers but its efforts slowed down the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.
It is becoming more and more important that we win this generational war AND educate more Americans the TRUTH.
Powerline posted this about Kissinger being right about pulling out or not:
Was Kissinger Right?
Read it. The letter by Sirik Matak was considered one of the most important documents of the Vietnam War.
“You leave, and my wish is that you and your country will find happiness under this sky.”
“I have only committed this mistake of believing in you [the Americans].”
“he barbaric nature of the Communist Khmer Rouge was painted over in soothing tones by much of the American press. The New York Times was the most flagrant offender.”
“As the last Americans were withdrawn, another upbeat article by Schanberg appeared under the headline, “Indochina Without Americans: For Most, a Better Life.” In short order, the Khmer Rouge proceeded to march nearly two million of their fellow Cambodians to their deaths in the killing fields. Also in short order, Schanberg went on to greater glory and a Pulitzer prize.”
Sound familiar?
Well, Al Gore just won an Oscar…
My brother remarked about his remembering when John O’Neill (the swift boat guy) and John Kerry were debating on the Dick Cavett show. I think Dick Cavett asked John O’Neill if he *seriously* though there would be a blood bath if the US withdrew. O’Neill gave a resounding yes, to which Cavett and Kerry were astonished and disbelieving.
Guess O’Neill had a far better understanding than Dick Cavett and John Kerry (Carry?).
Dale
I can recall a time we had a tour of the boat by Adm Rickover and he asked me a question that I gave my best answer to that had my CO and XO looking like I had just condemned them to an under ice visit to the north pole without the benefit of a submarine.
Rickover stared hard at me for all of two to three minutes which felt at the time like I had to have been reincarnated more times than a cat.
Then he turned to the CO and said. It’s a good thing we have Chief Petty Officers who are not afraid to tell it like it is.
Moral of the story. I wasn’t a CPO when he said it , but the advancement orders from the bureau arrived within two hours after he left.
Dale, I am familiar with Al Husayni. Some circles claim that he was the designer of Hitler’s “final solution”. So yes, I am aware that the hatred for the U.S. is ages old. I am also familiar with the doctrine of Islam, that all the world should be under Shiria law, either by acceptance or the sword and it doesn’t seem to matter to them which way that world domination is acheived.
Meanwhile, we suffer death by a thousand cuts as organizations like CAIR try to desensitize us to Islamic law. Taxi drivers who refuse a fare if they think the fare (just might) have alcohol with them, cashiers at Target in Michigan that refuse to check out a customer’s bacon or pizza because they are not allowed to handle pork. Flying Imams who demand their own prayer room and are now suing the airline that booted them for their suspicious behavior. I is my opinion that all this posturing was taken straight from Gramsci and it is to make us submit to their will in degrees.
But how do you enlighted a populace that is being told every day by their politicians that what we are doing, in both Afghanistan and Iraq, is wrong and that Islam is really just a religion of peace? How do you convince people that Islam is more of a political philosophy than a religion as we know religions to be? How do you convince a nation that a religion that is willing to sacrifice their children by strapping bombs on them so they can attain “martyrdom” is unlike any enemy we have ever faced? How do you convince a nation that this is really a multifaceted war; a war of ideals; a war of religions and a war for domination? How do you convince a nation that is hooked on everything being fast, fast food, drive thru banks, etc., that we are in a fight that the terrorist fractions have been planning for over 1400 years that we need to stay the course?
We teach our children to be tolerant and care about peace; they teach their children no tolerance save Islam and to care about dying for Allah and the glory of martyrdom.
Retire05
We have all that, but even worse the Eurowheenies and many other places have the demographic numbers playing against them along with the go with the flow crowd of rectal cranial inversion.
I hate to give a clue to Al Bore, but things are going to get hotter than earth temperatures before they get better.
A good case can be made that in the future the equivalent of another “Crusade” will be the result and it will not be pretty.
I would wish it could be otherwise, but all the signs are there.
I most likely won’t see it, but I can imagine the cost and the waste.
My other brother predicted that another “Crusade” will happen within the next 15 to 20 years. He also predicts that he and his siblings (including me) will not be alive then. Finally he believes that the biggest difference between the next Crusade and the previous Crusades is nuclear technology.
