And even Robert Fisk notices: The Diab family can never return to Maaloula [Syria]. Not since the Christians of this beautiful and sacred town saw their Muslim neighbours leading the armed Nusrah Islamists to their homes. Georgios remembers how he … Continue reading →
A few days ago I used the term “barbarism” in reference to the Nairobi mall attack. It’s the proper one. And this is an excellent article making a similar point—by a writer who appears to be a liberal, yet. But … Continue reading →
Here’s a story about the heroic actions of a guy named Abdul Haji at the Nairobi mall massacre scene. Note the photo of the two rescuers with the guns; it’s a graphic demonstration of how guns are neither good nor … Continue reading →
I suggest you think long and hard before clicking on this link about the extreme barbarism with which the terrorists at the Nairobi mall treated their victims, because it contains some of the most disturbing information you will ever read. … Continue reading →
I hope so. Kenyan President Kenyatta says so: Kenya’s president said on Tuesday that his forces had “defeated” Islamists from Somalia’s al Shabaab, had shot five of them dead and detained 11 others suspected of killing 67 people after storming … Continue reading →
British journalist Simon Jenkins writes up a perfect storm of useful idiocy: There is nothing anyone can do to prevent suicide bombers hitting civilian populations. The slaughter of Christians in Peshawar this weekend showed that wherever crowds gather they are … Continue reading →
The Nairobi mall attack has conjured up memories of the first terrorist attack I ever remember: the Lod airport massacre. You may never have heard of it—or of Lod airport, for that matter, which is in Tel Aviv and was … Continue reading →
Islamist terrorists continue to hold hostages at the upscale Nairobi mall that was the scene of carnage Saturday. No one knows how many people are being held by the terrorists, but one estimate of the missing is 63. Information is … Continue reading →
…as it provides cover for murderous Islamist terrorists. Zombie reports on the now-familiar inverted pyramid of the BBC. Checking out the NY Times’ coverage of the same event (the terrorist attack at the Nairobi mall), I see that the paper … Continue reading →
There has been an attack by gunmen at an upscale Nairobi mall, killing at least 30 and wounding countless more. Hostages have also been taken. An al Qaeda-linked Somalian-based group has claimed the credit—or the blame, depending on your outlook. … Continue reading →
The anniversary of 9/11 the other day got me to thinking about other terrorist attacks that were foiled rather than successfully accomplished. I remembered there had been a previous plan to bomb LAX, timed to coincide with the millenium, and … Continue reading →
I’ll skip all the usual observations about how amazing it is that so much time has passed. But it is and it has. And I’ll skip all the solemn pronouncements about how different things are and at the same time … Continue reading →