Saturday Night Terror Roundup

Michelle Malkin reports on the truck car stopped with explosives tonight in South Carolina. Something to think on: the truck car came from Florida, was stopped in South Carolina, which is enroute to Washington DC. Maybe a stretch, but remember that the media outlet for Al Qaeda put up a banner promising a “Big Surprise” with [...]

Ariel Says

Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them — Ding-dong, bell.
– Ariel, scene ii, “The Tempest”, Shakespeare

Baby Dadullah Dead?

US forces might have killed Mansoor or “Baby” Daddullah in a precision bombing run.

Zawahiri Akbar! Or Pakistan Zindabad?

Even though they are not “Uzbek-Speaking” or “Arabic-Speaking” Taliban, they take direction from foreigners and pretend to be just opposed to the Government of Pakistan. That is so much bullshit; as the letters to Abdul Aziz Ghazi from Ayman Al Zawahiri found at Lal Masjid demonstrate, this is directed by Al Qaeda. They are for “Zawahiri Akbar” and not “Pakistan Zindabad!”

Brother of JI Leader Arrested in California

They are two of 11 siblings of Malaysian descent, according to court documents. And they did most of their talking across the distance by coded e-mail using Malaysian language. They called guns “iron” and government agents were called “dogs.” Bombs were called “prizes” or “presents.”
Authorities have arrested Rahmat Abdhir, who is a US Citizen of [...]

Phoenix Rises Enroute to Mars

The Phoenix Mars mission hit a rain delay yesterday and instead took off this morning. The launch was clean, and one of our frequent commenters caught the trail, but not the takeoff — Aknot describes the scene below:
I verified the launch schedule before I left for work (3 am) and checked my watch at 5:10 [...]