Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts

Saturday, March 12, 2011

'Peter King on Steroids' [Dan from New York]

Dan from New York:

Watch this extraordinary speech by an Austrian MP. More evidence that, as I have said repeatedly, the Europeans will return to their anthropological roots and repel the Muslim tide threatening their way of life. In fact, with European heads of state declaring the “failure of multiculturalism,” it’s happening already.

Oh, and speaking of which: Arab Terrorists Murder Family in Samaria, Including Infant.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Rep. Pete King: It's Not Islamophobia, It's Explodaphobia

Let me ask you a question.

Does the federal government have counter-terrorism units devoted to unearthing Islamic extremists in the U.S.?

Oh. And did the federal government just punish nine individuals for "administrative and leadership failures relating to the career of Maj. Nidal Hasan" who killed more than a dozen soldiers at Fort Hood?

And did legacy media just devote significant coverage to the spread of radical Islam in U.S. prisons?

Yes. Yes. And yes.

Which makes the despicably dishonest testimony of the traitorous Keith Ellison (D-MN) and the horrific Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) all the more egregious.

And I don't call Ellison a traitor because he's Muslim. I call him a traitor because he is one. There can be no other explanation for his behavior or that of the kook named Sheila.

Rep. Pete King is Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security; and he's holding public hearings on terrorism, not Islam.

Peter King isn't Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who imprisoned innocent Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Peter King isn't falsely accusing Islamists of an incessant series of terror attacks against the United States.

Peter King isn't holding secret hearings in some sort of "star chamber".

He's publicly investigating the known radicalization of young Americans in mosques.

The outrageous, anti-American rhetoric of Ellison and Jackson-Lee should be aired repeatedly in campaign commercials during the 2012 election cycle. They should be defeated and sent packing. Preferably to Somalia for a few months, after which they might appreciate this country a little more.

It's not paranoia if they really are trying to kill you.


Wednesday, March 09, 2011

An Illustrated Guide to EMP

North Korea has a nascent EMP weapons capability that should trouble anyone concerned with national security. Please consider ABC News' North Korea Nears Completion of Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb.

Since March 4, Pyongyang has been trying to disrupt GPS receivers critical to South Korean military communications... Strong jamming signals were sent intermittently every five to 10 minutes... The scope of the damage has been minimal, putting some mobile phones and certain military equipment that use GPS signals on the fritz.

...The jamming, however, has raised questions about whether the Korean peninsula is bracing for new electronic warfare.

The North is believed to be nearing completion of an electromagnetic pulse bomb that, if exploded 25 miles above ground would cause irreversible damage to electrical and electronic devices such as mobile phones, computers, radio and radar, experts say.

What is an EMP?

Brian T. Kennedy, president of the Claremont Institute, offered an ominous warning in a in 2008 Journal op-ed. Entitled "What a Single Nuclear Warhead Could Do", it described exactly why the U.S. needs a space-based missile defense system to protect the country against a particularly deadly form of attack called EMP.

On July 9, 1962, a high-altitude nuclear test named Starfish Prime was conducted by the United States military above Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean. Its unexpected electromagnetic pulse (EMP) effects caused disruptions in electrical systems and equipment in Honolulu 700 miles away.

The EMP shut down long-distance telephone calls and disabled three satellites in low earth orbit. Radiation resulting from the test destroyed a total of seven satellites by knocking out their solar arrays or electronics.

A massive current of EMP could be unleashed with catastrophic effect on the United States if a nuclear weapon were detonated high above the center of the country. The energy of this pulse would disable and possibly destroy any unshielded electronic device and power grid in line-of-sight of the detonation.

Cars.

Buses.

Trucks.

Planes.

Trains.

Any vehicle with an electronic ignition or engine control system could be rendered useless.

The lifeblood of America -- food, energy, goods and services -- would be gridlocked.

The power grid: knocked out.

The phone system: gone.

All computer-based systems wiped away in the blink of an eye.

The United States -- dispatched back to the 19th century?

Several years ago, an Iranian military journal publicly considered the idea of launching an electromagnetic pulse attack as the key to defeating the world's lone superpower.

Yet, Copperhead Democrats call the threat of Iran "hype" and "fear".

Frank Gaffney, author of Warfooting, states "If [an EMP weapon] hits the electrical grids of the United States... if it hits electronic devices, computers, chips of various kinds--the things, in other words, that power our society--they're likely to be severely damaged, if not destroyed."

This would wreak havoc on the country's electronic systems, and plunge much--if not all--of the continental U.S. into a pre-industrial state. A blue-ribbon commission created by Congress confirmed this danger in a report submitted in August 2004.

