Last night’s vicious attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando has resulted in the highest death toll ever in a US mass murder, and the largest death toll in a terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11. Those are not … Continue reading →
…conducting a purge of its ranks: In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone blasted his vehicle to oblivion. The killing … Continue reading →
There are tragedies so deep, suffering so vast, that it’s hard to know what to say in the face of them. Certainly it’s hard to know what to do, even for those who try to help. Such is the case … Continue reading →
ISIL (ISIS) is seeking nuclear material in order to use it against you-know-who: Isil terrorists are planning to use drones to spray nuclear material over Western cities in a horrific “dirty bomb” attack, [British Prime Minister] David Cameron has warned. … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] I ended Part I with the idea that I would write a Part II that offered some suggestions on how to deal with the problem posed by moderate Muslims vs. jihadis. It’s not … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is Part I of a two-part series.] A short while ago I wrote this about the so-called “moderate Muslims”: Islam may not have moderate branches, but there are moderate Muslims who are good citizens of this country and … Continue reading →
RIP, Justin and Stephanie Shults. I also suggest you read this article about how the Belgian authorities treated captured Paris terrorist Abdeslan with kid gloves. Here’s an excerpt: Astonishingly, officials did not question Abdeslam at all for his first 24 … Continue reading →
There are some rather large security holes through which the Belgium terrorists slipped. For example, as in many other recent European attacks, the perpetrators were “known wolves”: All three of the suspects, each Belgian citizens, had been alerted to Belgian … Continue reading →
Obama reacts as usual—courting our enemies while downplaying his reaction to terrorism: Obama remains inert, unmoved, displaying a neglect and insouciance that borders on denial. His nonreaction to the Belgian massacre ”” his 34-minute speech in Havana devoted 51 seconds … Continue reading →
Commenter “Artfldgr” has offered this link from Haaretz: The security services knew, with a high degree of certainty, that attacks were planned in the very near future for the airport and, apparently, for the subway as well. Despite the advance … Continue reading →
The other two were apparently suicide bombers and are dead. The third man has not been publicly identified yet, but he had appeared on surveillance video in a light-colored jacket. Nor has it been announced how he was found, but … Continue reading →
Multiple bombs went off in the Brussels metro and at the airport, resulting in terrible carnage with at least 28 killed. The attacks may have been revenge for the recent capture of Salah Abdeslam, who was involved in the Paris … Continue reading →