Hostage deal rumors
It’s now a week till Trump’s Inauguration Day – which is also Martin Luther King Day, by the way – and once again there are rumors that a hostage deal is nigh. We’ve heard such rumors before. Are they real … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Terrorism and terrorists
Two excellent and informative videos about Israel’s wars
If you’ve got the time, these two videos are rewarding. I ordinarily listen to these sorts of “talking heads” videos at a faster than normal speed. The first is a Caroline Glick interview on the topic of Lebanon and the … Continue reading →
Trump and the hostages
Recently Trump has reissued his warning to Hamas about the hostages: When pressed by American political commentator Hugh Hewitt on the specific meaning behind his warning, Trump elaborated with characteristic intensity: “If those hostages aren’t released by the time I … Continue reading →
Another F-you from the departing Biden administration
It worked so very well for Obama: When President Barack Obama released five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for an American deserter in 2014, he assured a wary public that the dangerous enemy combatants would be … Continue reading →
Fundamentalist Islam provides an out for people who are suicidal
I’ve sensed from the start that both the New Orleans car attacker and the Las Vegas truck bomber had one thing very much in common: an impulse to suicide. The latter seems to have carried off his demise without seriously … Continue reading →
The plot thickens: were the New Orleans perp and the Las Vegas perp linked?
The answer to the question is that we don’t know, but perhaps: The bomber who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas has been identified as Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger. Although officers have not … Continue reading →
The New Orleans car attack perp: what is known so far
In no surprise whatsoever, the identity of the mass murdering terrorist in New Orleans is revealed to be a Muslim and perhaps an ISIS-follower; his name was Shamsud din Jabbar: Inside Jabbar’s truck — a Ford pickup that “appears to … Continue reading →
A New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in New Orleans kills ten and injures many more
It seems to be a copycat attack: A driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Orleans revelers early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30 in what the FBI is investigating as … Continue reading →
Hamas won’t give Israel a list of living hostages
You would think it was the very least Hamas could do: provide a list of living hostages who might be freed in any deal with Israel. But apparently even that is too much, according to Hamas: On Wednesday, Israeli officials … Continue reading →
More on those exploding pagers and Hezbollah
One of the goals of the exploding pagers planted by Israel’s Mossad on Hezbollah operatives was to cultivate fear. I think that goal was met. The exploding pagers have seemed like a turning point from more conventional urban warfare against … Continue reading →
Hard to figure this one out: the Magdeburg perp
The toll in the Magdeburg Christmas market car-ramming has risen to four dead and over 200 injured. And some facts about the alleged perp have come out that seem to make little sense. Yes, he’s a Saudi national and doctor … Continue reading →
Terror attack at German Christmas market
Germany is very big on celebrating Christmas, and the annual Christmas markets take place in many parts of the country. However, they’ve become a magnet for jihadi terrorist attacks. Therefore, terrible events such as this come as no surprise: A … Continue reading →