At a height of 300 miles, the entire continental United States would be exposed to EMP attack, along with parts of Canada and Mexico. Congress was warned of Iran's plans by Peter Pry, a senior staffer with the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack in a hearing of the subcommittee on terrorism, technology and homeland security.

Pry pointed out the Iranians have been testing mid-air detonations of their Shahab-3 medium-range missile over the Caspian Sea. The missiles were fired from ships.

"A nuclear missile concealed in the hold of a freighter would give Iran or terrorists the capability to perform an EMP attack against the United States homeland without developing an ICBM and with some prospect of remaining anonymous," said Pry. "Iran's Shahab-3 medium range missile mentioned earlier is a mobile missile and small enough to be transported in the hold of a freighter. We cannot rule out that Iran, the world's leading sponsor of international terrorism might provide terrorists with the means to execute an EMP attack against the United States."

It is worth pointing out that North Korea and Iran have been collaborating on missile and nuclear technologies for years despite "sanctions" and harshly worded memos.

Lowell Wood, acting chairman of the Congressional commission, noted in 2008 that such an attack – by Iran, North Korea, or a terrorist entity acting on their behalf – could cripple the U.S. by knocking out electrical power, computers, circuit boards controlling most automobiles and trucks, banking systems, communications and food and water supplies.

"No one can say just how long systems would be down," he said. "It could be weeks, months or even years." Wood said he could think of no other reason Iran would be experimenting with high-altitude detonations of missiles besides planning for an EMP attack. The same goes for North Korea.

One nuclear weapon. One missile. One motivated maniac.

Those are today's realities, immutable facts, no matter how the Copperhead Democrats try to delay, demoralize and dismantle our missile defense efforts.


Sources: WSJ: What a Single Nuclear Warhead Could Do, Warfooting: Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the US from EMP Attack and Joseph Farah.

Monday, March 07, 2011

Photographic Proof that the President's National Security Advisor is Right: 'Many Different Faiths' Really Do Turn to Terrorism

At first blush, the statement by President Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor, Denis McDonough, seems like just another bizarre bit of propaganda.

Denis McDonough, Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor, who said that members of many different religions "succumb to terrorist ideologies." McDonough said this in an address given on March 6 at the Islamic ADAMS Center in Sterling, Virginia.

With his remarks at the headquarters of this Muslim organization, McDonough proved that he simply refuses to recognize reality concerning radical Islam and is even willing to minimize that threat by pretending that all religions contain "terrorists."

"For example," McDonough said, "we know there are many different reasons why individuals -- from many different faiths -- succumb to terrorist ideologies."

Obviously this is an idiotic contention. No Christians are perpetrating acts of terror throughout the world. No Hindus are blowing up trains in Spain. No Jews are fostering suicide bombings in England or the United States. No Buddhists have flown jetliners into high-rise buildings. Islam is responsible for the bulk of the world's acts of terror. To use such rhetorical conventions is dangerous because it disarms us from the real threat.

But Cub Reporter Biff Spackle has located a photograph that validates McDonough's assertion.

I think we all deserve an apology from Warner Todd Huston.


Sunday, March 06, 2011

Thousands of Angry Egyptians Attack Coptic Christians and Burn Church While Screaming 'Democracy Akbar'

While mainstream media is busy promoting the notion that Egypt's revolution is a peaceful and democratic one (e.g., here, here and here), the stubborn facts keep getting in the way. The latest exhibit: this troubling report from the Assyrian International News Agency.

A mob of nearly four thousand Muslims has attacked Coptic homes this evening in the village of Soul, Atfif in Helwan Governorate, 30 kilometers from Cairo, and torched the Church of St. Mina and St. George. There are conflicting reports about the whereabouts of the Church pastor ... and three deacons who were at church; some say they died in the fire and some say they are being held captive by the Muslims inside the church.

Witnesses report the mob prevented the fire brigade from entering the village. The army, which has been stationed for the last two days in the village of Bromil, 7 kilometers from Soul, initially refused to go into Soul, according to the officer in charge. When the army finally sent three tanks to the village, Muslim elders sent them away, saying that everything was "in order now."

A curfew has been imposed on the 12,000 Christians in the village.

This incident was triggered by a relationship between 40-year-old Copt Ashraf Iskander and a Muslim woman. Yesterday a "reconciliation" meeting was arranged between the relevant Coptic and Muslim families and together with the Muslim elders it was decided that Ashraf Iskander would have to leave the village because Muslims torched his house.