Retired/Lurker/Merlin: sorry, had to jump on the train and go home; I’m home now, but have kids/dinner/homework to deal with!
Some interesting comments/questions, I’ll be back here at 9pm EST; maybe we can do more than?
R/dale
Merlin, Lurker;
I cannot say that I disagree with you. We are involved in a war that has been in the making since the 7th century. After the defeat at the gates of Vienna, radical Islam has been patiently waiting to regain past glories. What better way to do it than to take down the Big Satan?
We are being warned. The Border Patrol tells us that the number of OTMs (other than Mexican) that are being captured increase every year and if you consider the number of those apprehended to those who get away (one in 10 is captured) common sense would make you ask why a illegal from Iran, Iraq or Syria would spend time in Mexico learning Spanish only to pay a cayote $10-20,000 to bring them into the U.S.
We did not listen when Hitler told us his intentions. We did not learn a lesson when we conducted peace talks with Japanese diplomats in the days before Pearl Harbor. Radical Islam has been telling us for years what their intentions are, and our politicians are refusing to listen.
Terrorism has become the new “sneak attack” practice. Like I said, death by a thousand cuts. We are facing a life that the Israelis have been living with for years. We have radical Muslims driving cars into college students; we have radical Muslims walking into Jewish community centers killing five; we have so many example of what is to come that the MSM has chosen to ignore. They portray these as isolated incidents. They are only the beginning.
Think about this: Islamic domination is nothing more than Nazism with a religious twist. Ever notice how the armies in ME nations march?
I predict that Europe, or major parts of Europe like France and Germany, will fall to Islamofascism within 20 years. Denmark may be the last stronghold of sanity. They are beginning to realize the price they are paying for all the immigration from Islamic nations to theirs. And they may try to do something about it.
My question is: do we, as Americans, still have the will to fight the enemy as we did in 1941-45?
Retire05
I is hard to tell how close it is, but as I said earlier all the signs are there.
In other news, with all the “lost” generals in Iran, the mullahs may start to think Mr. I’maDamnNutJob needs to have the wheels kicked off his shopping cart, especially since the Ruskies are kinda upset about bounced checks or at least Not Sufficient Funds.
05,
Enduring ideas take longer than 30 minutes to grasp, so the “MSM educated” public can’t be bothered.
And the Husayni/Nazi connection is telling.
Hasn’t Carol Herman been warning us about the Saudis?
Somewhere on one of the sites I troll about each day I came upon a intel tidbit that caught my eye.
I will have to find it again, but the basic outline was as follows.
Saudi Arabia was calling in a marker from their funding of the Pakistani nuclear program and was asking for a nuclear tipped missile to counter the potential Iran threat.
I believe this is technically wrong, because I don’t think the Pak’s have even minimum missile tech, but more likely it is an air force delivered capability, and the Saudis have that.
Retire: Hi, I don’t think we have the will to fight anymore like 41 – 45; too fat, indolent, spoiled, but most importantly, half the country is Anti-American! That’s the ironic legacy of the “Greatest Generation”; their spawn, such as Bill Clinton, Pelosi, Biden, Hillary, etc., have laid the seeds of our destruction; that their parents, strived so hard to preserve!
Lurker: you’re brother is basically correct, especially the nuclear angle!
Depending upon which historian you read, there were 9 or 10, or 11 or even 12 or 13 Crusades.
The last “official” one, the 10th, ended in 1396.
After that, though, we forget the importance of the Reconquista in Spain, that unified a Christian Spain in 1492 (and unfortunately launched the Inquisition, and the targetting of the Jewish and Muslim populations); but the Reconquista, basically set the stage for the Reformation, then the Rennaissance (the Middle Ages “warming period” YES, Global Warming!) and the Enlightenment! The Industrial Revolution then followed as well.
What’s significant about all those, is that the Muslim world, NEVER had an Enlightenment, Rennaissance, nor Industrial Revolution!
You’ll not hear any historian, every tell anyone that, but they still haven’t!
Out of the ashes of the Reconquista and the Inquisition, came the Rennaisance, the Reformation, Henry VIII’s break with Rome, the Scientifc Revolution, and then the Industrial Revolution and the actual Political Revolutions: US, French, etc.!
