Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Releases Tape

Update: The tape has been aired by Mir himself. Read about it.

Exclusive story here.

Taliban leader Mullah Omar, partner of Osama bin Laden, has released a new tape in Helmand, Afghanistan.

"Mullah Omar has recorded a new message," celebrated Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir wrote Polish-based journalist and friend David Dastych yesterday. "My sources in Helmand have got the copy of the tape, but they will take some time to send it to me in Peshawar."

Mir told Dastych the tape was approximately two minutes long and that "something important will be announced".

"My sources are saying that this is the first time that Mullah Omar is establishing his contacts with pro-Iran militia groups in the north, who had resisted against the Taliban in the past," Mir wrote Dastych.

Read the rest for yourself.

So it looks like the Iranian jihadists are joining forces with the Taliban, whom they had previously "had resisted". This, in my view, presents a significant development. Small for now, but potentially a warning of more to come.

Perhaps the Islamic jihadists realize that they're losing the war between the Free World and jihad. Perhaps they now figure they might as well proceed to form alliances with former rivals in the Islamic jihad world in an attempt to "stand united" as opposed to "falling divided". Nevertheless, I doubt that this new strategy, if it's indeed the case, will make any difference ultimately.

Jihadists and jihad groups are evidently crumbling. They're looking increasingly inept and pathetic, although remaining extremely deadly, getting themselves killed, like Zarqawi and his replacement's aide (by accident, w/his own bomb, like the American Hinrichs outside the Oklahoma U Stadium last October). Not to mention getting preemptively rounded up all over the world by excellent intelligence and security authorities like in Toronto recently and Miami just the other day.

The jihadists see the writing on the wall. They know they're losing and will displease Allah and see no virgins as a result of loss.

We, the Free World, are winning against jihad. This, therefore, is no time to "pull out", "cut and run". If we stop fighting now, then in no time at all the enemy will be back up to strength and will perhaps pull off another 9/11 or even a nuclear bombing somewhere. They're still out there, they're a grave, deadly threat and can still kill potentially millions of innocents everywhere. They have not surrendered.

The war is far, far from over, despite signs we're winning. We must, therefore, stay the course, continue adapting as the enemy adapts and continue preempitvely rounding up jihadists, fears of politically-correct consequences be damned.

Conspiracy to commit any crime is still a crime. No constitution permits anyone to do this. Therefore we're within our rights to apprehend and prosecute anyone caught conspiring to kill innocents.

Let's roll!

Mondale Backs Preemptive Strike on NK

Story here. h/t: WorldNetDaily.com

Former Vice President Walter Mondale said today he supports a pre-emptive U.S. strike against a North Korean missile, saying the U.S. should tell North Korea to dismantle the missile or "we are going to take it out."

This on the heels of other Democrats also recommending a preemptive strike against North Korea.

Well, I would ask:

What about Iran? They're clearly an equally likely and dangerous threat to the Free World. Why not a preemptive strike on them, too? Whither Democrats on this one?

If we should take out NK's ICBM, why not take out Iran's under-construction nukes, too?

Why the difference? I would hope that the Dems haven't commissioned their elder has-beens to go around helping them play some kind of a stupid political game to try and throw off the current U.S. administration in a time of grave surrounding threats.

Funny, but I don't see the MSM trumpeting these Democrat recommendations as news. It is news, big, relevant news, after all. But I see not very much MSM coverage. Guess they either cannot do their job due to gross incompetence or they're playing dangerous, irresponsible leftist games...

AQ Threatens US With EMP Bombing

Al Qaeda operative & Bin Laden associate Khalid Khawaja

Artist's rendering of an electromagnetic bomb

Story here. h/t: National Terror Alert Resource Center

The next terror threat facing the United States is not a nuclear or gas attack but an electro-magnetic bomb or e-bomb - which would shut down telecommunications networks, disrupt power supplies, and destroy countless computers and electronic gadgets, yet still leave buildings, bridges and roads intact. This is according to Khalid Khawaja, a former Pakistani intelligence officer who once worked closely with Osama bin Laden. "The e-bomb shall be the new threat for the USA, not the nukes or gas attacks," said Khawaja in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI).

Khawaja was a senior official of Pakistani secret service ISI when they were fueling jihadi resistance movements against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and after being forced to retire from the air force, he went to Afghanistan and fought along side with Osama bin Laden. the leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network.

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Khawaja said he overheard references to a plan to use an e-bomb and a project to destroy US satellites, all with the single objective of crippling the American system without actually harming anyone.

(Really... jihadists intending to not harm anyone? But that is against the orders of Allah as in the Koran, therefore I would suggest that despite Khawaja's claim that jihadists would like to hurt America without harming people is false. No way would a real Islamic jihadist plan to not harm infidels, for that's an integral part of jihad)

Khalid Khawaja: I am very familiar with this name. See "CP"'s info on Khawaja here.

Khawaja quoted (via CP):

"I would say that Osama bin Laden is a man like an angel."

"I would basically agree that jihad is one of the most important factors in our religion."