The father of the Muslim woman was killed by his cousin because he did not kill his daughter to preserve the family's honor, which led the woman's brother to avenge the death of his father by killing the cousin. The village Muslims blamed the Christians.

The Muslim mob attacked the church, exploding 5-6 gas cylinders inside the church, pulled down the cross and the domes and burnt everything inside... the mob has [reportedly] broken into Coptic homes and has called on Copts to leave the village. "Terrorized Copts have fled and some hid in homes of Muslim neighbors," he added.

Witnesses said the mob chanted "Allahu Akbar" and vowed to conduct their morning prayers on the church plot after razing it.

The observers must be mistaken: I feel quite confident that, based upon reporting by the unerring Washington Post and other legacy media outlets, that the mob must have been chanting Democracy Akbar.


Hat tip: Bones. Linked by: Michelle Malkin. Thanks!

Thursday, March 03, 2011

State Department Propagandist: Motivation Behind Frankfurt Attack Could Have Been Similar to Gabby Giffords Shooting

If there's a corner of the Obama administration that hasn't been completely politicized, I have yet to find it. Exhibit 9,000,000: State Department spokes-hack P. J. Crowley today refused to label the deadly shootings of American soldiers in Frankfurt Germany an Islamist terrorist attack, stammering instead that the motivation could have been similar to that behind the Tucson shootings.

"Uh, eh, er, was the shooting of Gabby Giffords a terrorist attck?"

Unlike the Obama administration, the German newspaper Der Spiegel has no motivation to mask the real motive for the attack.

Arid U., who has confessed to the Wednesday shooting of two US airmen at the Frankfurt airport, was an unfriendly loner, say his neighbors. But his list of Facebook friends indicate that the 21-year-old had several contacts with radical Islamists... Indications are mounting that the assault on a bus carrying US soldiers at the Frankfurt Airport on Wednesday afternoon was an Islamist terror attack.

...The alleged perpetrator, Arid U., who admitted on Thursday to having carried out the attack, appears to have had extensive contact with radical Islamists via his Facebook page. SPIEGEL ONLINE has also learned that the shooting, which killed two American airmen and injured two others, possibly came after the gunman, identified as Arid U., was unable to leave Germany and travel to Afghanistan. Instead, the 21-year-old airport employee opted to attack US troops in Germany...

...Arid U., who is originally from predominantly Muslim Kosovo, has left plenty of digital clues pointing to his adherence to radical Islamism. Two weeks prior to the shooting, he posted a link on his Facebook wall to a jihadist battle hymn. "I can no longer stand this life of humiliation among you," read the lyrics. "My weapon is ready at all times."

Curious: I didn't realize Jared Loughner had screamed Jihadist epithets while launching his horrifying attack in Tucson.


Sunday, February 27, 2011

Newly Released FBI Files: Ted Kennedy Was a Pompous, Commie-Sympathizing Pervert, i.e., a Perfect Democrat Icon

Newly released FBI files obtained by Judicial Watch reveal that the late Senator Ted Kennedy was quite the twisted leftist.

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained previously redacted material from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file of the late Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy, who died in August 2009 from brain cancer. Judicial Watch obtained the records pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit originally filed on June 9, 2010 (Judicial Watch v. FBI (Case No. 10-963)).

...The documents include a December 28, 1961, State Department memo describing a tour of several Latin American countries taken by then-Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County Kennedy. This document as it was originally made public was almost completely redacted. After an initial challenge by Judicial Watch, a version with fewer redactions was released. Judicial Watch continued to argue that the blackouts were baseless and, after six more months, the FBI relented. Among the statements previously withheld but now made available to Judicial Watch:

• “While [the married] Kennedy was in Santiago he made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night. Kennedy allegedly invited one of the Embassy chauffeurs to participate in the night’s activities.”
• “[I]n each country Kennedy insisted on interviewing ‘the angry young men’ of the country. He wanted to meet with communists and others who had left-wing views. …Ambassador Freeman, Bogota, said the first person whom Kennedy wanted to meet was Lauchlin Currie.” (The document subsequently identifies Currie as a person who “had been mentioned in Washington investigations of Soviet spy rings.”)
• “[I]n Mexico Kennedy asked Ambassador Mann that certain left-wingers be invited to the Embassy residence where interviews could be held. Mann took the strong position that he would not invite such people and stated that if any such interviews were to be conducted, all arrangements should be made by Kennedy himself.”

Kennedy had a troubling history apart from these incidents and, of course, Chappaquiddick.