This succession of events, effectively precipitated the “decoupling” of Christianity/Religion, from being the dominent controlling factor in Religions, Social, and every day life, for the Europeans, and eventually the entire Western world!
Note, that this process of evolutions, took over 300 years! It wasn’t done overnight, and it wasn’t planned, and it came in fits and starts!
The Islamic World, in contrast, has been in decline, and isolation, basically since 1492!
They had not 300+ year history of societal transformational events, to decouple Islam, from their Politics, Social and Religious life!
You had to get to Attaturk in the 1920’s, post WWI, to even begin to get someone to try to take the first step, and that is basically the only step that has been taken, forward, and it’s one step up, two steps back type of a thing!
In essence, the Saudis and Emiritians can spend all the Billions they want, on fancy buildings, palaces, and artificial islands; Psychologically, 99% of the Islamic world is still stuck in the 14th Century, and the Salafiyyah want to take them even further back to the 7th Century!
IF Islamic Society, takes as long as we did, to decouple, at best, we’re in this for another 200+ years!
Think about that!
Regards the Crusades, though the last one technically ended, as I said in 1396, we all know there were various other confrontations between the Christian – Musliam worlds, including the Gates of Vienna in 1683, the Russian conquest of the Caucusus for 200+ years starting in the 17th century; a lot of the major revolts against the British in India from the Sepoy Mutiny onwards, were inspired by Sunni and/or Shia elements within India, and if you really study your history, you will find, that basically EVERY anti-colonial movement, from West Africa, up thru the Sahara, the Maghreb, into Egypt, and out into Indonesia, the Southern Philippines, etc., was in some way, a Salafiyyah inspired anti-Colonial “jihad”!
Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan (Gordon); heck, even the Moro guerillas we fought for 16 years in the Southern Philippines, was a Muslim anti-Colonial movement!
So, I like to say, that even though the last Crusade technically ended in 1396; I think since American Independence, and the fact we had to deal with the Barbary Pirates in the 1780’s, up thru the French invasion of Egypt in 1799, we’ve actually been involved in one long, continuous Crusade, that we can probably end in 1977, with a new, more deadly one starting then, up thru 9/11; and that is the start of the newest one; one we HAVE to win, by the way!
Anyway, just some stray thoughts running thru my head..
PS: look how the “wiki” spins the result/outcome of the Crusades:
The most devastating long term consequence of the crusades, according to historian Peter Mansfield, was the creation of an Islamic mentality that sought a retreat into isolation. He says “Assaulted from all quarters, the Muslim world turned in on itself. It became oversensitive [and] defensive… attitudes that grew steadily worse as world-wide evolution, a process from which the Muslim world felt excluded, continued.” [11].
Notice thus, the entire blame, for the retrenchment of the Islamic world, and thus, Today’s troubles, are “our” fault, because of the Crusades!
It’s not just the “wiki”; this is the revisionist history that’s been coming out of the new age historians for decades; the Anti-American, Anti-Western Leftist Historians, since the 1950’s.
Additionally, for too long, we’ve allowed our Islamist “experts”, to be converts to Islam!
Bernard Lewis is an exception, being Jewish, but other notable Western Islamists, who for decades, have been touting the Saudi/Salafiyyah line to us, and talking up the “bad Crusades” have been people like Esposito, Cyril Glasse, etc.
It’s time we seize that back, and expose these apologist converts for what they are!
Besides, no one EVER mentions, that the Crusades, were only out to rescue populations, that just 300 years prior, had in fact been Christian!
Egypt, all of North Africa, Turkey, the entire Middle East, was basically Christian, Jewish, or Zoroastrian before the advent of Islam!
Why do they get a free pass to conquer all these lands, and convert the inhabitants to either Islam, or dhimmitude, but when the Christians went back, suddenly, it was “bad”!
Hell, even Mecca was a Christian, Jewish, and Pagan pilgrimmage site, they were going there, to worship a black meteor rock, which somehow, with the advent of Islam, was clensed, purified, and magically transformed into some holy Islamic object called the Kabah!
Sorry, that dog don’t hunt for me; and I call people on it all the time, when they start attacking the Crusades; brings for short conversations!