Khawaja is associated with the terror training cult Jamaat ul Fuqra, which has terrorist training camps in the US and Canada (I've posted quite a bit on JuF in the past here on TCS). For extensive information on Jamaat ul Fuqra, again see here, courtesy of the diligent research of "CP".

I have also posted on the danger of an EMP bomb to the Free World... posed by, you guessed it, Iran. So I'm taking this very seriously. Combine Iran's having tested special air-burst missiles which would be used for EMP bombs with Khawaja's warning that AQ intends to use EMP against America and we have another dimension to the nature of the threat to the Free World.

Destroy NK ICBM Preemptively: Fmr. Clinton Defence Sec'y, Asst. Sec'y

William J. Perry and Ashton B. Carter, former Democratic President Bill Clinton's Secretary and Assistant Secretary of Defence, respectively, have penned this article explaining why it's important to take out North Korea's Taepodong ICBM, for which the only logical reason for its existence, they argue, is to deliver a nuclear bomb.

Should the United States allow a country openly hostile to it and armed with nuclear weapons to perfect an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons to U.S. soil? We believe not.

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Therefore, if North Korea persists in its launch preparations, the United States should immediately make clear its intention to strike and destroy the North Korean Taepodong missile before it can be launched.

Well, they're still critical in their article of the Bush administration, naturally, but, hey, they're Democrats, natch.

And I would say to them: it's fine to recommend preemption. But do remember your party's not in power. Would you have recommended preemption if they were? And what if a Dem prez just did nothing or just bombed a tent and a camel or something (which wouldn't be a surprise)? Then they'd have to rip into their partisan leader. Perhaps this is their plan-- to rip into Bush, as whatever he does or doesn't do, the leftist Dems can be counted on to blame him for anything and everything that doesn't end up perfectly. As if Democrats themselves have ever been perfect and can therefore attack others for being imperfect!

Not only that, a preemptive strike of this sort against Iran's nuclear capabilities isn't being recommended by Democrats nor by the left. It isn't that simple, I'd say to these two Demmies. Let them wait until, perhaps in fifty years from now, the Dems are back in power. Then they can pretend to be hawks! Today it just looks silly of them to pretend to be more hawkish than Dubya. After all, as imperfect as Dubya might be, I'd rather he be President than Dhimmis and appeaseniks like the dumbass ketchup gigolo John Kerry or Screamin' Insane Howie Dean or (gag) Hillary (wife of Slick Willy) Clinton, against whom half of Americans would definitely vote, according to a poll I noticed the other day...

(Heh... so bring on Hillary in '08!)

But still a good thing. Should Bush proceed to be preemptive against NK and also Iran, the fact that Clinton's former Sec/Asst Sec of Defence have supported the action will be cited to blunt the standard leftist condemnations of Bush's efforts to protect America and the Free World.

I say: an ultimatum to the enemy to stand down or we'll make 'em... by force... is what is needed. Oh, and of course, they shall also be advised that attacking the Free World could very well mean the end of those Axis countries.


h/t: National Terror Alert Response Center (clickable headlines in sidebar at right)

A Very Busy Week

Above: The Sentinel's New Wheels

Y'all might've noticed it's been a touch longer than usual since my last post below. Well, this is an extraordinarily busy week for me... at work and with the delivery of my new baby, pictured above. And, yes, I'm loving it! And not only does it look fast... it is fast! A much-overdue self-reward for years of gut-busting hard work... finally! And my old car now seems antique in comparison, not to mention perhaps five or even six seconds slower to sixty.

So far, I'd recommend the Chevy Cobalt. Great value, advanced quality for an American car, nice to look at... and fun to drive to boot!

Will try to get back to blogging shortly... in the meantime, there's plenty of stuff going on in the comments sections of some posts below, particularly the one about Iran, which is a new record for number of comments on a single thread for TCS.

Timely Jihad Cartoons

Guite: 3.5 Yrs for ADSCAM

Story here.

My question: Why are the Liberal politicians getting off scot-free, not even being charged and tried? Why are only non-politicians getting prosectuted for ADSCAM? Surely some Liberals had some role to play and may harbor guilt?

Are they really innocent?

Will we ever find out?

Has there even been any investigation into the involvement of the members of the former Liberal regime? Maybe there is, but we don't know it yet? Surely no one's above the law!

Khomeini Grandson Asks US to Invade, Occupy Iran

Story here.

Well, not all Iranians think that simply "talking" with the evil Islamic fundamentalist forces currently occupying Iran is going to do any good.

The grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Hossein Khomeini, is calling on the United States to invade and occupy Iran to bring freedom, democracy and the rule of law to the Iranian people.

"Iran will gain real power if freedom and democracy develop there," Khomeini said, adding that if he came to power, one of his first acts would be to make wearing of the Muslim veil optional for Iranian women. "Strength will not be obtained through weapons and the bomb."

As for his call for the U.S. military to occupy his country, he said, "Freedom must come to Iran in any possible way, whether through internal or external developments. If you were a prisoner, what would you do? I want someone to break the prison [doors open]."