In 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, KGB files revealed that Kennedy had twice approached Soviet leaders with proposals that would boost his political aspirations while undermining American national security.

In 1978 Kennedy reportedly used a go-between to establish a relationship with the KGB in order to sabotage President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy efforts. Kennedy, of course, was interested in running against Carter in the 1980 primary.

Furthermore, Kennedy approached the Soviets with an offer to help undermine Ronald Reagan's 1984 presidential reelection campaign. Kennedy proposed a public relations blitz and mentioned his friends -- Walter Cronkite and Barbara Walters, by name -- as willing to assist in the propaganda effort.

That Kennedy is held out as some sort of heroic Democrat figure is an outrage. But it shows just how far afield the Party of Weakness and its media sycophants have wandered.

In the words of James Taranto, Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.


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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Misunderstanderer of Islam accused of attempting to use chemical weapons and IEDs in Lubbock, Texas

I, for one, blame the militant Quakers.

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested late yesterday by FBI agents in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with his alleged purchase of chemicals and equipment necessary to make an improvised explosive device (IED) and his research of potential U.S. targets...

...The affidavit alleges that on Feb. 1, 2011, a chemical supplier reported to the FBI a suspicious attempted purchase of concentrated phenol by a man identifying himself as Khalid Aldawsari ... Frustrated by questions being asked over his phenol order, Aldawsari cancelled his order and later e-mailed himself instructions for producing phenol. The affidavit alleges that in December 2010, he successfully purchased concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids.

...Aldawsari used various e-mail accounts in researching explosives and targets, and often sent emails to himself as part of this process. On Feb. 11, 2011, for instance, he allegedly e-mailed himself a recipe for picric acid, which the e-mail describes as a "military explosive." He also allegedly sent himself an e-mail on Oct. 19, 2010 that contained information on the material required for Nitro Urea, how to prepare it, and the advantages of using it.

The affidavit alleges that Aldawsari also e-mailed himself instructions on how to convert a cellular phone into a remote detonator and how to prepare a booby-trapped vehicle using items available in every home. One e-mail allegedly contained a message stating that "one operation in the land of the infidels is equal to ten operations against occupying forces in the land of the Muslims..."

...Two legally authorized searches of Aldawsari's apartment conducted by the FBI in February 2011 indicated that the concentrated sulfuric and nitric acids; the beakers and flasks; wiring; Hazmat suit; and clocks were present in Aldawsari's residence.

FBI agents also found a notebook at Aldawsari's residence that appeared to be a diary or journal. According to the affidavit, excerpts from the journal indicate that Aldawsari had been planning to commit a terrorist attack in the United States for years. One entry describes how Aldawsari sought and obtained a particular scholarship because it allowed him to come directly to the United State and helped him financially, which he said "will help tremendously in providing me with the support I need for Jihad ... And now, after mastering the English language, learning how to build explosives and continuous planning to target the infidel Americans, it is time for Jihad."

In another entry, Aldawsari allegedly wrote that he was near to reaching his goal and near to getting weapons to use against infidels and their helpers. He also listed a "synopsis of important steps" that included obtaining a forged U.S. birth certificate; renting a car; using different driver's licenses for each car rented; putting bombs in cars and taking them to different places during rush hour; and leaving the city for a safe place.

...Aldawsari conducted research on various targets and e-mailed himself information on these locations and people. One of the documents he sent himself, with the subject line listed as "Targets," allegedly contained the names and home addresses of three American citizens who had previously served in the U.S. military and had been stationed for a time at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

In another e-mail titled "NICE TARGETS 01," Aldawsari allegedly sent himself the names of 12 reservoir dams in Colorado and California. In another e-mail to himself, titled "NICE TARGETS," he listed two categories of targets: hydroelectric dams and nuclear power plants. On Feb. 6, 2011, the affidavit alleges, Aldawsari sent himself an e-mail titled "Tyrant's House," in which he listed the Dallas address for former President George W. Bush. The affidavit also alleges that Aldawsari conducted research that could indicate his consideration of the use of infant dolls to conceal explosives and possible targeting of a nightclub with an explosive concealed in a backpack.

Let me venture a guess: this slimeball entered the U.S., enrolled in a chemistry curriculum, and learned how to wage Jihad thanks to one of President Obama's "outreach to the Muslim world" programs.

Which just about sums up this feckless administration in a sentence.


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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Two Million Egyptian Neocons Express Love For Democratic Freedoms and Martyrdom, But Mostly Martyrdom

The title of this recently uploaded video is "Two million Egyptians in Tahrir Square chant 'To Jerusalem we are heading, Martyrs in the millions'."

