Monthly Archives: April 2007

Jamia Hafsa Declares Jihad on Musharaaf

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Thanos

The mad mullah of Jamia Hafsa / Lal Masjid has declared the Pakistani state “un-islamic” and calls for Jihad against the government. This could get bad if the call is answered.  

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Dadullah Cornered?

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Thanos

AP is reporting from Kandahar that Mullah Dadullah and 200 Taliban fighters are cornered in Urzugan province, Afghanistan. Apparently they haven’t yet realized that they are heavily infiltrated, and set up a meeting to which the Afghan Army invited themselves. … Continue reading →

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NWFP – Three Decades of Time

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Thanos

For an illuminating nutshell history from the Pathan perspective please see this article by Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi in the Frontier Post. While I don’t agree with everything he says, he does give you a view of how things got … Continue reading →

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Jamia Hafsa Update

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Thanos

Negotiations look like they are nearing an end with the radical shariat clerics of Jamia Hafsa, and it looks like some middle ground has actually been found. The madrassah and it’s leaders would still be stubborn without the public outcry … Continue reading →

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Fox News Opinion Poll

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Thanos

From the latest Fox News Opinion poll, here’s the favorability standings for all candidates, as well as Al Sharpton and Don Imus.

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Runaway Reid

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Thanos

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne’er within him burn’d, As home his footsteps he hath turn’d, From wandering on a foreign … Continue reading →

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Warthog Renaissance

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Thanos

All of you hog-handlers out there past and present are going to be very pleased by this. You can not argue with success — here you see everyone’s best buddy busting ass off the runway at Bagram to fellicitate the foolish. … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Update

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Thanos

After the convocation of 1,000 seminaries that created the declaration against extremism/Qutbism one of the leader’s homes was attacked in Peshawar by rocket fire Continue reading →

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The Genesis of Hate

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Thanos

Please take a stop by Little Green Footballs sometime this weekend, read Charle’s commentary on Sayyid Qutb, one of the fathers of the modern Islamist Terrorism campaign. It’s been going since the fifties, it’s time for you to see and … Continue reading →

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Czar Putin

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Thanos

President Putin of Russia is acting notably imperial of late. 21 Oppostion journalists have been slain the past few years, he’s strongarmed every former Soviet satellite state there is, he’s cracked down on capitalism, and recently stifled dissent within his country. He is also adamantly against missile defense for Europe. Continue reading →

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