Current Mess

Al-Qaeda diversifying its alliances with Pakistani jihadist groups

"Â'During recent fighting in Bajaur, senior Pakistani officers repeatedly insisted that the local villagers had been led astray by shadowy international militants,Â' the correspondent said..." Funny how these alleged misunderstanders of Islam keep finding each other and uniting under a...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026119.php>


Obama demands that Netanyahu not surprise him with Iran strike

Dictating how an ally deals with a common enemy, warning that ally not to strike against that enemy. Yet another Which-Side-Is-Obama-On Alert: "Obama warns Netanyahu: Don't surprise me with Iran strike," by Aluf Benn for Haaretz, May 14 (thanks to...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026111.php>




"I fear the extinction of Christianity in Iraq and the Middle East"

More on how jihadists are driving Christians out of the Middle East. "Local Christians are torn between sounding the alarm and staying mum, unsure whether attention will reduce the problem or aggravate it by driving out those who remain." This...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026108.php>


Pakistan: "The threat of the Taliban is a hanging sword above the necks of Christians"

Aside from the Taliban, "the legal system informally discriminates against non-Muslims, and in recent years Christian villages have been ransacked by Muslim mobs incited by dubious reports that a Quran had been desecrated." No problem; surely the 2 billion dollars...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026102.php>