It really is the Carter administration all over again, only this time the bad guys have nukes.


Hat tip: Dan from New York.

President Obama addresses Gaddafi's mass-murders in Libya with principled and courageous stand

Email received today at 14:36:

Subject: Quick Question For President Obama

Mr. President, do you think Muammar Gaddafi should step down?

Dan

Email received today at 16:28:

Subject: President Obama, Thanks For Answering My Question

Mr. President, do you think Muammar Gaddafi should step down?

White House spokesman Jay Carney called on Gaddafi’s regime to respect the universal rights of its citizens and allow peaceful protests to take place. "We offer our condolences to families of the victims in Libya of this appalling violence," Carney told reporters traveling with US President Barack Obama to Cleveland.

I’ll take that as a no.

Dan

C'mon, Dan. It's just another run-of-the-mill, bloodthirsty dictator. We can't expect President Obama to pillory Gaddafi when we all know what the real obstacle to peace in the Middle East is. I mean, it's Mubarak or Israel developing apartment buildings or something.


Outstanding News: Hezbollah Working With Mexican Drug Cartels to Launch the Narco-Terror Attacks Americans Won't Launch

Adam Housley has the devastating report.

My military and Department of Homeland Security contacts are insistent... it's not if Hezbollah operatives have been smuggled into the U.S....but how many.... They note that drug tunnels are becoming much more sophisticated and striking similar as tunnels being used by terror organizations to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip...

...My contacts also say they have real concern that bombing techniques used in the Middle East to promote terror are now also being used inside Mexico, as the cartels war with each other and anyone in their way.

This comes as Mexican authorities busted a senior Hezbollah operative who employed Mexicans nationals with family ties to Lebanon to set up the network, designed to target Israel and the West, according to multiple reports. The man's name is Jameel Nasr and he was arrested after a Mexican surveillance operation revealed that he traveled frequently to Lebanon to receive information and instructions from Hezbollah commanders [and to] Venezuela working with the terror group and Hugo Chavez's people...

We also know from DHS documents that over 180,000 illegal aliens from countries Other than Mexico were apprehended from 2007 through mid-March 2010 and the State Department Country Reports on Terrorism said that "smuggling rings have been detected moving people from East Africa, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia". I am told these people and drugs are then moved up through Central America and into the Unites States through Mexico...

But, by all means, Democrats -- let's wait until after the devastating attacks to seal the border.

I mean, that approach worked so well with the Clinton administration's handling of the first World Trade Center bombing and the subsequent series of attacks that led up to 9/11.


Monday, February 21, 2011

'Democracy' Explodes in Libya: Multiple Reports of Warplanes Bombing Protesters in Tripoli [Rolling Updates]

Update 02/21/2011 16:41ET: President Obama still silent on Libya's mass-murdering government.

Update 02/21/2011 15:21ET: More photographic evidence of Gaddafi's genocide (from Al Jazeera's live feed)







Update 02/21/2011 15:00ET: Shell casings held by a civilian (from Al Jazeera's live feed).





Update 02/21/2011 14:22ET: Graphic video removed from YouTube but currently present on Facebook shows apparent evidence of Gaddafi's crimes. Reportedly, Libyan warplanes bombed military barracks -- with his own soldiers sleeping inside -- to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of civilians. Caution: click the image only if you're willing to see the aftermath.


Update 02/21/2011 13:44ET: Photographs from various sources indicate that Tripoli indeed is under attack and occupation by military forces.




Update 02/21/2011 13:32ET: Al Jazeera Arabic relays confirmation of the attacks:

7:56pm: Al Jazeera Arabic is speaking to a political activist in Tripoli, who tells us there are airstrikes "all over Tripoli".

There is death, fear - and women are crying everywhere. The strikes are concentrated against areas that sent large number of protestors to the streets and there are cars full of foreign fighters firing on people.

He says at least 250 people were killed in the past 24 hours alone and is calling for international help. He tells us Tripoli is "under siege by foreign fighters" - that water and electricity have been cut and there is a shortage of food and medical supplies. "It is a genocide," he says.

And it's not just one source in the Middle East.

Twitter is ablaze with reports that 250 or more were killed in Tripoli after warplanes, helicopters and other military forces unleashed attacks on protesters.

Several jets landed unexpectedly in Malta, reportedly piloted by defectors who refused to follow orders to bomb civilians.

Last night, Saif Gaddafi -- son of Libya's dictator -- warned that a civil war was about to break out. That prediction, it would appear, has come true.


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