So now we know that Iranians are of two schools of thought: those who believe that the current tyrannical, oppressive regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can be removed peacefully or by revolution, and those who believe there must be an overthrow any way necessary.

I would agree with the latter school of thought, for if left alone, the Ahmadinejad regime is more than likely to develop nuclear weapons for use in attacking other nations. And this must be prevented.

Of course, the left will, as a broken record, continue to call for "dialogue and diplomacy", as if one can reason with evil. But never forget that Chamberlain tried and failed with dialogue and diplomacy with Adolf Hitler, getting only a big, fat lie that he wouldn't attack Britain.

The crisis continues to unfold...

An Awakening

I recommend this article. It's written by a woman who went from Christianity to fundamentalist Islam and back again. It's a look into the experiences of a real person who actually embraced Islam but simply couldn't remain, as she had fortunately retained the ability to think and reason for herself.

Read it and see what Farrah Khalil experienced.

It's a perspective I find balanced, respectful, reasoned and honest.

Here's a taste:

There was also the fact that all of the Egyptian people I met were very humble and kind. I rationalized that these were the type of wonderful people that the Islamic faith produced. I completely blocked out the fact that I had subconsciously started to develop a tiny hatred for Jewish people by living in Cairo. This was due to comments I heard by random people as well as a shirt I saw an Egyptian man wearing one day. I will never forget the gray hooded shirt with a bloody knife stabbing through Israel detailed largely
on the back. The shirt stopped me in my tracks and I think it was then that I started to question my Muslim faith.

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Life went on as usual and I continued to practice Islam unfailingly until one night my husband received a very frightening e-mail that planted a tiny seed of thought in my mind. Someone had sent him the video of Nick Berg being beheaded via the internet. Although I refused to watch the horrific sight, I could still hear Nick Berg’s deathly screams as Islamic terrorists slowly sawed his head off. Even my husband, who was born a Muslim, seemed saddened and shocked as the hooded men chanted, “Allah Akbar,” while killing poor Nick Berg. I began to cry softly for Nick Berg and the terrorists
who truly thought they were doing their duty to Allah by beheading another human being. I was confused and terrified as I tried desperately to block his screams out of my mind.

(...)

I honestly believe that Allah is the devil. I can open the Qur’an to any random page and read something about death and hellfire to the infidels. I had overlooked it in the past, because I was concentrating more on the rituals and basic concepts of Islam. I failed to look at the core of the religion which I feel is based on evil. I think the Islamic faith is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. To some people it looks very wholesome and good from the
outside, but at the same time produces terrorists and extremists who will die trying to kill anyone who is not a Muslim.

Please do not think that I feel that all Muslims are evil Satan worshippers, because this is far from the truth. Many Muslims I know are some of the kindest and loving people I have ever met. I love my husband’s family and know that their hearts’ are filled with the best intentions. I truly believe that they, along with millions of other Muslims, think that they are worshipping God.

Hmm... believe me, I want to see the vast majority of Muslims as being peaceful and tolerant. But pretty much all I hear are protests and claims. The good Muslims of the world must act immediately to cleanse their faith of all of the negative elements or at least leave it, becoming apostates, if that proves impossible.

After all, the Koran says what it says. And it is what the Koran says which prompted Salman Rushdie to write "The Satanic Verses".

How about having Islam evolve and adapt to the modern world? I know that Christianity has. And if Christians can allow their faith to adapt, so therefore can Muslims.

I'm actually concerned for the Muslim people all over the world. I hope they can recover from the diseases which afflict their faith: hatred, intolerance and a culture of brutal violence and murder. No one can claim to be "good" if they unquestioningly, unconditionally, completely worship a faith with these deleterious elements.

The status quo is not an option.

Taliban Commander Surrenders To Canada

Taliban commander Mullah Mohammed Ibrahim, above, surrenders to Canadian Forces

Story here. h/t: NealeNews.com

Canada can be proud. Again!

The valorous men and women of the Canadian Forces, some of whom paid the ultimate price, have scored a victory in the war against jihad and have brought Afghanistan one big step forward on the road to freedom, democracy, the rule of law and human rights.

I recall the Taliban issuing a warning to the Canadian Forces to leave Afghanistan or be slaughtered.

But, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper has already declared, Canada does not cut and run. Canadians are not yellow-bellied Dhimmi cowards, as the jihadists hoped we were. Perhaps they thought we were wimps who couldn't stomach the thought of having to kill anyone, even filthy scum like head-lopping jihadists. They learned the hard way that when the going gets tough, Canadians get going, and relentlessly so!

Canada fights as fiercely as any other. Canada fights with unfaltering determination, unwavering courage, relentless ferocity and honor.

O Canada

Strong and free

Fighting and defeating the forces of evil

Across the world

Spreading freedom, democracy and the rule of law

Sharing these awesome gifts with other peoples

Paid for in blood and lives many times over

O Canada

Honoring the heroes

Always standing on guard for thee!