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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Today a response to a comment, and one brief observation…

The first item today will be a response to our TAPS, whose comments often reflect what I feel are views typical of many of our society’s thoughtful people. Commenting on my latest post here, entitled ‘While everybody’s eyes are on the Islamic State…,’ TAPS writes: “A lot of troubled people are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 18, 2014

While everybody’s eyes are on The Islamic State…

On June 27, 2012, Peter Bergen, CNN’s self-styled ‘National Security Analyst’ published an article entitled ‘Time to declare victory: al Qaeda is defeated.’ I won’t give you his piece here – you can look it up for yourself if you want to, but I won’t bother if I were you. I’m just mentioning it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Until they get it and ADMIT it, there’s no hope…

Here is John (The Poodle) Kerry, displaying his ignorance again… “U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry harshly condemned the treatment of women by the arch-terrorist organized death squad known as ISIS. Kerry is horrified that ISIS “takes credit for the abduction, enslavement, rape, forced marriage... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Of nappies and slave girls…

You’ve heard from this al-Adnani chap, who’s sitting somewhere in the Middle East and who urges Muslims to go into the streets and chop off heads at random. Today you’ll hear from a Brit of sorts who sits in some studio with an audience somewhere in London, Birmingham or Manchester, and preaches.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Here is the latest appeal to the faithful…Part II

Just a few observations: What is expressed here is by no means confined to the propagandists of the Islamic State – it is regular fare across much if not all of the Middle East. I know, because I make it my business to know… The hyperbole may sound silly to our ears, but it’s one of the Arabic... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Here is the latest appeal to the faithful…Part I

The following material is part of the fourth issue of Dabiq, the Islamic State’s English language magazine, issued by al-Furqan, the IS official media outlet. Some of what you’ll read below is a synopsis, but there are also sections presented verbatim. I shall offer this material as MEMRI posted it,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

These guys are nuts…Really?

“These guys are nuts! Don’t they realize they’re getting us all riled up?” Those were the words of a friend of mine the other day as we were talking about the atrocities being committed by SOAs (Soldiers of Allah) in the Islamic State, especially their penchant for cutting off people’s heads.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 6, 2014

‘Khadija’

There’s an interview on CNN I found interesting because of one specific issue I shall get to in a moment. Here’s the title: How she went from a school teacher to an ISIS member “The petite 25-year-old tentatively opens the door to the hotel room where we've agreed to meet. Her face is covered, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 3, 2014

A religiously crazed killer?

I wasn’t going to touch it – a woman’s tragic death at the hands of a crazed killer is, first and foremost, very sad. After that, the killer having been apprehended, in ‘normal’ times one would expect a proper investigation into the killer’s motives and then the law to take its course. What more can... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

This and that...

The other day Obama declared from the rostrum: “ ISIS is not Islamic.” Today, in an interview with Wolfie, Dan Pfeiffer (Assistant to the President of the United States and Senior Advisor to the President for Strategy and Communications) suggested the reason the ‘situation’ with ISIS would not be... Sign in to see full entry.

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