In a stunningly offensive bit of timing, President Obama decided to swell the ranks of Yemeni terrorists at large, because we need a few more: The U.S. released five Yemeni prisoners from the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the … Continue reading →
I don’t like this development: France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism… Authorities said 54 people had been arrested for hate speech and defending terrorism since terror attacks killed 20 … Continue reading →
…for the better. This surprises me. I admire and respect Hannan, who is an eloquent man and who represents the Conservative Party for South East England as a Member of the European Parliament. I have never found him to be … Continue reading →
There are an awful lot of French citizens who sympathize with the Muslim terrorist cause, and many of them are known to authorities, like the three terrorists in the Charlie Hebdo and kosher market killings. Some pundits are offering the … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote that the message sent by Obama’s non-attendance at the Paris march was “unmistakeable.” But I guess it wasn’t, because there’s been a lot of chatter about it (see, for example, the long list at memeorandum) and many … Continue reading →
A lot of world leaders attended the largest demonstration in French history, with one conspicuously absent (and no mention of that fact by the Times). Obama didn’t even send a representative such as Biden or Kerry, although the Secretary of … Continue reading →
From France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls, a declaration of war that is surprisingly specific: “It is a war against terrorism, against jihadism, against radical Islam, against everything that is aimed at breaking fraternity, freedom, solidarity,” Mr. Valls said during a … Continue reading →
All three perpetrators in the recent terror attacks in France—the two Kouachi brothers at Charlie Hebdo, Coulibaly at the kosher market—were known to French authorities. And not just known, but well known to be jihadis who supported the Islamic terrorist … Continue reading →
Do you remember the William Styron book Sophie’s Choice? First published in 1979, it was a literary sensation and became a movie starring Meryl Streep. Sophie was a Christian Polish woman who ended up in a concentration camp during World … Continue reading →
The fog of war is operating in France right now, but reports are that the Charlie Hebdo killers have themselves been killed in a shoot-out with police, and the hostage they took has been freed. However, a related French terrorist/hostage … Continue reading →
A police operation of some sort is currently underway in the small town of Dammartin-en-Goele, where the two Charlie Hebdo killers are reported to be holed up. They may have taken a hostage.
Continue reading →The still-at-large suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre in France fall into the dreaded category of native-born jihadis. The brothers Kouachi, one of whom had served time for trying to get to Iraq to fight the Americans, apparently fell off … Continue reading →